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We have now added Appalachian dance teams to the session map and published a dance text list in county order. This list is currently up to date but if you do want to report any errors, add or remove a listing, all the information and links to do this are on the two pages.
Session & Dance Map: https://foaotmad.weebly.com/session--dance-map.html Dance List: foaotmad.weebly.com/dance-teams-list.html Hi - I'm an OT musician from Seattle. I am helping to promote an upcoming film about Greg and Jere Canote.
"The Canote Twins” a documentary film about the lives, music and joyful presence of Greg and Jere Canote is nearing completion and financial support is needed. The twins have brightened the lives and influenced the musical journeys of so many of us through their performances, recordings, classes and jams. Support the film! Your donation is tax deductible. And, you will get a screen credit! Check out the trailer and please... Donate Here Thanks for your assistance! Dave Kreimer Ray Whiteway-Roberts runs an Americana session in Uckfield in East Sussex but he would love to have more OT and BG players on a regular basis. Musicians can even do a set if they wish and of course they can join in on others contributions.  CAHALEN MORRISON RETURNS TO PRESTEIGNE After an absence of four years, one of the most popular American singer/songwriters to have performed in Mid Wales returns to play in The Assembly Rooms, Presteigne on Sunday 19th June at 8pm. Originally hailing from the high desert of Northern New Mexico, Cahalen Morrison has made a name for himself. Over the past decade touring solo, as a duo with Eli West, or with his roadhouse country band Western Centuries, Cahalen has played shows and festivals all over the world and performed on stage with the likes of Tim O’Brien, Kelly Joe Phelps, Hot Rize, Crooked Still and Kris Drever. Equally at home on guitar, banjo, mandolin, singing three part harmony or unaccompanied, he has carved out a place for himself as a unique voice in American music. An insightful and poetic wordsmith and songwriter, a subtle and accomplished roots multi-instrumentalist and a captivating singer. In April 2019, Cahalen went down to a remote village on the border of New Mexico and Colorado and holed up in an old adobe chapel along with Erick Jaskowiak, who had brought out a mobile recording rig. In just a day and a half, they tracked his next solo album Wealth of Sorrow, ten intimate songs of just Cahalen and his guitar and banjo. Doors open at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £10 and can be purchased for cash from The Workhouse, Presteigne, or booked by calling 01544 350407 or 01547 528315.  We meet on the second Tuesday of the month at the Coachmaker's Arms, St, Mary's Street, Wallingford from 8.30 - 11.00pm. There is no parking at the pub but there are 2 large town center car parks nearby, We usually have a good mix of banjos, mandolins, guitars and fiddles and play both Bluegrass and Old Time (probably slightly more of the latter), sometimes with a bit of Americana thrown in for good measure. There is a mixture of songs and tunes for everyone to join in and we are very careful to make sure that everyone who wants to gets a chance to take the lead. We average about 12 musicians each month and a variety of instruments.
Venue: The Coachmaker's Arms St, Mary's Street, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 0EU When: Second Tuesday of the month 20.30 - 23.00 Contact: Lucy Quinn tonyquinn@aol.com or phone 01491 835 122 Or see session map: foaotmad.weebly.com/session-map.html I have just started to add dance teams to the sessions map and will also create a FOAOTMAD dedicated list soon. At the moment I have only added two teams to the map but will start to add more over the next couple of weeks. I will let you know when it is finished. Paul Bennett.
