June 2014
Pert Near Sandstone knows something about leaving p. 5 In this issue: Fletcher Brock p. 7 | Review: Tunes of Leonard Finseth p. 14 | Phil Nusbaum p. 23 | Calendar p. 25 | Coming Up p. 26
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Cover story
Pert Near Sandstone knows something about leaving By JoAnne Makela
I like to tell people “I’m not from here” when I run into Midwesternisms that I do not understand. I’ve lived in Minnesota for almost 30 years now, and still scratch my head at the low-key, self-effacing, don’t-toot-yourown-horn stance of some folks whose horns should be blaring loud and clear. Take, for instance, local band Pert Near Sandstone. Here’s their latest PR on their new CD, The Hardest Part of Leaving, (released April 15): “Pert Near Sandstone’s fifth studio album yields a powerful collection of new material put together during a marathon songwriting session in the Winter of 2013. The lyrical content for this album was gathered over the last three years during times wrought with the personal trials and tribulations faced by a band ten years deep into its journey of traveling the country in their rugged and rambling fashion. Ever eclectic in their approach to the broad spectrum of American folk music they represent, the band unearths some of their most potent and hard-hitting songwriting to date. The Hardest Part of Leaving is an honest album, written with the maturity Pert Near now brings to the acoustic song craft. It finds Pert Near collaborating with many of the talented musicians in the historic and ever growing hot bed of folk music nestled in the polar vortex of Minneapolis. The Hardest Part of Leaving walks the line between the signature Pert Near sound and a more experimental approach by the blue-collared stewards of the modern string-band music scene.” June 2014
I agree with this assessment of this collection. That’s the beauty of having skilled marketeers sum things up for you, you end up nodding your head, thinking, I couldn’t have said it better. So, Finale at the Fitzgerald on April 12. All photos: Sunshine Joy I was surprised to Hedlund hear from Kevin 120 shows a year for a long time, now Kniebel, front man and banjo player we’ve got it down to 70, making sure for the band, that the band had never they are the right shows, the right been profiled in this magazine. After audience. We’re done crashing on attending their release party for the dirty college basement floors.” The new CD and witnessing their comCD release tour, put together by local fortably full house at the Fitzgerald Periscope Artist Management, will Theater on April 12, it seems this wrap up in July and then Pert Near review is long overdue. will return focus to their audience Ten years, five albums, a national here, which is substantial, gauging by reputation for being a go-to bar band the turnout for the concert at the Fitz. that plays old-time and bluegrass— Not only did their fans and family sounds like an MBOTMA success show up, but a who’s who of the local story to me. But I have come to underroots, Americana, and a smidge of the stand that success does not necessarily pop world joined them at some point mean popularity, and that dues-paying on stage. The final encore included is a task taken as seriously as an Italian Cajun fiddler Anabel Njoes (Ana and vendetta in this neck of the music the Bel-Tones), Sans Souci mandolin world. player Eric Larson, Ryan Young and Kniebel and I met over coffee in Dave Simonett of Trampled by Turtles, Dinkytown during one of the last The Voice finalist and piano man hours he had before leaving for a Nicholas David, and the Wild Goose 13-gig tour spanning four weeks, ten Chase Cloggers, with six-time National states, and ten cities in the Northwest Jig Dancing Champion Matt Cartier. and a few closer to home. He knows Now, Nicholas David was a treat, but something about leaving. the clogging was the highlight. No “We have a good following out drums in bluegrass, right? Clogging west,” said Kniebel. “We were doing 5
covers my rock-n-roll need for a back beat. Reminiscent of old jugband, and engaged in an Appalachian sensibility, it’s amazing what feet and a sound board can accomplish. Pert Near belongs to a close-knit family of established musicians, like Trampled by Turtles, Pocahontas County, Corpse Reviver, the Pistol Whippin Party Penguins, The Brass Kings, and Ana and the Bel-Tones, who play with each other and for each other in the bar and club scene that feeds the ravenous fans of roots music throughout the Twin Cities. Married to Wild Goose Chase Clogger Anna Mason, Kniebel commented that it can be hard to find your place in the family-friendly traditional bluegrass world for mid-career artists who are still playing the 11:30 to close slot at places like the Cabooze or the Hexagon Bar, where they first fostered an oldtime music showcase years ago. Jobs and kids make them appreciate the 8 p.m. shows at venues like the Cedar Cultural Center and the Fitzgerald Theater. But, playing in bars has long been the bread and butter of musicians making a living (at least part of it) as musicians. It’s where they first got a taste of the life, listening to the Front Porch Swingin’ Liquor Pigs, The Mill City Grinders, and the Ditch Lilies at bars like the Viking Lounge. Bandmates Kniebel, guitarist J. Lenz, and mando/fiddler Nate Sipe have been friends since high school. Their first exposure to live string-band music was at the MBOTMA August festival. Nate, Kevin, and fiddler Ryan Young (Trampled by Turtles) would listen to old records to figure out how to play the tunes they were learning. Nate was excited to see Peter Rowan and Tony Rice playing at the 2004 August Festival and convinced his friends to go camping with him to hear 6
them at the festival just over 10 years ago. That year they saw the Wilders perform the festival too, which made a very big mark on their approach to playing live music. They developed their twangy, forlorn sound by trial and error, listening to a vast catalog of traditional bands. Guitarist J. Lenz had formal music training as a brass player and had been playing in other sorts of bands for years. His knowledge of composition and music theory brings depth and boundary-stretching innovation to the band’s sound. Young has since gone on to play with other bands (joining his old friends when he can). They have a roster of bass players out on the road; Adam Kiesling most consistently takes the job closer to home, but bassists Justin Bruhn, Eric Struve, and Matt Walvatne can all be seen playing bass with the band around the country. Their unique percussion sound is provided by clogger and washboard player Andy Lambert, and Matt Cartier has increasingly joined them on the road as well when Andy is unavailable. Sipe and Kniebel are steeped deep into the Americana tradition that adds the authentic flavor to this modern string-band. Sipe is now based in L.A., a modern hobo, of sorts, not afraid to hop trains and take dares to further his knowledge of the road and the hard life that fuels so much of traditional Americana and the band’s haunting lyrics. Flying him back and forth for gigs is the band’s biggest expense. Kniebel taught himself the banjo, because that’s what the band needed. He almost threw in the towel several times. But, Craig Evans convinced him not to give up and Bill Cagley gave him a one-hour lesson to show him the frail. The week following that lesson he was playing on stage (poorly, according to him), but he credits Bill with
making sense of it for him. He has no problem with his instrument of choice now, as evidenced by some lovely banjo picking on the cut “25th & Riverside.” Hard life and hard work are reflected in the music. There is a common rough edge to their love stories in songs like “You’re No Good to Me,” with its cheerful, danceable rhythm yet low-down blues, accusatory lyrics, in the same vein as fan-favorite “Solid Gone,” from their 2011 release Paradise Hop. Or, the modern-day, old-time lament of “Hellfire” with the lyrics: “You know that I’d move mountains/ and swim across the sea/ I’d walk through the Hellfire/ to get you back to me.” They reveal and revel in the life of the itinerant musician in the cautionary “His Island” (“look out/ as far as I know/ you can’t join a one-man show”). And there is a seamless balance between the upbeat twang and the nostalgic sweet-and-low throughout the songs on the CD. The reality of the day-to-day for this longtime project is that the band members have their day jobs and other commitments, but are dedicated to their music. They are always leaving for somewhere, and desperate to get back home. The band was on the road out west the whole month of May, then committed to a few closer festivals in June and July, including Big Top Chautauqua in Bayfield, June 14. Kniebel says they plan to lie low for the rest of the summer and pick up again with shows at First Ave this fall and the Cedar in early 2015. In the meantime, they’ll be looking for the jam and taking notes. Pert Near Sandstone’s The Hardest Part of Leaving is in stores now via Pert Near Music. They are online at www.pertnearsandstone.com.
