2012 Northwest Folklife Festival: Full Schedule

3:00pm PDT

Truman Price

Old-Time Appalachian Music

Friday May 25, 2012 3:00pm - 3:25pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre OTM -- Old Time Music
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Biography Truman has played fiddle most of his life and has performed at hundreds of events. He's also taught old-time square dances to about 14.000 children. His son Adam, born long ago in Union, West Virginia, is a splendid banjo player. website: trumanprice.com

3:30pm PDT

Karin Blaine

Protest & Passion

Friday May 25, 2012 3:30pm - 3:55pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre SS -- Singer-Songwriter
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Biography Folklife Veteran first performed in 1979. Devoted acoustic performer, songwriter and entertainer. Protest and Love songs for modern day living. Lately - heavy on the protest.

4:00pm PDT

3 Play Ricochet

String Band Americana

Friday May 25, 2012 4:00pm - 4:30pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre BG -- Bluegrass
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Biography Long-time performers of traditional American music. One of use runs adult music camps. One of os flies airplanes. One of us builds guitars.

4:40pm PDT

Laughing Rose Duo

Fab Fem Vocals w/ banjo & uke

Friday May 25, 2012 4:40pm - 5:10pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

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Biography We met playing old-time music and draw from the rich American traditional song repertoire, but we don't stop there. We write original tunes that speak to our love of jazz, pop, and indie rock as well as food, cats, past lovers, current lover, future lovers (the condition of the heart is an endless source of material), nature, and much much more.

5:15pm PDT

Molly Bauckham

Sweet, soulful harp and voice

Friday May 25, 2012 5:15pm - 5:45pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre TFM -- Traditional Folk Music
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Biography Molly has been playing the harp since 1998 and singing most of her life. She is of Irish and Scottish descent, and has always been drawn to the traditional music of her heritage. She works at Seattle's own Dusty Strings and is affectionately known as the "harp pixie".

5:50pm PDT

Robert Richter & Jessica Hitch

Engergetic folk rock blues

Friday May 25, 2012 5:50pm - 6:20pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre CFMA -- Contemporary Folk Music - Americana
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Biography Featuring singer/songwriters Robert Richter and Dana Fontaine and fiddler Erica Liebert “Moonlight Mile” delivers a unique sound played with passion and energy entertaining audiences around the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Their influences range from folk to blues to Celtic.

6:30pm PDT

Jim Page

Donate Now!

Songs Of Engagement

Friday May 25, 2012 6:30pm - 7:00pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre SS -- Singer-Songwriter
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Biography Jim Page was named by Seattle Metropolitan Magazine as “One Of The 50 Most Influential Musicians In Seattle History.” Having recorded 21 albums over the course of a 40-plus year career and written a mountain of songs Page is a force to be reckoned with. Originally a California native Jim Page has called Seattle and the Pacific Northwest “home” since 1971. His songs have been covered by The Doobie Brothers, Christy Moore, Dick Gaughan, Michael Hedges, and Roy Bailey. He has toured in 13 countries including the US, Canada, Ireland, the UK, most of northern Europe, and Taiwan. Renowned lyricist Robert Hunter says, “If Jim Page ain’t the bastard son of Woody Guthrie I’m T-Bone Walker,” and Bonnie Raitt says, “I'm a longtime admirer.” The late Utah Phillips said it best: “If you’re ever going to get the message, this is the messenger to get it from.”

7:10pm PDT

J.W. McClure

Humor, clever lyrics, yodels and jazz chords!

Friday May 25, 2012 7:10pm - 7:40pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre SS -- Singer-Songwriter
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Biography Songwriter, yodeler, guitarist J.W. McClure has often been an opening act, MC and humorist on both coasts and is an award winning songwriter in national contests. Thaddeus Spae is a multi-instrumental musician's musician knowledgeable in jazz. Website: www.reverbnation.com/jwmcclure

7:50pm PDT

Prairie Dog Backfire

Kickin' Up Countrygrass!

