Latest Events for AEBHF
- Open Mic, Thursday February 2nd, 7:30pm
- FSGW MiniFest
at Takoma Park Middle School
Barbershop Jam from 1200 to 10pm Saturday Feb 4th, 2012
- Open Mic/Jam at U.R.B.A.N. E.A.T.S. Arts and Music Cafe, Thursday February 9th, 7pm to 9pm
- A weekend of Blues - Hosted by the AEBHF, Friday March 23rd through Sunday March 25th
- The Music of Mississippi John Hurt Guitar Workshop with Scott Ainslie Saturday April 14th, 2012 - 10:00 to 1:00pm cost $35
- Steve James Guitar Workshop at the Barbershop, Sunday April 22nd Noon to 3pm.
Latest Events for our "Friends of the Barbershop"
- Common Ground On The Hill Baltimore Concert Series with Lea Gilmore and special guest Phil Wiggins, Friday February 3rd, 2012 8:00pm
- Common Ground On The Hill Westminster Concert Series with Dom Flemons of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Saturday February 4th, 2012 8:00pm
- M.S.G. - The Acoustic Blues Trio - Saturday February 11th, 2012, 8:00pm at the Glassie/Littel House
- Grant Dermody, Frank Fotusky, and Tommy Hannigan -- Saturday, March 17, 8:00pm at Brookmont Church, 4000 Virginia Place, Bethesda, MD, 20816-2632.
- Steve James – Saturday, April 21, at 8:00pm at Glassie/Littell House
Latest Events for AEBHF:
Open Mic Night at the Barbershop, Thursday February 2nd, 2012
The Archie Edwards Barbershop will be hosting an acoustic open mic hosted by Willie Leebel.
The event will be held monthly on the first Thursday from 7:30 to 10:00 pm.
If you have a song or three to share with others, original or otherwise, stop in and show your stuff.
FSGW MiniFest
at Takoma Park Middle School
Barbershop Jam from 12pm to 10pm
Saturday, February 4th, 2012
And our friends are performing at other stages all day long
Many of our Barbershop friends will be performing throughout the day,
and the Barbershop Jam will be in Room 184 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm.
So the Barbershop in Riverdale will be closed.
Friends performing include: Capitol Hillbillies, The Blue Panamuse, Social Ramble and Gina DeSimone & the Moaners
$15.00 for FSGW Adult Full $20.00 for Non-Member Adult Full
$9.00 for FSGW Adult Half $13.00 for Non-Member Adult Half
$8.00 for FSGW Child Full $10.00 for Non-Member Child Full
$4.00 for FSGW Child Half $5.00 for Non-Member Child Half
$45.00 for FSGW Family Full $55.00 for Non-Member Family Full
$25.00 for FSGW Family Half $35.00 for Non-Member Family Half
for a performance grid click here to see who is performing when:
http://fsgw.org/photos/2012MiniFestPerformanceGridcolor.pdf
Archie Edwards Blues
Open Mic/Jam at U.R.B.A N. E.A.T.S. Arts & Music Cafe
3311 Rhode Island Ave. 100A, Mount Rainier, MD 20712
Thursday February 9th, 7:00pm to 9:30pm
Members of the Archie Edwards Blues Barbershop will be hosting a first time Open Mic and acoustic jam at the Urban Eats Restaurant located right down Rhode Island Ave at the circle before the DC line. Come out and join in and grab some good food and drink. We hope to make this a monthly event, and a great outreach to the community.
Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
U.R.B.A.N. E.A.T.S Urban Restaurant, (Coffee) Bar And Neighborhood Employment And Training Service
Urban Eats Arts and Music Cafe is a neighborhood Arts and Music cafe located in The Artspace USA's Mount Rainier Artist Lofts. Mount Rainier, Md. is the Gateway Arts District of Prince George's County, Maryland, just north of the Washington, D.C. border. Urban Eats Cafe offers a food arts menu of delicious and nutritious American favorites, lite bites, and delectable desserts.
