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Old-Time Duo Riley Baugus & Kirk Sutphin October 12th

Volume 16, Issue 10 October 2012 Celebrating Piedmont Carolinas Music Since 1982

The Charlotte Folk Society is once again showcasing superb musicians you will only hear on our stage. We're celebrating the roots of tradi-tional American music when we present old-time music masters Ri-ley Baugus and Kirk Sutphin at our October 12th Gathering. Join us at 7:30 PM in the Great Aunt Stella Center, lo-cated in the edge of Downtown Charlotte at 926 Eliza-beth Ave-nue. Doors open at 7 PM. Monthly Charlotte Folk Society Gatherings are family-friendly and free. Donations are appreciated and essential to presenting the con-cert series in the Great Aunt Stella Center. Refreshments, a song circle, and jam sessions follow the hour-long concert; visitors are welcome to join in or simply listen. Charlotte Appalachian Dulcimer Club mem-bers offer loaner instruments to visitors wishing to try their hands at playing. Doors open 7 PM. Adja-cent parking is free. Accessible en-try is available through the ground floor doors on the parking lot side of the building, with convenient

drop-off spaces and volunteer as-sistance. Riley Baugus and Kirk Sutphin are household names to anyone who loves old-time music. Their prow-ess on the fiddle, banjo, and guitar

and Riley’s vocals put them high on everyone’s “Top Ten” list. Both have toured extensively – from coast to coast in the U. S. and overseas to the U. K., Europe, and Australia. Sadly, the

occasions where just the two of them play together are few and far between, especially since their his-tory goes way back. Riley and Kirk grew up a half-mile apart on the same road in Walker-town, North Carolina and met on a grade school bus in 1977. This meeting began a life-long friend-ship built around their love of and respect for old-time music. As youngsters and teens, Riley and Kirk sought out and spent time playing with Tommy Jarrell, Fred Cockerham, and other legendary musicians of their grandfathers’ generation in the musically rich (Continued on page 3.)

What is old-time string music? One way to think of it is as a gen-tler, more tradition-bound precur-sor to bluegrass. “Old-time," truly an American music form, is rooted in the ballads and tunes of settlers from the British Isles and Europe and the instrumentation and rhythms of slaves transported from Africa. Old-time music re-sulted from the sharing and blend-ing of these various traditions. Primary old-time instruments are the fiddle and banjo, although the guitar, mandolin, and bass were added over time to form string bands. Old-time music is played throughout the South, but is espe-cially vibrant in the southern mountains. This was music made at home for family entertainment and was also played at community events and dances. Prior to World War II, the old-time string band tradition thrived in both black and white communities. Players raised on the old-time tra-dition, such as Bill Monroe, the Stanley Brothers, and Flatt & Scruggs, speeded it up and added solo breaks, creating the new form called bluegrass during the 1940s and ‘50s. But some folks never abandoned the old-time sound, and we are fortunate to feature two of the very best young players in that tradition at this Gathering.

What Is “Old-Time”

String Music?

Kirk Sutphin and Riley Baugus

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Thanks go to Riley Baugus, David DiGiuseppe, Ed Gebauer, David McGuirt, and Red June for photos used in this issue. Thanks to Bill Cooke for putting together the dance calendar. We appreciate Hat and Dan Thompson for labeling and stamping the newsletter for mailing every month. Contact Wanda Hubicki at 704-563-7080 or phubicki@carolina.rr.com to con-tribute calendar listings.

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(Baugus & Sutphin, continued from page 1.) areas of Round Peak (Surry County, North Carolina) and Ga-lax, Virginia. Riley and Kirk have performed to-gether on many recordings. Their first, The Old Hollow String Band – Old Time Music from North Carolina, in-cluded Wayne, Kirk’s father, on gui-tar. In 2010 they re-leased their duet project, Long -Time Piedmont Pals, to highly enthusiastic reviews: “. . . Riley and Kirk are part of the living aural tradition, the true vine of old-time music. They learned from players who were generations older than themselves and have played the music native to their home, since taking up music. Here they serve notice, as much as they ever would, that this is their music, their tradition . . . There are a lot of folks out there who play old-time in the Round Peak tradition, but these gentlemen were born and bred to it. The tradition is them and they are it. They can no more leave it behind than they can leave themselves behind. We are treated here to true old-time music played like few others can.” – Bluegrass Unlimited, May 2011 "Two of the most respected ‘younger’ old-time musicians . . . get together for this outstanding collection of fiddle and banjo songs and tunes. There are twenty-three full-length pieces featuring Sut-phin’s fiddling accompanied by Baugus’ clawhammer banjo and vocals (Baugus, though still a rela-tively young man, is starting to sound more like an ‘old-timer’ than

anyone else we’ve heard – and that is a compliment). Even if you have multiple versions of most of these local tunes, you should get to hear this superb record – recorded by Charlie Faurot and with extensive notes by Kinney Rorrer, this disc showcases two of the very best of

today’s old-time mu-sicians and demon-strates just how alive this tradition still is in one particular part of our country. “ – Dave Freeman, County Rec-ords Anyone who has seen the Academy Award-winning movie Cold Mountain has heard Riley Baugus’ authen-tic mountain-style a cappella singing and no doubt admired his handmade period

banjos featured in the film. In 2008, T-Bone Burnett invited him to per-form on to the Grammy award win-ning Album Of The Year, Raising Sand - the multi-million selling al-bum by Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. Two years later, Riley's banjo playing was fea-tured on Willie Nelson's Grammy nominated re-cording Country Music. Riley has taught and performed at prestigious camps and festivals all over the world. When not building banjos or teach-ing workshops, he can be found out on the road performing. Besides teaming with Kirk Sutphin, Riley also plays with the Dirk Powell Band. He’s a frequent guest of Polecat Creek and of Tim O’Brien with Dirk Powell. With Ira Bern-stein, he presents the show Appala-

chian Roots, a unique showcase of Appalachian music and dance. Visit Riley’s website: www.rileybaugus.com Kirk Sutphin is truly a musician’s musician. His talents on the fiddle are matched with his exceptional skill on the banjo. As a young boy, Kirk was the protégé of the famous Surry County fiddler, Tommy Jar-rell. He dug even deeper into the older mountain fiddling sounds of Tommy Jarrell’s dad, Ben Jarrell, and the old Galax fiddler Emmett Lundy. His focus also extends to the Piedmont. A master of the mu-sic of Charlie Poole, Kirk performs with Poole’s nephew Kinney Ror-rer as a member of the New North Carolina Ramblers. Read more about Kirk here: www.blueridgeheritage.com/traditional-artist-directory/kirk-sutphin For the past several years Kirk has been distilling this varied musical interest. The result is Grandpa’s Favorites, a CD on Old 97 Wre-cords. “. . . you can hear the spirits of the old-time masters in Kirk's performances. It is the way the

best of music sounded years ago. It is full of life and rhythm.” – David Holt Visit www.folksociety.org to enjoy videos of Riley’s and Kirk’s duet per-formances.

Charlotte Folk Society Gatherings are made possible, in part, with funding from the Arts & Science Council and the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Cultural Resources, and the National Endow-ment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

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Save the date! Mary Gordon and Hilary Dirlam are teaching Fiddle and Banjo Workshops, respectively, on Saturday, October 13th, in the 1890s Ashcraft Schoolhouse at the Carl J. McEwen Historic Village, 7601 Matthews Mint Hill Road, Mint Hill, North Carolina. The cost is $30 per person, and includes lunch. Mary Gordon is the owner, with her luthier husband, Lo, of Celestial Mountain Music in Brevard, North Carolina. Born in Tennessee, she sings and performs old-time music on guitar and fiddle. After more than a dozen years in Transylvania County, Mary and Lo Gordon are central figures in the local old-time music scene. The Gordons host a Tuesday night jam session at their family shop and are the hosts and founders of Brevard's Halloween Fest Music Contest. They are also accomplished musicians who have performed all over the Southeast. Tennessee-born Mary grew up singing with her family, church, and in school, and also plays guitar and fiddle. Lo, originally from New Jersey, learned to the play the banjo from such great players as Dwight Diller, Joe Fallon, and Sheila Kay Adams. The Gordons have performed at the Friends of American Mountain Mu-sic and Dance in Gainsborough, England; the Smokey Mountain Music Festival at Lake Junaluska; and Shindig on the Green (Asheville), among many other

venues. They are long-time partici-pants in the Florida State Folk Festi-val in White Springs, and have been finalists many times in the Florida Old-Time Music Championships there, on several instruments. At the 2005 Florida State Folk Festival, the Gordons were awarded two life-

time achievement awards, the Edward Lee Flemming, Jr., Award for "exceptional versatil-ity" on multiple in-struments, and the Cousin Thelma Boltin Award for service to the old-time music commu-nity. In her more than twenty-five years as

a resident of the North Carolina mountains, old-time musician Hilary Dirlam has made significant contributions to the region's music, both in her own playing and through her pres-ervation efforts. Hilary played bass for both the Carroll Best Band and Luke Smathers' Moun-tain Swing Band, placing her at the heart of some of western Carolina's classic music tra-ditions. She has performed and recorded with many other great old-time musicians, in-cluding Bruce Greene and Peter Sutherland. Hilary has been a stu-dio musician and producer on more than thirty albums.