Friday May 25, 2012 7:50pm - 8:20pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre CFMA -- Contemporary Folk Music - Americana
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Biography Callin’ their style “countrygrass”, they’re kickin’ up bluegrass with country flavor and grassin’ up country songs on mandolin, stand-up bass, guitar, and banjo. A fair bit of the music is genuine original with each pardner singin’ lead and/or harmony. These four seasoned performers have been together since 2009.

8:30pm PDT

The Isotunes

Mm, mm good: Tasty music & fun

Friday May 25, 2012 8:30pm - 9:00pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre JAZZ -- Jazz
Biography In 2010 The Isotunes’ took audiences on a musical tour of the “Seven Deadly Sins”; this year they’re serving up cool jazz and other tasty tunes that have audiences saying “M’m, m’m good!”

11:00am PDT

Oldwailer

Too Pretty for the Blues

Saturday May 26, 2012 11:00am - 11:30am PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre BLS -- Blues
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Biography Have been playing music and singing for over 50 years. I play fingerpicked guitar, harmonica on a rack. Mostly old-time folk/blues music like Mississippi John Hurt.

11:35am PDT

Jim Houston

Jazz, Blues & Roots Music

Saturday May 26, 2012 11:35am - 12:10pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre SS -- Singer-Songwriter
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Biography I immerse myself in the history of jazz & blues tradition, combining the depths of nascent jazz, the drive of Delta blues and the deep roots of acoustic music, meshing traditions into finely written song material. Backed by finger-picked guitar on vintage and resophonic instruments, bottleneck slide, tenor banjo, ukulele, harmonica and vocals that range from a deep growl to a decent tenor.

12:20pm PDT

Michelle Dedman

Jazz tunes from the heart

Saturday May 26, 2012 12:20pm - 12:55pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre JAZZ -- Jazz
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Biography Michelle Dedman has been singing jazz standards, blues, bossa nova, jump blues, and more in the northwest since she moved from Texas in 1987. She is known for her singing, but she is also a rhythm guitarist. An integral member in the vocal swing band "Beats Cookin'" for 9 years, she sang and played drums. In the early 90's, Michelle formed a folk/blues quartet and in 1995 came out with the CD "Meet Me Where They Play the Blues." She loves to sing songs from the1920's to the present day. While a member of “Bevy” (bevytheband.com), an all-woman ensemble from Olympia, Washington specializing in Latin-American and African rhythms and songs, jazz standards and music by local composers, Michelle added her vocals and rhythm guitar and ukelele. She now resides in Corvallis, Oregon.

1:05pm PDT

Hank Bradley, Candy Goldman & Bill Meyer

Donate Now!

Southern String Band Music

Saturday May 26, 2012 1:05pm - 1:45pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Biography All of us have played southern string band music for over 30 years, and have lived in the South. We have performed there in local bands and contests of traditional music.

1:50pm PDT

R.X. Bertoldi

Saturday May 26, 2012 1:50pm - 2:20pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre SS -- Singer-Songwriter
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Biography R.X. "Bob" Bertoldi is a Seattle area native and an accomplished singer/songwriter. Songs and lyrics from his self released debut CD, "Stronger not Bitter" have won and placed in national and international songwriting competitions. The Roots Music Report had the following to say about his debut CD: "R.X. Bertoldi presents Folk plus Roots/Americana the way it was meant to be and he does it all on a shoestring. R.X. plays all the instruments, including acoustic and slide guitars, drums, harmonica, and percussion. No vocal tuners, no big production just great sounding music..." R.X.'s songs are available on iTunes and at cdbaby.com. His live sets are a mix of (mostly) original and cover tunes that leave fans of Acoustic Blues and Roots/Americana well pleased. http://www.rxbertoldi.com

2:30pm PDT

Snail People

Good Green Family Folk Fun

Saturday May 26, 2012 2:30pm - 3:00pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, Living Green Show

Genre ZCH -- Children's Programs
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Biography Snail People is a multi-instrumental, multi-genre and multi-hairstyle touring music duo for kids and families. Re-imagined classics and creative originals encourage slowing down and looking around. Mindy Dillard is Mindy Snail. When she slowed down at age 27, she realized she was actually 5 foot 7 inches tall (not 5'6) and that she does not like escargot. Eric McEuen is Eric Snail. He enjoys being bald and playing guitar. He likes taking long walks and looking for snails.

