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2008 |
 Friday,
Sept. 12
Jez
Lowe
& the Bad Pennies
8:00 pm • $20 (age
12 & under, $5)
Jez Lowe and The Bad Pennies have been playing
their songs and music of Northern England for a decade and a
half around the folk festivals, clubs and concert stages of the
world. In 2006 alone they played in America, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, Holland, Belgium and of course all over
the UK and Ireland (not to mention right here in Voorheesville).
Strong vocals with outstanding instrumental
back-up
on guitar,
cittern,
fiddle,
fretless bass,
keyboards
and Northumbrian Pipes, have made them one of Britain's top attractions
on the folk/acoustic/Celtic circuit.
www.jezlowe.com
www.myspace.com/jezloweandthebadpennies
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Listen to
the Bad Pennies
 Vikings
Regina
Inside |
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 Thursday,
Sept. 25
Bodega
8:00 pm • $20 (age
12 & under, $5)
Bodega was formed in March 2005, while its
five members were all attending The (Scottish) National Centre
of Excellence in Traditional Music. Since then, the band has
played at major festivals in the U.K., toured France in 2006,
and enjoyed its first American tour last summer with a first
stop at the Old Songs Festival. They were terrific, and we're
very
happy
to welcome them back to the Old Songs stage. Pipes, fiddle,
whistle,
guitar, harp, accordian, piano, bass, percussion and great singing
as well.
www.myspace.com/musicbodega |
Listen to
Bodega
9/8s
Crooked
Jack |
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| OCTOBER |
 Friday,
October 3
Réveillons!
8:00 pm • $20 (age
12 & under, $5)
Réveillons! returns for another great
performance of the music of Quebec - reels, jigs, French songs
and step dancing. Their music is alive, and while it retains
the spirit of tradition, it never ceases to grow and change as
the band explores and interprets the wealth and heritage of that
tradition.
reveillons.qc.ca |
Listen
to Réveillons!
la
malmariée
la
noire |
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 Thursday,
October 9
Ged
Foley
8:00 pm • $17 (age
12 & under, $5)
Ged Foley is well known for his
guitar playing and singing with Scotland's The Battlefield Band,
England’s The House Band and, more recently, Ireland’s
Patrick Street. He is a member of The Celtic Fiddle Festival
and has accompanied many of the top modern Irish musicians including
Kevin Burke, John Carty, Paddy Keenan, and Kieran O’Hare.
Ged also plays fiddle in the Midwest based Ceili band, Tessera.
His reputation for musical excellence keeps him busy on all fronts
at all times.
www.gedfoley.com |
Listen to
Ged
Sir
Sydney Smith's March
The
Diamantina Drover |
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| NOVEMBER |
 Saturday,
November 22
Martin
Simpson
8:00 pm • $20 (age
12 & under, $5)
Martin Simpson's guitar playing is unsurpassed;
he is one of the finest finger pickers and slide pickers of our
time and was recently named one of the top artists of the decade
by Acoustic Guitar Magazine. Winner of 5 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
- 2 of them in 2008 for Best Original Song and Best Album - an
Indie Award for his album Cool & Unusual, and the 2006 Lifetime
Achievement Award from the Ards Guitar Festival, he is a superb
interpreter of traditional music and song from both sides of
the Atlantic. He has worked
with the likes of Jackson Browne, June Tabor,
Martin Carthy, Martin Taylor and Eric Bibb and is a popular and
much loved solo performer. Both spell-binding and highly entertaining,
he is a master of his craft.
www.martinsimpson.com |
Listen to
Martin
Broken
Down Engine
The
Flower of Sweet Erin the Green |
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| DECEMBER |
 Saturday,
December 6
Nowell
Sing We Clear
St. John's Lutheran Church
142 Maple Ave., Altamont,
NY
3:00 pm • $20 (age
12 & under, $5)
John Roberts, Tony Barrand, Fred
Breunig and Andy Davis return
for the 34th touring season of their delightful and spirited
program of unusual songs, carols, stories, and customs.
We think there is no better way to embrace the season of hope
and good cheer than by participating in this concert. And it
IS very much a participation as our favorite foursome leads
us in some of the best rousing songs of the season, many of
which we had never heard before they performed them. The songs
come from an age when the midwinter season was a time
for joyous
celebration,
commingling
ancient
pagan
observances
of the winter solstice with the rites and folklore of the Christmas
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Directions
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To 37 South Main St.,
Voorheesville
From Route 20/Western Ave. take
Route 155 south toward Voorheesville 3.2 miles; turn right
at the 2nd stoplight on Route 306/Voorheesville Ave. Follow
into village (about 1/2 mile); turn right on S. Main St.
(look for Stewarts Shop at that corner). 37 S. Main is
across from Stewarts. For evening events, parking is available
behind Voorheesville Carpet Co. and Phillips Hardware,
down the street on your right.
From Route 85/New Scotland Ave. follow
southwest from Albany/Slingerlands to Route 85-A. Follow
85-A into Voorheesville 2.2 miles. Take right on Voorheesville
Ave., and first left onto S. Main St. (look for Stewarts
Shop at that corner). 37 S. Main is across from Stewarts.
For evening events, parking is available behind Voorheesville
Carpet Co. and Phillips Hardware, down the street on your
right.
From Route 156/Altamont-Voorheesville
Rd. follow Route 156
to Route 85-A in Voorheesville; left on 85-A. Go 0.2 miles
and turn left on Voorheesville Ave., and then take first
left onto S. Main St. (look for Stewarts Shop at that corner).
37 S. Main is across from Stewarts. For evening events,
parking is available behind Voorheesville Carpet Co. and
Phillips Hardware, down the street on your right.
Krumkill Rd. and Johnston Rd. (near
Crossgates Mall) offer other possible approaches. Either
will lead to Normans Kill Rd. which becomes Voorheesville
Ave. See map.
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Directions
for Nowell
Sing We Clear
(December)
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To St. John's Lutheran Church, 142
Maple Ave., Altamont, NY
From the EAST, take Route 20 (Western Ave.)
west from Albany.
2 miles past the intersection of Routes 20 and 155, turn left on
Rt. 146
Proceed 6 miles into the village of Altamont.
Turn right on Maple Avenue (still Route 146).
St. John’s (white church) is about 1 block on the right.
Park in the lot behind the church or on the street
From the WEST on I-90 (NY Thruway): I-90
to Exit 25.
After toll booth, take the first exit (EXIT 9).
Stay to your right and take ROUTE 7 (CURRY RD.) to a traffic light
at ROUTE 146. Turn LEFT on 146 and proceed 3.7 miles to Rt. 20.
Turn LEFT (east) on ROUTE 20, go 8/10ths mile.
Turn RIGHT on ROUTE 146 toward Altamont.
Go 6 miles and turn RIGHT on MAPLE AVE. (still Route 146).
St. John’s (white church) is about 1 block on the right.
Park in the lot behind the church or on the street.
From the WEST on Route 20:
Turn RIGHT onto DUNNSVILLE RD / NY-397. Follow NY-397 for 3 miles.
Take LEFT on MAPLE AVE.
St. John’s (white church) is about 2 blocks on the left.
Park in the lot behind the church or on the street.
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