Have a look here: foaotmad.weebly.com/session-map.html Friendly, relaxed old time get together in a stunning location with great facilities. Book camping here: https://www.hennockhideaways.co.uk  Award-winning American musician Jake Blount and his band are heading to the UK for a two-week tour in late May/early June 2022, culminating with performances at Fire in the Mountain festival. Jake’s debut solo album Spider Tales was released in 2020 to widespread acclaim (with glowing reviews in The Guardian, Rolling Stone and Songlines among others). An exceptional banjoist and fiddler and soulful singer based in Rhode Island, USA, Jake is one of relatively few African-American artists on the old-time and Americana music scene. A two-time winner of the prestigious Appalachian String Band Music Festival (Clifftop) instrument contest in West Virginia, Jake was the first Black person to ever make the finals. He was also one of the winners of the prestigious Steve Martin Banjo Prize in 2020. Many UK old-time enthusiasts will have seen Jake with the Moose Whisperers at Gainsborough Festival back in 2019, but this will be his first full UK tour under his own name. Jake has studied with luminaries including Rhiannon Giddens and Bruce Molsky, and his work shines a light on the often overlooked contributions that Black, Indigenous and LGBTQ artists have made to American folk and traditional music. On this tour, Jake will be accompanied by his own stringband, comprising Nashville-based New Zealand fiddle ace George Jackson, Nelson Williams (double bass) and Gus Tritsch (guitar and banjo uke), all exceptional musicians in their own right. More info and ticket links for all the tour dates can be found at bit.ly/JakeBlountUK2022 Thurs 19 May Hackney, London - Paper Dress Vintage Fri 20 May Luton - The Bear Club Sat 21 May Meltham, Huddersfield - The Carlile Institute Sun 22 May Saltaire - The Live Room Tues 24 May Kendal - Ruskins Thurs 26 May Aberystwyth - The Bank Vault Fri 27 May Swansea - Taliesin Arts Centre Sat 28 May Marple, Cheshire – Roman Lakes Tea Dances Tues 31 May Sheffield - The Greystones (double bill with Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno) Weds 1 June Norwich - Carberrys Sat 4 June West Wales - Fire in the Mountain festival Sun 5 June West Wales - Fire in the Mountain festival  NEW ALBUM Su & Jules have now released their first album which is available on their website where you can listen and order online. CD and Downloads are available and shipping is available worldwide. Use the website to work out shipping costs. https://www.sujulesoldtime.co.uk/music/ You may also catch us at upcoming mini gigs which are mostly free, daytime events so you can catch us there. Events: https://www.facebook.com/onlineoldtimesession/events/ SU’S LESSON PROMO! Lastly Su is in need for some help with a big dental bill!! Ouch! She is offering: ONE-OFF music lessons available online. Lessons at £30 for 75 minutes 20 slots available. You can use the lesson for a brief insight to: • Music theory • Music tech • Multi-tracking • How chords work. • How keys work • Make sense of scales • What’s Modal in Old Time music. • Spot bad habits • Memorising music • Or a banjo, mandolin, fiddle or guitar lesson. These lessons should be enough to get you started to explore the subject further. Lessons are better online so that Su can provide online tools which you can use to develop what you’ve learnt. Drop Su and email or call at: info@sumo55.co.uk or 07876 612579 FREE ONLINE OT JAM SESSIONS on YouTube & Zoom Sessions online are still running: Sunday Slow Jam (weekly) 8pm Tuesday Hosted (fortnight) 8pm Tuesday Unhosted (alternate fortnight) 8pm Details to join: https://www.sujulesoldtime.co.uk/  Would all FOAOTMAD members going to Spring Camp please take their membership cards with them.
A clickable map of sessions is now on the FOAOMAD website. These sessions are organised by individuals, not by FOAOTMAD, and so before going along for the first time we would recommend contacting the organiser to confirm the current session status.
The new Sessions map can be found here Also an updated text listing of sessions can be found here in county order
Fiddler and singer-songwriter Hannah Read met banjo player Michael Starkey at an Appalachian old time session in Edinburgh in late 2019. The moment they first struck up a tune together there was an immediate meeting of musical minds. They have since become a dynamic fiddle and banjo duo, playing repertoire deep from the old time tradition as well as newly self-composed tunes and songs. Their compelling sound can be heard on the debut album Cross the Rolling Water out on Hudson Records in June 2022.
Hannah Read is an award-winning Scottish musician based in Brooklyn, New York. She moved stateside to study American fiddle styles and to immerse herself in the thriving string music scene. She has toured extensively, performing solo and collaborating with musicians far and wide including Tony Trischka, Sarah Jarosz and Jefferson Hamer, as well as being one part of the BBC Folk Award winning Songs of Separation. Michael Starkey is a multi-instrumentalist, music teacher and old time banjo enthusiast living in Scotland. His mission as a musician is to keep things simple – clear melody lines underpinned by solid, infectious rhythm. Recent collaborations include with Wayward Jane (Edinburgh-based UK/US folk and roots music 4-piece) and ‘Faultlines’, a collection of Lisa Fannen’s poetry set to music. “Hannah and Michael have arrived at a way of playing old-time music that’s refreshingly dynamic, expressive, and toneful. Every track makes me feel like I’m sitting right next to them, eyeing my fiddle case, just hoping they’ll let me join in.” — Stephanie Coleman, old time fiddler. “I had to just stop what I was doing and sit down when I played this wonderful recording for the first time. So exciting to hear such a diversity of old and new tunes and depth of expression, all in the language of old time music, but at the same time reaching out. And Hannah’s singing is intimate and so sweet! It’s an exciting peek in the direction “traditional” music is going. Congratulations Hannah and Michael, on this wonderful new piece of musical work!" - Bruce Molsky Martin Palmer is looking for a group/jam session in Wiltshire, any help is greatly appreciated.
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