Jim Clare Folk Music

For April, your hosts Jim Clare, Cathy McGrath and Allen Hopkins are very pleased to Feature two of the most endearing Folk Artists in the Finger Lakes and Rochester region...John and Joe....

The DADY BROTHERS  

The Dady Brothers, Western New York’s’ favorite troubadours, bring a unique variety of Celtic and American folk music to each and every performance.

Originally from Rochester, NY the brothers have shared their music in many diverse venues around the country and abroad for over thirty years.

John and Joe are self-styled singers, multi-instrumentalist musicians and composers. They have a solid command of many folk instruments including guitar, pennywhistle, fiddle, banjo, octave mandolin, harmonica, uilleann pipes, bodhran and ukulele. Their repertoire ranges from Irish folk ballads to original contemporary folk, bluegrass, and acoustic blues. They are at ease with their audiences and have a knack for finding humor in the moment and sharing it spontaneously.

The Dadys have received impressive reviews in many publications in America, Ireland and Canada, including: The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Freetime Magazine, The Irish Echo, Sing Out, Dirty Linen, American History Magazine, Pickin’, The Cork Examiner, and Bluegrass Unlimited. Their music can also be heard on soundtracks for historical documentaries and on radio and television productions in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Slovenia, Italy, and Australia.

• Tunes By the Tracks features The Dady Brothers ~ http://www.dadybros.com/
  
• Where ~ Chapel in Spa Apartments, 11 E. Main St, Clifton Springs, NY ~ http://www.spaapartments.com/
• When ~ Friday, April 16th, 7:00pm - 9:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm)
• Open Seating, $10.00 at Door (residents Free)
• Parking - plenty of FREE parking on Main St and across the street in Bank lot.  (Please do not park in the Spa resident lot)
  

                    Kathy Vandemortel               Stephen B. Bland

Out of respect for the traditional little Irish holiday on the 17th of this month,...we scheduled TUNES BY THE TRACKS for Wednesday, March 24th, to allow us to fully over-enjoy both dates...!!

Hosts Jim Clare, Cathy McGrath and Allen Hopkins, are very pleased to Feature ~

BLAND & VANDEMORTEL

...established when Kathy Vandemortel and Stephen Bland found themselves at the same jam session one night in the spring of 2001. At the end of the evening, after having participated in the group jam, they couldn't resist playing more fiddle and banjo toe to toe. They've have been doing so ever since!  

Kathy and Stephen each play fiddle, banjo and guitar, and both love to sing!  They perform foot-stompin’ fiddle and banjo tunes, haunting melodies, and old-time songs from the mountains of southern Appalachia.  

Find out more on My Space: www.myspace.com/blandandvandemortel

...and...   ~ The Mystery Pickers ~  every month they just keep on getting there!   The pickers will be on hand to ensure a lively second hour with a plethora of songs and other surprises...!!

We're looking forward to yet another fun evening of live acoustic music, by some of the Finger Lakes region's finest entertainers...

• TUNES BY THE TRACKS
• Wednesday, Mar 24th
• Clifton Springs Library Meeting Room, 4 Railroad Ave, Clifton Springs, NY
• 7:00pm - 9:00pm  (doors open at 6:30pm)
• Free Admission ($4.00 donation for the artists, and refreshments suggested)

                             Jim Clare                                                  Allen Hopkins

Jim Clare and Allen Hopkins will provide railroad songs for Art of the Iron Horse,  Opening Exhibit at the Phelps Art Center,

http://www.phelpsny.com/exhibit-opening-at-phelps-arts-center/

• Phelps Art Center, 15 Church St, Phelps, NY
• Friday, March 5th from 7:00pm - 9:00pm
• Refreshments served
  

Curt Osgood         Bill Gregg            Annie Simpson

TUNES BY THE TRACKS

Hosts Jim Clare, Cathy McGrath, and Allen Hopkins are very pleased to Feature

The NORTH HOLLOW STRING BAND 

The String Band is Curt Osgood on hammered dulcimer, Bill Gregg with fiddle and autoharp and Annie Simpson on guitar and lead vocals, and their music is elegant, historical, upbeat and fun for all ages!

...and...(hold yer applause please)...* THE MYSTERY PICKERS...!!

• The Clifton Springs Library, Large Meeting Room, 4 Railroad Ave, Clifton Springs, NY (1 block north of Main St.) 
• Wednesday, Februrary 17th, 7:00pm - 9:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm)
• FREE ADMISSION (a $4.00 donation for performers and refreshments is greatly appreciated.)

The winter we know and love in the Finger Lakes is still with us, but you can put some spring in your step with live music at TUNES BY THE TRACKS...hope to see you there...!!

* Aspiring Mystery Pickers, contact Jim ~ folkiejim@gmail.com

Allen Hopkins                                                    Jim Clare

Jim Clare & Allen Hopkins are Featured for Acoustic Desserts, in The Gridley Inn, 36 West Main St, Waterloo, NY ~ Thursday, January 21st from 7:30pm - 9:00pm ~

Caren Cleaveland will have her usual delectable array of home-made pastries on hand, to be savored with fine coffee or tea in the elegant Music Room.

With a little luck, our friend Perry Cleaveland, will join Allen and me, to add his Mandolin and Fiddle wizardry!!

Admission is always free, and a wonderful evening of acoustic music fun, is assured!

