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When Rahel returned to the USA after 22 years in Israel, she left behind her a legacy of music making. She had performed in duos, trios, and performing groups such as the Jerusalem Folk, Oovabloe, and Israel's original leading all-woman band, Tofa'ah www.tofaah.com) . She was a regular at Jacob's Ladder Annual Folk Festival (www.jlfestival.com), and a two-time winner of the AACI English Songwriting Competition. ... In 1998 Rahel returned to the USA to pursue her musical career. She released her first solo CD, Time Passes By, in 2000, which includes two psalms in its repertoire (www.cdbaby.com/annrachel). Soon afterwards she enrolled in the Music for Healing and Transition Program (www.mhtp.org), a course of study which, in recognition of music as a therapeutic enhancement to the healing process and the life/death transition, prepares musicians to serve the ill and/or dying and all those who may benefit by providing live music as a service to create a healing environment. Remaining true to her faith, Rahel is immersed in the study of Jewish healing traditions. Currently a New Hampshire resident, Rahel has been featured in venues including the Mariposa Museum, Borders Cafe, Aesop's Cafe, Toadstool Bookstore, Santos Dumont Coffeehouse, The Round Room, First Friday Coffeehouse, Cafe on the Corner; and at Pumpkin Festivals, Alternative Health Festivals, Concerts on the Oval, Farmer's Markets, Nashua's Annual Winter Stroll, High Hopes Balloon Festival, Wilton Arts & Film Festival, Public Libraries in Maryland and NH; and at the National Havurah, the Jewish Federations of NH and Arizona, the Conference on Judaism in Rural New England, and Hadassah. For more information write tikkunrahel@empire.net or call (603) 672-3682.
Folk Rockin' duo performs original music with sometimes driving rhythms and sometimes gentle sounds. A fusion of American tradition and Ethnic diversity. Rahel on guitar and vocals; Jason Paul on bass. www.rahelmusic.com
A successful performing musician for over fifteen years, Christopher Schaub has been involved with many different styles of music including classical, avant-garde and jazz. Trained from an early age on piano and later percussion, guitar and lute, Christopher pursued musical studies at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. After college, Christopher performed around the Boston area with various groups as a player and group leader and studied privately with Charlie Banacos, Alan Dawson, John Ramsey and Frank Wallace. Christopher also taught private lessons to students in the Boston area. In addition to playing the lute and singing, Christopher specializes in recording live acoustic and classical music. Christopher lives in Brattleboro, VT and is currently playing a Vihuela by Cezar Mateus and a seven course Renaissance lute by Michael Schreiner. For more information on the artist, visit http://www.christopherschaub.com.
Standing at the microphone in an old soft hat with a beat-up guitar and a neck rack harmonica, Nate Smith mixes his own songs with Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen material. Other influences include Woody Guthrie, Joni Mitchell, and Pete Seeger. Nate is a frequent participant at the folk open mikes scattered around eastern and central Massachusetts and no Dylan tribute night would be complete without him, but he may also sing an old time traditional song with open back banjo accompaniment played claw-hammer style. Nate Smith has been writing & singing his own songs since way back in the 60's. Originally performing in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he moved east to Massachusetts in 1970 and soon was making the rounds in Cambridge for a brief spell. Then he moved west to Fitchburg and took time off for a family. In 1999, at the insistent urging of his wife, he began singing at the Boulder Coffeehouse in Fitchburg, ably run by Keith Penniman. Soon he was back out on the circuit, mostly in the north Worcester County area, but occasionally making a strategic venture into the Cambridge scene at Geoff Bartley's open mic, along with visits as far northwest as Keene, NH. In 2003 Nate was able to compile his first CD, Searching For Refuge, with the aid of the amazing talents of soundman Don Goguen (see his site at FolkCafe.com). It features 12 originals with 8 of them recorded LIVE. Local radio station WICN in Worcester, MA, played the 3rd cut, "Goodbye, My Sweet Marie", in their regular Saturday night program, Against the Grain, hosted by Nick DiBiasio. Now he has a 2nd CD out, Damage Control , featuring 4 banjo tunes and 3 others accompanied by bass & drums, along with 7 other tracks. This new CD was recorded & engineered by Jeff Root at the famous Root Cellar! The 1st song, "We're Drinkin' Down Our Coffee" has been getting some airplay on Worcester's WCUW. And recently, along with singing several Dylan tunes, Nate sang 3 of his own tunes live over the air on WCUW.