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Meet the masters
Fletcher Brock: mandos in the boatyard By James Kent
When the Coen brothers make a movie about luthiers, central casting would be hard-pressed to find a better lead than Fletcher Brock. Among the scores of high-end mandolin makers working today, few produce as excellent an instrument at such a modest price. He has gained a reputation as a “player’s luthier,” with instruments that meet the musical demands and budgets of working musicians. You’re related to Alice Brock of “Alice’s Restaurant.” Sounds like you had a rich musical influence early in life.
Alice is my stepmother and married my father when I was 8 or 9, but I mostly grew up with my mother and stepfather on Cape Cod. There was a variety of music in both households. My mother was a proficient nonprofessional classical pianist, which petered out with the rearing of four children. My father played folk guitar and had a beautiful singing voice. He was involved in the 1960s folk scene when we lived in NYC, notably the jams in Washington Square. My parents divorced when I was in second grade and we moved with our mom to Cape Cod. My dad Ray and Alice, eventually ended up in Stockbridge, Mass., where they landed jobs at Stockbridge School. Ray taught sculpture and Alice was the librarian. They had a little house on campus, which became a hang-out. It was teeming with activity, especially music. Arlo Guthrie was a student at the time, and he and Alice and Ray became fast friends. There were jams at the house almost daily, with everyone coming and going and learning to sing and play folk instruments. June 2014
Folks were trying to track down the roots of American folk music at the time, so we were listening to Mississippi John Hurt, Doc Watson, Leadbelly, and too many others to list. You could still take guitar lessons from Rev. Gary Davis for $5 if you happened to be in New York City. Fletcher Brock in his workshop. Photo: Caylin Huttar I started on guitar and eventually picked up the mandolin and for a client in Ketchum, Idaho and he fiddle. Guitar is the only one that has invited me to do all the furniture, extestayed with me, and I play daily. Back rior, spiral staircase, and green house. in the day, people entertained themIt was a huge house, a three-year projselves, played instruments, fixed their ect, so I ended up in Idaho and put own cars, and built their own boats down some roots. For the next 30 years and houses. I split my time between Seattle and On your journey from Cape Cod Ketchum. to California, what were the most One of the highlights of Seattle important inflection points? was working with Anchor Jensen, the I dropped out of the University legendary Seattle boat builder. After of Massachusetts after two years and Anchor died in 2000, I moved my moved back to New York to work in a instrument shop into the sail loft in cabinet-making shop. Music and art the space where he built the famous were my MO and had equal pull at the Slo-mo-shun hydroplanes that domtime. I lived a block from Tony Trishka inated the Gold Cup during the ’50s. and Matt Glaser (a fiddler) and got About a year and a half ago, my wife introduced to the New York bluegrass and I finally broke that back-and-forth scene through coat-tailing them. It was pattern and moved to the central coast a great time, musically, to be in New of California. It’s great to be back in York. After about a year, some friends a maritime climate, and back on the from UMass invited me to play manocean, which is a block and a half from dolin in a band they were forming in my shop. Seattle. At one point while in Seattle, I What does boat building teach you was offered a crew position delivering about instrument building? a sailboat down the Atlantic coast, Boats and mandolins have very in the middle of the winter. Another few straight lines, have wild joints, of the crew was building a big house 7
weird angles, and compound cuts all over. In both you’re bending wood and fitting joints that have to be perfect. On a boat, if the joints don’t hold, you sink, so you’re putting people’s lives in your hands. Boat building teaches you to visualize in three dimensions, which is also handy when building instruments (anything really). When built right, mandolins and boats are beautiful but, ultimately, they’re tools. An F-5 is the weirdest, gaudiest thing on the planet—but it’s gorgeous. It’s a masterpiece. I was lucky to work with Anchor Jensen. There was a saying: there’s a right way, a wrong way and Anchor’s way—which is a notch above the right way. He typically gave me the hardest projects in the yard. I’d give him three or four ways to go and he’d come up with another that was clearer and cleaner—and was so obvious once you saw it. He impressed on me the importance of doing things correctly, with no short cuts. You produce a large range of instruments—guitars, citterns, bouzoukis to the whole mandolin family. How many instruments do you make per year, and what proportion of each? Since turning full time in 1993, I’ve built 165 instruments. It was slow for a number of years, but filled in over time. Now I’m making roughly one instrument a month with about a twoyear list on paper. In reality, it’s probably less. I have always worked alone. For a long time I diversified because I had to take anything that came in the door. But now I mainly build octave mandolins.* Today I have four flat-top guitars going, which is unusual, and one octave mandolin. My carving out the octave niche has everything to do with Sara Jarosz and Ben Winship. There are not too many people playing or 8
making octave mandolins, and that might change, but right now it’s good for me. Mandolin sales have gone down, some due to the recession, some because the market is saturated with excellent instruments built by the current stock of talented luthiers. How did your connec- Fletcher Brock, right, showing Lawrence Smart and Michael tion with Sarah Jarosz Heiden a jig he built for cutting tapered dovetailed neck joints for an F-5. “It was an idea I got from Don Macrostie” happen? [Red Diamond mandolins]. Photo: Bruce Harvie Really by chance. I was in Nashville and had a booth at the IMBA with a few someone closer.” So I got the call, then spec instruments. Sarah came around used some ideas from the Nugget, and with some friends who took turns some from Bill Bussman, and made playing the octave I had brought to the sure it would fit in a classical guitar show. She had been looking for one case, and cut a Martin fret board off for a while, and this one spoke to her, at the third fret, etc., until I had a so she bought it. It was that simple. I design that Chad and I liked. That was familiar with her from when she first instrument turned out to be really was an early teen playing at festivals. successful, which is not always the She’s got serious chops—a great song case. It was great right out of the box. writer, great musician. There was a Since then I changed bridge height and while when every phone call was “Hey, nut width a very little, but it is mostly I just saw Sarah and how do I get one the original design and each one has of those things?” It still happens but ... sounded good. this made me laugh … last week I got I mostly build octaves these days. an email that started: “I want to know Last year I had time for just three F-5s. about your octave mandolins, and not They’re also fun to build, and it’s a because I just saw Sarah Jarosz.” whole different set of challenges going Where did your interest in mandos from an octave mandolin. It’s always on steroids come from? fun to make a pile of wood sound good The first octave mandolin that and play easily. I love going to work. everyone seemed to know is the one You seem to have a reputation as a Mike Kemnitzer built for Tim O’Brien “player’s luthier,” making excellent years ago. I’m sure there are others quality instruments that mortals can around, but that’s the one everyafford. Was this intentional? one knew about. My commission My intention has been to build very came from Chad Fadley, who lives in functional instruments that are easy to Montana. Chad had approached Bill play and sound good, for a reasonable Bussman, who lives in New Mexico, to price. For me, there is nothing more build him one, and the way I heard the satisfying than hearing a great musistory was that Bill told Chad to “find cian play an instrument I built. So it June 2014
was intentional, and I hope that the instruments will sell themselves. I get inspired when going to festivals where these young kids can just rip. I imagine that a lot of them couldn’t afford to buy a bicycle, let alone an F-5, so I’d like to see these talented players be able to afford instruments that match their abilities. It makes me feel like the future of music is in good hands. And as an aside, I built my first mandolin because I couldn’t afford to buy one. My dad said, “It’s just wood and glue. Figure it out.” What is the essence of your interpretation of the Loar F-5? What makes it a Brock? I have always wanted to know the names of the folks who built the Loars —the people who glued them together, as opposed to the guy who signed the label. My point being that we are all kinda copying Loars. All working off the same plans. But somehow a Kimble sounds like a Kimble, and an Ellis sounds like an Ellis. I don’t know what makes them different, other than there are an infinite number of variables and our hands know different stuff and it gets passed into the instrument. Mike Kemnitzer is a guy who has gone as far into the Loar mystique as anyone I’ve ever talked to. He builds great stuff, but again, same plans, but they end up Nuggets and not Loars. I read an interview with Eugene Clark, the great classical guitar maker, and he said, in effect, that your hands learn things that your brain can’t comprehend. I really liked that, and try to develop an intuitive approach to building. Then, of course, there’s the wood. I imagine wood today is different than it was back in 1924. The guitars I’m currently building have Honduran mahogany that has been air drying for almost 40 years. It rings like Brazilian rosewood. June 2014
Talk about your wood choices.
