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Val Mindel and Debra Clifford have teamed up to create the Traveling Old Time Music School. More information here: http://oldtimemusicschool.com/
Make a New Year’s Resolution: Learn an instrument at Jalopy!
Jalopy’s winter class schedule has just been released… what better New Year’s resolution than to learn to play an instrument or sing? You can register online here.
Monday February 6 – March 26
Country Harmony Singing I: 7pm Taught by Val Mindel
Country Harmony Singing II: 8pm Taught by Val Mindel
Banjo III- Fingerpicking: 7pm Taught by Hilary Hawke
Tuesday February 7 – March 27
Mandolin I: 7pm Taught by Ernie Vega
Banjo I: 7pm Taught by Hilary Hawke
Banjo II: 8pm Taught by Hilary Hawke
Ensemble 1 Class: 7pm Taught by Eli Smith
Ensemble 1 Class: 8pm Taught by Eli Smith
Wednesday February 8 – March 28
Free Your Voice: 7pm Taught by Emily Eagen
Fiddle III: 7pm Taught by Betsy Plum
Banjo I: 7pm Taught by Eli Smith
Banjo III-Clawhammer: 8pm Taught by Eli Smith
Guitar III: 8pm Taught by Geoffrey R. Wiley
Clogging Class: 8pm Taught by Kristin Andreassen
Thursday February 9 – March 29
Mandolin II: 7pm Taught by Ernie Vega
Fiddle I: 7pm Taught by Charlie Burnham
Fiddle II: 8pm Taught by Charlie Burnham
Nuts & Bolts: Music Theory Class: 8pm Taught by Doug Skinner
Friday February 10 – March 30
Ukulele I: 7pm Taught by Doug Skinner
Ukulele II: 8pm Taught by Doug Skinner
Saturday February 11 – March 31
Guitar I: 1pm Taught by Geoffrey R. Wiley
Guitar II: 2pm Taught by Geoffrey R. Wiley
Finger Style Guitar I: 3pm Taught by Ernie Vega
Finger Style Guitar II: 4pm Taught by Ernie Vega
Finger Style Guitar II: 5pm Taught by Ernie Vega
***SPECIAL DISCOUNT THIS TERM***
If you register for 2 classes this term you will receive $50 off! To receive this offer, you must call Jalopy at 718-395-3214 and register over the phone.
Looking for a fight? So are the Sweetback Sisters
I had the unique pleasure of getting to listen to a house concert with Emily Miller and Jesse Milnes of the Sweetback Sisters on Friday night in Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn. They sang with Emily’s mother, Val Mindel, and filled up the spring night with fantastic vocal harmony.
After the show I bought the new Sweetback Sisters album, Looking for a Fight, and let me tell you it’s filled with some righteous country swing sounds. (Try a free track or download the whole album here.) This is an album that is perfect for listening to in the morning when the coffee is brewing and their are pancakes on the griddle; or for popping in during the afternoon when it’s time for a little happy hour with your favorite liquor drink.
The band is making two stops in our neighborhood in June- at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival upstate, and then a bit closer to home at the Fabulous Jalopy Theatre on Saturday, June 16.
The Sweetback Sisters are Zara Bode, Emily Miller, Stefan Amidon, Ross “Rolling Thunder” Bellenoit, Jesse Milnes, and Bridget Kearney. Check them out!