Mary Gordon & Hilary Dirlam Workshops & Jam October 13th

Throughout the 1980s and ‘90s, Hilary studied with master fiddler Gordon Freeman. "His short-bow fiddling was amazing," she recalls, "and I recorded all of his tunes in hundreds of hours of home record-ings, made him slow tunes down so I could understand his bowing, and transcribed some of them." She also played with Freeman's family band, and produced a com-mercial cassette of his fiddling. In the late 1990s Dirlam received a grant from the North Carolina Arts Council to present more than thirty concerts by traditional musicians in the Madison County schools. "One group was a band of Madi-son County High School students that I helped get together, which ended up performing profession-ally, the Lonesome Mountain String Band. One member of the band was Josh Goforth, who has gone on to a career as a world-class musician and performer." Together, Mary and Hilary authored The All-In-One Old Time Jam Book, which contains 36 tunes for fiddle, clawhammer banjo, and

guitar. It in-cludes fiddle no-tation, finger-ings, playing tips, chord dia-grams, banjo tab-lature, and a slow CD. The workshops are 10 AM to Noon, followed by a break for lunch prepared by Rita and Gar

Hartmann. Join in a jam from 2 PM to 4 PM. Make your reserva-tions by contacting Jennifer Stanton at 704-321-7832 or jen-nifermstanton@yahoo.com or Rita Hartmann at 704-496-4321 or haye-fourfour@hotmail.com.For direc-tions to the site, visit www.

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minthillhistory.com/Directions. To learn more about Mary Gordon and Celestial Mountain Music, visit www.celestialmtnmusic.com. To learn more about Hilary Dir-lam, visit www.blueridgeheritage.com/traditional-artist-directory/hilary-dirlam

October 12th Post-Gathering

Old-Time Slow Jam

By Ed Gebauer Join us every month after the Gath-ering Concert to play some old– time fiddle tunes at the CFS Slow Jam. Led by fiddler Ed Gebauer, we meet in the third floor Stella Center Conference Room. Here, beginner players are introduced to old-time tunes at a gentle pace. This is the place to start learning to jam with other players after learn-ing those first few chords on your guitar or banjo; or your first tune on your lead instrument. Please check out the Slow Jam web page at www.folksociety.org/slowjam.shtml to see the tunes we'll be playing. At the next Gathering on Friday, October 12th, we'll be playing in the key of G! Hope to see you there!

Save the Date!

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16TH

Charlotte Folk Society Annual Holiday Potluck & Jams

4 PM – 10 PM

Monthly Charlotte Folk Society Old-Time Acoustic Jams take place on second Sundays, 2 PM to 4 PM, in the Asbury Care Center Living Room at Aldersgate, 3800 Shamrock Drive (between East-way Drive and Sharon Amity Road) in east Charlotte. The next Old-Time Jam will take place on Sunday, October 14th. Jams are free and open to all musicians and listeners. If you have questions, please contact Coordinator Tom Kelleher at 704-366-9441.

Please note that the CFS Old-Time Jam is going on hiatus, due to declining participation. In six months or so, we’ll assess whether there’s enough interest to resume a regular old-time jam in east Charlotte.

CFS Old-Time Acoustic Jam October 14th

Appalachian Dulcimer Club Meets Fridays

The Charlotte Appalachian Dulci-mer Club meets after every CFS Gathering with a beginner-friendly jam. Loaner instruments are avail-able if you want to try your hand. The Club also has a weekly Friday morning Dulcimer Jam in the Arbo-retum area if you’re interested. We invite you to bring your dulcimer to the October 12th Gathering and stop by the Dulcimer Jam room. We’ll get you tuned up and playing your dulcimer in no time. For more information, contact Mark Willingham at 980-254-8059.

The Slow Celtic Session at the Charlotte Folk Society is an off-shoot of the Celtic Session. This informal gathering of local musi-cians focuses on Celtic tunes played in the session style. The goal of the Slow Celtic Session is to allow folks to ease into the Celtic tunes with two key constraints: (i) we'll play slower than at the regu-lar Session; and (ii) we'll have a shorter list of tunes so that you can know what will be played. "Should I attend?" Yep, if . . . - you're a beginner who wants to learn to play Celtic tunes (though we assume you know how to play your instrument) - you're not a beginner, but you're new to Celtic tunes and want to ease in - you're not a beginner, but you want a slow pace to work on some techniques - you're conversant in one instru-ment, but want to dabble in an-other. Check out the Celtic Slow Session webpage at: www.folksociety.org/slowcelticsession.shtml for more information. This month’s Slow Session will be held on Saturday afternoon, October 13th, in East Charlotte. Join our email list at www.folksociety.org/celticlistjoin.shtml to learn the dates and times of future Sessions.

Slow Celtic Session

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Red June performs in a house con-cert at 7:30 PM on Friday, Novem-ber 2nd, in the South Charlotte home of Elizabeth Teagarden and Carter Mills. Admission is $20. Reservations and pre-payment are required; space is limited. Contact Elizabeth Teagarden at teagarden-sound@gmail.com or 704-444-0253 to make your reservation. Your check made out to “Red June” holds your place. Mail payments to Elizabeth Tea-garden, 15911 Prescott Hill Avenue, Char-lotte, NC 28277. Come at 6:30 PM for an optional potluck (appetizers and snacks). Please bring the bever-age of your choice. Red June is a dynamic, acoustic Americana trio known for perform-ing beautifully distilled Americana music. Red June is Will Straughan on resonator guitar, guitar, and vo-cals; John Cloyd Miller on mando-lin, guitar, and vocals; and Natalya Weinstein on fiddle and vocals. Their sound is as versatile and origi-nal as the musicians themselves; they touch on bluegrass, old-time, roots rock, and traditional country music with powerful harmonies, innovative songwriting, and expert musicianship. Sample Red June performances here: www.redjunemusic.com/RedJune/Media.html Formed in 2008, Red June has been busy touring across the country and has performed at Bristol Rhythm & Roots, Shakori Hills Grassroots Fes-

tival, Music City Roots, MerleFest 2012, and the Charlotte Folk Society (April, 2012). The trio’s debut album, Remember Me Well (September 2010), was voted #1 in WNCW’s Regional Top 20 Contest. Beauty Will Come, a second project released in June, touches on timeless themes of tran-sition, hope, loss, and renewal,

from deeply personal perspec-tives. It features original songs by all three band members, as well as a tradi-tional a

cappella gospel song. Critics have been lavish in their praise. ”Beauty Will Come by Red June just may be the most stunningly gorgeous country album in years. Everything about it: from the ex-quisite three-part harmonies and acoustic loveliness of the mandolin, fiddle, guitar, and upright bass . . . to the compositional prowess extol-ling home and hearth, family and true love ways.. . . ” – Mike Green-blatt, Aquarian Weekly “Will Straughan, John Cloyd Miller, and Natalya Weinstein possess an airtight harmony that will impress even the toughest critic. Listen to their vocal blend on I’m Willing To Try, and you may need to have your jaw surgically removed from the floor – they are that good!” – Chuck Dauphin, Music News Nashville

November 2nd House Concert Showcases Red June

Red June

October CFS Celtic

Music Sessions

Once or twice a month, the CFS Celtic Music Session meets in members' homes to play music from the various Celtic traditions. All acoustic instruments are wel-come, though this session does tend towards the intermediate level. This month we’ll be working on improving our tempo, so be prepared for a lively time! Join our email list at www.folksociety.org/celticlistjoin.shtml to learn the dates and times of fu-ture Sessions and check out www.folksociety.org/celticsession.shtml to grab our tune list and learn how to join this great experience!. Our sessions for this month will include a slow session on Satur-day, October 13th, in East Char-lotte and a regular session on Sunday, October 28th, in Cor-nelius.

Join fiddlers Bill Williams and Dwight Moody on the first Satur-day of every month from 2 PM to 4 PM in the Activities Room at the Willow Grove Retirement Center, located at 10043 Idlewild Road, Matthews, NC. The next jam will take place on Saturday, November 3rd. For in-formation, call Bill Williams at 704-573-6154 or 704-517-2822. (cell).

Willow Grove Old-Time Jam November 3rd

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Thanks to the generosity of Glen Alexander and David McGuirt, proprietors of The Violin Shoppe, Inc., the Charlotte Folk Society will raise funds through an instrument raffle again this year.

We are very appreciative of their donation to CFS of a 1998 Otto Glaesel Violin, Model VI33E. This mint condition violin is a copy of a 1700 Stradivar-ius. Made in West Germany, it features a gor-geous two-piece flame maple back, as well as very nicely flamed maple ribs. The top is crafted of hand-carved and graduated spruce. The violin is finished with a deep or-ange-amber varnish and is fitted with ebony fingerboard, tuning pegs, chinrest, and tailpiece. It has maintained its retail value of $1495. The raffle winner will receive the instrument as an outfit complete with oblong case and bow.

Visit www.folksociety.org to enjoy videos of Glen Alexander playing Red Apple Rag and Saint Anne’s Reel on the donated violin.

The violin will be on display and raffle tickets will be available to purchase at monthly Gatherings, beginning in August. For your convenience, buy tickets online at www.folksociety.org. Tickets cost $6 each or $30 for six.