Traditional choices here. Sugar maple and red spruce for mandolins. Sometimes Engelmann tops. For octave mandolins, I use Engelmann spruce, braced with red spruce for tops, red maple for sides and back, and sugar maple for necks, with an ebony fingerboard. I’d like to try some Sitka sometime, but with my work load, I don’t have much time for experimenting these days. And finishes. Have you settled on a secret sauce? I love French polish, but have done it on only a few instruments. I need to learn how to do it. I usually spray shellac on mandolins, and lacquer the bigger instruments—octave mandolins on up. I had some bad experiences with spirit varnishes on the bigger instruments, combined with hot sun in black cases, resulting in furry instruments. So I went back to lacquer. Do you have a most important teacher? I look to the luthier community, which seems completely open to discussing the “secrets.” We all talk freely and compare notes constantly. There’s a picture floating around that was taken at IBMA a few years ago, and there were like 20 or 30 of us luthiers. Those people are my teachers. Great folks. We are all teachers and students. What was the most important advice you’ve received? Teach yourself to see and to hear. Emulate the good stuff. Try to figure out what makes it a cut above, and do that. Be humble about what you’re doing, as on one level it’s so deep, you’ll never get to the bottom of it, and on another, they’re just mandolins. I’m grateful that my work is better than it was 10 years ago, and that I learn new things daily. I’m dialing in color and
aesthetics better. An F-5 scroll is hard to get right. There is more there than meets the eye. What was the most educational mistake you made starting out as a builder? Lessons about finishes are never over. It’s a fine balance between “do it the way it’s been done for centuries” and “everything you’re thinking about as a cool new idea has been tried and rejected.” If you’re going for a traditional sound, the old ways work really well. Where does your inspiration come from? I’m still floored by amazing tone. It’s still magical to me. I also hope I’m adding something to humanity, and now that I’m almost 60, I’m not sure what else I could do. Kinda painted myself into this corner. Lastly, bills, which are inspiration for many of us. If you got yourself a mandolin from another maker, what would it be? I guess I’d take a Nugget, although I don’t need any more mandolins. I’d rather have a really good sunburst Les Paul, or a 50s Telecaster. What is the most important advice you give customers? Break it in. Play it hard and often in the first year and keep your eye on the neck, especially in the first six months. After that, things usually settle in. Necks bend slowly and people often don’t notice. I’ve had to fix only one instrument. What is your motto? To do the best I can. *Fletcher’s octaves have a 21.5-inch scale, the same as a Martin D-18 or D-28 guitar sawed off at the third fret.
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MBOTMA Community Concert Series: more communities, more bands?
MBOTMA has been sponsoring Community Concerts in out-state Minnesota for over 10 years. This year, Moose Lake and Bemidji enjoyed performances by Barton’s Hollow and Sloughgrass in February, and by Copper Creek and the EelPout Stringers in April. For the 2015–16 season, MBOTMA hopes to spread the fun by expanding the Community Concert Series, sending 10 bands to 10 communities. Each community would have an evening concert featuring two MBOTMA-member bands. There would be five teams of two bands, each team performing in at least two communities, generally on consecutive evenings. There also might be opportunities for the musicians to lead afternoon workshops or community jam sessions. While MBOTMA and concert ticket receipts have covered costs for the Community Concert Series as it currently exists, MBOTMA is applying for a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board for this program expansion. The grant funds would cover costs for the additional concerts and could be used to increase accessibility through lower admission prices for community members. The concerts run through the grant period from spring 2015 through spring 2016, avoiding the high festival season from May through September. If the grant proposal is not successful, the Community Concert Series will continue in its current format. In its grant application, MBOTMA must provide detailed information about each Community Concert, identifying participating venues and bands. We are gathering information on potential sites and bands now until the end of June. Member bands will be receiving an email with additional information. Contact editor@minnesotabluegrass.org or 800-635-3037 if your community would be interested in participating.
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Songwriting workshops feature national talent The Minnesota Association of Songwriters (MAS) has been awarded a Community Arts award from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council to provide workshops with professional songwriters over the next 15 months. All workshops are open to the public; the entry fee is $25 per workshop. MAS has partnered with Schmitt Music stores, which will provide space for these events. On June 21, Wisconsin-based songwriter Johnsmith will open the series. A winner of the New Folk competition at the Kerrville Folk Festival, he has also won songwriting awards at the Telluride, Rocky Mountain Folks, and Falcon Ridge Folk Festivals. Andrea Stolpe, a Los Angeles-based songwriter, author, performing artist and educator, will conduct the second
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workshop on August 9. She has worked as a staff writer for EMI, Almo-Irving, and Universal Music Publishing, with songs recorded by such artists as Faith Hill, Julianne Hough, Jimmy Wayne, and others. Stolpe wrote Popular Lyric Writing: 10 Steps to Effective Storytelling, and teaches songwriting at the University of California’s Thornton School of Music. On October 25, award-winning songwriter Mark “Brink” Brinkman will bring his skills to the third workshop in the series. His songs have been recorded by a wide variety of artists, and many have appeared on Billboard magazine’s Top Ten list. His workshops focus on the creative aspects of songwriting, teaching the “how-to” of song approach, capturing emotion, and imagery construction.
Grammy-winning songwriter Jon Vezner, a Minnesota native, will close the series on June 13, 2015. Vezner’s hit “Where’ve You Been” won the Grammy for Best Country Song in 1990, along with Song Of The Year honors from Nashville Songwriters Association, Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music. Vezner has penned cuts by dozens of nationally known recording artists, including Kathy Mattea, Martina McBride, Janis Ian, John Mellenkamp, Nanci Griffith, and Faith Hill. For more information about the upcoming MAS songwriting workshops, please contact MAS President Wayne Hamilton at 612-508-0768.
