SeattleFolklore

Fostering folk music and traditional arts in the Seattle area.

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(JUNE 6) Whozymama adds #Cajun dance music to this free event, Noon-1pm at Alice Ball Park (8102 Greenwood Ave N.)
Come dance!
Part of the larger Rainbow Hop event.
Whozymama is Claudette Boudreaux (accordion), Tami Allen (fiddle), & Linda Wilson (guitar)
https://t.co/dE4hIwIgLZ

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(MAY 2) Tret Fure is coming to our #Phinney stage!  The Singer-Songwriter & Guitarist has toured everywhere, released 18 albums, and now brings her rich songbook to Seattle
https://t.co/IlzY5Y86bA

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(APRIL 25) David Roth brings his guitar to our #Phinney stage.  Also his ability to write hilarious songs about the highs and lows of this world!  Kerrville, Falcon Ridge, ...and Seattle!  Come hear!
https://t.co/1yMeA7JaRK

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(APRIL 11) The Canote Brothers. Welcome back the old-time music and joyful stage presence of Jere and Greg Canote! These twins sing, play fiddle, guitar, and ukelele, and seem to know ALL the old songs, and play them with an infectious joy and laughter!
https://t.co/C0C5mAAdoi

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(APRIL 5) Medusa Quartet. This string quartet draws on many styles & instruments to cross-pollinate Middle Eastern, Scandinavian, Celtic, Appalachian, & Eastern European string music.
Come hear them combine it all into something at once familiar and exotic
https://t.co/i0ArjiFJkv

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(MARCH 28) Local Songwriter Showcase, featuring Kristin Chambers, Karen Laura Peters, Allison Preisinger, and Fae Wiedenhoeft.
Come hear 4 local gems each play original songs inspired by jazz, indie, or classical... Played on guitar, cello, or ukelele...
https://t.co/d6s6QnLpoA

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(MAR 21) "Scandinavian Showcase with an Irish Twist"
That means 2 excellent groups performing Scandinavian music, and one of them has some serious Irish underpinning to make the mix even richer!
Come hear Sølvstål, and hear Elise, Mira & Pat!
https://t.co/qPoPjkCLlH

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(FEBR 28) Jim Malcolm returns to our #Phinney stage for an evening of #Scottish music and stories. There's a reason he's back - he's great! Come hear him!
https://t.co/UJPAcAlHFB

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(JAN 31) Countercurrent is coming to our #Phinney stage! Have you danced to them at a contradance, Now hear what they do for an audience. Original songs, beautiful fiddling, inventive guitar-ing, some buttonbox, banjo, voices, messages, and a good beat!
https://t.co/WsNZ3wUlfm

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(JAN 31) Want an awesome #NewYearsEve concert? Countercurrent on our #Phinney stage! Dance tunes, ballads, deep songs, light songs, driving beats, and joy! Trad & original. Celtic & Americana. Concert ends at 10pm so go to your midnight countdown after! https://t.co/JAC0ZGz3qU

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(NOV 15) Cyd Smith, Greg Scott, & Julian Smedley. A short blurb can't encompass these 3 acts coming to our #Phinney stage! The singing, guitar and fiddle chops, the backstories and audience connection spanning decades and continents. Come experience it!
https://t.co/rJvq0iiC8Z

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(NOV 11) É.T.É is coming to the Royal Room. Tuesday concerts are rare for us, but we wanted Seattle to hear this great Montreal trio! Hear them blend traditional #Québecois dance groove, jazz, vocal harmony, fiddle, cello, bouzouki, & foot percussion.
https://t.co/DDhnAxdiJF

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(NOV 1) Keltoi is back! This local quintet is 1 Scottish Gaelic teacher (and beautiful singer!!), 1 piper/whistler/singer, 1 fiddler/piper, 1 bodhran teacher, and 1 guitar/bouzouki/cittern player. Now you know the arrangements - go hear them play!
https://t.co/756i8ooNdh

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(OCT 25) Tickets for our Andy Irvine show are Sold Out!
If you are a ticket buyer that needs to change or release your ticket, please email us directly at [email protected]
Thank you.

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(OCT 11) Brian Conway comes to our #Phinney stage with his Sligo-style fiddling! You could go listen to his new album, or you could come to this concert and experience it live, with the stories and thoughts he adds from the stage! #IrishFiddle
https://t.co/fv6Kz4BRwn

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(OCT 4) The amazing Claudia Schmidt returns to our #Phinney stage this Saturday, with her guitar, dulcimer, amazing voice, and endless stories!
https://t.co/hjIOpJg78C

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(SEPT 27) Kalos returns to our #Phinney stage! We love this amazing trio! Ryan McKasson (fiddle), Eric McDonald (Guitar, Vocals), and Jeremiah McLane (accordion) combine #Celtic, #Scandinavian, #American, & #Maritime roots into a beautiful whole
https://t.co/qZQjYVnkAu

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(SEPT 20) Finnish folk music duo Marianne Maans and Pekka Pentikäinen come to our #Phinney stage with fiddle, accordion, and voice to show the joy and power of their music!
(Sponsored by Seattle Folklore Society & Skandia Folkdance Society)
https://t.co/gtANHLIbAp

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(AUG 7) Skyrie is coming to our #Phinney stage - It'll start as a concert, but then we'll push back the chairs and they'll play for us to DANCE!
Voices, fiddle, pipes, guitar, drums, whistle, ...Come hear and dance to this trio from #Fife #Scotland!
https://t.co/ZXKhnyhZha

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(MAY 3) Kevin Burke comes to our #Phinney stage. The Irish fiddler extraordinaire from the Bothy Band, Patrick Street, Open House, and more. On Saturday he'll show what his solo fiddle can do. Come hear!
https://t.co/Hk66q6RdAF