Drawing of the winning ticket will take place during the Folk Society’s Annual Holiday Potluck, tenta-tively scheduled for Sunday, De-cember 16th, at Dilworth United

Methodist Church, 605 East Boule-vard, in Charlotte. Ticket holders need not be present to win. For tax compliance reasons, the raffle win-ner must fill out a W-9 form before receiving the instrument. The win-ner is responsible for all resulting income taxes, if any.

The Violin Shoppe is located at 2112 East Seventh Street. Folk Soci-

ety members re-ceive a 10% dis-count. Be sure to take your CFS member card when shop-ping. For de-tailed informa-tion about in-struments, ac-cessories, and

services offered, visit www.theviolinshoppe.net. Check out their extensive selection of violins in all price ranges. They are a li-censed dealer for Eastman guitars and mandolins. The Violin Shoppe offers traditional and bluegrass fid-dle lessons, as well as classical vio-lin and cello lessons, including the Suzuki Method. Instruction for guitar, banjo, mandolin, Dobro, bass, and bodhran instruction is also available. Award-winning musicians/instructors, Glen Alex-ander and Jon Singleton, make The Violin Shoppe a destination for tra-ditional and bluegrass students.

2012 Charlotte Folk Society Fundraising Violin Raffle

Donated 1998 Otto Glaesel Violin

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Each fall we offer new and renew-ing members good value for their dollars! Join any time after Sep-tember 1st, and your membership will be good through December 31, 2013. It’s easy – just visit www.folksociety.org and and join online, using a credit card, or download a membership form and mail it in with your check. Of course, you can also pick up a form at any monthly Gathering. You’ll receive a newsletter every month to keep you up to date on CFS events, as well as a calendar that covers the music we value all over North Carolina and beyond. Join or renew now – don’t miss out! The holidays are not far away and a Folk Society membership would make a great gift for those music lovers on your gift list! If you have a question about your membership status, contact Bethli Miescher-Clemens at emie-scher@bellsouth.net or 704-892-4914.

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OCT 11, Jim White Combo (Country/folk), The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $15-17.

êê OCT 11, Storytellers Guild of Charlotte, Barnes & Noble South Park, 4020 Sharon Rd. (corner Colony Rd. & Sharon Rd.), Charlotte, NC. 7:30 PM, FREE. Ride the escalator to the 2nd floor. Listeners & tellers welcomed. Ramona Moore Big Eagle at 704-568-6940. NEW LOCATION

OCT 11-13, Lil’ John’s Fall Bluegrass Festi-val w/Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mtn. Boys, Russell Moore & IIIrd Tyme Out, Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, Steep Canyon Rangers, Darin & Brook Aldridge, Jr. Sisk & Ramblers Choice, Randy Waller & the Country Gentlemen, Lonesome River Band & more, Cane Creek Campground & RV Park, 1256 Longest Acre Rd., Snow Camp, NC. $60 3-Day Advance Ticket (includes primitive camping) before Sept. 29th; $75 after the 29th. Individual day tickets available. 336-376-8824; www.littlejohnsmountainmusic.com

êêOCT 12, Charlotte Folk Society Gather-ing Concert & Jams featuring Old-Time Mu-sic Masters Riley Baugus & Kirk Sutphin, Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte, 7:30 PM. Free; donations appreci-ated. Refreshments, song circle, Appalachian dulcimers, slow & fast jams follow concert. Doors open 7 PM. Free parking. 704-563-7080; www.folksociety.org

êêOCT 12, Charlotte Appalachian Dulci-mer Club, Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte, following the CFS concert, approx. 8:30 PM, free. Call Mark Willingham for information: 980-254-8059.

OCT 12, Chuck Brodsky, Altamont Theatre, 8 PM, $12. OCT 12, Singer/songwriter Chris Trapper, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $12-15.

OCT 12, Jeremy Kittel Band, Diana Wortham Theatre, 8 PM, $38, Student $33, Child $15.

OCT 12-14, Tennessee Fall Homecoming, Museum of Appalachia, Clinton, TN. Con-certs, dance, jamming, demonstrations. 865-494-7680; www.museumofappalachia.org

êêOCT 13, CFS Slow Celtic Session, East Charlotte, NC. Afternoon; FREE. Join the email list at www.folksociety.org/celticlistjoin.shtml to receive detailed infor-mation about sessions.

êêOCT 13, Mary Gordon & Hilary Dirlam Fiddle & Banjo Workshops & Jam, Celestial Mountain Music at the 1890s Ashcraft School-house, Carl J. McEwan Historic Village, 7601 Matthews-Mint Hill Rd., Mint Hill, NC. Workshops 10 AM-Noon; Lunch by Rita & Gar Hartmann Noon-2 PM; Jam 2-4 PM. $30/

All calendar listings are subject to change and should be verified.

VENUE INFORMATION

The ArtsCenter, 300-G E. Main St., Carrboro, NC. 919-929-2787; www.artscenterlive.org

Belk Theater, Blumenthal Performing Arts Ctr., 130 N. Tryon St., Charlotte. 704-372-1000; www.blumenthalcenter.org

Blue Ridge Music Center, milepost 213, Blue Ridge Parkway, 700 Foothills Rd., Galax, VA. Call 276-236-5309, ext. 112; visit www.blueridgemusiccenter.org.

The Comet Grill, 2224 Park Rd., Charlotte. 704-371-4300.

Cook Shack Concert Series, The Cook Shack, Union Grove, NC. Exit 65 off I-77 North; turn west; travel 2 miles; sits on left of road. Reser-vations required; email cookshack-shows@roadrunner.com or call 704-539-4353. http://uniongrovemusic.voila.net/index.html

Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place, 2 Pack Place Square, Asheville, NC. 828-257-4530; www.dwtheatre.com

Don Gibson Theatre, Theatre, 318 S. Washing-ton St., Shelby, NC. 704-487-8114; www.DGshelby.com

The Double Door Inn, 218 E. Independence Blvd. Charlotte, NC. 704-376-1446; www.doubledoorinn.com

The Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson St., Char-lotte. 704-376-3737; www.theeveningmuse.com

Fairview Ruritan Club Concerts, Fairview Rd., SR821, Galax, VA. 276-238-0376; www.fairviewruritan.com

Fiddle & Bow Society Series, Community Arts Café, 411 W. 4th St., Winston-Salem, NC. 336-724-9393; www.fiddleandbow.org

Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall, 185 Cling-man Ave., Asheville, NC. 828-232-5800; www.thegreyeagle.com

The Handlebar, 304 E. Stone St., Greenville, SC. 864-233-6173; www.handlebar-online.com/index.asp

Jack of the Wood, 95 Patton Ave., Asheville, NC. 828-252-5445; http://jackofthewood.com/

Knight Theater, 430 S. Tryon St., Charlotte, NC. 704-372-1000; www.blumenthalcenter.org

McGlohon Theatre, Spirit Square, 345 N. Col-lege St., Charlotte, NC. 704-372-1000; www.blumenthalcenter.org

The Neighborhood Theatre, 511 E. 36th St., Charlotte, NC. 704-358-9298; www.neighborhoodtheatre.com

Old Rock School, 400 Main St. West, Valdese, NC. Call 828-879-2129; visit www.

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Orange Peel, 101 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, NC. 828-225-5851; www.theorangepeel.net

Ovens Auditorium, 2700 E. Independence Blvd., Charlotte. 704-335-3100; www.ovensauditorium.com/default.asp?ovens=11

Puckett’s Farm Equipment, 2740 W. Sugar Creek Rd., Derita, NC. 704-597-8230; www.puckettsfarm.com

Purple Onion, Hwy. 176, Saluda, NC. 828-749-1179; www.purpleonionsaluda.com

Ri~Ra Irish Pub, 200 N. Tryon St., Charlotte. 704-333-5554; www.rira.com

Rodi, 245 W. Garrison Blvd., Gastonia, NC. 704-864-7634; www.rodiworld.com

Stage Door Theater, 5th & College Sts., Char-lotte. 704-372-1000; www.blumenthalcenter.org

Summit Coffee, 128 S. Main St., Davidson, NC. 704-895-9090; www.summitcoffee.com

The Sylvia Theater, 27 N. Congress St., York, SC. 803-684-5590; www.sylviatheater.com

The Visulite Theatre, 1615 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte. 704-358-9200; www.visulite.com CALENDAR LISTINGS

OCT 13-NOV 18 (Weekends), Carolina Ren-aissance Festival, 16445 Poplar Tent Rd., Huntersville, NC. Saturdays & Sundays, 10 AM-5:30 PM. Adults $20; Ages 5-12 $10; Under 5 Free. 877-896-5544; www.royalfaires.com/carolina

OCT 8, Find Your Muse Open Mic featuring George Worthmore, The Evening Muse, 7 PM, $3.

OCT 9, Red Rocking Chair (Michael Reno Harrell, Jack Lawrence, Tom Kuhn & Dale Meyer) (Tuesdays), Comet Grill, 8:30-11:30 PM.

OCT 9, Charlotte Nashville Songwriters Asso-ciation International Meeting, The Well Church & Coffeehouse, 220 West Main St., Pin-eville, NC, 7 PM. Contact Carl Dews at dews-music63@earthlink.net. http://nsaicharlotte.com/

OCT 9, Lemonds Family Bluegrass Band (Tuesdays), Skyland Family Restaurant, 4544 South Blvd., Charlotte, NC. 6-8 PM.