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The BUZZ is a Blues Ukulele JaZZ and Swing tune instructional jam, led by Brian Barnes, well known local musician and ukulele teacher. BUZZ is sponsored by MBOTMA Underground. BUZZ sessions are ukulele workshops within a regular jam. Brian will introduce a song, then teach the chords (many of them alternate fingerings or moveable chords), strumming/picking patterns, and transitions. He will also teach some improvisation and melody playing, and encourage more adventurous souls to improvise a break. BUZZ jammers will explore blues progressions and chord patterns beyond the familiar I, IV, V pattern. Beyond the instructional component, we spend the majority of the time playing and singing. These jams are geared for advanced beginner to advanced uke players. BUZZ jams are held the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month at 6 p.m. at Elliot Park Recreation Center, 1000 14th St. E, Minneapolis. There is plenty of on-street parking. Suggested donation is $5, or whatever is comfortable. If you cannot pay, please do not let that keep you from coming. The Twin Cities Ukulele Club holds six ukulele jams a month in Minneapolis: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays —BUZZ (Blues, Uke JaZZ); 1st and 3rd Thursdays—UkeAmericana; 2nd and 4th Mondays—BUG (Bluegrass Ukulele Group). For more information on the Twin Cities Ukulele Club, visit www.tcukeclub.com. All of our jams are open to the public. Join us! You know you want to. 13
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Minnesota Fiddle Tunes Project CD Number 2: The Tunes of Leonard Finseth By Bob Dixon with additional material by Mary Pat Kleven “Clawhammer Mike” Sawyer has traveled long stretches of prairie, stopping only to dig through root cellars and scale rickety attic stairs in the farmhouses and storage bins of old farmsteads, on behalf of his Minnesota Fiddle Tunes Project. Mike is on a mission to find and preserve old fiddle tunes played in Minnesota and throughout the upper Midwest by gentleman farmers and master fiddlers from a time long past, when the barn dance and community festival were the main source of entertainment for most people living a rural life. When he started, he hoped to find fiddlers who were still playing tunes that had been handed down from family members, but most of what he located were home recordings on reelto-reel or cassettes that relatives had kept, often in dusty closets and attics. Mike started transferring these recordings to MP3 and posted them to the Minnesota Fiddle website (minnesotafiddle.blogspot.com). He also posted as much information as he could gather for each fiddler represented. With funding from the Minnesota State Arts Board, Mike produced the first Minnesota Fiddle Tunes Project CD, released in 2012. Bands and groups involving over 50 Minnesota musicians were recruited to record the music from the repertoires of over a dozen master Minnesota fiddlers. For his second Minnesota Fiddle Tunes CD project, Mike is focusing on the music of one particular fiddler, Leonard Finseth (1911–1991). The new CD is funded by a successful Kickstarter campaign, for which Mike wrote: 14
“Leonard Finseth stuck out to me right away. He lived on the same farm his whole life, but seemed to be everywhere in the region playing with many of the great old-time musicians of the upper Midwest. That he recorded much Musicians playing on The Tunes of Leonard Finseth. L-R: Bob Dixon, of these musical wanderings in home Mike Sawyer, Anni Spring, Matt Edwards, Renee Vaughan, Ann Larson, Quillan Roe. Photo: Liz McMann recordings is a real treasure. The problem is that the recordings have been stuck Minnesota musicians rehearsing degrading in dusty archives and family and arranging these tunes for the attics until now.” new recording include Mike Sawyer, At 10-years-old, Leonard started leader, banjo; Anni Spring, fiddle; Ann playing guitar for dances with his Larson, accordion; Matt Edwards, uncle Ed Quall. Finseth went on to fiddle, pump organ, and harmonium; learn fiddle from his uncle as well Renee Vaughan, nyckelharpa and as from Ingval Severson, a neighbor pump organ; Quillan Roe, bass; Bob steeped in the Norwegian fiddling Dixon, guitar; Adam Kiesling, guitar tradition. Although he spent his work and bass. life tending to his farm near Mondovi, The musicians have listened careWisconsin, Finseth played fiddle in fully to Leonard’s versions and Anni barn dances and festivals throughout Spring has gone to great lengths to the upper Midwest from the 1920s learn bowing patterns and the intricathrough the 1980s, continually picking cies of his fiddle playing. The CD will up new tunes from fiddlers he met include new arrangements with differalong the way. ent combinations of instruments: some Of the many tunes that he is featuring the accordion with fiddle or preserving, Clawhammer Mike has nyckelharpa, others with just fiddle selected about 20 to record on the and guitar, as well as many with the second Minnesota Fiddle Tunes CD. full ensemble. As expected, there are schottisches and Mike emphasizes that is not just a waltzes, but also polkas, a mazurka, recording project: the plan is to play and square dance tunes, including for dances and to “set up shows to a variant of the “Sailor’s Hornpipe” support it here in the upper Midwest— called “Charlie’s Square Dance.” imagine, if you will, a VFW club in June 2014
Bemidji.” As with the first CD, the intent is that fiddlers around the country will start learning these tunes and play them at jams, dances, and performances. “One of the cool things from the first CD was hearing from folks from all over the country who listened to it. I heard from one fellow in Seattle who was learning all the tunes on the album,” said Mike. The Minnesota State Fiddlers Association (MSFA) has taken on the project of learning and transcribing all of the fiddle tunes from the first CD. According to association president Mary Pat Kleven, “The MSFA isn’t responsible for the Minnesota Fiddle Tunes Project, we are just big fans who have transcribed the tunes from the first CD and are working on learning them. By June, we will have completed transcribing all of the tunes and they will be available free of charge at fiddlemn.com.” The MSFA “SloJammers” began learning music from the Minnesota Fiddle Tunes Project in October, 2012, when Anabel Njoes taught the group “Old Red Barn” and “Steamboat Quickstep” (Medley, track 18). The CD quickly became a Slojammer favorite, and over the next several months, the group learned many more tunes from the project during monthly sessions. Scott Gamble coordinated transcription assignments. Transcribers include Gamble, Charlotte Jensen, Tim Wankel, Carla Manning, LaJean Ernst, Walter Sigtermans, and Mary Pat Kleven. Many of the teaching sessions were recorded and posted on YouTube; search Minnesota Fiddle Tunes Project. Kleven plans to work with Clawhammer Mike to teach and present the tunes from the second Minnesota Fiddle Tunes Project CD as well. June 2014
Inspired by the MSFA transcription effort, the Finseth project release will contain transcriptions of all the tunes and a notebook with information and archival pictures of Leonard Finseth and the musicians he worked with. Mike has gained access to additional material, including interviews and videos of Finseth playing in various groups. Some of these clips will go on the Minnesota Fiddle website. Mike hopes to release a DVD of the videos with Leonard playing the fiddle. Recording and production of The Tunes of Leonard Finseth was completed this spring. Release and supporting concerts will happen this summer. Please check the Minnesota Fiddle website for updates: minnesotafiddle.blogspot.com.
MSFA SloJammers The Minnesota State Fiddlers Association SloJammers meets monthly for fiddlers wanting to learn old-time and ethnic tunes. Fiddlers volunteer to teach each month followed by a slow jam format that allows everyone to participate. Sessions are geared toward people who have taken violin lessons and want to try their hand at fiddling, or are accomplished in old time/bluegrass/Irish in another instrument and want to work on fiddling. Guitar players come to work on their back up skills, and more advanced fiddlers participate to share their expertise or expand their tune repertoire. The group meets at the Ridgedale Library in Minnetonka, on Saturday afternoons in one of the public meeting rooms as available. Schedules are posted on fiddlemn.com.