As a social entrepreneurial venture, owned and operated by two Social Workers who we are dedicated to providing job training, supporting local musicians, performance arts, visual artists and building community.
Our hours are Wed.-Fri. 4p-10p. Sat and Sun 10a-4p- CLOSED on Mon. and Tues. Weekday and weekend evenings, Urban Eats is available for events (rentals).
Visa, MC, AMEX and Discover Credit Cards accepted
http://www.facebook.com/urbaneatsmd?sk=info
A WEEKEND OF BLUES
Hosted by the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation
You are cordially invited to attend the First Annual Blues Week Reunion on March 23, 24 and 25 hosted by the
Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation.
March 23 Friday 8:00 pm Icehouse Blues Party w Ian B Walters
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$20 Advance - $25 at the door. Dinner, beer and soft drinks included. Look for some surprise artists to be performing.
March 24 Saturday
11:00-12:00 – Harmonica Workshop w Phil Wiggins $30
12:00- 1:00 – Guitar Workshop w Eleanor Ellis $30
1:00 - 6:00 - The Archie Edwards Open Blues Jam (BYOI) Free
7:30 – 12:00 Concert and Dance $25 advance - $30 at the door. Snacks, beer and soft drinks included.
In Concert
Gaye Adegbalola w Roddy Barnes
MSG
Blind Boy Paxton
Dance follows with Ian Walters and the Swampkeepers.
March 25 Sunday
11:00 – 1:00 Gospel Brunch with Lea Gilmore
$20 advance - $25 at the door. Food, Coffee, Juice included
- Icehouse Party, Workshops and Gospel Brunch held at Archie’s Barbershop 4701 Queensbury Rd Riverdale Park, MD. 20737
- Concert and Dance held at the Silver Spring B&O Railroad Station 8100 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910
- For more information go to www.acousticblues.com or go to the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation facebook page. Pick up advance tickets, cash or check, at Archie’s Barbershop March 3, 10, 17. 1-5 pm.
The Music of Mississippi
John Hurt
Guitar Workshop with Scott Ainslie
Saturday
April 14th, 2012
10:00 to 1:00pm
cost $35
Register email to: info@acousticblues.com
"Brother Arch, whatever you do, teach my music to other people. Don't make no difference what color they are, teach it to them. Because I don't want to die and you don't want to die. Teach them my music and teach them your music."
- Mississippi John Hurt: His Life, His Times, His Blues, by Philip R. Ratcliffe (p. 235).
The Music of Mississippi John Hurt
Instructor: Scott Ainslie
Even before John Hurt was re-discovered in 1963 at the age of 71, his recordings had influenced a small coterie of guitar aficionados. His introduction to a wide audience at the height of the folk music revival allowed him to play a pivotal role in establishing fundamental finger picking techniques that have marked the music of everyone from Doc Watson to Beck; Bob Dylan to Bruce Cockburn and Jerry Garcia.
In this class we’ll explore Hurt’s repertoire while focusing on his right and left hand techniques with a special eye to establishing the right/picking hand muscle patterns necessary to maintain a steady alternating bass while developing independence on the high strings to play melodies.
Steve James Workshops Sunday April 22nd, 2012
1:00pm Blues and Roots Fingerstyle Guitar (beg./int.)
3:00pm
Bottleneck Slide Guitar (beg./int.)
$30 for each. $50 for both.
15 participants max for each session.
