News!
July through September, 2008
Enjoy the summer folk festivals!
click here for some of our favorites...
New concert just announced!
September 17, 2008
The Guy Mendilow Band
***Time and Location to be announced***
Valley Folk is teaming up with the Jewish Center and Federation of the Twin Tiers and others to bring The Guy Mendilow Band to Elmira. Through inventive arrangements and wildly creative instrumentation, the Guy Mendilow Band transports audiences on a vibrant journey to the places Mendilow has called home "from Israel and South Africa to Mexico, Brazil and the United States" as well as a few destinations that exist only in the group's imagination. More info...
October 18, 2008
Magpie
at the Rural Research Laboratories in downtown Elmira
Terry Leonino and Greg Artzner have been playing music together for 35 years as Magpie, performing traditional, classic country, swing, and blues of the nineteen twenties and thirties, to contemporary songs covering an eclectic musical ground with over 10 recordings. They are also known for their hard-hitting topical songs inspired by their life experiences, plus their work for environmental causes, partnering with museums and schools. More info...
November 8, 2008
Garnet Rogers
at the Rural Research Laboratories in downtown Elmira
Resolutely independent, Garnet Rogers has turned down offers from major labels to do his music his own way. When barely out of high school, Garnet Rogers was already on the road as a full- time working musician with his older brother Stan Rogers (now deceased Canadian legend of folk music) in one of the most influential acts in North American folk music. Since then, Garnet Rogers has established himself as a solo major talent. More info...
December 6, 2008
Dan Duggan & Peggy Lynn
at the Rural Research Laboratories in downtown Elmira
The Duo of Dan Duggan and Peggy Lynn combines original and traditional songs and tunes with masterful harmonies and inventive arrangements. Dan and Peggy have developed programs for children, quilters, museums, libraries, and schools. On stage, they have found a chemistry rarely seen in traditional music circles. The couple‚s gift of insight is matched with dynamic songwriting and instrumental virtuosity. Their concerts have been enjoyed from Maine to California. More info...
January 17, 2009
Valley Folk and The Clemens’ Center team up to present:
The Wiyos
in Mandeville Hall
7:30 pm--$22, $19.80, $17.60
The Wiyos play old-timey music they call "vaudevillian ragtime-jugband-blues and hillbilly swing." With 3 vocals, washboard, harmonica, kazoo, arch-top/resonator guitar, banjo-ukulele, and upright bass, plus Teddy Webber from The Hunger Mountain Boys on steel slide guitar, they transport listeners back to the days when live music was on the radio, at community dances, medicine shows and house parties. (Sorry, no free under 16 for this show--Mandeville Hall rules apply. More info is available at the Clemens Center Box Office.)
February, 2009
TBA
at the Rural Research Laboratories in downtown Elmira
We're hard at work lining up a great performer for this date, check back soon!
March 21, 2009
Brian Peters
at the Rural Research Laboratories in downtown Elmira
Brian Peters is a leading English squeezebox player, doubling on melodeon (button accordion) and Anglo concertina, a fine guitarist well-versed in open tunings, and a passionate, strong singer. "One of British folk music's finest ambassadors."
April 18, 2009
Mustard’s Retreat
at the Rural Research Laboratories in downtown Elmira
Mustard’s Retreat has 2 voices with guitar and bass who love to create moments of community. A concert with them has the intimacy of singing with them in their living room.
May 16, 2009
Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen
at the Rural Research Laboratories in downtown Elmira
Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen have many recordings to their credit, 3 as a duet. Steve, best known as a songwriter recorded by Disney, Ian & Sylvia, Garth Brooks, John Denver and Nanci Griffith, literally wrote a book on songwriting. Singing in a rich baritone, he has a unique fingerpicking guitar style with a flat pick and two fingers. His wife, Cindy Mangsen, is a master interpreter of traditional ballads, rich in myth and legend. She plays guitar, banjo and concertina and adds warm harmonies to create a perfect blend. They have been featured on NPR's All Things Considered and Mountain Stage.
Except where otherwise mentioned, all concerts begin
at 7:30 pm
In the Rural
Research
Laboratories
building on
the corner of
Baldwin and
Grey Streets in
downtown Elmira
$10 at-the-door
Under 16 free with adult
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