MSFA presented a workshop at the MBOTMA Winter Weekend in February to teach several of the tunes from the first Minnesota Fiddle Tunes Project CD to more than 20 fiddlers. Photo: Walter Sigtermans
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Minnesota Duet Championship Friday, August 29, 2014, 2 to 5 pm West End Market Stage, Minnesota State Fair
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Minnesota Flatpicking Guitar Championship Saturday, August 30, 2014, 2 to 5 pm West End Market Stage, Minnesota State Fair
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Championship Round 1st Place:Hand-Built Guitar by David Vincent Guitars (retail value of $2,500) Trophies and cash prizes for 2nd $350; 3rd $250; 4th $150; 5th $100 Preliminary Round a. Ages 21 & Under: 1st $40; 2nd $20; 3rd trophy b. Ages 22 to 55: 1st $40; 2nd $20; 3rd trophy c. Ages 56 & Up: 1st $40; 2nd $20; 3rd trophy
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PRE-FESTIVAL INSTRUCTIONAL CAMPS Prior to the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival El Rancho Mañana Campground ~ August 7–10, 2014
BLUEGRASS JAM CAMP WITH MONROE CROSSING
The members of Monroe Crossing will host a three-day bluegrass instructional camp. For beginners and intermediate level players, camp will include individual instrument instruction plus group playing and harmony singing dynamics. It starts on Tuesday, August 5 after 6 p.m. and continues in morning and afternoon sessions on August 6 & 7. The camp will wind up with a group recital in the Showcase Tent on Thursday evening. $95 registration fee before July 15; $120 after.
OLD-TIME STRINGBAND CAMP WITH THE VOLO BOGTROTTERS
The members of The Volo Bogtrotters will host a two day old-time band instructional camp on August 6 & 7. They will teach intermediate and advanced level old-time musicianship. Learn some basics of old-time music as well as a few new tunes, and gain experience playing with others. Instruction on student’s own instrument. $80 registration fee before July 15; $95 after.
SOUND WORKSHOP WITH ARMADILLO
Doug Lohman of Armadillo Sound will cover audio production and sound reinforcement for this intensive two-day workshop. The nature and characteristics of audio gear (analog and digital) and how to master it, along with the characteristics of a successful sound person will be the topics. Camp begins at 9 a.m., August 6. $80 registration fee before July 15, $95 after.
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Bluegrass Saturday Morning By Phil Nusbaum
Music Listings We’ve changed the way the music listings are done. For a long time, we’d take time out and read them on the air. As the majority of people now seem comfortable using the internet, we received more and more messages that we’d best be using it to list events. The listings are found at www. jazz88fm.com. To be precise, the URL is: http://jazz88.mpls. k12.mn.us/uploads/bgsmcalendartemplate_shows.pdf
Cross-Country Thinking that winter was safely in the rear-view mirror, I got in the car and headed for southern Indiana. My goal was to record interviews with players and scholars for broadcast on the Bluegrass Review show. It was cold when I stopped in Mount Horeb to visit my old friend Jim Leary. We recorded a couple of interviews about combinations of Upper Midwest ethnic music and old-time country music. After an enjoyable conversation that I recorded, I packed up the gear and headed out to the car only to learn it was not only cold, but raining. It rained all the way to Chicago, where I met with Jon Goldfine of the Henhouse Prowlers, and we talked about his composing. I finally made it to Bloomington, the town I lived in while finishing my education at Indiana University. I talked to Jamie Gans, former Twin Cities person, about the connections between Irish music and old-time tunes, and to Brad Leftwich about some of the fiddle masters he learned from in his early days of fiddling. I turned my motel room into a makeshift recording studio and got another piece with songwriter Kim Robins who likes to write about relationships. I met a group called the Underhills rehearsing in an old deserted building. Out in southern Indiana, a group known as Blue Mafia is making a big sound. The group plays the modern beat, and I talked to guitarist, fiddler, songwriter Kent Todd. But he says I should talk to his sister-in-law Dara Wray who, when songs were needed for a CD, churned them out one after another. Maybe I’ll have a chance to talk with Dara sometime. But as it was, after talking to Kent, I headed back to my hotel, got some sleep, and then awoke to drive out. I stopped again in Wisconsin, this time to jam with former bandmates Dale and Pru Palecek and then to talk to fiddler Chirps Smith. Let me tell you about the Indiana I was expecting to find on the trip. It is the Indiana I returned to after one particular Chicago Folk Festival a few decades ago. Chicago June 2014
was demonstrating why it is called the Windy City, and with every form of precipitation to boot. But on the day in my memory, somewhere between Indianapolis and Bloomington, someone took down the clouds and put up the blue sky, and made the temperature rise about 40 degrees, while turning off the wind. But the reality on my first day in Indiana in April 2014, it was 27 degrees. I’m currently stock-piling pieces that will be broadcast in the fall into winter. This summer, during July and August, we’ll have a set of Bluegrass Review shows curated by Lyle Lofgren, Adam Granger, and me. We always have fun working together to produce a set of shows that is informative and entertaining.
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The Bluegrass Review in Minnesota Check www.bluegrassreview.com for a complete station list. Station
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KMSU-FM, 89.7 Mankato; 91.3 Austin
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MBOTMA Calendar of Events
Concerts and events presented or supported by the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association The following events are presented by the Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Association (MBOTMA) or supported in part by MBOTMA, and made possible in part by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund. Minnesota Homegrown Kickoff Music Festival May 30–June 1, El Rancho Mañana Campground & Riding Stable, Richmond, MN. Three-day outdoor music and camping festival with 20 regional groups performing bluegrass, old-time stringband, and related forms of acoustic music. Showtimes: 6 to 11 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. $15 to $25 daily at the gate. Weekend: $45 in advance includes camping ($41 members). Call 800-635-3037 or visit minnesotabluegrass. org.
Loring Park Acoustic Music Festival, Saturday, June 14, noon–8 p.m., Loring Park, Oak Grove & Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis. A day of fun-loving acoustic music featuring The New Riverside Ramblers, Mother Banjo, One Ukulele, The High 48s, Wain McFarlane & Jahz, Prudence Johnson & Tom Lieberman, Frank Hornstein, Keith Ellison, Larry Long & Friends. Free admission. For more information visit loringpark.org or call 612-874-9002 or loveloring@gmail. com. Presented by Citizens For A Loring Park Community and the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board.
The Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival, August 7–10, 2014, El Rancho Mañana Campground & Riding Stable, 27302B Ranch Rd 56368, Richmond, MN. $20 to $30 daily at gate or $77 for all four days in advance (including camping). Teens are $10 and kids are free. For information or tickets call 800-635-3037 or visit minnesotabluegrass.org (see ad page 11).
Fiddle Pal Camp Minnesota, Tuesday–Friday, June 17–20, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 609 5th St S. Stillwater. Four day music camp for kids and adults. $385–$495 (depending on date of registration). Call 651-275-0171 or visit fiddlepal.com. Produced by Fiddle Pal LLC.
9th Annual Harvest Jam Acoustic Music Experience, November 21–23, Marriott Minneapolis West Hotel, 9960 Wayzata Blvd, St. Louis Park, MN. Call 800-635-3037 or visit minnesotabluegrass.org. To book lodging, contact the Marriott at 952-544-4400 and ask for the special Minnesota Bluegrass rate.
Supported by MBOTMA WBSM’s Monthly Bluegrass Jam, Sundays, 2–4 p.m., West Bank School of Music, 1813 S 6th St., Minneapolis, MN. Bluegrass musician Bill Cagley heads an open bluegrass jam the third Sunday of every month. Admission $5. Call 612-333-6651 or visit wbsm.org. Produced by West Bank School of Music.
