2009/10 CONCERT SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, September 25, 2009
Tim Grimm has toured and recorded with his friend, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, appeared with Harrison Ford in the film Clear and Present Danger, and has shared the stage with writer and poet Wendell Berry. His recording, The Back Fields was named Best Americana Album in the 2006 Just Plain Folks Music Awards in Los Angeles (the largest and most diverse music awards in the world). Named 2000's "BEST DISCOVERY in Roots/Americana Music" by The Chicago Sun-Times, and "2004 MALE ARTIST of The Year" by the Freeform American Roots DJs, his songs and performances have established him as a unique voice in Americana music. Each of his past 3 recordings have reached the top of the Folk or American-roots charts. Grimm walks the fine line between folk and country, while maintaining a strong footing in tradition. We hear the rural rumblings that have shaped his life, but we are also invited in to a bigger picture, as evident in so much of his work. Critics searching for comparisons most often cite Johnny Cash, Woody Guthrie and (Nebraska era) Bruce Springsteen. Tim is an award-winning songwriter, and actor on stage and screen. Tim's songs are full of the rural rumblings that have shaped his life rich with descriptive details, and sung with warmth and intimacy recognizing the inextinguishable national romance with the idea of the family farm and the vanishing landscape of rural America. His recordings include Heart Land (2000), Coyote's Dream (2003), NAMES (2004), and The Back Fields (2005). In 2007, Grimm put together a concept cd with several of the Midwest's finest songwriter'sincluding Corazong artist-- Krista Detor, Carrie Newcomer, Tom Roznowski, and Michael White. The recording, Wilderness Plots, was drawn from the short stories of noted author, Scott Russell Sanders, and explored the settling of the American Wilderness in the Ohio River Valley Region between The Revolutionary War and The Civil War.
 Doors of the West Grove Friends Meeting house open at 7:30 and the concert begins at 8:00. Advance tickets are $15 and are held at the door of the West Grove Friends Meeting house for you to pick-up the night of the concert. Tickets at the door are $17.00.
Seniors 60 and over, and students are just $13 in advance, $15 at the door. Members are $13 in advance or at the door. Children 10 and under are FREE. | | ................................................................................
SATURDAY, October 17, 2009
The DEFiBULATORs have emerged as one of the most engaging live acts from the thriving roots scene in Brooklyn, NY - melding, bluegrass rockabilly, dixieland, and punk into their own eclectic sound. Their shows are irresistibly infectious and rowdy (likened to watching "Hee-Haw on mescaline"), as they wield an arsenal of guitars, banjos, fiddles, and junkyard percussion, with relentless energy and rusty virtuosity. The DEFiBULATORs jump-start new life into vintage country music and deliver a unique sound that's anything but old timey. Razor sharp harmonies and surreal lyrics illuminate songs that are gritty and witty; spinning tales of deception, debauchery, depleted bank accounts, fanaticism, vintage firearms, biological anomalies, airline intoxication, and animal ennui.
They have placed their songs in feature and short films, television, and online productions. Most recently composing and recording the original score for the feature film, SKIPTRACERS, an indie hillbilly epic set in rural Alabama. The DEFiBULATORs have self-published their very own 24-page Coloring Book, and are currently working on a digital web series, set inside the band's vehicle (a '77 Dodge ambulance), detailing their fictitious encounters with hipsters in distress. The DEFiBULATORs proudly serve as the house band for THE REJECTION SHOW at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and Comix in NYC. They have also played numerous festivals in NYC, including events for Central Park Summerstage, Guinness, Macy's, and The New Yorker Magazine.
| Doors of the West Grove Friends Meeting house open at 7:30 and the concert begins at 8:00. Advance tickets are $15 and are held at the door of the West Grove Friends Meeting house for you to pick-up the night of the concert. Tickets at the door are $17.00.
Seniors 60 and over, and students are just $13 in advance, $15 at the door. Members are $13 in advance or at the door. Children 10 and under are FREE. | | ................................................................................
FRIDAY, November 13, 2009
A two-time Grammy award winning artist, Bill Harley uses song and story to paint a vibrant picture of American life. Poignant and hilarious, the Massachusetts-based singer, storyteller, performing artist, and frequent NPR commentator inhabits a special world of wit and wisdom.