3:10pm PDT

Carl Allen

Woody 20 Grow Big Songs

Saturday May 26, 2012 3:10pm - 3:40pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, Living Green Show

Genre ZCH -- Children's Programs
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Biography Carl has been entertaining children for over 50 year with Woody Guthrie's kids songs and other kids favorites.

3:50pm PDT

Rob Kneisler

Finger-style Singer/Songwriter

Saturday May 26, 2012 3:50pm - 4:20pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, Living Green Show

Genre SS -- Singer-Songwriter
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Biography Rob’s song, “Common Jeans” won Second Prize and took the “Peoples’ Choice Award” at last year’s Tumbleweed Music Festival Song-Writing Contest in Richland, Washington. Not bad, considering that he’d never tried entering a contest before that. Originally from the state of Michigan, Rob was extremely active musically in his earlier years, performing in venues all around the Great Lakes Region. But then there was a relatively quiet decade or two where Rob didn’t get out much and could frequently be found hunkered over a guitar in a dark room trying to figure out how guys like Bruce Cockburn, Leo Kottke and Michael Hedges managed to do what they did. Now that this is mostly out of his system, Rob is back out in public again doing what comes naturally: learning, writing, laughing and accurately playing far more Bruce Cockburn tunes than one would ordinarily expect an individual to know. Still, Rob is somehow managing to find a good balance, so long as it involves finger-style guitar playing – ranging from his own tunes to songs from an astoundingly wide variety of artists.

4:30pm PDT

Riley and Johnny

Raging Father, Shredding Son

Saturday May 26, 2012 4:30pm - 5:00pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, Living Green Show

Genre OTM -- Old Time Music
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Biography Riley and Johnny are a father-son duo that has been playing together for over a decade, featuring fun, fast, and well-played music from all over the place. Johnny plays with the jazz band Zazou. Riley plays with the trad band the Onlies.

6:00pm PDT

Burgundy Pearl

Old Meets New, Voices Fuse

Saturday May 26, 2012 6:00pm - 6:25pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre CFMA -- Contemporary Folk Music - Americana
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Biography Peggy Sullivan and Ron Dalton perform a mix of mongrel Americana music as an acoustic duo. Audiences pay attention to their tightly interwoven voices, their superbly-blended harmonies, and clean, alluring guitar arrangements. From 20s-30s old-time blues to contemporary folk-pop with swing-jazz overtones, Burgundy Pearl performs a tasteful variety of genres reflecting their own unique stylings. Both Peggy and Ron enjoy the art of songwriting and composition, while embracing their musical traditions to spice up a performance with both the old and the new. Each brings musical expression and experience to this collaboration, in a successful merging of song and soul.

6:35pm PDT

Gary Lee Moore

Saturday May 26, 2012 6:35pm - 7:00pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre OTM -- Old Time Music
Biography National Champion Senior Division fiddler, Washington State Champion fiddler. North Cascades Champion fiddler, NW Regional Senior Division champion fiddler. I play fiddle, guitar, tenor guitar, and banjo. Oklahoma/Texas style fiddling done very nice.