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Takin’ Time’s Solstice Music & Arts Fair, Saturday, June 21, 5 p.m., 4529 128th St NW, Clearwater, MN. A family-friendly music and arts fair featuring local vendors, silent auction, and music by Thea Grace, Nikki & The Ruemates, and Under The Willow. Admission $10. Contact: 612-817-8942 or on Facebook at takintimelivemusic. Produced by Rhythm’s Way Community Music & Arts Center. Caponi Art Park Bluegrass Festival, Sunday, September 14, noon to 6 p.m., Theater In The Woods, Caponi Art Park, 1220 Diffley Rd., Eagan. Featuring The Okee Dokee Brothers, Monroe Crossing, Roe Family Singers, and The Blackburn Trio, this community celebration and fundraiser for Caponi Art Park starts with an open jam session and welcomes folks of all ages and families to this unique outdoor venue. $20 per person, kids 12 and under free. For more information call 952-454-9412 or www.caponiartpark. org. Produced by Caponi Art Park & Learning Center.
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Coming Up Venue abbreviations 331C: 331 Club, 331 13th Ave, Mpls, www.331.mn 3Cr: Three Crows, River Street, Delano, www.thethreecrows.com, 763-972-3399. Cover. ACA: Acadia Cafe, 329 Cedar Ave, Mpls AGr: Amazing Grace Bakery and Café, 394 S Lake Ave, Duluth, 218-723-0075 APHC: “A Prairie Home Companion” with Garrison Keillor, October–June. MPR. AST: Aster Cafe, 125 SE Main St, Mpls, 612-379-3138 BDD: Bo Didley’s Deli, 6th Ave & Division St, St. Cloud, 320-255-9811. Cover. Call ahead. BTC: Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua, Bayfield, WI, 888-244-8368, www.bigtop.org CED: Cedar Cultural Center, 416 Cedar Ave S, Mpls, 612-338-2674. Cover. CP: Celt’s Pub, 14506 S Robert Tr, Rosemount, 651-322-7995 CrH: Creek House Concerts, New Brighton, 651-633-5353, www.creekhouseconcerts.com DAK: Dakota Jazz Club, 1010 Nicollet Ave, Mpls, 612-3321010, dakotacooks.com. Call for tickets/reservations. DUL: Dulono’s Pizza, 607 W. Lake St, Mpls, 612-827-1726 EAG: Eagles Club (#34), 2507 East 25th St, Mpls, www.minneapoliseagles34.org FITZ: Fitzgerald Theater, Wabasha & Exchange, St. Paul GINK: Gingko Coffeehouse, Snelling & Minnehaha, St. Paul, www.ginkocoffee.com
GKb: Grand Kabaret, 210 N Minnesota St, New Ulm, 507-359-9222 HB: Harriet Brewing, 3036 Minnehaha Ave, Minneapolis HOB: The Loft at Hobgoblin Music, 920 State Hwy 19, Red Wing, 877-866-3936 HPP: Homestead Pickin’ Parlor, 6625 Penn Ave S, Richfield, 612-861-3308, www.homesteadpickinparlor.com HON: Honey, 205 E. Hennepin Ave., Mpls HOPK: Hopkins Center for the Arts, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, 952-979-1111 KIP: Kieran’s Irish Pub, 601 1st Ave N, Mpls, 612-339-4499. KRAM: Kramarczuk’s Deli, 215 E. Hennepin Ave, Mpls, 612-379-3018 OAK: Oak Center General Store. Lake City, 507-753-2080 ROCK: Rockwoods, 9100 Quaday Ave NE, Elk River. Bluegrass and Roots, Thursdays, 7pm, sandi@lessonpros.com, 763-222-4353 SHL: Sheldon Theatre, 443 W 3rd St, Red Wing, 651-388-8700 or 800-899-5759 TAP: Tapestry Folkdance Center, 3748 Minnehaha Ave S, Mpls, 612-722-2914, www.tapestryfolkdance.org. Cover. UMC: Underground Music Cafe (formerly Coffee Grounds), 1579 Hamline Ave N, Falcon Hts, 651-644-9959, undergroundmusiccafe.com ZUM: Crossings at Carnegie, 320 East Ave, Zumbrota, 507-732-7616
To post gigs and events to this calendar, request the link to our online submission form to editor@minnesotabluegrass.org
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Sawtooth Bluegrass Band, City Square Park, Waconia, Waconia Summer Music in the Park. Outdoor concert, www.sawtoothbluegrass.com, 7pm
Mighty River Bluegrass Festival, Lowertown, St. Paul. With the Barley Jacks, Eelpout Stringers, & Platte Valley Boys. Celebrate the opening of the Green Line.
The Over and Back Band, Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour, 101 NW 6th St, Faribault, Heritage Days Ecumenical Gospel Service, www.overandbackband.com, 10am
June 1—Sunday
Richmond, www.longshotsbluegrass.com, 2pm • Monroe Crossing, Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, Volunteer Sunday, 5025 Knox Ave S, Minneapolis. 9, 10 & 11am, 612-7672263, www.mtolivet.org
• Flint Hills International Children’s Festival, Ordway Theater, St Paul • The WoodPicks, CD Release Party for Going to the County Fair, Kezar Music Showroom, 315 Duluth Ave N, Thief River Falls, 218-681-2148, 6pm
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June 2—Monday
June 7—Saturday
• Pocahontas County, 331C, 6:30pm • Roe Family Singers, 331C, 9pm
• The Back Porch Band, Gasthaus Bavarian Hunter, 8390 Lofton Ave. Stillwater, 4pm • Bernie King and the Guilty Pleasures, Plum’s Neighborhood Bar, St. Paul, 8pm • Catfish Creek, CrH, 7pm • Contra Dance with Pig’s Eye Landing, TAP, 7:30pm • Jivin’ Ivan and the Kings of Swing, Signature Bar and Grill, 201 Central Av. N, Faribault, 507-331-1657, www. jivinivanandthekingsofswing.com, 7:30pm • Adelyn Rose & Good Night Gold Dust, GKb, 8pm • Monroe Crossing, Hancock UCC, Community Bluegrass & Gospel Concert, Lexington, MA, 7:30pm • Barley Jacks with Brian Wicklund, DUL, 8pm • Roe Family Singers, Dakota County Rhythm & Words Family Music & Book Fest, Burnsville Performing Arts Center, Burnsville, 9am
June 3—Tuesday
• June Conspiracy Series featuring Jack Klatt, 331C, 10pm
June 4—Wednesday
• KFAI House Party Presents Javier Matos, 331C, 7pm • Monroe Crossing, Little Theatre, St Mary’s College, Notre Dame IN
June 5—Thursday
• Claudia Schmidt & Dean Magraw, GINK, 7:30pm • Mister Rowles, EAG, 7:30pm • Long Time Gone, Mayo Clinic Health System, 701 Hewitt Blvd, Red Wing, 12pm • Sawtooth Bluegrass Band, City Square Park, Waconia, Waconia Summer Music in the Park. Outdoor concert, www.sawtoothbluegrass.com, 7pm • High 48s, Coon Rapids Dam Concert Series, Coon Rapids • Mary Cutrufello, ROCK
June 6—Friday