OCT 9, Singer/songwriter Nick Lowe w/Chuck Prophet opening, McGlohon Theatre, 7:30 PM, $25-27.50.

OCT 10, Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, Historic Gem Theater, 111 W. 1st St., Kannapolis, NC. 7:30 PM, $15-60. 704- 933-5715; http://downtownkannapolis.com

OCT 10, Singer/Guitarist Matthew Frantz, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $7.

OCT 11, Free Monthly Bluegrass Workshop & Jam Session, Gaston School of the Arts, 825 Union Rd., Gastonia, NC. 6:30-8:30 PM. Darin

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person. Reservations: Jennifer Stanton at 704-321-7832 or jennifermstanton@yahoo.com OR Rita Hartmann at 704-496-4321 or hayefourfour@hotmail.com. Map & direc-tions: www.minthillhistory.com/Directions Celestial Mountain Music: www.celestialmtnmusic.com

êêOCT 13, Mint Hill Old-Time Jam, Ash-craft Schoolhouse, Carl J. McEwan Historic Village, 7601 Matthews-Mint Hill Rd., Mint Hill, NC. 2-4 PM; Free open jam. Gar & Rita Hartmann at 704-496-4321 or hayefour-four@hotmail.com.

OCT 13, Acoustic Syndicate w/David Mayfield Parade, Sons of Bill, Whitewater River Jam Fall Finale, U.S. National White-water Center, 5000 Whitewater Center Parkway, Charlotte. FREE, 4 PM. 704- 391-3900; http://usnwc.org

OCT 13, Ana Egge (Alt country/folk), The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $12-15.

OCT 13, Spottiswoode & His Enemies, The Evening Muse, 10:30 PM, $12-15.

OCT 13, Caroiina Claymatters Pottery Guild Fall Pottery Festival, McAlpine Busi-ness Park, 8300 Monroe Rd., Charlotte, NC. 10 AM-4 PM. Free. 40+ Potters. http://carolinaclaymatters.blogspot.com

OCT 13, Robin Bullock in Concert, Stone-field Cellars Winery, 8220 NC Highway 68 North, Stokesdale, NC. 7:30 PM, $15. Op-tional pre-concert dinner at 6:30 PM, $40. 336-644-9908; www.stonefieldcellars.com

OCT 13, Robin Bullock Workshop: The Art of Celtic Guitar, Stonefield Cellars Winery, 8220 NC Highway 68 North, Sto-kesdale, NC. 4-6 PM, $35. Workshop & 7:30 PM Concert; $45. 6:30 Dinner, Work-shop & Concert $60. Registration deadline October 9th. 336-644-9908; www.stonefieldcellars.com

êêOCT 14, CFS Old-Time Acoustic Jam, Asbury Care Center Living Room, Al-dersgate, 3800 Shamrock Dr., Charlotte, 2-4 PM, Free. Call Tom Kelleher at 704-366-9441.

OCT 14, Traditional Irish Music Session w/Jason Dulin, Monty Monaghan & Jon Singleton (Sundays), RiRa Irish Pub, 7-9 PM.

OCT 14, Robin Bullock, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $10-12.

OCT 14, Fall Heritage Series: Songs & Ballads w/Kinney Rorrer, Darren Moore, Elizabeth LaPrelle & Jim Marshall, Blue Ridge Music Center Indoor Theater, 2 PM, FREE. Space limited; advance reservations recommended. Call 276-236-5309; x112. http://blueridgemusiccenter.org/bluegrass_music.aspx

OCT 14, John Hiatt & The Combo w/Shannon Whitworth, The Neighborhood Theatre, 8 PM, $32-52; seated show.

OCT 14, Robin Bullock, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $TBA.

OCT 14, The Outliers (bluegrass quartet), Daniels Auditorium, NC Museum of History, 5 E. Edenton St., Raleigh, NC. 3-4 PM; FREE; tickets required & available at 2 PM. 919-664-8302; www.pinecone.org

OCT 16, Janis Ian & Tom Paxton, McGlohon Theatre, 7:30 PM, $25-32.50.

OCT 16, Pearl & The Beard (NY acoustic trio), The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $10.

OCT 17, James McMurtry w/Joe Pug, Double Door Inn, 8:30 PM, $17-20. Doors open 8 PM.

OCT 17, The Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile w/Tom Brousseau, The Orange Peel, 8 PM, $20-25.

OCT 18, Indigo Girls (full band tour) w/Shadowboxers, McGlohon Theatre at Spirit Square, 7:30 PM, $39.50-59.50.

OCT 18, Tracy Grammer & Dave Carter w/Cliff Eberhardt opening, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $15-17.

OCT 18, Corduroy Road w/Have Gun Will Travel Openinng, The Evening Muse, 10:30 PM, $8.

OCT 18, Dana & Susan Robinson, The Purple Onion, 7:30-9:30 PM.

OCT 18, Miss Tess & The Talkbacks w/Thomas Bryan Eaton opening, Double Door Inn, 9 PM, $8.

OCT 18, The Quebe Sisters (Texas Swing), ENT Studio in Building H4 on the High Point Campus of GTCC, 901 S. Main St., High Point, NC. 7:30 PM, $TBA. Tickets: call the High Point Theatre Box Office at 336-887-3001.

êêOCT 18, Songwriters Showcase featuring host Rob McHale w/Guests, Summit Coffee, 8 PM.

OCT 18-21, Craft Fair of the Southern High-lands, U.S. Cellular Center, 87 Haywood St., Downtown Asheville, NC. Thurs.-Sat., 10 AM-6 PM; Sun., 10 AM-5 PM. Admission $8; Un-der 12 years FREE. 828-298-7928; www.craftguild.org

OCT 18-21, 35th Fall Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) w/Tony Rice Unit, John McCutcheon, Darrell Scott, Be Good Tanyas, Sol Driven Train, David Lamotte, Tony Rice Unit, John McCutcheon, Rising Appalachia Duo, Phil Jamison, Rodney Sutton, Hilary Dirlam, Kari Sickenberger & many more, Black Mountain, NC. Advance ticket sales only. www.The LEAF.org

OCT 19, Chris Knight Little Victories CD

FOLK CALENDAR

Calendar, continued Release Tour w/Danny Barnes opening, Double Door Inn, 9:30 PM, $15-18.

OCT 19, Canaan Smith, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $10.

OCT 19, Land Jam 2012 w/Darrell Scott, Tim O-Brien, John Cowan, Laurelyn Dosstt, Big Fat Gap to Benefit Piedmont Land Conservancy, Carolina Theatre, 310 S. Greene St., Greensboro, NC. 8-11 PM; $20 + $6 fees. 336-333-2605; www.carolinatheatre.com/events-calendar.aspx

OCT 19, Rachel Van Slyke, Etta Lea, Caroline Spence, OCT 19, Canaan Smith, The Evening Muse, 9:30 PM, $6-8.

OCT 19, Patrick Ball (Celtic harper and story-teller), Fiddle & Bow Society, Community Arts Café, 8 PM, $15.

OCT 19, Tom Chapin in Concert to Benefit Jason’s Getaway, University City Methodist Church, 3835 West W.T. Harris Blvd., Charlotte. 7 PM, $25. Tickets: tomchapin.brownpapertickets.com; $15 group tickets avail-able at 704-404-0755.

OCT 20, Singer/songwriter Marc Scibilia, Altamont Theatre, 8 PM, $10.

OCT 20, Ben Taylor (Son of Carly Simon & James Taylor; folk/rock/pop), The Evening Muse, 8-10 PM, $15-18.

OCT 20, Chatham County Line w/Underhill Rose opening, The Neighborhood Theatre, 8 PM, $15-25; seated show.

OCT 20, John Jorgenson Trio, Stage Door Thea-ter at Blumenthal PAC, Corner of 5th & College Sts., Charlotte. 8 PM, $22.50. 704-372-1000; www.performingartsctr.org

OCT 20, Zephyr Lightning Bolts w/host Travis Frye & Blue Mountain, Voice of the Blue Ridge Series, EARLE Theatre, 142 Main St., Mt. Airy, NC, 7:30 PM, $7; Under 12 free. Tickets at the door. Free clogging lesson with ticket; 5:30-6:30 PM. www.surryarts.org OCT 20, Rowan Blues & Jazz Festival w/Harper & Midwest Kind, Fruteland Jackson, Mac Arnold & Plate Full o’ Blues, Joe Robinson Jazz Band & more, 200 W. Fisher St., Downtown Salisbury, NC. 2-11 PM, $15 at the gate; advance discounted tickets available online. Bring lawn chairs. www.rowanbluesandjazz.org

OCT 20, Storytelling Tribute to the Late Jackie Torrence featuring Fruteland Jackson & Mem-bers of the NC Association of Black Storytell-ers, Rowan Public Library, 201 W. Fisher St., Downtown Salisbury, NC. 10 AM-1 PM; FREE. Bring lawn chairs. 704- 216-8228; www.rowanbluesandjazz.org/upcoming_events/default.html

OCT 20, The Cloers CD Release Party POST-PONED TO FEBRUARY 9, 2013, Home of Eliza-beth Teagarden and Carter Mills, South Char-lotte, NC. 7:30 PM, $TBD. Reservations and pre-payment are required; space is limited. Con-tact Elizabeth Teagarden at teagarden-

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sound@gmail.com or 704-444-0253 to make your reservation. Write checks to “The Clo-ers” & mail them to Elizabeth Teagarden, 15911 Prescott Hill Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28277.