7:15pm PDT

O'Carolan's Corner

O'Carolan Most of the Time

Saturday May 26, 2012 7:15pm - 7:45pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre EMB -- British Isles-Ireland - MUSIC
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Biography Four Seattle musicians who -- to our benefit -- can't get enough of late-17th/early-18th century composer, Turlough O'Carolan. It is rumored, however, that they will, on occasion, play music of other composers. The group features Mary Grider, multi-instrumentalist and arranger, who for years has led an Irish jam on Sundays at Fado downtown. Lynn Graves, on Fiddle; Phyllis Baker on concertina and penny whistle; and Bob Morgan on guitar.

7:50pm PDT

Liberty Bay Trio

Sweet Folk Harmonies

Saturday May 26, 2012 7:50pm - 8:20pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre TFM -- Traditional Folk Music
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Biography All attended Occidental College in L.A. Bill & Jeff have played together off and on for over 40 years. Cathy is International Autoharp Champ (2005) and has got us singing trios again. http://britellandlimback.com

8:30pm PDT

Cottonwood Cutups

Raucous Rag Time

Saturday May 26, 2012 8:30pm - 9:00pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre CFM -- Contemporary Folk Music
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Biography heavily influenced by bands such as Old crow medicine show, Lucero, The devil makes three, this trio formed as a campfire jam. Blending the things they like such as rag time blues, Bluegrass, and southern rock to form a catchy, good time feel that is better heard than described.

11:00am PDT

Dan and Molly Tenenbaum

Old-time music sibling style

Sunday May 27, 2012 11:00am - 11:30am PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre OTM -- Old Time Music
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Biography Dan and Molly listened to folk music records as children. Dan used to sit on an autoharp and pretend to drive it, and Molly liked to sing Joan Baez songs out the car window while riding in the back seat. Soon they fell in love with old time music and have been playing it ever since.

11:40am PDT

Stanley Greenthal Ensemble

New Songs and Breton/Balkan Gems

Sunday May 27, 2012 11:40am - 12:10pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre SS -- Singer-Songwriter
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Biography With his latest CD, First Song, songwriter and instrumentalist Stanley Greenthal stretches musical borders from Celtic Scotland and Brittany to Greece and the Balkans. With soulful fluidity, he sings and plays a constellation of strings: guitar, bouzouki, laouto, (Greek and Turkish lutes). On stage he is joined by his wife, Kip Greenthal for harmony vocals and percussion on frame drum and Christos Govetas on clarinet and oud. website. www.stanleygreenthal.com

12:20pm PDT

The Gloria Darlings

Fresh Angelic Harmonies

Sunday May 27, 2012 12:20pm - 12:50pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre CFMI -- Contemporary Folk Music - Indie
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Biography 2011 NW String Summit Band Competition Finalists; These young ladies have been a band for 3 years. They got their start playing on the streets of Pike Place Market and have been growing writing original music, touring, getting radio play, and singing beautiful harmony ever since!

1:00pm PDT

Willy Blizzard

Indie / Roots / Folk

Sunday May 27, 2012 1:00pm - 1:30pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre CFMA -- Contemporary Folk Music - Americana
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Biography Willy Blizzard: Three singer/songwriters from Western Canada who perform original music, presenting awesome vocal harmonies set against the warmth of acoustic instruments. But it’s really about the lyrics. Their debut album “In From The Cold” showcases twelve songs that make a superb collection of rich songwriting fronted by "the smoothest baritone West of the Rockies" (Vancouver Province). The album captures the musical imagination called "Americana", as well as the spirit of Hank, set against some great grooves of alt-folk, rocked up with electric guitar and pedal steel.

1:40pm PDT

Fofinho, Samia and Dinnen

Brazilian Samba and Choros

Sunday May 27, 2012 1:40pm - 2:10pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre EMI -- Latin America - MUSIC
Biography All three members have been performing Brazilian music for many years. All three have visited Brazil many times and also studied at music camps and workshops. Samia has a aradio show on KBCS Saturday afternoons at 2:00 p.m.