• Steve Earle and the Dukes, Minnesota Zoo, Apple Valley, 7:30pm • The Frye, GKb, 8pm • Wild Ponies, ZUM, 8pm • Alan Munde with Dick Kimmel and Adam Granger, New Ulm Public Library, Concert/workshop: Bluegrass in the modern age, 6pm • Playing for Change, O’Shaughnessy Auditorium, 2004 Randolph Ave, St Paul, 651-690-6700 or http://oshag. stkate.edu/tickets, 7:30pm • Tim Cheesebrow & Mark Keating, UMC, 8pm • House of Mercy Showcase with Ross Willits, Noah Riemer, Adam Kiesling, GINK
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June 8—Sunday
• Benson Family Singers, Grotto of Redemption, West Bend, IA, BensonFamilyMusic.com • Relativity, Cannon Valley Winery, 421 Mill Street W, Cannon Falls. Special guest Mike Hildebrandt on fiddle, www.relativitytheband.com, 1pm • Catfish Creek, CrH, 7pm • John McCutcheon, ZUM, 7pm • Monroe Crossing, Hancock UCC, Bluegrass Mass with Hancock Chancel Choir, Lexington, MA, 10am • Minnesota Guitar Society Open Stage, UMC, 2pm
June 9—Monday
• Barley Jacks, Harmony for Mayo at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, 12pm • Cajun Dance with Bayou Grenouille, EAG, 7:30pm
• Roe Family Singers, 331C, 9pm • Monroe Crossing, Carnegie Hall, Bluegrass Mass with Masterworks Festival Chorus, New York, NY, 8pm
June 10—Tuesday
• June Conspiracy Series featuring Jack Klatt, 331C, 10pm • Open Mic, New York Mills Cultural Center, 24 Main Ave N, New York Mills, 218-385-3339, 7pm • Sawtooth Bluegrass Band, Plainview Community Center, Plainview, www.sawtoothbluegrass.com, 7pm
June 11—Wednesday
• Folk Showcase with Larry Carpenter, UMC, 7pm
June 12—Thursday
• Alan Munde Trio with Dick Kimmel and Adam Granger, AST, 9pm • Monroe Crossing, Frying Pan Farm Park, Herndon VA, 7:30pm • Alan Munde with Dick Kimmel and Adam Granger, Hanska Community Library, 201 Broadway, Hanska, Concert/workshop: Bluegrass in the modern age, 2pm • Bernie King and the Guilty Pleasures, Sociable Cider Werks, 1500 Fillmore St NE, Minneapolis, 6pm • Celtic Music Showcase with Paul Garding, UMC, 7pm • John Gorka and Michael Johnson, DAK, 7pm • Sherwin Linton, Coon Rapids Dam Concert Series, 9750 Egret Blvd, Coon Rapids, 763-755-2880, 7pm • Southside Aces, EAG, 8pm • Brady Perl, ROCK
June 13—Friday
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June 13—Friday • Chris Silver Band, River Falls First National Stadium Opener, River Falls, WI, 6pm • Barb Piper and the Paradise Band, Paradise Center for the Arts, 321 Central Ave, Faribault. Tickets: $15 Members, $19 Non Members, $10 Students, www.paradisecenterforthearts.org, 7:30pm • Alan Munde Trio with Dick Kimmel & Adam Granger, GrK, 8pm • Mother Banjo & Jaspar Lepak, ZUM, 8pm • Bernie King and the Guilty Pleasures, Fitger’s Brewhouse, 600 E Superior St, Duluth, 9:30pm • Alan Munde with Dick Kimmel and Adam Granger, Gaylord Public Library, 428 Main Ave, Gaylord, Concert/workshop: Bluegrass in the modern age, 4pm • Mother Banjo with Jaspar Lepak, ZUM, Tickets: $15 / Reservations: 507-732-7616, 612-281-1364, www. motherbanjo.com, 8pm • Becky Schlegel Band with Kenny Wilson, Gordon Johnson and Heath Loy, DUL, 8pm • Barley Jacks, Manitou Station, 2171 4th St, White Bear, 8pm • John Gorka and Michael Johnson, New York Mills Cultural Center, 24 Main Ave N, New York Mills, 218-385-3339 • Minnesota Irish Music Weekend with Oisin Mac Diarmada, Catherine McEvoy, John McEvoy, John Blake, Rita Gallagher, Celtic Junction. See p. 3.
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• The Platte Valley Boys, The Mighty River Bluegrass Festival. See Special Attractions p. 27
June 15—Sunday
• Ana & The Bel-Tones, St. Paul Farmer’s Market, 290 E 5th St, St. Paul, 9am • Greenwood Tree, Glewwe’s Castle (Root Beer) Brewery, 4620 207th St E, Prior Lake, 952-440-4558, 1:30pm • No Man’s String Band, 318 Cafe Music Stage, Art On The Lake, Lake St, Excelsior, 1:30pm • Benson Family Singers, Skonewood Christian Retreat, Cushing, WI, BensonFamilyMusic.com, 6:30pm • Okee Dokee Brothers, Minnesota Zoo, Apple Valley, 6:30pm • Minnesota Irish Music Weekend with Oisin Mac Diarmada, Catherine McEvoy, John McEvoy, John Blake, Rita Gallagher, Celtic Junction. See p. 3.
June 16—Monday
• Sawtooth Bluegrass Band, Harmony for Mayo Concert Series, Peace Plaza, Rochester, Free outdoor concert, 12pm
June 17—Tuesday
• The Fish Heads, Lighthouse at Emily’s, Knife River, 218-824-2501, 6:30pm • Fiddle Pal Camp Minnesota, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 609 5th St S, Stillwater, 651-275-0171, June 17–20. Music Day Camp for kids and adults
June 19—Thursday
• Dick Kimmel & Co, Street Market and Music Festival, Peace Plaza, 2nd Ave SW & 1st St SW, Rochester, 5pm • Barley Jacks, Trinity Lutheran Church, 115 4th St N, Stillwater, 7pm
June 2014
• Mother Banjo Band, Lake Harriet Bandshell, 4135 W. Lake Harriet Parkway, Minneapolis, 7:30pm • Natalie MacMaster with Donnell Leahy, BTC, 7:30pm • No Man’s String Band & Sawtooth Bluegrass, HB, sponsored in part by MBOTMA. www.nmsbmusic.com, 8:30pm • Sawtooth Bluegrass Band, HB, 9:30pm • Monroe Crossing, Johnson Farm, Covered Bridge Concerts, 6401 161st Ave NE, New London MN, Freewill Offering, 6pm • Brian Wicklund hosts Fiddle Masters Concert, Trinity Lutheran Church, 115 4th St N, Stillwater, Sponsored in part by MBOTMA. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com Search: American Fiddle Masters Concert, 7pm • Jeff Ray, ROCK
June 20—Friday
• The Eddies, Chisago City Farmers Market, 10625 Railroad Ave, Chisago City, Great small town farmers market in lovely park, 651-500-2279, www.eddiesontheriver.com, 4pm • Bob Bovee with Chirps Smith & Dot Kent, Dreamacres Farm, Wykoff, Summer Solstice Barn Dance, www. boveeheil.com, 7pm • Bockfest Boys, GKb, 8pm • Mary Flower, ZUM, 8pm • Brian Wicklund hosts Fiddle Masters Concert, St. Croix Festival Theatre, 210 N Washington St, St. Croix Falls, WI. Advanced tickets at www.festivaltheatre.org, 8pm • The Fish Heads, Lloyd Fest, Grand Rapids, 218-831-5181, June 20–22
June 21—Saturday
• Benson Family Singers, First Presbyterian Church, 1813 Fire Monument Rd, Hinckley, 6:30pm June 2014