Pat Spalding is a storyteller, writer, and puppeteer who, for the last 25 years, has earned her living touring the country with original productions produced by her puppet company Ha'penny Theatre. Alongside her career in puppetry, she has written and performed monologues for adult audiences. Pat is currently writing stories and telling both original and classic tales enhanced with movement in what she calls kinesthetic storytelling. Current shows include Milestones and Turning Points, for adult audiences about the discoveries of middle age; Everyday Heroes, which focus on the often unrecognized heroes of our daily lives; and A True Way of Seeing, classic multi-cultural tales which encourage the listener to look at the differences of others through a lens of reason and fairness. She is now working on a selection of humorous stories for adults tentatively titled: BIRD HEAD - THE DRAMA & TRAUMA BEHIND THE GIGS. This show will reveal the backstage catastrophes that constantly befall a married couple who, when they hit the road to perform, discover that their lives have been hijacked by an eclectic cast of puppet characters.
JB Sweeney captures the audience with her warmth and humor, and draws them in with her pure, sweet voice. Her voice moves from soulful to tender as she sings traditional folk songs, popular songs, blues, gospel, and her own stirring originals. JB's songs tell stories about love, family, and the magic of ordinary moments. She often chooses songs with a poetic simplicity that invite listeners to sing along. JB performs regularly at coffeehouses and folk music venues in the greater-Boston area.
Jimmy Thunderheart (mohawk,abenaki,euro-mediterranian) and April Song (pascagoulan and european) have homeschooled their four teenagers based on their ancestral heritage. Thunderheart presents respectful and appropriate programs about First Contact and music of the carved wooden flute at schools and powwows throughout New England. Thunderheart, a fine craftsman and carver of traditional wooden flutes, plays flute music interwoven with storytelling. Performances include a drum circle by his children. April Song conveys the history of the "contact" period in costume and story, and sings traditional songs. She also creates a wide variety of traditional crafts, from tanned hide leatherwork to original silver and copper jewelry and has a new craft store, "Hummingbird Inspirations," at the West Swanzey Plaza. For further information or bookings, contact the Thunderhearts at (603) 357-2656 or 57frogwooddrive@webryders.net.
"The guitar was a drum before it was a guitar." From this idea come the driving rhythms and agile percussion that rock the progressive groove songwriting and capture the audiences of solo guitarist Zo Tobi. "The physical act of playing, of dancing hands and fingers," he says, "is just as important as the actual creation of the music." Zo's sense of non-conformity and "dancing hands and fingers" may call to mind guitarists such as Ani DiFranco, Richie Havens, Dave Matthews, & Michael Hedges. While transforming the guitar into a powerful array of rich bass, lush open tunings, and signature pulsing beats, Zo's act puts the song before showiness. Drawing vocally from Bono, Ben Harper, & Shawn Mullins, his songs are vigorously political, spiritual, & romantic alike. A seasoned and engaging performer, he has brought his progressive groove rock to New England venues since 1998, covering Tammany Hall & the Java Hut in Worcester, MA; the Wilton Arts and Film Festival in Wilton, NH; Jonathan's in Ogunquit, ME; and the National Guitar Workshop in New Milford, CT. "Music is not enough if you have not changed people's minds at the end of the day," he says. Drawing on the experience of artists such as the Indigo Girls and Coldplay, he seeks to infuse his music and performing with his deep concern for environmental responsibility and economic justice. In February 2004, he glimpsed his potential for achieving this feat when he raised $1,900 for a service project in Nicaragua, from hundreds of small donations collected from sales of a homemade CD sampling 17 tracks of his live music. His July 2004 studio release, From The Layers That Surround You, is a ten song collection that will once again put his ambitious desire to integrate activism and music to the test: all CD sales during Summer 2004 tour stops will go towards funding a fall organizing campaign in which Zo will focus on bringing clean energy and mercury issues to the forefront of Election 2004. For more information visit www.zotobi.com.
Well-known Vermont musicians Elizabeth Thompson, Barbara Wager, and Robert Resnik play medieval, renaissance, and modern European vocal and dance music on hurdy-gurdys, melodeons, and a whole encyclopedia of wind instruments. Twist of the Wrist play new music that sounds hundreds of years old, and great old dance music made new again!