2:20pm PDT

Anna Gordon

18 year-old singer/songwriter

Sunday May 27, 2012 2:20pm - 2:50pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Biography I began writing songs at the age of 14 as a creative outlet, and people seemed to like it. I have been playing shows around cafes and teen centers on the Eastside for nearly three years now.
website

3:00pm PDT

RedDog

Hardtimes

Sunday May 27, 2012 3:00pm - 3:30pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre TFM -- Traditional Folk Music
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Biography Doug Yule - fiddle, vocals Cary Lung - mandolin, vocals Tom Collicott - guitar & banjo, vocals Little Ann Yule - bein' a houn'dog, barking, eating Doug grew up on the East Coast playing and singing from an early age. In 1968, standing on the wrong street corner, he was captured by The Velvet Underground, a cult rock band, and served a three to five year sentence. On his release he continued his ill advised flirtation with rock and roll for another four or five years, finally retiring to do manual labor. On his fiftieth birthday he received a fiddle and three lessons from a rival and became addicted to the traditional music of the American Southeast. This dependency continues unabated today and finds a creative outlet in RedDog. When he's not kneed-up with RedDog playing tunes, Doug builds violins, violas, and (if his granddaughter keeps practicing) cellos. His instruments can be seen at Lasley & Russ' Violin Shop. Cary grew up in a small farm town in the San Joaquin Valley of California where there were more cows and vineyards than street corners. As a young boy he sang and harmonized with his grandfather. In the mid-1960s he met Kenny Hall, the legendary mandolin player, who became his mentor. Cary recorded two albums with the Sweets Mill String Band and, with the Portable Folk Festival, performed in coffeehouses and festivals across the country. In the late 70s he changed directions and opened a magical toy store in Tucson. He moved to Seattle in 2003 and retuned to his musical roots. Tom has spent most of his adult life in Seattle, Washington where he has carved out a successful career as a photo-illustrator and website designer. Tom picked up the guitar of his youth about 12 years ago. He found himself spending more and more time spellbound by the Southern roots music he was learning through the Pacific Northwest’s thriving old-time music scene. In addition to playing guitar and banjo in RedDog, Tom also performs with Seattle’s raucous Atlas Stringband.

3:40pm PDT

Squirrel Butter

Oldtime, Blues & Country Duets

Sunday May 27, 2012 3:40pm - 4:10pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre OTM -- Old Time Music
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Biography http://charliebeck.net/squirrelbutter/Squirrel_Butter/About_Us.html

4:20pm PDT

Trio Fleur de Lys

Lyrical harp, cello and flute

Sunday May 27, 2012 4:20pm - 4:50pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre EMB -- British Isles-Ireland - MUSIC
Biography We came together as a group 7 years ago at the request of a hospice patient. She asked us to play chamber music at her home once a week as she said farewell to firiends and family. She named our group and each performance is in her honor. Our flute player writes original adaptations of Irish folk songs as well as original compositions that feature our instruments in unique ways. We love playing together. This would be our 4th year at Folklife and we consider it an honor and a highlight of the year to come from Ellensburg with friends and family in tow to play for you.

5:50pm PDT

Renegade Stringband

Northwest Bluegrass

Sunday May 27, 2012 5:50pm - 6:20pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre BG -- Bluegrass
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Biography Renegade Stringband plays Northwest Bluegrass music. The band formed in Portland, Oregon during the summer of 2010, uniting around their love of traditional music, hard-stomping acoustic songs, and bluesy vocal harmonies. When they aren’t playing original numbers or interpreting the work of legends like Woody Guthrie or Ella Fitzgerald, the band covers everyone from Tom Waits to the Black Keys. The band features singer Jessica Jarris, mandolinist Ben Larsen, Austin Moore on guitar, Joe Seamons plays banjo & harmonica, and Allen Clayton plucks & slaps the upright bass. All five members sing.

