Sauber Music News - folk scene

Hi everyone,

Lots going on these days. Hope you can get out and support some great musicians and music activities.

Rhythm in Shoes a great music and dance troupe from Ohio is in town. It's led by Sharon Leahy and Rick Good, whom we met at Jay Ungar's Ashokan Music and Dance Camp where they're regulars each year. Their small group, Shoe Fly, will be performing tonight (Friday) at the CTMS Headquarters in Encino, then the whole troupe will be at the Thousand Oaks Performing Arts Center on Saturday Night. Great music featuring, among others, Rayna Gellart, and great dancing, flat foot and clog style.
CTMS info at www.ctmsfolkmusic.org
Rhythm In Shoes, Shoe Fly info at rhythminshoes.com

Some great music at McCabe's this weekend. Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen along with Bill Bryson. Friday and Saturday both. www.mccabes.com

Triple Chicken Foot is spearheading a square dance at The Echo, a pretty cool club in Silverlake, on Sunday afternoon from 3-5 pm. 1822 Sunset Blvd. L.A. 90026. $5.

Patrick and I will be playing Tuesday, the 15th (after taxes) at the Braemar Country Club in Tarzana. It's the monthly concert sponsored by the Bluegrass Association of Southern California. No charge for the concert but a great buffet dinner and bar service is available. Concert at 7:45 pm, 4001 Reseda Blvd, Tarzana 91356 (up the hill south of Venture Blvd.). Info at 818-705-8870 (daytime) or bascinfo@socalbluegrass.org

No jam next week. Soon, though.

The 50th anniversary of the Ash Grove will be celebrated next weekend at UCLA with evening concerts Fri & Sat, 4/18-19 and free workshops and seminars during the day, Sat & Sun. Info at www.uclalive.org

And lastly, this great opportunity to see one of the most important figures in American traditional music: UCLA Ethnomusicology Department News
http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/newsevents/news/seeger.htm
Mike Seeger, 2008 Regents' Lecturer
Residency Activities
April 8-22, 2008
Public Lecture/Demonstration:
"The Guitar in the Rural South: Searching for a History"
Wednesday, April 16 1-3pm Schoenberg Music Building 1343 (Orchestra Room)
Mike Seeger will describe his experience preparing the brief historical essay forhis recent Smithsonian Folkways CD, Early Southern Guitar Sounds (SFW40157, released in 2007). The process included contacting independent scholars, instrumentmakers and collectors, and string manufacturers, as well as consulting books on southern history and musical instrument manufacturing. Mr. Seeger will illustrate the talk with recorded and performed examples of Southern guitar playing styles and give suggestions of work yet to be done-the areas that still need exploration.

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Lecture for Music Around the World (ETHNOMU 5):
"The Sounds of Pre-media Southern Rural Music"
Monday, April 14 9-11am Schoenberg Music Building 1325
Mike Seeger will perform, talk about, and play recordings that trace the sounds that evolved in the southern US, from the 17th century-unaccompanied voice, fiddle, quills, jew's harp, and percussion-to the early 20th century and the harmonic sounds of the fretted banjo, guitar, and autoharp.

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Master Classes
* Thursday, April 10, 7-9pm: Southern Guitar (bring your own guitar), 1343SMB (Orchestra Room)

* Friday, April 11, 7-9pm: 5-String Banjo Picking Styles (bring your own banjo), 1345 SMB (Band Room)

* Monday, April 21, 7-9pm: Jew's Harp/Jaw Harp, 1402 SMB

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Ash Grove Festival - April 18-20, 2008
Friday, April 18, 8pm: Concert in Royce Hall (Mike Seeger performs)

Saturday, April 19, 11am-6pm: Workshops (Hillbilly Fever w/Mike Seeger at noon, 1345SMB)Parking in Lot 2 - $8 (Hilgard and Westholme Avenue)

About Mike Seeger
Mike Seeger is widely acclaimed for a lifetime of researching and playing the traditional music of the American South. Since his first recordings with the New Lost City Ramblers in the late nineteen fifties, Mike has gone on to record almost forty albums, both solo and with others. He has received many grants, prizes, andawards and has been honored with six Grammy nominations. Seeger has also produced many carefully researched audio and video compilations of American traditional music and dance.

Best regards,
Tom