Jim Mixon of Bedford, and Jim "Doc" Dougherty of Wilton have developed their own musical blend of a little jazz, a little big band, and a little country. They have played guitar locally and around the state for the last year and study under Jerry Adams of Guitar Gallery in Amherst. Both Jims had played guitar with local bands in their respective states of Pennsylvania and New York before time, work and obligations limited music to brief periods of leisure. For the last thirty years, Jim Dougherty owned his own farm and worked as a hog farmer in Connecticut while Jim Mixon worked as a project manager and raised a family. Now in retirement, they are able to break out onto the music scene and enjoy their musical interests. They have put together a repertoire that includes works from Artie Shaw, Willie Nelson, Burt Bachrach and more. Whatever your tastes in music, you will be sure to find their eclectic blend pleasing to the ear and definitely finger snapping and toe tapping.
Frank Wallace of Duo LiveOak, frequent performer at Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center, has been named one of six Art Fellows by NH State Council on the Arts, for his artistic excellence and professional commitment. The six receive $5,00 grants and were chosen from eighty nominees by a panel of peers. The announcement by Yvonne Stahr reads: "Frank Wallace was born in Houston, TX and attended Occidental College in Los Angeles, CA. He then received his Bachelor of Music in classical guitar performance at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He attended the Quadrivium School and received private lessons in voice with Marleen Montgomery and Marcy Lindheimer, among others. He is a former faculty member of the New England Conservatory and Plymouth State University. In the early 1980's he began full-time performance of Medieval and Renaissance music with his ensemble LiveOak and Company. He has distinguished himself, not only as a dynamic soloist and accompanist on classical and romantic guitars, but also as a leading player of the viheula de mano, a 16th century Spanish instrument shaped like a small guitar, tuned like a lute, with double courses of strings and light construction. Wallace has performed at early music festivals including Utrecht, Regensburg, and Boston, and also has performed, lectured and taught at Lute Society of America seminars; the Holland Festival/Utrecht, Amherst, Early Music Week; and the Guitar Foundation of America Festival. Currently, he performs with his wife, soprano Nancy Knowles, as Duo LiveOak and occasionally as a soloist. Their include guitar, mandolin and lute, and feature Wallace's own works and arrangements. In 2000 they founded the Gyre Record Label. The Stubborn Oak, one of Wallace's major compositions for solo classical guitar, was published in October 2000 by Tuscany Publications and is distributed worldwide by Theodore Presser. In 2003 Gyre Publications launched an ambitious publishing project, Frank Wallace Editions. Most of Wallace's compositions are now available in print as part of this series. "The guitar pervades our culture. It is itself an icon. But that icon can cause prejudices in the classical realm and limit expression and education in the popular realm," explains Wallace. "After two decades of performing works from several different centuries I have now begun to compile a large list of my own compositional contributions, hoping to break the mold of the typical classical guitar and expand the horizons of young students." This is Wallace's second Fellowship from the State Arts Council. Please congratulate Frank when you see him - and if he is still taking guitar students, sign up fast! For more information, visit www.frankwallace.com.
Kim Wallach has been singing and performing with a trio called the Short Sisters since 1979 and also has made many solo recordings and performances. Kim's recordings include three tapes of children's music and four collections of mostly original songs; The Coldest Winter in Living Memory, Paddle on the Rahway, I'm Keeping a Secret from You, The House Between the Tracks, and Where Does Love Come From. This last recording is a new collection of originals, traditional songs and favorite songs from other writers. Tom Paxton, folksinger writes of it, "Great CD. Such a simple, direct approach and such clear, lovely vocals. I like everything about it ....." This concert will draw from her recent solo & children's repetoire and be geared to the audience in attendance.
Windborne is a young trio comprised of Will Thomas of Rindge and Lynn Mahoney and Lauren Breunig of Vermont. All are veterans of Village Harmony summer singing groups; they have a rich repetoire of traditional music from around the world with rich harmonies. They perform songs from Appalachia, Bulgaria and the Republic of Georgia, ballads, and some original vocal music composed by Thomas, often poetry arranged for vocal duo or trio. Will just returned from a tour in England with Northern Harmony. For more information write lynn_star_m@yahoo.com.
Nicaraguan folk dancing performed by members of "Women in Action," a Nicaragua women's organization. A six-member dance ensemble that will perform traditional folklore dances in cultural costumes. Sponsored by Compas de Nicaragua (Friend of Nicaragua). Mariposa has been fortunate with diverse and numerous performers educating and entertaining us. To read about more performers select from the alphabetical listing below. A-E | F-J | K-L | M-P | Q-Z other cultures, the world will know more peace and less war. 
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