• Greenwood Tree, Prior Lake Farmers Market, downtown Prior Lake, 9am • The Eddies, St. Paul Farmers Market, Best urban farmers market in the Twin, 9am • Ana & The Bel-Tones, Hosmer Library, 347 E. 36th St, Minneapolis, Hosmer World Music Series hosted by Dan Rein, 2pm • APHC, Broadcast live from Ravinia Festival Pavilion in Highland Park, IL, 4:45pm • Mary Flower, CrH, 7pm • Becky Schlegel with Kenny Wilson, 318 Cafe, 318 Water St. Excelsior, 7:30pm • Contra Dance with Toss The Possum, TAP, 7:30pm • Don McLean & Judy Collins, BTC, 7:30pm • Bob Bovee & Chirps Smith with dance calling by Shawn Glidden, Lanesboro Barn Dance at Sons of Norway Hall, Lanesboro, Old time square dance, 8pm • Hank Exoo, GKb, 8pm • Bernie King and the Guilty Pleasures, Hell’s Kitchen, 80 S 9th St, Minneapolis, 10am • Bob & Lynn Dixon, Fulton Farmers Market, 4901 Chowen Ave S, Minneapolis, 10am • Monroe Crossing, Route 20 Outhouse, Party on the Prairie, 14001 Washington Ave, Sturtevant, WI, 7:30pm • Johnsmith Songwriting Workshop, Schmitt Music Recital Hall, 2906 W 66th St, Edina, mnsongwriters.org, 1pm • The Eddies, St. Paul Farmers Market, Best urban farmers market in the Twin, 9am • Dick Kimmel & Adam Granger, Kakabeka Falls Bluegrass and Old Time Festival, Rosslyn, Ontario, Canada
• Eelpout Stringers, Hennepin County Fair • Takin’ Time’s Solstice Music & Arts Fair, with Thea Grace, Nikki & The Ruemates, and Under The Willow, 4529 128th St NW, Clearwater, 612-817-8942, 5pm
June 22—Sunday
• The Over and Back Band, Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour, 101 NW 6th St, Faribault, Heritage Days Ecumenical Gospel Service, www. overandbackband.com, 10am • Curtis & Loretta, Munsinger Gardens, 1515 Riverside Dr SE, St Cloud, 320-257-5959, 3pm • Dick Kimmel & Adam Granger, Kakabeka Falls Bluegrass and Old Time Festival, Rosslyn, Ontario, Canada • Monroe Crossing, Faribault Area Hospice 30th Celebration, Trailside Center, River Bend Nature Center, 1000 Rustad Road, Faribault, 3pm
June 24—Tuesday
• Bluegrass Showcase with Sarah Cagley, UMC, 7pm • Chris Silver Band, Wall Amphitheater, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, WI, 7pm • The Fish Heads, Chester Bowl Park, Skyline Dr, Duluth, 7pm
June 25—Wednesday
• The Flemming Fold, St. John’s United Church of Christ, 19086 Jacobs Ave, Faribault, 507-789-5766, Summer Concert Series, 7pm • Albert Lee and Cindy Cashdollar, DAK, 7pm and 9pm
June 26—Thursday
• The Rockin’ Pinecones, EAG, 7:30pm • Brian Wicklund hosts Fiddle Masters Concert, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Madison, WI. Tickets: www.eventbrite.com Search: American Fiddle Masters Concert, 7pm 29
June 26—Thursday • Roots Music Showcase with Bill Cagley, UMC, 7pm • Mother Banjo with Ernie Hendrickson, AST, 7pm • Dead Pigeons, ROCK
June 27—Friday
• The WoodPicks, Norman County Fair, Ada, MN • Ace in The Whole, GKb, 8pm • Dan Israel, 3CR, 7:30pm • Eelpout Stringers, Bluegrass Americana Weekend Square Dance, Central Park, Rosemount, 6pm
June 28—Saturday
• APHC, Broadcast live from Koussevitzky Music Shed in Lenox, MA, 4:45pm • Contra Dance with Mary DuShane & Friends, TAP, 7:30pm • Ghost Notes, GKb, 8pm • John Gorka and Michael Johnson, Zumbrota State Theatre, Call ZUM for info, 8pm • Becky Schlegel with the Midwest Country House Band, Midwest Country Theater, Sandstone MN, 3pm and 7pm • Monroe Crossing, Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park, Yellow River Folk Music Festival, 8500 County Road U, Danbury, WI, 5pm • Bluegrass Americana Festival with The Fish Heads, Sawtooth Bluegrass Band, The Fly Rite Girls, No Grass Limit, Central Park, 2893 145th St W, Rosemount, 952-255-8545
June 29—Sunday
• Barley Jacks, Brookside Bar and Grill, Judd St, Marine on St. Croix, 3pm • Yonder Mountain String Band, BTC, 6pm • Dick Kimmel & Adam Granger, Grand Kabaret Annual Fundraiser, New Ulm, GKb
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Concerts & Events coming up in 2014-2015 Sunday, June 1, 2014
9, 10, & 11:00 am
Volunteer Sunday Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, 5025 Knox Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN
612-767-2263
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
7:00 pm
Moreau Center for the Arts Little Theatre (campus of St. Mary’s College), Highway 933
Notre Dame, IN
574-284-4626
Saturday, June 7, 2014
7:30 pm
Community Bluegrass & Gospel Concert Hancock UCC, Congregational, 1912 Massachusetts Avenue
Lexington, MA
781-862-4220
Sunday, June 8, 2014
10:00 am
The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass with Hancock Chancel Choir Hancock UCC, Congregational, 1912 Massachusetts Avenue
Lexington, MA
781-862-4220
Monday, June 9, 2014
8:00 pm
The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass with Masterworks Festival Chorus and conductor Philip Brunelle Carnegie Hall, 881 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY
212-279-1147
Thursday, June 12, 2014
7:30 pm
Fairfax County Parks Summer Entertainment Series Frying Pan Farm Park, 2739 West Ox Road
Herndon, VA
703-437-9101
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Time(s) TBA
Wind Gap Bluegrass Festival Mountain View Park, 206 East Mountain Road
Wind Gap, PA
973-584-2324
Thursday, June 19, 2014
6:00 pm
Covered Bridge Concerts, Johnson Farm, 6401 161st Avenue NE
New London, MN
320-796-2662
Saturday, June 21, 2014
7:30 pm
Party on the Prairie, Route 20 Outhouse, 14001 Washington Avenue Sturtevant , WI
262-898-7900
Sunday, June 22, 2014
3:00 6:00 pm
Faribault Area Hospice 30th Celebration Trailside Center, River Bend Nature Center, 1000 Rustad Road
Faribault, MN
507-332-4834
Saturday, June 28, 2014
5:00 pm
Yellow River Folk Music Festival Forts Folle Avoine Historial Park, 8500 County Road U
Danbury, WI
January 8-12, 2015
Danny Stewart’s Bluegrass Cruise! Five days, four nights of jamming and concerts from Tampa, FL to Cozumel, Mexico with Royal Caribbean International. Book today to lock in your rate: www.monroecrossing.com/bluegrasscruise.html
715-866-8890
Go to www.MonroeCrossing.com for detailed information on all our concerts! Booking: Art Blackburn, AKBMusic.com 763-213-1349, art@akbmusic.com June 2014
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