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October 24 (Thursday) 7pm - Máire Ní Chathasaigh & Chris Newman
Two virtuosos, Irish harp and guitar, they play all over the world. We were lucky to get them. $25 suggested donation.
“Virtuosic, fascinating, dramatic, original, inspired, gloriously adventurous, dazzling, brilliant, stunning, impassioned, electrifying, bewitching, moving, achingly beautiful, influential, revered, unique…” Check out: http://www.maireandchris.com/
This celebrated partnership of “one of the UK’s most staggering and influential acoustic guitarists” with “the doyenne of Irish harpers” and recipient of Irish music’s most prestigious award, Traditional Musician of the Year, has presented its unique musical vision in twenty-two countries on five continents to venues ranging from the tiniest of village halls to palaces in Kyoto and Istanbul, London’s Barbican, Sydney Town Hall and the Philharmonie in Cologne. Chris and Máire’s performances are rooted but eclectic, emotional but adventurous: a breathtaking blend of traditional Irish music, hot jazz, bluegrass and baroque, coupled with striking new compositions and Chris’s delightfully subversive wit.“An eclecticism and spirit of adventure that is quite thrilling” THE TIMES “Dazzling virtuosity” THE DAILY TELEGRAPH “Blazing guitar and dancing harp”DIRTY LINEN (USA)“Chris is amazing... one of our greatest musicians” BBC RADIO “In a class of their own” THE GUARDIAN “Music of fire and brilliance from the high-wire act in traditional music” THE IRISH TIMES ”Brilliant, innovative harping and guitar-playing of astonishing virtuosity and versatility” SONGLINES
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Past Performers: "The List" (representing 5 countries & 19 states, 15 years and 45 stunning performances)
11/09 – Beaucoup Blue, new blues, father/son harmony - from Pennsylvania
6/10 – Rick Hill, uplifting songs and traditional folk - from Maryland
11/10 – Sparky & Rhonda Rucker, Appalachian music - from Tennessee
11/10 – Paul Asbell, acoustic country blues - from Vermont
5/11 – Elizabeth & Sandy LaPrelle, Appalachian music, a cappella & accompanied - from Virginia
11/11 – Andy Cohen, blues and a mixed song bag - from Tennessee
4/12 – Gordon Bok, songs of the Maine sea and coast - from Maine
4/12 – Elizabeth LaPrelle & Friends, ballads and crankies - from Virginia, New York, & Maryland
12/12 - Sara Grey & Kieron Means, traditional music from all over the US, from Scotland & NY
4/13 - Larry Hanks & Deborah Robins, great old American songs from all over, from California
5/13 - Lipbone Redding, a virtual one man orchestra & what fun, from North Carolina
8/13 - John Byrne Band, traditional Irish and originals, from Pennsylvania
11/13 - Sparky & Rhonda Rucker - Civil War, Civil rights, environmental & just good songs, from Tennessee.
1/14 - Beppe Gambetta - Songs from Italy, Appalachia and all over, with thundering good flatpicking, from Italy & New Jersey
4/14 - Woody Pines - very uptempo trio, country blues to ragtime to rockabilly, from Tennessee
7/14 - Ann Armstrong & Steve Hughes - Delta blues, from Texas.
8/14 - Del Rey - blues & ragtime, from Washington State
11/14 - Larry Hanks & Deborah Robins, eminently singable but little-known songs, from California
3/15 - Mike + Ruthy (& Willy) , new songs that sound older, from the mid Hudson Valley
4/15 - GX3+, instrumental music from around the world, from the upper Hudson Valley
8/15 - Tom Akstens & Neil Rossi - old timey, from Vermont and NY
9/15- Jon Shain - Piedmont blues inspired songs, from North Carolina
10/15 - Roy Book Binder - blues and ragtime, from Tampa
1/16 - Beppe Gambetta - flatpicking virtuoso, from Italy and New Jersey
5/16 - Stu Fuchs w/Sarah Carlisle - all sorts of music, mostly uke, from New Hampshire
9/16 - Mele'uhane - modern Hawaiian, from Hawaii
11/16 - Tim & Myles Thompson - blazing instrumentalists, from Nashville
3/17 - Andy Cohen, blues & blues history, from Memphis
4/17 - GX3+ - Latin-flavored guitar-centric, from the Capital District
9/17 - Kevin Neidig - mostly originals, from Pennsylvania
10/17 - Claude Bourbon - multi-styled guitarist from Europe
3/18 - Bob Bovee, traditional music, lots of cowboy songs, from Minnesota
4/18 - Blind Boy Paxton, blues, old jazz and more, from California via NYC
5/18 - John Byrne Band, Irish, from Philadelphia
9/18 - Corn Potato String Band, - variety of old time, crankies, flatfooting, classical banjo, from Michigan & Alabama
2/19 - Andrew Collins Trio -jazz, classical, Appalachian, bluegrass..., from Canada
3/19 - Jim Kweskin w/Samoa Wilson - old-time, blues, early jazz. From California & NYC
4/19 - Easy Ridin' Papas -early jazz & pop, ragtime, hokum, blues, from Massachusetts
6/19 - Hoot 'n' Holler - old and new oldtime, from NC
3/20 - Doc Watson Tribute - cancelled: corona virus
12/22 - Maria Zementauski & Sten Isachsen - guitars!, from the Capital District
2/23 - Piedmont Bluz - like the name says, from NYC
7/23 - Nicholas Edward Williams - traditional folk music, from Tennessee at the moment
8/23 - Guy Davis - blues and beyond, from NYC
11/23 - Allison Lupton Band- from Ontario
5/24 - Tim Ball w/Helen Kuhar - fiddling from NY State and adjacent regions. From Ithaca and Boston
11/24 - Mark Tolstrup & Jill Burnham - blues duo from Saratoga
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