Songs and stories flow in and out of each other seamlessly through Bill's direct and powerful connection with his audience and his material. With songs ranging from a parent's plea to late-night ponderings and stories ranging in scope from ridding his house of bats to teaching his boys about the facts of life, parenting teenagers or dancing to Build Me Up Buttercup as a teenager - "Bill Harley takes his life and turns it into art. Sounds simple until you actually try to do it. That Harley's art seems so effortless only underscore his mastery." Nuvo Newsweekly "Harley delivers an uninhibited performance with wry sense of humor and a love of life we can all share..." -- Los Angeles Times
| Doors of the West Grove Friends Meeting house open at 7:30 and the concert begins at 8:00. Advance tickets are $15 and are held at the door of the West Grove Friends Meeting house for you to pick-up the night of the concert. Tickets at the door are $17.00.
Seniors 60 and over, and students are just $13 in advance, $15 at the door. Members are $13 in advance or at the door. Children 10 and under are FREE. | | ................................................................................
SATURDAY, December 5, 2009
TD Members Appreciation Potluck Party
Once again, all supporting members will be invited to the annual gala potluck party to enjoy good musicas well as the good food and drink that has become a hallmark of Turtledove Potlucks. All Turtledove supporting members are invited and it is just another good, flavorful reason to join your fellow folk music lovers in a night of merryment. Location and time will be emailed to all members in late November. If you love the live music that the Turtledove presents and have been thinking about becoming a member, this is another great reason to join. To learn more about membership, click here.
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SATURDAY, January 30, 2010
Our traditional annual steamy blues/dance with John and the crew down from Philadelphia... "They mix up a wide variety of music from Louis Jordan styled swing on up to soul, but their forte is Chicago blues. Veteran musicians all, this band knows rock n' roll, or getting lowdown with mean Chicago blues, The Dukes of Destiny are hard to beat for a good time... Ultimately, the ensemblework is what makes the Dukes of Destiny a good band - the consistent subtle interplay between all the musicians." - Peter Brown, East Coast Rocker
| Doors of the West Grove Friends Meeting house open at 7:30 and the concert begins at 8:00. Advance tickets are $15 and are held at the door of the West Grove Friends Meeting house for you to pick-up the night of the concert. Tickets at the door are $17.00.
Seniors 60 and over, and students are just $13 in advance, $15 at the door. Members are $13 in advance or at the door. Children 10 and under are FREE. | | ................................................................................
SATURDAY, February 27, 2010
Although her country-flavored and blues-infused version of contemporary folk has drawn comparisons to musicians like Lucinda Williams, Gillian Welch, Jolie Holland and the Be Good Tanyas, Eilen Jewell's strongest influences have been the classic sides recorded by Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday (the latter artist is no doubt the source for Jewell's characteristic and surprisingly effective stretched, slowed and even slurred vocal mannerisms). Born and raised in Boise, Idaho, Jewell began piano lessons at the age of seven and picked up the guitar when she was fourteen. She also fell under the powerful spell of Smith and Holiday (along with discovering other artists like Bob Dylan and Howlin' Wolf). While attending St. John's College in Santa Fe, she began playing the local farmers' markets and bars. She moved to Los Angeles, then relocated all the way across the country in early 2003 to Western Massachusetts, and later in the year she moved to Boston, where she threw herself into the vigorous local music scene. She recorded a live demo album in 2005 called Nowhere in No Time and put out the self-released studio project Boundary Country a year later in 2006. The critical response toBoundary Countryled to her signing with Signature Sounds and Jewell's first national release,Letters from Sinners & Strangers, appeared from the imprint in 2007. Her third album, Sea of Tears was released on Signature Sounds in April 2009.
| Doors of the West Grove Friends Meeting house open at 7:30 and the concert begins at 8:00. Advance tickets are $15 and are held at the door of the West Grove Friends Meeting house for you to pick-up the night of the concert. Tickets at the door are $17.00.
Seniors 60 and over, and students are just $13 in advance, $15 at the door. Members are $13 in advance or at the door. Children 10 and under are FREE. | | ................................................................................