OCT 20, Oak Ridge Boys, Smoky Mountain Center for Performing Arts, 1028 Georgia Rd., Franklin, NC. 7:30 PM; $33-39. Tickets: www.greatmountainmusic.com/buy-tickets.asp

OCT 20, 11th Annual Hagood Mill Storytel-ling Festival featuring Doug Elliott, Connie Regan-Blake, Sheila Kay Adams, Judy Seely, w/host John T. Fowler, Hagood Mill Historic Site & Folklife Center, 138 Hagood Mill Rd. (3 miles north of Pickens or 5 ½ miles south of Cherokee Foothills Scenic Hwy 11 off SC Hwy 178), Pickens, SC. 10 AM-4 PM; Free. Folklife & tradi-tional arts demonstrations. www.hagoodmill.org

OCT 20, Tim O'Brien with Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore, The Grey Eagle, 8 PM, $25-27; fully seated.

OCT 20, Janis Ian & Tom Paxton: Together At Last, Diana Wortham Theatre, 8 PM, $30, Student $25, Child $15.

OCT 20, Zephyr Lightning Bolts w/host Travis Frye & Blue Mountain, Voice of the Blue Ridge Series, EARLE Theatre, 142 Main St., Mt. Airy, NC, 7:30 PM, $7; Under 12 free. Tickets at the door. Free clogging les-son with ticket; 5:30-6:30 PM. www.surryarts.org

OCT 20, Bronze Radio Return, The Even-ing Muse, 8 PM, $10-12.

OCT 21, Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore w/Bob Sinclair, POSEM Concert Series, The Purple Onion, 7 PM, $20. Doors open & light fare available at 6 PM. Reservations: 828-749-1179.

OCT 21, Fall Heritage Series: Tribute to Galax Fiddler Emmett Lundy w/Richard Smith, Snake Smith, Kirk Sutphin & oth-ers, Blue Ridge Music Center Indoor Thea-ter, 2 PM, FREE. Space limited; advance reservations recommended. Call 276-236-5309; x112. http://blueridgemusiccenter.org/bluegrass_music.aspx

OCT 23, Alejandro Escovedo & The Sensi-tive Boys w/The Ghost Wolves, The Visu-lite, 8:30 PM, $20-25.

OCT 24, Singer/songwriter Erick Baker, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $10.

OCT 25, Red June, Cook Shack Concert Series, 7:30 PM, $16; advance reservations required; write CookShack-Shows@roadrunner.com

OCT 30, Catawba River Bluegrass Asso-ciation Jam, First Presbyterian Church Activity Bldg., 512 Old Mount Holly Rd., Stanley, NC, 7 PM. Open jam; all wel-come. Contact Robert “Rye” Billings at Charlottefloods@yahoo.com or 704-249-5538.

OCT 31, Michelle Malone (blues), The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $12-15.

NOV 2, Red June House Concert, Home of Elizabeth Teagarden and Carter Mills, South Charlotte, NC. 7:30 PM, $20. Reser-vations and pre-payment are required; space is limited. Contact Elizabeth Teagar-den at teagardensound@gmail.com or 704-444-0253 to make your reservation. Write checks to “Red June” & mail them to Eliza-beth Teagarden, 15911 Prescott Hill Ave-nue, Charlotte, NC 28277. 6:30 PM Pot-luck; bring appetizers/snacks to share. Please bring the beverage of your choice. NOV 2, Audie Blaylock & Reline with Balsam Range, Old Rock School, 7 PM, $16-18.

NOV 2, Seth Glier, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $10.

NOV 2, Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen, Fiddle & Bow Society, Community Arts Café, 8 PM, $12.

êêNOV 3, Willow Grove Old-Time Jam, Willow Grove Retirement Center, 10043 Idlewild Rd., Matthews, NC. 2-4 PM. Call Bill Williams at 704-573-6154 or 704-417-2822 (cell)

NOV 3, Irish singer & flute player Nuala Kennedy, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $12-15.

NOV 3, South Carolina Broadcasters, The Purple Onion, 8-10 PM.

NOV 4, Violinist Kishi Bashi w/Tall, Tall Trees Opening, The Evening Muse, 9:30 PM, $10-12.

NOV 5, Open Bluegrass Jam, hosted by Anthony Scruggs, Belmont Soda Shop, 31 N. Main St., Belmont, NC, 7-9 PM, FREE; beginners to advanced and listeners wel-comed. Menu includes old-fashioned milk shakes, hot dogs, hamburgers. Contact Anthony Scruggs at scruggsopry-house@yahoo.com

NOV 5, Rock Hill Nashville Songwriters Association International Meeting, Thurs-days Too Restaurant Private Room, 147 Herlong Ave., Rock Hill, SC. 7 PM. 803-366-6117; http://thursdaystoo.com

NOV 7, Alejandro Ziegler Quartet (tango), The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $10-12.

NOV 8, Free Monthly Bluegrass Work-shop & Jam Session, Gaston School of the Arts, 825 Union Rd., Gastonia, NC. 6:30-8:30 PM. Darin Aldridge is workshop in-structor & jam facilitator. Information:

OCT 25, Jerry Douglas w/Logan Brill, The Or-ange Peel, 8 PM, $28-30.

OCT 25, Chuck Brodsky, The Purple Onion, 7:30-9:30 PM.

OCT 25, Singer/songwriter/guitarist Willy Por-ter, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $12.

OCT 26, Chris Smither, Fiddle & Bow Society, Community Arts Café, 8 PM, $20.

OCT 26, Jim Lauderdale w/Daniel Smith open-ing, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $15.

OCT 26, The Wheeler Brothers (Texas indie/folk), The Evening Muse, 10:30 PM, $8-10.

OCT 26, Sam Bush Band, The Neighborhood Theatre, 8 PM, $22-25 General Admission, $32 Balcony Reserved Seating; dance floor open.

OCT 26, Tristan Prettyman (acoustic folk/pop), Stage Door Theater, Blumenthal PAC, Corner of College & 5th Streets, Charlotte, 8 PM, $20. Doors open 7:30 PM. 704-372-1000; www.blumenthalcenter.org

OCT 26, Willy Porter, Altamont Theatre, 8 PM, $16 advance.

OCT 27, Forty Acres presents Chris Smither, Five Oaks Clubhouse, 5109 Pine Cone Dr., Dur-ham, NC. 8 PM, $25; doors open 7:30 PM. Reser-vations are required. Leave a message at tick-ets@fortyacres.org stating which concert you need tickets for and how many you want. Pay-ment at the door. You’re invited to bring a cooler with your favorite beverage. www.fortyacres.org

OCT 27, Jerry Douglas Band, Carolina Theatre of Durham, 309 W. Morgan St., Durham, NC, 8 PM, $35-40. www.pinecone.org

OCT 27, Hart Square Festival, Hart Square, Near intersection of Hwys. 321 & 10, near Newton, NC. 10 AM-5 PM. Admission $25; advance ticket sales only. Buy tickets by calling Catawba Museum of History at 828-465-0383.

êêOCT 28, CFS Regular Celtic Session, Cor-nelius, NC. Afternoon; FREE. Join the email list at www.folksociety.org/celticlistjoin.shtml to receive detailed information about sessions.

OCT 28, Celtic Session & Ceili, The Dandelion Market, 118 W. 5th St., Charlotte, 5-7 PM; FREE. OCT 28, Kathleen Edwards w/Jim Bryson & Gord Tough and special guests Mandolin Or-ange, McGlohon Theatre, 7 PM, $22.50-27.50.

OCT 28, High Lonesome Strings Bluegrass As-sociation presents Cornbread Revival in Con-cert, Stonefield Cellars Winery, 8220 NC High-way 68 North, Stokesdale, NC. 2 PM, FREE. www.highlonesomestrings.org

OCT 30, David Ramirez & Noah Gunderson, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $8-10.

FOLK CALENDAR

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OCT 8: SteamShovel w/Adina Gordon. OCT 15: Bob Kogut & the Euphoria String Band w/Beth Molaro calling. OCT 22: Boom Chuck w/Charlotte Critten-den calling. OCT 29: Sassafras Stomp w/Terry Doyle.

Boone Country Dancers, The Apple Barn, Valle Crucis Conference Center, Valle Crucis, NC. Wear soft-soled shoes. Lessons 7:30, dance 8 PM, $7. Bob Oelberg at 828-265-2627; www.boonecountrydancers.org OCT 13: Hands Four w/Frederick Park.

Carolina Song & Dance Assn., Carrboro Cen-tury Ctr., Greensboro St., between Weaver & Main, Carrboro, NC. Lessons 7:30 PM, Dance 8-11 PM, $8. Call 919-967-9948 for directions. Visit http://csda-dance.org/index.htm OCT 19: Buz Lloyd Dance w/Band & Caller TBA.

Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers, The Grange, Guilford School Rd., off I-40 E, Greensboro. Lessons 7:30 PM, Dance 8-11 PM. Call Carol Thompson at 336-272-3245 or email George Segebade at gsegebade_80@msn.com. Visit website at http://feetretreat.com OCT 20: Dot Dot Dash w/Linda Cooper.

