An Open Singing Session in the Folk–Roots Tradition
Hosted Monthly by Ken Schatz
Sing and hear:
Folk Songs, Blues, Gospel, Old-Time, Appalachian, Sea Songs & Chanteys, Worksongs, Ballads, Railroad Songs, Prison Songs, Lullabies, Forebitters, Broadsides, Hymns, Vaudeville, Camp Songs, Farming, MIning & Factory Songs, Country, Bluegrass, Spirituals, Cowboy Songs, English, Irish & Scottish Songs, Labor & Union Songs, Drinking Songs, Children’s Songs, Field Hollers, Music Hall, Love Songs, Parodies, and more...
Next Date: Sunday August 1, 2010
7:00 – 10:00 pm
At Banjo Jim’s – A Neighborhood Bar
700 East 9th Street at Avenue C in New York City
No cover! – One Drink Minimum Per Set
Join us! Bring your voice, bring instruments, bring friends!
Singers and listeners are welcome. Each month, we have a loose theme to encourage people to learn new songs and remember ones they haven’t sung in a while. If you’d like to lead a song, look for a traditional / folk / roots song or two that somehow fits this month’s theme:
* HEROES & VILLAINS *
Boo! Hiss! Hurrah and well-done! Pro-and an-tagonists! Songs of good and bad deeds, of characters noble and rotten… Know any good folk songs with heroes and/or villains in them? Songs written by a hero of yours? Songs about sandwiches
?
Harmonies and Songs with Choruses especially appreciated!
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“Is that a folk song?”
“Must be. I never heard
no horses sing it.”
– Big Bill Broonzy
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“The important thing is:
are they good songs? Do they sing well? Is the poetry so good you can’t get it
out of your head? Are the words true, and do they need saying? Does the music
move you?”
– Pete Seeger
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SAVE THE DATES! Our next FIVE Song Nights:
August 1 (HEROES & VILLAINS)
September 12
October 10
November 14
December 12
More as they're confirmed...
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For more information,
e-mail Ken at info@kenschatz.com or call 718-625-8372.