For reservation contact us at info@acousticblues.com
As written in Wikipedia:
Steve James plays a National steel guitar, mandolin, and the banjo, having become fixated, as an adolescent, on blues music. As a teenager in New York City, James listened to his father's record collection, which included recordings from Lead Belly, Josh White, and Meade "Lux" Lewis. Following relocation to Tennessee, he met both Sam McGee and Furry Lewis. In 1977, he moved to San Antonio, Texas, and played along with various musicians including Bo Diddley, John P. Hammond and Dave Van Ronk.[1]
James' earliest recordings were Two Track Mind (1993), American Primitive (1994), and Art & Grit (1996).[1] Bob Brozman played some slide guitar on Art & Grit, and Danny Barnes has appeared on a number of James' recordings.[2]
In 2000 the Portland, Oregon based, Burnside Records label, issued Boom Chang. Three years later Burnside released, Fast Texas, where James was accompanied by Cindy Cashdollar on steel and dobro guitars; plus Ruthie Foster and Cyd Cassone on vocals. James' own songs appeared on Fast Texas, as well as covers of work from Hop Wilson, Milton Brown, and Little Hat Jones. Cashdollar and Alvin Youngblood Hart had previously guested on Boom Chang.[1]
James' playing has also appeared on recordings from James McMurtry and Ana Egge. He has released an instructional video and contributed to Acoustic Guitar.[1]
He continues to tour around the world and incorporates teaching sessions on guitar playing techniques.[1]
Latest events for our
Friends of the Barbershop
The Common Ground on the Hill
Baltimore Concert Series
Presented by Brown Memorial Woodbrook Presbyterian Church
Held Monthly December - April
6200 North Charles St., Baltimore, Md. 21212
Showtime 8:00 PM
Seating begins at 7:30 PM
Lea Gilmore
Baltimore's Own Empress of Blues & Gospel
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Purchase Tickets
Lea Gilmore is recognized as one of today's leading voices in gospel and the blues. From her beginnings as a soloist in the Morgan University Choir, Lea's singing career has taken her from music festivals and concert halls in the US to the cathedrals of Europe. She was chosen one of "25 Women Shaping the World" by Essence Magazine and is a Blues Foundation Keeping the Blues Alive Award winner. Lea is a former Deputy Director of the Baltimore chapter of the ACLU, a member of the Common Ground on the Hill Advisory Board, and currently serves as a member of the Maryland State Advisory Board to the US Commission on Civil Rights. www.leagilmore.com
Lea has one of the finest blues and gospel voices I have ever heard, She just blows me
away. ~ Marc Steiner, The Marc Steiner Show, WHJU Radio
The Westminster Concert Series
Held Monthly at the Carroll Arts Center
91 West Main Street
Westminister, MD 21157
Seating 7:30 PM
Showtime 8:00 PM
February 4th, 2012
Dom Flemons
of the Carolina Chocolate Drops
Admission: $19, $17 Students, Seniors 65+ and teens
Purchase Tickets
Dom Flemons is a multi-instrumentalist and a songster at the pinnacle of the latest incarnation of the roots music revival. Playing in a broad range of old-time blues, country, string band, rock and jazz, he has impressed audiences with his outrageous performance style. As a member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Dom has performed throughout North America, Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Holland and Belgium. He has taught and performed at Common Ground on the Hill Traditions Weeks during two summer seasons.
Dom's appearances at major venues include the Newport Folk Festival, The Grand Ole Opry, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Spoleto Music Festival, Bonnaroo, The Fillmore in San Francisco, The Bowery Ballroom in NYC, Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, The Sage in Gateshead, England, The New Morning in Paris and The Paradiso in Amsterdam. His media appearances include Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion, Fresh Air with Terry Gross and The Tavis Smiley Show.
Prepare yourself for an extremely entertaining evening of great roots music!
M.S.G. – the Acoustic Blues Trio
Saturday, February 11, 2012, 8:00pm at Glassie/Littell House
Please make reservations with Jeff Glassie at jeffglassie@gmail.com. $20 per person suggested contribution. Jeff will provide address of the house concerts
M.S.G. - The Acoustic Blues Trio, with Resa Gibbs on Vocals, Miles Spicer on Guitar, and Jackie Merritt on Harmonica, performs traditional Piedmont blues. Their style of music has been influenced by the likes of Archie Edwards, Etta Baker, and Cephas & Wiggins. This group can raise the roof with some old-fashioned house party tunes, make you laugh with their witty originals and then make you weep with blues ballads! They all perform with the Archie Edwards Blues Heritage Foundation Band. They have performed at numerous regional festivals including: Blues in the 'Burg, Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Artscape, and Bayou Boogaloo. They have also had the honor of performing on the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage. http://www.acousticbluesmsg.com
Multi-State Blues Group – Grant Dermody, Frank Fotusky, and Tommy Hannigan -- Saturday, March 17, 8:00pm at Brookmont Church, 4000 Virginia Place, Bethesda, MD, 20816-2632.