Fiddle & Bow Country Dancers, Clemmons Civic Club, 2870 Middlebrook Dr., Clem-mons, NC. Every Tuesday; Dance 8-10 PM, $6; $4 students. See contact info above. NEW LOCATION OCT 9: Tremblay’s Dream w/Adina Gordon calling. OCT 16: Yellow Goat’s Beard w/Kristen Seibert. OCT 23: Reel Shady w/Tom Caldwell & Myra Hirschberg calling. OCT 30: Sassafras Stomp w/Connie Car-ringer calling.

Harvest Moon Folk Society, River Falls Lodge, near Marietta, SC, Set up 5 PM, Pot-luck 6:30 PM, lessons 7:30 PM, dance 8-11 PM, $8, Children free. Call Terry Pizzuto at 864-639-6113 or email tpzzt@clemson.edu; www.harvestmoonfolk.org OCT 13: Ed Baggott & Elsie Peterson w/Adina Gordon calling. OCT 27: Monster Mash All Day Dance w/Boom Chuck (3-6 PM) & Contraversial (8 PM-Midnight) & Diane Silver and Tamara McGovern calling. $15; no registration re-quired.

Harvest Moon Folk Society CityDance, Landmark Hall, 156 Landmark Dr., Taylors, SC. Lessons 7:30 PM, dance 8-11 PM, $8, Children free. Call Terry Pizzuto at 864-639-6113 or email tpzzt@clemson.edu; www.harvestmoonfolk.org. OCT 26: Four Mule Pile-Up w/Alice Morris calling.

704-866-8882; www.gastonschoolofthearts.org

NOV 8, Michael Reno Harrell, The Purple On-ion, 7:30-9:30 PM.

NOV 9, Mountain Heart, Diana Wortham Theatre, 8 PM, $30, Student $25, Child $15.

êêNOV 9, Charlotte Folk Society Gathering Concert & Jams featuring David DiGiuseppe & Rob Sharer presenting Bound for Carolina, Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte, 7:30 PM. Free; donations appreciated. Refreshments, song circle, Appalachian dulci-mers, slow & fast jams follow concert. Doors open 7 PM. Free parking. 704-563-7080; www.folksociety.org

NOV 9, Loudon Wainwright III, The Batte Center, 403 N. Camden Rd., Wingate Univer-sity, Wingate, NC. 7:30 PM, $25. 704-233-8300; www.battecenter.org

NOV 10, Singer/songwriter Gareth Asher w/Davin McCoy opening, The Evening Muse, 10:30 PM, $12-15.

NOV 10, Tony Rice Unit w/Steep Canyon Rangers, The Foundation Performing Arts and Conference Center Isothermal Community College, 286 ICC Loop Rd., Spindale, NC. 7:30 PM; Adults $19-24; Youth $8. Tickets: 828- 286-9990; www.isothermal.edu/foundation/contact

NOV 11, George Higgs (blues), Daniels Audi-torium, NC Museum of History, 5 E. Edenton St., Raleigh, NC. 3-4 PM; FREE; tickets required & available at 2 PM. 919-664-8302; www.pinecone.org CONTRA DANCES

Charlotte Dance Gypsies, Chantilly Commu-nity Bldg., 2101 Shenandoah Ave., Charlotte. Potluck 6:30 PM, lessons 7:30 PM, dance 8-11 PM, $8, students $5. Gretchen at 704-537-1377 or Dean at 704-361-6387; www.charlottedancegypsies.org OCT 17: Free Waltz Wednesday OCT 31: Halloween Dance w/Sassafras Stomp & Caller TBA.

Charlotte Country Dancers, Chantilly Commu-nity Bldg., 2101 Shenandoah Ave., Charlotte. Every Monday evening. Lesson 7:30 PM. Dance 8-10 PM, $7. www.charlottedancegypsies.org OCT 8: Chantilly Gypsies w/Clinton Ross. OCT 15: Mojo Beaucoup w/Gretchen Caldwell calling. OCT 22: Tonal Recall w/Lindsay Morris. OCT 29: No Dance. NOV 5: Eat More Chicken w/Matt Long.

The Grey Eagle, Haywood Rd. & Clingman Ave., Asheville, Mondays, 8 PM, $5. Call 828-232-5800 for details; visit www.oldfarmersball.com

FOLK CALENDAR

Calendar, continued Old Farmer’s Ball, Bryson Gym, Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC, Thurs-days, Lessons 7:30 PM, Dance 8 PM, $6. Beginning & intermediate music jam Thurs-days, 7:30 PM. Information: 828-299-8823/828-298-7821 or visit www.oldfarmersball.com OCT 11: Boom Chuck w/Tamara McGov-ern calling. OCT 18: FootLoose w/Barbara Groh. OCT 25: New Band w/Diane Silver. NOV 1: Band & Caller TBA. NOV 8: La Banane Enchantee w/Tom Caldwell & Myra Hirschberg.

Triangle Country Dancers, Carrboro Cen-tury Ctr., Greensboro St., between Weaver & Main, Carrboro, NC. Lessons 7:30 PM, Dance 8-11 PM, $9. Dance hotline: 919-286-6624; questions 919-220-8411. www.TCDancers.org OCT 12: SteamShovel w/Adina Gordon. NOV 3: FootLoose/Contrazz Dance. Band & caller TBA.

Triangle Country Dancers, Reality Center. 916 Lamond Ave., Durham, NC. Lessons 7:30 PM, Dance 8-11 PM, $8. Dance hotline: 919-286-6624; questions 919-220-8411. www.TCDancers.org OCT 26: Sassafras Stomp w/Valerie Hel-bert calling.

Triangle Country Dancers, Talley Student Ctr. Ballroom, NC State Campus, Raleigh, NC. Lessons 6:30 PM, Dance 7-10 PM, $7; Students $5. Dance hotline: 919-286-6624; questions 919-220-8411. www.contradanceswithwolves.org. OCT 27: Sassafras Stomp w/George Sege-bade calling.

DANCE WEEKENDS

OCT 12-14, Mountain Madness Dance Weekend, Jonesborough, TN. Bands Mean Lids and The Coffee Zombies w/Cis Hin-kle and Maggie Jo Saylor calling. Info: David Wiley at 423-534-8879.

OCT 18-21, Fall LEAF, Black Mountain, NC. Bands FootLoose and The Great Bear Trio w/callers Adina Gordon and Maggie Jo Saylor. Also, Techno Contra w/DJ Jor-D. www.theleaf.org

NOV 9-11, Atlanta Dance Weekend, Morn-ingside Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA. Bands Latter Day Lizards, La Banane Enchantee, and Wing and a Prayer w/Lisa Greenleaf, Michael Hamilton, and Rob Harper calling. www.contradance.org

NOV 23-25, Turkey Twirl Dance Weekend, Historic Cranberry High School, 5215 Elk Park Highway, Elk Park, NC. Nor’easter w/Shawn Brenneman calling. www.warrendoyle.com

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Host John Tosco. www.toscomusicparty.org.

THURSDAYS Open Mic, Puckett’s Farm Equipment, 2740 W. Sugar Ck. Rd., Derita, NC. 8 PM. Bluegrass Jam, Jack of the Wood, 95 Patton Ave., Asheville, NC. 6 PM. 828-252-5445; http://jackofthewood.com 1st & 3rd THURSDAYS Bluegrass Thursday Night, Allison Creek Presbyterian Church, 5780 Allison Creek Rd., York, SC, 6:30-9:00, free; concessions available. 803-684-5875. www.allisoncreekbluegrass.com 2nd THURSDAYS Storytellers Guild of Charlotte, Barnes & Noble South Park, 4020 Sharon Rd. (corner Colony Rd. & Sharon Rd.), Charlotte, NC. 7:30 PM, Free. Ride the escalator to the 2nd floor. Storytelling first hour of meeting; public welcomed. Call Ramona Moore-Big Eagle at 704-568-6940. NEW LOCATION 3rd THURSDAYS Songwriters Round, hosted by Rob McHale, Summit Coffee, 128 S. Main St., Davidson, NC. 704-895-9090; www.summitcoffee.com

FRIDAYS Bluegrass Jam, E. H. Montgomery General Store, 750 Saint Stephens Church Rd., His-toric Gold Hill, NC. 7-9 PM. Call Vivian Hopkins: 704-279-5674. www.historicgoldhill.com/eh_montgomery_general_stor.htm Charlotte Appalachian Dulcimer Club, home of Carol Rousey, 9 AM-Noon. Call Carol at 704-321-2020 for directions. English Country Dance, Matthews Ortho-dox Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 2701 Rice Rd. (off Idlewild Rd.), Matthews, NC, 7-9 PM. Free. 704-309-7649 or Jason-Mauney@gmail.com. 2nd FRIDAYS **Charlotte Folk Society Gathering (August-June), Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte. Concert, song circle & jams. Free & open to the public; donations appreciated. 7:30 PM. 704-563-7080; www.folksociety.org. Charlotte Appalachian Dulcimer Club, Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Ave., Charlotte. After Folk Society concert, app. 8:30 PM. Mark Willingham at 980-254-8059. 2nd & 4th FRIDAYS Boots-N-Slippers Square Dance, Steele Creek Presbyterian Church, 7407 Steele Ck. Rd., Charlotte. 8-10 PM. Call 704-525-1940.