Hope we see you at The Gridley Inn!!

Andy Lawrence                                                 Ernie Lawrence

Tunes By the Tracks for Wednesday, January 20th ~

Hosts Jim Clare, Cathy McGrath and Allen Hopkins are very pleased to feature:

Ernie and Andy Lawrence

Dad Ernie and Son Andy, hail from Perry, NY, and they've been playing around western NY as a duo for the last two years.  They serve up a variety of traditional American blues styles from Delta, and Chicago to Piedmont, along with straight up folk and some tasty original songs.  Strong vocal harmonies and solid acoustic guitars make Ernie and Andy a real musical treat!

Ernie played coffeehouses and other venues in the early 1970’s, and he got Andy started on guitar in his early teens.  Andy has played in bands, and performed solo in clubs in western New York, Philadelphia and Cincinnati.  Since the summer of 2007, Ernie and Andy have polished their act by working more than 150 shows in approximately fifty different venues.

The second half of our show will showcase the pesky Mystery Pickers* holding forth yet again with their unique...ummm...style!

• Wednesday, January 20th
• 7:00pm - 9:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm)
• Library Meeting Room, 4 Railroad Avenue, Clifton Springs, NY (one block North of Main St)
• FREE ADMISSION ($4.00 donation suggested for refreshments and Artists)

Come join us for a great evening ...our first event for the New Year of 2010, and our 1 Year Anniversary for Tunes By the Tracks!!

* if you'd like to play a few tunes as a Mystery Picker, email folkiejim@gmail.com

                                  Jim Clare                                                           Birds On a Wire...Brooke Pevear & Elaine Verstraete

I'm really stoked... (ok, ok, but I still love that word)... to be opening for the astonishingly good BIRDS ON A WIRE this Saturday evening at the Trinity Federated Church, 123 north main street, Naples, NY on Saturday, December 19th...from 7:00pm - 10:00pm.

Here's the deal ~ All proceeds raised during the event will go to benefit Hospeace House of Naples. Suggested admission is $4 for adults, $1 for students. Children under 5 free. Luscious homemade baked goods, coffee, tea and soft drinks available for purchase.

• Jim Clare (me) will open the evening from 7 - 8 with songs from his new CD Old Empty Hall...and Jim's band will be Brooke, Elaine and Perry Cleaveland.
  
• Birds-on-a-wire will perform their original and traditional songs from 8 - 10, accompanied by Perry Cleveland on mandolin and fiddle.

This promises to be a really fun evening of music and goodies, and all for an eminently worthy cause...we hope to see you on Saturday!!

Mary Lester                            Pat Carey               Cathy McGrath

TUNES BY THE TRACKS  hosts Jim Clare, Cathy McGrath and Allen Hopkins are

proud to Feature ~ CUISLE MO CHROI ~ Christmas Concert and CD Release Party !!

• The Chapel in Spa Apartments, 11 East Main Street, Clifton Springs, NY
• Wednesday, December 16th
• 7:00pm - 9:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm)
• FREE ADMISSION (donation of $5.00 suggested for performers and refreshments)

Don't miss this one!!  Wonderful traditional, seasonal and Celtic songs performed by the ladies of Cuisle Mo Chroi, with the Tiffany mosaic of The Last Supper as a stunning backdrop!!  

Plus ~ WINTER ROOT, the brand new, just released CD from Cuisle Mo Chroi will be available.  What a nice Christmas gift!!

    Phil Shapiro                                   Carrie Shore

Tunes By the Tracks Features Phil Shapiro & Carrie Shore for the November 18th show!!

Hosts Jim Clare, Cathy McGrath and Allen Hopkins are pleased and excited to have this popular regional duo as our headliners this month...!!

Phil and Carrie choose fascinating, energetic  songs of American traditional folk, and add newer songs written squarely in the folk tradition.

A fine finger-style guitarist, creative and lively, Phil is adept at getting his guitar to "talk", as part of the song and the story.  Carrie is an excellent  classically trained violinist. who loves playing traditional tunes, and bluesy and slinky

improvisations.

...PLUS...our own Cathy McGrath & the STEPPIN' OUT STRING BAND ~

Barbara Jablonski, Kathleen Cappon, Becky Schneider & Cathy McGrath

Button accordion, washboard, hammered dulcimer, autoharp, guitar, flute, whistle, mandolin, banjo, and bass accompany folk songs and ballads with beautiful close vocal harmonies, lively traditional dance tunes and American patriotic music.

• Tunes By the Tracks
• Wednesday, November 18th
• Clifton Springs Library, 4 Railroad Ave, Clifton Springs, NY
• 7:00pm - 9:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm)
• FREE Admission (a $3.00 donation is suggested for artists and refreshments)
  
• Finger Lakes Acoustic Folk Music at its finest....hope you'll join us!!
  

Allen Hopkins                  Jim Clare                Perry Cleaveland

We had a wonderful time at The Gridley Inn B&B in Waterloo, NY last night.  I got to play the songs from my new CD, Old Empty Hall, with a plethora of support from my musician friends!  Many thanks, in no particular order, to Perry Cleaveland, Allen Hopkins, Brooke Pevear, Elaine Verstraete and Doug Henrie for sharing your wonderful talents.  The folks who came to listen in the warm elegant room, and your musical help, created a thoroughly memorable evening!