6:30pm PDT

A. E. and the I.O.U's

Wacky Relevant Original Folk

Sunday May 27, 2012 6:30pm - 7:00pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre CFM -- Contemporary Folk Music
Biography Original songs that make funny and sometimes more serious observations about our world. Influenced by Tom Lehrer, John Prine and others, their style encompasses folk, rock, country and even a little reggae.

7:10pm PDT

Laura Kemp Trio

Folk-Grass and a Twist of Jazz

Sunday May 27, 2012 7:10pm - 7:40pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre CFMA -- Contemporary Folk Music - Americana
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Biography With musical interests that span anything from folk to bluegrass to jazz to kirtan, Laura Kemp has been entertaining audiences on the west coast for 20 years. During that time, she has produced 6 studio and two live CD’s, and has won the Eugene Weekly’s annual poll for Best Singer-Songwriter too many times to keep track of.

7:50pm PDT

Steer Crazy

Americana Music, Cowboy Twist

Sunday May 27, 2012 7:50pm - 8:20pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre CW -- Country Western
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Biography Hometown Fir Creek Oregon About A New Brand of Western Swing & American Music. Mixing classics, originals and modern music together. Steer Crazy selects great music from across time and puts together for people to enjoy. Steer crazy is also the perfect chose for folks that want to Dance in the Western Swing Style. Musical fun that requires no complicated explanation.

8:30pm PDT

Na Hilahila Boys

Old Hawaiian Music

Sunday May 27, 2012 8:30pm - 9:00pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre EMF -- Polynesia-Hawaii - MUSIC
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Biography Curated by native Hawaiian Patrick Perkins, Na Hilahila (the shame, shame) Boys has played around Hawaii for a decade. Many of the songs the Boys do were taught to Patrick by his mother, and some are more than 200 years old.

11:00am PDT

Alex Krynytzky

Donate Now!

Alex Unplugged: Old Man Music

Monday May 28, 2012 11:00am - 11:30am PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre SS -- Singer-Songwriter
Biography Unplugged from anything he has done in public before. Started with Ukrainian ethnic tunes, church and classical music. The 1960's folk revival enhanced the mix.

11:40am PDT

The Unpaid Bills

Songs about your money & life

Monday May 28, 2012 11:40am - 12:10pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Biography Bill Murlin has performed folk music in the Northwest for 53 years. He is a former folk music DJ with KBOO radio, Portland. Bill Rose is a former member of the Seattle Labor Chorus. Jim Portillo is a member of the Seattle Folklore Society concert committee. The Unpaid Bills met 15 years ago and decided they would sing humorous songs about money, little realizing how contemporary the topic would become.

12:20pm PDT

Klapa DooWopella

Male Harmony from Croatia & US

Monday May 28, 2012 12:20pm - 12:50pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre FRW -- World-Intl Folk - MUSIC
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Biography Songs of the sea, love and wine. Mournful songs of lost fish, lost love and spilled wine. Also songs of joy! All done acappella, in traditional style.

1:00pm PDT

Pickled Okra

Un-traditional Bluegrass

Monday May 28, 2012 1:00pm - 1:30pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre BG -- Bluegrass
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Biography This group of string players breathes life into a classic genre with fresh ideas and pure family charm. Conceived in 2006 by husband and wife, Todd and Paisley Gray, what started out as a living room pass time quickly took to the streets to become a band.

1:40pm PDT

Radio Cavalier

Working-class Timber Folk

Monday May 28, 2012 1:40pm - 2:10pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre CFMFR -- Contemporary Folk Music - Folk Rock
Biography With a mix of traditional folk and roots punk, Radio Cavalier howls songs of workingman triumph and Irish immigrant pride at the cresting horizon.

3:15pm PDT

Ben Fuller

Northwest Folk Artist

Monday May 28, 2012 3:15pm - 3:45pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre CFM -- Contemporary Folk Music
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Biography Ben Fuller is the lead singer for the band China Davis. He is very active in the Northwest music community as a leader of Music Giving Back, an organization that organizes fundraising efforts through music in the Puget Sound. He also organizes the 253Heart Music Festival in Tacoma, WA each year.