SATURDAY, March 27, 2010
For the past five years, this husband-and-wife duo has been enjoying a second honeymoon as one of the most folkier-than-thou acts on the road. Leaving behind the security of their clerical jobs at the United Nations, Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson settled in a small Vermont town, traded their pensions for a touring van, and picked up where the Carter family left off. Musically, Hungrytown is a rare breed. In this age of fusion, Hall and Anderson prefer to reverse-engineer modern folk: plucking out the rock and R&B and writing brand-new ballads that sound straight out of the '30s. Standing face to face, so close that their guitars almost touch, they sing into the same mic, evoking scenes from the glory days of the Grand Ole Opry. Without a single grain of saccharine pop to help the Americana go down, Hungrytown may seem too authentic for some. But judging from the sidelong glances and foolish grins they get playing even the humblest of venues, Hall and Anderson don't mind. They may be old-fashioned, but they couldn't be happier being anything else.
| Doors of the West Grove Friends Meeting house open at 7:30 and the concert begins at 8:00. Advance tickets are $15 and are held at the door of the West Grove Friends Meeting house for you to pick-up the night of the concert. Tickets at the door are $17.00.
Seniors 60 and over, and students are just $13 in advance, $15 at the door. Members are $13 in advance or at the door. Children 10 and under are FREE. | | ................................................................................
SATURDAY, April 24, 2010
Adrienne Young was born in Tallahassee, FL, but grew up in Clearwater, just west of Tampa. She moved to Nashville to attend Belmont University, partially to indulge her love of country music. Previously a member of folk-pop bands Big White Undies and Liters of Pop, her passionate singing, strong clawhammer banjo skills, and deft songwriting attracted attention when she won in the bluegrass category of the Chris Austin songwriting contest at MerleFest in 2003 for a song she had co-written with Mark D. Sanders called "Sadie's Song." Her first album, Plow to the End of the Row, produced by Nashville pop veteran and multi-instrumentalist Will Kimbrough, appeared on her own Addiebelle label late in 2003, and earned a Grammy nomination that same year for its packaging (each album included a pack of wildflower seeds). Adept at fusing old-timey string band sensibilities with modern pop overtones, Young and her band Little Sadie (which features Tyler Grant on guitar, Clayton Campbell on fiddle and mandolin, Amanda Kowalski on bass, and Steven Sandler on percussion) have proven to be a strong live act. A second album, The Art of Virtue, appeared in 2005, followed by Room to Grow in 2007. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide
| Doors of the West Grove Friends Meeting house open at 7:30 and the concert begins at 8:00. Advance tickets are $18 and are held at the door of the West Grove Friends Meeting house for you to pick-up the night of the concert. Tickets at the door are $20.00.
Seniors 60 and over, and students are just $16 in advance, $18 at the door. Members are $15 in advance or at the door. Children 10 and under are FREE. | | ................................................................................
SATURDAY, May 22, 2010
"If Williams' guitar picking gets any sharper, we'll have to invent new adjectives," wrote the Boston Globe. Well, they better start inventing because Williams' music, lyrics, singing, and picking get sharper with every recording. Critics and writers hail Brooks as "an acoustic guitar god'" and a "fret monster," saying his music is "electrifying," "dazzling," and "breathtaking," and that he sings like the "Angel of Soul." With millions of touring miles and thirteen albums to his credit, the fans have seen and heard it for themselves. His huge and growing catalog of original songs is "exquisite," says MOJO, a UK magazine. Whether live in concert, where rich new music continues to emerge, or in recordings (he's recorded over thirteen albums) where his fiery flatpicking, power chords, single note leads, and simmering slide can be consumed over and over, fans understand why Dirty Linen says, "A consummate artist, Williams ranks among America's musical treasures."
| Doors of the West Grove Friends Meeting house open at 7:30 and the concert begins at 8:00. Advance tickets are $15 and are held at the door of the West Grove Friends Meeting house for you to pick-up the night of the concert. Tickets at the door are $17.00.
Seniors 60 and over, and students are just $13 in advance, $15 at the door. Members are $13 in advance or at the door. Children 10 and under are FREE. | |
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