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Learn to sing, clog or play an instrument this winter at Jalopy Theatre and School of Music
Jalopy Theatre and School of Music has posted its winter term class schedule. As an alum of a few classes, I can tell you it is time and money well spent, and is the best antidote there is to the stress of big city livin’. Learn to sing in harmony, finger pick the blues, frail on the banjo, strum the ukelele or even how to clog! Classes start next week and run through the new year. You can register online here.
Here’s the lineup:
Monday November 14 - January 16
Country Harmony Singing I: 7pm, Taught by Val Mindel
Country Harmony Singing II: 8pm, Taught by Val Mindel
Mississippi John Hurt and Beyond, Intermediate Guitar Stylings: 8pm, Taught by Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton
Tuesday November 8 - January 10
Mandolin I: 7pm Taught by Ernie Vega
Ensemble Class I: 7pm Taught by Eli Smith
Ensemble Class II: 8pm Taught by Eli Smith
Banjo I: 7pm Taught by Hilary Hawke
Banjo II: 8pm Taught by Hilary Hawke
Wednesday November 9 - January 11
Fiddle III: 7pm Taught by Betsy Plum
Banjo I: 7pm Taught by Eli Smith
Banjo III: 8pm Old Time Stylings taught by Eli Smith
Guitar II: 8pm Taught by Geoffrey R. Wiley
Clogging Class: 8pm Taught by Kristin Andres
Thursday November 10 - January 19
Mandolin I: 7pm Taught by Ernie Vega
Fiddle I: 7pm Taught by Charlie Burnham
Fiddle II: 8pm Taught by Charlie Burnham
Nuts & Bolts - Music Theory : 8pm Taught by Doug Skinner
Wednesday Nov 10 – Dec 8 @7pm
Fiddle IV: Irish Fiddle Taught by Cleek Schrey
Wednesday Dec 15 – Jan 19 @7pm
Fiddle IV: Klezmer Fiddle
Taught by Craig Judelman
Friday November 16 - January 4
Ukulele I: 7pm Taught by Doug Skinner
Ukulele II: 8pm Taught by Doug Skinner
Saturday November 10 - January 29
Guitar I: 1pm Taught by Geoffrey R. Wiley
Guitar II: 2pm Taught by Geoffrey R. Wiley
Guitar III: 3pm Taught by Geoffrey R. Wiley
Finger Picking Guitar I: 4pm Taught by Ernie Vega
Finger Picking Guitar II: 5pm Taught by Ernie Vega
Brooklyn Folk Festival Day 2 Lineup
Saturday, June 11
At the Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition
2:00 PM Tamevate Kapelye (The Foolish Band) 2:30 PM Jake Sanders performs Mexican folk tunes
3:15 PM Larry Hanks & Deborah Robins
4:15 PM The Americans
5:00 PM Hubby Jenkins
5:45 PM Lankandia Cissoko
6:30 PM Walker, Jay & Steve from Baltimore
7:15 PM Black Sea Hotel
8:00 PM The Roulette Sisters
9:00 PM Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton
9:45 PM The Dust Busters
10:30 PM Radio Jarocho
11:15 PM Clifton Hicks
12:00 AM The Whiskey Spitters
Sponsored by:
Brookyn Brewery
Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition - in addition to all of the great events at the Brooklyn Folk Festival, BWAC’s current art show “Convergence” will close after this weekend. Please take some time to see all the great art being presented in this 200+ artist show.
Come down to The Brooklyn Folk Festival in Redhook Brooklyn over the weekend Friday, June 10th- Sunday, June 12th to hear Brooklyn’s best traditional Folk musicians and song writers. You will hear banjos, fiddles, mandolins, guitars, people blowing on jugs and harmonicas, a world champion whistler as well as great original songs. If you want to learn how to play, come down to the afternoon instrumental workshops. The festival costs $20 per day or $55 for 3 days, including the film screenings. Afernoon Workshops are individually priced. The Brooklyn Folk Festival is co-sponsored by Down Home Radio @www.DownHomeRadioShow.com“>www.DownHomeRadioShow.com & The Jalopy Theater.
Jalopy presents some fine music this week. On Thursday March 31st at 9 pm treat yourself to The Fiddle and the Banjo: A Night of Duets with Tom Bailey, Melody Berger, Ellery Marshall, Jason Cade, Nathaniel Rowan, Joel Wennerstrom, Russell Durham, Diane Stockwell and Charles Puckette.
Then, Saturday April 2nd, get your first look at what Eli Smith is cooking up for the third annual Brooklyn Folk Festival. The show starts at 9 pm and will feature Æ - music from the mountainous areas of Appalachia and the Republic of Georgia; at 9:45: Blind Boy Paxton with blues, ragtime guitar, and stride piano; and at 10:30: The Dust Busters.