Multi-State Blues Group, brings together Grant Dermody from Seattle on harmonica, Frank Fotusky from New Jersey on guitar, and Tommy Hannigan from Bethesda on bass, for a rousing performance in the fabulous Brookmont Church.
Grant is a fantastic harmonica player and vocalist and his musical travels have seen him playing with many of America’s most beloved acoustic musicians. In 2010, he embarked on a successful international tour with guitarist Eric Bibb and continues to polay with Eric internationally. Previous explorations saw him performing in a trio with Orville Johnson and John Miller, live and on their 2006 release Deceiving Blues. In addition, Dermody has performed with blues legends Leon Bib, Honeyboy Edwards, Robert Lowery, Big Joe Duskin, John Dee Holeman, and Cephas & Wiggins. http://www.grantdermody.com/index.html.
Frank Fotusky plays Acoustic Blues in the style reminiscent of the great East Coast "Piedmont" players such as Rev. Gary Davis, Blind Boy Fuller, John Jackson, Blind Willie McTell to name a few. A majority of his material is culled from the '20's, '30's and '40's and Acoustic Blues and Guitar Rags are the foundation of his music. East coast or "Piedmont Blues," as it is so often called, consists of sophisticated syncopation with fingerpicked guitar. The result is a sound that resembles that of the ragtime piano. Frank has performed with Virginia Bluesman John Jackson, Paul Geremia, Roy Book Binder, Hubert Sumlin and has been festival headliner in his own right. http://www.fotusky.com.
Texas native Tommy Hannigan spent years touring the Dallas/Fort Worth/Austin blues triangle with many stellar bands before moving to the DC area in 1999. He performs locally with, among others, Janine Wilson, Catfish Hodge, Mitch Woods and his Rocket 88s.
Steve James – Saturday, April 21, at 8:00pm at Glassie/Littell House
Please make reservations with Jeff Glassie at jeffglassie@gmail.com. $20 per person suggested contribution. Jeff will provide address of the house concerts.
Steve James is one of the best acoustic guitar players in the world – no hooey! His instrumental versatility (on guitar, slide guitar, mandolin, guitar-banjo) also makes him a favorite at music camps and workshop programs. He's been interviewed for features in Acoustic Guitar, Guitar Player, Blues Revue and Folk Roots (to name a few), and has been heard on "A Prairie Home Companion", The House Of Blues Network and many other syndicated programs worldwide. In the studio, his solo efforts have been enriched by musical contributions from fellow travelers Bob Brozman, Bad Livers, Alvin Youngblood Hart,Cindy Cashdollar, Gary Primich, Ruthie Foster, and his frequent duet partner Del Rey. In turn, Steve has recorded with a diverse crew including Maria Muldaur, James McMurtry, Jesse 'Babyface' Thomas and Kevin Russell of the Gourds. He's played live with a slate of blues/roots luminaries including John Hammond, Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy and Howard Armstrong. His original songs have been variously covered by artists from new-folk phenom Ana Egge to folk/blues godfather Dave Van Ronk. Steve has also appeared on numerous compilation albums, including a recent Grammy-nominated tribute to Mississippi Fred McDowell and an homage to Charley Patton to which he contributed both music and liner notes. A noted traveler, Steve James has toured extensively, playing at festivals,concerts and clubs throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Ireland and theU.K., continental Europe, Australia and Brazil and China. www.stevejames.com.
