Thursday, April 20th
8:00 pm
Kings County Opry
Freddy's Back Room
485 Dean St. at 6th Ave.
Brooklyn
8:30 pm
Free
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The evening starts at 8:30 pm with a song circle featuring all the night's acts as they jam and croon away on whatever songs strike their fancy. Following the circle three bands play an hour set. Sir His Highness El Presidente Doc Oscar books amazing bands every month and you can be assured an evening steeped deep in the hills of traditional American song.
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Sunday, April 9th
9:30 - 10:30
Pete's Candy Store
709 Lorimer Street
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
FREE
Folk music—that is, any kind of music traditionally created by everyday partyin’ people—is never born in a bubble. Anyone who cares to compare, say, Bluegrass to Irish folk to Zydeco to Klezmer, will find the genres more similar than different—lots of frantic string runs, heavy on the two and four beats, and a steadfast reliance on the old thematic standbys: love, death, heartache, drinking… The pluckers in the Strung Out String Band recognize this continuum, and (unlike too many sticks-in-the-mud in the “folk” scene) they embrace the range wholeheartedly.
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Wednesday, February 15th
8:00 pm
Makor
35 West 67th St
Between Columbus and Central Park West
Manhattan
The Klezmer Mountain Boys bring together many of todays stars of klezmer and bluegrass to explore the shared musical spirit of two genres literally worlds apart. Appalachian and southern fiddle tunes by Bill Monroe meet klezmer melodies from pre-war Russia and Eastern Europe, some newly discovered. The resulting medleys and improvisations are at once raw, funny, melancholic and footstomping.
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Friday, February 10th
9:00 pm - 2:00 am
Sunny's
253 Conover St.
Between Reed and Beard
Red Hook, Brooklyn
Map
FREE
Folk music—that is, any kind of music traditionally created by everyday partyin’ people—is never born in a bubble. Anyone who cares to compare, say, Bluegrass to Irish folk to Zydeco to Klezmer, will find the genres more similar than different—lots of frantic string runs, heavy on the two and four beats, and a steadfast reliance on the old thematic standbys: love, death, heartache, drinking… The pluckers in the Strung Out String Band recognize this continuum, and (unlike too many sticks-in-the-mud in the “folk” scene) they embrace the range wholeheartedly.
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Saturday, February 11th
7:00 pm
All Souls Church
1157 Lexington Avenue
at 80th Street
Upper East Side, Manhattan
$7.00
Yep, it's gonna be a genuine square dance at All Souls Church in the Upper East Side. Bring your sweetheart to the Vallentine's Hoedown. All ages are invited to a night of great dancing and fun. All Soul's square dance caller Dave Harvey will guide all the moves, so no experience is necessary. Singles and couples alike are welcome for an evening of group dancing.
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Wednesday February 1st
7:00 pm
Knitting Factory
74 Leonard St.
Corner of Church St.
in TriBeCa, Manhattan
$7.00 Cover
Have a hankerin' for good country music in New York City? Well, stop by the Knitting Factory Tap Bar for a new monthly country music showcase curated by our friends Alex Battles and Doc Oscar. This month's show will feature these great bands:
Enjoy.
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Friday, January 27th
9:00pm
Baggot Inn
82 W. 3rd St.
(between Thompson and Sullivan)
Greenwhich Village
Manhattan
$10.00 Cover
The Dixie Beeliners are a six-piece bluegrass ensemble based out of NYC. Fronted by songsmith Brandi Hart and muti-instrumentalist Buddy Woodward, the band has earned a reputation for power-packed live sets and smart original tunes.
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Friday, Jan. 20th & Saturday, Jan. 21st
Freddy's Back Room
485 Dean St.
Corner of 6th Avenue
Brooklyn
FREE
This annual string band festival will feature New York's brightest lights of bluegrass, sassy old blues, and old-time music. Drag yer cotton-pickin' dungarees down to Freddy's Back Room for some of the best traditional Americana New York has to offer.
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Thursday, January 19th
Kings County Opry
Freddy's Back Room
485 Dean St. at 6th Ave.
Brooklyn
8:30 pm
Free
Get more info
The evening starts at 8:30 pm with a song circle featuring all the night's acts as they jam and croon away on whatever songs strike their fancy. Following the circle three bands play an hour set. Sir His Highness El Presidente Doc Oscar books amazing bands every month and you can be assured an evening steeped deep in the hills of traditional American song.
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Saturday, January 28th
10:30 pm
Freddy's Back Room
485 Dean St.
Corner of 6th Avenue
Brooklyn
FREE
Steeped in the traditions of the great stringbands that frequented the medicine shows at the turn of the century, The Second Fiddles pull from the Country, Bluegrass, Blues, Jazz and Swing songbooks of the 20's and 30's. Piedmont Fingerpicking, Delta Slide Guitar, Blues Harmonica and a variety of other stringed instruments. Back porch music that will put a smile to your face and a tap in your toes.
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