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December 9, 2011 |
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Welcome! Here is your subscription!
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| In This Issue |
- A Holiday Gift - Blue Highway
- Too Blue Releases New CD
- New Members
- Our Website
- CDs for Review
- What's Happening
- From Our Readers
- About Us
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| A Holiday Gift - Blue Highway |
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January 13 at 7:30pm |
| Where: |
Christ Church - 20 Carroll Street, Poughkeepsie, NY |
| Tickets: |
Online, or call 475-8830 |
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Have you been looking for the perfect gift to give to a bluegrass lover? We have the answer for you....Blue Highway will be here next month and purchasing tickets for your friends or family should do the trick. Just think of the smile on their faces when the tickets are received and the even brighter smiles as they leave the concert.
Tickets are selling now, but we still are looking for Patrons, Sponsors, and Supporters. We also would love to have an instrument to raffle that night. If you know of anyone who might be able to help us out, please let us know. The HVBA needs your support if we are to continue bringing the best bluegrass to the Valley. Please consider joining this list:
- Patrons
- R.J. Storm
- Kristin & Bob O'Connor
- Friends of Peach Hill
- Supporters
- Wayne Fugate
- Grey Fox
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| Too Blue Releases New CD |
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HVBA's own Member Band, Too Blue, has recently announced the release of their 2nd CD, "Trouble With The Grey." The CD includes 12 vocals & instrumentals, including 9 originals. There are covers from Patsy Cline, Karla Bonoff, and Louis Jordan. Liner notes are written by Eric Gibson & the CD was recorded at Ampersand Records by Bob Harris (Vassar Clements, Johnny Cash).
It Features:
Joan Harrison, banjo, vocals
Betsy Rome, guitar, vocals
Michael Sassano, mandolin, vocals
Jamie Doris, bass
Rob Hecht, guest fiddle
This CD has been receiving great reviews, here are a few:
- "To quote Bill Monroe, 'This is powerful music! Swing-grass: Hot pickin' & sweet singin'. " - Barry Mitterhoff, mandolinist with Jorma Kaukonen
- "Smooth harmonies, adventurous musicianship, and eclectic material...Ah, music for grown-ups." - Eric Gibson, The Gibson Brothers
- "Too Blue is a fantastic band with great singing, great picking and large dollops of creativity ... I was impressed. I think you will be too." - Tony Trischka, banjoist
Stay tuned for a review on the HVBA website and for an interview with Too Blue that will be coming soon.
Visit Too Blue's website for soundclips and to purchase CD's & downloads at CDBaby.com, iTunes or Amazon, and check them out on Facebook. |
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| New Members |
| Patty Jacobson, from New Paltz and Larry Brish of New Fairfield, CT, are our newest members this week. Thanks for your support & welcome to the HVBA, Patty & Larry! If any of you out there are uncertain of your HVBA status, please contact us. We need your support to continue building a thriving bluegrass music scene. Please join us today. |
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| Our Website |
You have to see it! Fred Robbins has just added a video of the October Harmony Workshop to the HVBA YouTube Channel. Once you see this you will want us to hold another session in the Spring. We hope you enjoy it and we thank Fred for a job well done!
Iain Birchwood has just published his review of the Chris Thile-Michael Daves CD.
Read all reviews here. |
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| CDs for Review |
Are you tired of reading this section? Want it to disappear?
Just listen to a sample from each of these CDs. Click here and enjoy!
If you like what you hear, let us know and we will get the CD to you. When they are all taken, the list will be GONE!! |
| Artist |
Album |
| Audie Blaylock & Redline |
Road Song |
| Valerie Smith |
Blame It On The Bluegrass |
| Banjo Dan & The Mid-Nite Plowboys |
Fire in the Sugarhouse |
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| What's Happening |
The Red announcements are sponsored by the HVBA
Visit our Events Tab for the details of each event
Check out Ongoing Events for More Listings |
| Dec 9 |
J.D. Crowe at Emelin Theater |
| Dec 10 |
The Sleepy Hollow String Band in Mount Kisco |
| Dec 18 |
Grass Fed in Red Hook |
| Dec 21 |
Brown Derby Jam |
| Jan 4 |
Brown Derby Jam |
| Jan 6 |
Bob Stump & The Blue Mt Boys at Towne Crier |
| Jan 12 |
Bluegrass & Americana Ramble at The Dubliner |
| Jan 13 |
Blue Highway in Poughkeepsie |
| Jan 18 |
Brown Derby Jam |
| Jan 21 |
Grass Fed in Red Hook |
| Jan 28 |
Too Blue in Hartford |
| Jan 29 |
J.D. Crowe at Emelin Theater |
| Feb 4 |
Too Blue in Shelton, CT |
| Feb 17-19 |
Joe Val Bluegrass Festival |
| Feb 17 |
Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike at Emelin Theater |
| Mar 3 |
Bob Stump & The Blue Mt Boys at Babycakes |
| Mar 9 |
Monroe Crossing at Emelin Theater |
| Mar 16 |
Grass Fed in Rhinecliff |
| Apr 20 |
The Grascals at Emelin Theater |
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| For Our Members |
The HVBA is a member of the IBMA. You may read the September newsleter edition here.
And from Fred Robbins:
Folks,
I received the request below via BanjoHangout, since I had a photo of the Poplins from Union Grove 1968 (see below). Unfortunately I had no more information for her. If you can help, please respond directly to Amanda ( amandalynnst@hotmail.com ).
Thanks!
Fred
Hello there, I am a graduate student in folklore at the university of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and I'm really interested in the Poplin Family's music. I saw that really great picture of them which you posted of them playing at Union Grove in (I believe) 1968. I wonder if you have other photos of them, or have spent time with them or could tell me about them? If I can find enough information about them, I would love to do my Master's thesis on them.
Hoping to hear fun and fascinating stories,
Amanda Lynn Stubley
Master's Candidate in Folklore, Dept. of American Studies
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
www.myspace.com/sweetappalachia
folklore.unc.edu |
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