Frank Fairfield and Blind Boy Paxton July 20 at 9:30 pm at Jalopy
Los Angeles based traditional old time musician Frank Fairfield will be at Jalopy July 20 for a show with his friend Blind Boy Paxton. For a great interview with Fairfield, visit Eli Smith’s Down Home Radio Show and listen to his audio interview with Fairfield. Fairfield and Paxton will likely put on a fantastic show together- these are two fantastic musicians with a great command of pre war American music.
Brooklyn Folk Festival Lineup May 21-23, 2010 in Red Hook
Friday May 21st at Jalopy: Saturday May 22nd at Jalopy: Sunday May 23rd in the park (outdoor stage is located near Jalopy on President St. btwn Columbia and Van Brunt) 2:15pm- Rashad Brown – Blues and folk songs Sunday May 23rd at Jalopy: Contact The Jalopy Theater to buy advance tickets. The Jalopy Theater
7:30pm – Strung Out String Band – Oldtime string band
8:15 – George Stavis - Original improvised banjo music
9pm- Salieu Suso – Gambian Kora player
9:30pm- Calamity Janes - Oldtime String band
10:15pm- The Dust Busters – Oldtime string band
11:15pm- Blind Boy Paxton – Blues guitar, stride piano, old time banjo
12am – Ernie Vega – Blues, folk and original songs
Blind Boy Paxton
Afternoon:
2:45pm- Alan Friend – Oldtime banjo and fiddle music
3:30pm- Hubby Jenkins – Blues, folk and original songs
4:15pm- Peter K. Siegel & Eli Smith – Old-time banjo duet
5pm- Bobby Damore and his band – Greek Rebetika music
5:45pm- Isto – Isto music
6:15pm- Willy Gantrim – Blues, folk and original songs
Evening:
7:15pm- Bob Malenky – Blues and folk songs
8pm – Greeting from Borough President Marty Markowitz
8:15pm- Elizabeth Butters – Ballad singer and guitarist
8:45pm- Banjorama – Funky banjo band
9:30pm – Feral Foster - Blues, folk and original songs
10:15pm- Clifton Hicks – Oldtime banjo player and singer from North Carolina
11pm- Radio Jarocho - Son and Fandango music and dance from Jarocho, Mexico
12am- The Bill Murray Experience - Early jazz and popular music
3pm- Sam Doores – Blues, folk and original songs
4pm- Square Dance! – Dave Harvey of NYCBarnDance.com will call the dance, The Dust Busters will be the band.
5pm- Brotherhood of the Jug Band Blues – Jug band traditionals and originals
5:45pm- Stephen Strohmeier – Blues, folk and original songs
6:30pm- East River String Band - Country Blues duet
3pm- Group Singing with Heather Wood, Ann Price and Alan Friend from the Folk Music Society of NY
4pm- Old-time Banjo Workshop with John Cohen
7pm- Pat Conte – Blues guitar and oldtime banjo player
8pm- John Cohen – Old time banjo
9pm- The Tillers – Oldtimey and original songs
9:45pm- The Dough Rollers – Country blues and oldtime music
10:30pm- Mamie Minch Blues, folk and original songs
Pricing:
$15 per day for the main stage evening concerts, or $40 for all three evenings.
$5 per day for Saturday afternoon concerts and Sunday afternoon outdoor stage, square dance included!
315 Columbia Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
(718) 395-3214
Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton at Jalopy, April 9th, 2010. Blind Boy will play again at the Brooklyn Folk Festival on May 23. Check out more details at Jalopy’s website.
Brownbird Rudy Relic with Blind Boy Paxton and Ernie Vega at Jalopy next Friday, April 9th! Brownbird is a fantastic persona-performer- I first saw him at the Brooklyn Country Music Festival a couple of years ago. Sit in the third row- he’s a belter and he’s likely to climb out into the audience and play a tune sitting on your lap. This will be a great night at Jalopy!
Brooklyn Folk Festival Preview Show and Benefit Concert
Jalopy presents the Brooklyn Folk Festival Preview Show and Benefit Concert on Saturday, March 13th. Eli Smith, host of the Down Home Radio Show, puts together the Folk Festival, which this year will take place on May 21st - 23rd. The March show is a fundraiser to get the festival going. The show will include Miss Mamie Minch (9 pm), Alex Battles and Banjorama! (10 pm), Eli Smith’s own band The Dust Busters (11 pm) and Blind Boy Paxton (midnight). Hope to see you there.