SATURDAYS Morning Jam Session, Cook Shack, Union Grove, NC. Exit 65 off I-77 North; turn west; travel 2 miles; sits on left of road. Call Pal Ireland at 704-539-4353 for directions. Bluegrass Jam Session, Pat’s Gourmet Cof-

ONGOING EVENTS

MONDAYS Find Your Muse Open Mic, The Evening Muse, 8 PM, $3. 1st MONDAYS Open Bluegrass Jam, Stowe Park, Belmont, NC, 7-9 PM, free; beginners to advanced and listeners welcomed. Contact host Anthony Scruggs at scruggsopryhouse@yahoo.com. Nashville Songwriters Association Interna-tional Meeting, Thursdays Too Restaurant Private Room, 147 Herlong Ave., Rock Hill, SC. 7 PM. 803-366-6117; http://thursdaystoo.com Taking a summer break; resumes October 1. 4th MONDAYS Wilkes Acoustic Folk Society, Watson Stage, Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro, NC, 7 PM; www.wilkesfolks.com.

TUESDAYS Charlotte Scottish Country Dance Society, Selwyn Ave. Presbyterian Church, 2929 Selwyn Ave., Charlotte, 7:30-9:30 PM, donation. Call 704-366-9260 or 704-333-6917. Community Singers of Charlotte Practice, Sharon Presbyterian Church, 5201 Sharon Rd., Charlotte, 7-8:30 PM, free. Check for updates at www.communitysingers.carolraedy.org/ Lemonds Family Bluegrass Band, Skyland Family Restaurant, 4544 South Blvd., Charlotte. 6-8 PM. 2nd TUESDAYS Nashville Songwriters Assoc. International, Workshop Meeting, The Well, 220 Main St., Pineville, NC, 7 PM. Call Fiona MacAllister at 704-483-1671; http://.NSAICharlotte.com. LAST TUESDAYS Catawba River Bluegrass Association Jam, First Presbyterian Church Activity Bldg.,, 512 Old Mount Holly Rd., Stanley, NC, 7 PM. Open jam; all welcome. Contact Robert “Rye” Billings at Charlottefloods@yahoo.com or 704-249-5538.

WEDNESDAYS Too Wet to Plow (Chris Sekerak, Pam Engle-bert, Josh Campbell & Michael Plumley), Phi-losopher’s Stone Tavern, 7th & Caswell Sts., Charlotte, 7 PM, no cover. 704-350-1331. Bluegrass, Puckett’s Farm Equipment, 2740 W. Sugar Ck. Rd., Derita, NC. 9-11 PM. No cover. 704-597-8230; www.puckettsfarm.com. Bluegrass, Old-Time Country, Folk & Gospel Jam Session, Cabarrus Co. Senior Ctr., 331 Corban Ave., SE, Concord, NC. 6-9 PM. Open to the public and free. Call 704-920-3484. High Lonesome Strings Bluegrass Jam Ses-sion, The Cultural Arts Ctr., Room 100, 200 N. Davie St., Greensboro, 7-10 PM. 336-420-0238. Old-Time Jam, Jack of the Wood, 95 Patton Ave., Asheville, NC. 6 PM. 828-252-5445; http://jackofthewood.com 1st WEDNESDAYS Tosco House Party (open mic), The Evening Muse, 3227 N. Davidson, Charlotte, 8 PM, $2.

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Calendar, continued fee Shop, 166 North Main St., Mooresville, 9 AM-1 PM. Call 704-662-6299. Old-Time & Bluegrass Jam Session, Dixie’s Coffee Roasters, 102 S. Main St., China Grove, NC. 9 AM- Noon. Contact The Rev. Greg Yeager at 704-754-6288. Alleghany Jubilee, Spartan Theater, N. Main St., Sparta, NC. Live old-time & bluegrass bands; dancing. 8-11 PM; $4. 336-372-4591; http://alleghanyjubilee.com 1st SATURDAYS Willow Grove Old-Time Jam, Willow Grove Retirement Center Activities Room, 10043 Idlewild Rd., Matthews, NC, 2-4 PM. Call Bill Williams at 704-573-6154 or 704-517-2822 (cell). 3rd SATURDAYS Mint Hill Old-Time Music Jam, Ashcraft School House, Mint Hill Historical Society, 7601 Matthews-Mint Hill Rd. (Route 51), Mint Hill, NC. Open jam; 1-3 PM; free. Contact Rita & Gar Hartmann at 704-496-4321 or hayefour-four@hotmail.com. Old Time Square Dance (Traditional Appa-lachian style), Denton Civic Ctr., W. Salis-bury St., Denton, NC. Bluegrass & old-time bands, 7-10:30 PM, $5 adults. 336-472-2802; www.dentondance.net/dentondance Folklife Demonstrations and Traditional Artists & Musicians, Historic Hagood Mill, 3 miles N of Pickens, SC, off Hwy. 178, on Hagood Mill Rd. www.co.pickens.sc.us. EVERY OTHER SATURDAY Queen City Beginners Bluegrass Jam, Asbury Care Center Living Room, Al-dersgate, 3800 Shamrock Dr., east Charlotte, 2-4 PM, free. Email jerryleonard@yahoo.com for meeting dates/search “Charlotte Begin-ner Bluegrass Jam” at www.meetup.com.

SUNDAYS Live Celtic Music at Ri-Ra, The Irish Pub, 208 N. Tryon, 7-9 PM, food available, no cover. 704-333-5554. 1st SUNDAYS Charlotte Blues Society, Double Door Inn, 218 E. Independence Blvd., Charlotte, 8 PM, $5. Concert & open mic blues jam. 704-455-5875. 2nd SUNDAYS **CFS Monthly Old Time Jam Session, Asbury Care Center Living Room at Al-dersgate, 3800 Shamrock Drive (between Eastway Drive and Sharon Amity Road) in east Charlotte, 2-4 PM, free. Call Tom Kelle-her at 704-366-9441. 3rd SUNDAYS Dixieland Jam Sessions, Fraternal Order of Police Hall, 1201 Hawthorne Lane, Charlotte, 6-9 PM, free. Dinner & bar service available. Triad Scottish Fiddlers & Friends of North Carolina Monthly Meeting, 3 PM, Location TBA. Contact Debbie Morris at 336-248-8629 or debfiddle@gmail.com. http://sites.google.com/site/triadscottishfiddlers/ Charlotte Jazz Orchestra Rehearsal, The Excelsior Club, 921 Beatties Ford Rd., Char-lotte. 4 –5:30 PM; Free. 704-334-5709; http://excelsiorclub.net

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Barney & Jan Valder Offerman Steve Simpson $30 Donors Anonymous Dennis & Carolyn Frost Leland Haywood Steven Hedberg Wanda & Peter Hubicki Linda Olscamp $25 Donors Cate & John Cloer Eugene Davis Rosa B. Hughes Jerry Mann Daniel Neuspiel Thomas Nolan Tom & Barbara Phlegar Michael York $20 Donors Randy Rayfield Don Cervantes Kim Cline Dan Cotter Suzanne Ellis Tom Estes Lee Ezell Steve Houser Martha Kiker Holly Knox Irwin Liebman R. Scott Loomis David McLaud John Medlin Ron Norman Marguerite Norris Chris Sekerak Betsey Sesler Fred Staples John Tutwiler J. D. & Christa Winfrey $10 Donors Barry Brodsky We are so fortunate to have volun-teers who do everything throughout the three days, from setup to break-down, including staffing the CFS information table, stocking the

Festival in the Park 2012 is now just a pleasant memory! After several years of losing performance time to rain, we were blessed with perfect weather. Even more importantly, we were blessed with many folks who believed the Folk Stage was important enough to give their time and money to support it. Many thanks to each and every one – vol-unteers, performers, and donors! Special appreciation goes to those donors who applied for employer matches and to Harry Taylor, Be-thli and Mark Clemens, Alan Davis, Rob Ellis, John Goldsbury, Phil Lesser, Henry Royal, and Philip Weinsenhorn, who donated funds they received for playing gigs. All told, we received $2050, which allowed us to pay for the stage rental and apply the balance to paying for sound! $300 Donation Harry Taylor $200 Donation Bethli & Mark Clemens, Alan Davis, Rob Ellis, John Goldsbury, Phil Lesser, Henry Royal & Philip Weinsenhorn $100 Donors Agent Becky Anonymous (With employer match) Tom Covington $60 Donor Cindy Nelson $50 Donors Rob McHale Sara Spencer Hat & Dan Thompson (With em-ployer match) $40 Donors

Green Room Tent, and emceeing: Tom Phlegar, Reita Pendry, Richard Greene, Larry Galea, Joseph Healy, Evelyn Harbin, Dori Bowman, Rob Ellis, Chris McLeod, Rick Bouley, Jo Stephens, Shirley & Tom Kohl, Dan-iel Neuspiel, Tom Covington, Mi-chael & Lee Ann Plumley, Davy & David Fee, Bethli & Mark Clemens, Joy Ferdna, Justine Koch, Don Kost-ner, Cindy Thomson, Jennifer Stanton, Julie & Ed Engel, Tom Hanchett, Eddie Ferrell, Sue El-dridge, Tom Kelleher, Harry Taylor, Cathey Franklin, and Wanda Hu-bicki. We are also very grateful to Rick Bolen for providing, as always, excellent sound throughout the en-tire festival. We had a terrific lineup of musi-cians, storytellers, and dancers this year. We couldn’t do it without you! Thanks to Preston Rounds, Ed Gebauer, Phil Lesser, Rake’s Prog-ress, Brown Liquor Pickers, Harry Taylor, Sam Richardson, Ray Owens, Rob McHale & Friends, Work Release, Ramona Moore Big Eagle, Mark Larson, Randy Ray-field, Ruth, Mary & Dave Shum-way, Ethan Alexander, Hilary Kearns, Josh Gerrard, Jake Bartholo-mew, David & Davy Fee, Steve Simpson, Hem & Haw, Too Wet to Plow, Community Singers, Three Points of Roguery, Clog Carolina, WBT Briarhoppers, Justin Taylor, Elizabeth Teagarden, Dog Walkers, Paul Finnican, Maha Gingrich In-dian Dancers, Cuppa Joe & the Big Cigar Band, Lando Pieroni, Men Standing for Christ, Flat Possum Hoppers, and Maria Reid & Ryan Chapell.