3:55pm PDT

Larry 'n' Lynette

Sad & Sweet Harmonies

Monday May 28, 2012 3:55pm - 4:25pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre CFMA -- Contemporary Folk Music - Americana
Biography Larry, as his alias E.G. Plant, an original member of the Emerald City Jug Band, (electric jug) and Lynette, a “foundational” member of the Underwires, Musical “Support” for a New Millennium, have forged their own musical identity from these and other usual (some unusual) influences to create an air of love, interplay and harmony in the musical stories they tell. Incidentally, Larry is the current President of Victory Music, and Lynette is the editor of the Victory Review.

4:35pm PDT

KlezterBalm

An episode in story of klezmer

Monday May 28, 2012 4:35pm - 5:05pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre EMO -- Jewish-Israel - MUSIC
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Biography Playing klezmer for 3 or 4 years as a grooup, the musicians total hundreds of years of experience

5:10pm PDT

Charlie Beck

Donate Now!

Charlie Beck

Monday May 28, 2012 5:10pm - 5:40pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre CFMA -- Contemporary Folk Music - Americana
URL
Biography Charlie began playing folk, jazz, blues, bluegrass and honky-tonk in Bloomington, Indiana and took great interest in songwriting and compositon. Rambled out to the Northwest and found an affinity for the old-time music of southern appalachia and the Missouri valley, and he sought to add some of those traditional sounds to his original music.

5:50pm PDT

Eric Apoe and They

American and Indie Roots Music

Monday May 28, 2012 5:50pm - 6:20pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance, (if applicable)

Genre CFMI -- Contemporary Folk Music - Indie
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Biography Eric Apoe · vocals and guitar The experience of Eric Apoe is a walk through a cinematic time capsule, his lyrical masterworks chill the soul and enlighten the mind. Comparisons to Tennessee Williams, Johnny Mercer, Mark Twain, Hank Williams, Dickens or Dylan are as appropriate as Billie Holiday, Eric Burden or Bob Marley. A Seattle born songwriter, composer and musician, with a genre blending musical aptitude that spans Jazz, Symphonic, Rock and Folk. Apoe spent a number of years touring with Cajun Fiddler, Doug Kershaw, developing a lifelong passion for American Roots music. As a staff writer for Chappell Music, Apoe co-wrote and worked alongside Tim Harden (If I was a Carpenter, Reason to Believe, Misty Roses), and Ron Davies, (It Ain't Easy, recorded by David Bowie). He also gained support and encouragement from two music industry legends, Tom Dowd and John Hammond Sr. To date Apoe has released 5 CD’s with his band ‘Eric Apoe and They’ and is working his 6th album, along with producing a Pacific North West tribute to Ron Davies, due out in the spring of 2011. Currently, Apoe is writing with Saar Liven, an Israeli singer/songwriter and producing a CD for Tommy Dean, a young Seattle songwriter who is wise beyond his years. Eric Apoe’s years of dedication and craftsmanship are clearly hewn into his pieces, with an ever adapting style and constant refinement that speaks to the heart of a true musician and rings in the soul of the listener. With poetic force and humorous paradox, Apoe is a Leonard Cohen for the Age of Unreality. Eric Apoe regularly performs in the Seattle area.

6:30pm PDT

Sonerion

Breton 'Fest Noz' Dance

Monday May 28, 2012 6:30pm - 7:00pm PDT
Alki Court Stage 47.62286, -122.35328

Music Performance

Genre ZIB -- International Folkdance Band
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Biography Sonerion began playing in 2008. Sonerion means 'musicians' in the Breton language and refers to performers who play for "Fest Noz" (night party) dances. We play Breton Fest Noz music in a style and with an instrumental mix typical of the poplar Fest Noz circuit in Brittany today.