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Marilyn Meacham Price founded the Charlotte Folk Society in March 1982. Rather than celebrating our 30th anniversary with a single con-cert, we have chosen to celebrate each and every month of our com-ing season. With that in mind, we’re bringing back some past audi-ence favorites. We’re taking a look back to the origins of traditional American music, as well as a look forward to its future. We hope you’ll agree that we’ve created a season worthy of our 30 years of history and one not to be missed! Our second-Friday monthly Gather-ings take place at the Great Aunt Stella Center (GASC), 926 Elizabeth Avenue, unless otherwise indicated. They are family-friendly and open to the public. GASC front doors of open at 7 PM; concerts begin at 7:30 PM and last about one hour. Re-freshments, jams, a song cir-cle, and the Charlotte Appa-lachian Dulci-mer Club follow. Gatherings are free; donations are appreciated and essential to presenting this se-ries in the GASC. Parking adjacent to GASC is free. Accessible entry and an elevator are available through the ground floor door on the parking lot side of GASC. November 9: David DiGiuseppe and Rob Sharer bring together his-tory, folklore, and geography as they trace folk traditions from northern Ireland to the Carolina Piedmont in Bound for Carolina, an

exploration of music and stories of Southerners and their ancestors. They utilize instruments from both the old and new worlds, including fiddle, wooden flute, Irish cittern, accordion, banjo, mandolin, lap dulcimer, and guitar. www.daviddg.com/pages/bnd4car.html December 16: Annual CFS Holi-day Jam & Potluck features a short concert of seasonal songs by the gifted vocalist Natalie Royal. Tak-ing place at Dilworth United Meth-odist Church, 605 East Boulevard, Charlotte. 4-9:45 PM. Jams & song circle 4 PM. Dinner 5 PM. Singing and jamming follow dinner. Bring a dish to share or donate $5/person toward expenses.

January 11: The annual CFS Young Talent Showcase high-lights the im-pressive talents of our young musicians. The featured per-former is 2012 Marilyn Meacham Price Scholarship re-cipient and fid-dler Joshua Ger-rard.

February 8: National Scottish Fid-dle Champion Jamie Laval makes an encore appearance on our stage.Renowned for the nuance, virtuos-ity, and musical craftsmanship he brings to an ancient art form, Jamie will perform with his trio. www.jamielaval.com March 8: We are extremely hon-ored to have Rhiannon Giddens Laffan and Justin Robinson,

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founding members of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, perform in a me-morial tribute to African American Mebane fiddler Joe Thompson, a recipient of both the CFS Folk Heri-tage Award and the NEA Heritage Award. www.carolinachocolatedrops.com April 12: Bluegrass Meets Bolero is a crossover concert that brings together a bluegrass trio led by award-winning North Carolina fid-dler Glen Alexander and the Latin band Los Morales. www.angelfire.com/nc3/glenalexander; www.onestoplive.com/bands/?c=21 May 10: The bluegrass trio of Free-man and Williams is a new project by three bluegrass veterans, Scott Freeman; Jeannette Williams, twice voted “Female Bluegrass Vo-calist of the Year” (2009 and 2012); and Johnny Williams. www.jeanettewilliams.com June 14: Elizabeth LaPrelle, of Ce-dar Springs, Virginia, began win-ning prizes for her singing at a young age. She has dedicated re-search, passion, and a powerful voice to the ancient art of Appala-chian ballad-singing – learning from field-recordings, books, fam-ily, friends, and tradition-bearers Sheila Kay Adams and Ginny Hawker. She returns to our CFS stage with family and friends. www.old97wrecords.com/elizabeth-laprelle/ Charlotte Folk Society Gatherings are made possible, in part, with funding from the Arts & Science Council and the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Cultural Resources, and the National Endow-ment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

Rob Sharer & David DiGiuseppe

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By Dennis Frost Welcome, folks, to the autumn edi-tion of Cuz’s Corner! I always have mixed feelings at this time of year as the shorter days and chilly tem-peratures are indicative of raw days and ice storms that are just around the corner. The good news is that the music scene always jumps into full throttle with an amazing selec-tion of shows and fall festivals to enliven the spirit and nourish the soul. We’ll get to a few of those great shows later. If you missed The Steel Wheels’ show at the Double Door, well, I’m truly sorry. However, there were many familiar faces packing this historic, legendary musical land-mark and, glancing around, one would have thought it was a big ole CFS reunion! The band simply gets better and better every time I see them. It takes a huge amount of tal-ent and stage presence to tame a rowdy, capacity Double Door crowd, but the Wheels easily capti-vated the audience throughout their nearly two-hour set. I know for a fact that the band works hard hon-ing their stage skills and it has paid off big time – don’t miss them next time through! There aren’t too many artists that can say that they have both been on the road for forty years, and have written several of the best songs of their generation. As to the identity of this artist, I’ll give you just one hint – The Last Thing on My Mind. If you guessed Tom Paxton, you are absolutely correct and, by coinci-dence, he will be playing at McGlo-hon Theatre on Tuesday, October 16th, with the equally legendary Janis Ian. Either of these artists alone would be well worth an expe-dition uptown, but their appearance

together definitely constitutes a “gig of the month,” for all of you folk fans. This is a Tuesday night show, so remember that the show time is 7:30. I know for a fact that there are a good number of Gypsy jazz fans out there, so please don’t miss the John Jorgenson Trio ap-pearing on Saturday, October 20th, at the Stage Door Theater. John first came to na-tional prominence back in the ‘80s with the Desert Rose Band, which he co-founded with Chris Hillman (The Byrds). Through the years, he has collaborated and toured with the likes of Sting, Elton John, and Billy Joel. I was fortunate enough to have heard The Trio per-forming their hot brand of Gypsy jazz a number of years ago at MerleFest and I re-member the virtuosity of that blis-tering set to this day. This is also a “no miss” show, especially in the intimate Stage Door Theater! Other Maxx Music shows not to miss this month are Americana legend James McMurtry (Visulite), folk stars The Indigo Girls (McGlohon), and No Depression Magazine’s Artist of the Decade in the ‘90s, Alejandro Escoveda (Visulite). More informa-tion for all of these great shows is available at www.maxxmusic.com. There are also quite a few great shows also going on in NoDa at The Neighborhood Theatre this month. To list artists that have re-corded John Hiatt songs would take up the rest of this article, so I’ll let you Google this information if you just have to know – you will be

Cuz’s Corner impressed. In addition to being a legendary songwriter, Mr. Hiatt is a soulful singer and puts on one of the best live shows you could hope to see. His list of accolades, includ-ing Grammies, Grammy nomina-tions, and various other awards, is indicative of a man a quarter of a century older. John brings his fabulous Combo to the Neighbor-hood Theatre Sunday, October 14th, for an 8 PM show. On October 20th, one of my very favorite North Carolina bands, Chatham County

Line, will bring their unique blend of Americana and blue-grass, along with their trademark sin-gle mike, to town. I just love this band, as their sound is totally their own! Finally, after about six months of being de-nied, I usually wake up one morning say-ing to myself, “I need me some Sam Bush!” Well, lucky me, as The Sam Bush Band

will be in town on Friday, October 26th, for one of their “no prisoners taken” shows at The ‘Hood. Sam not only has an arm full of awards in his own right, but is probably the most influential multi-instrumentalists of his generation in bluegrass music and the father of newgrass music! Check out these shows at www.theneighborhoodtheatre.com! Today’s chilly temperatures remind me that it’s time for the annual fall LEAF Festival happening October 18-21 at Camp Rockmont in Black Mountain, North Carolina. It’s cer-tainly nice to spend a full weekend with like-minded, respectful folks that are all there to heighten their consciousness in a mostly natural manner – I love LEAF! This year’s line-up includes The Tony Rice Unit, The Be Good Tanyas, Darrell

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Free Gastonia Bluegrass Gathering

October 11th

The Gaston School of the Arts, lo-cated at 825 Union Road in Gastonia, is hosting Bluegrass Gatherings on the second Thursday of each month, through November, with the exception of July. The next monthly Gathering will take place on Thursday, October 11th. Gatherings are free to participants of all ages and ability levels and take place in the GSOA Black Box/Studio Theater, 6:30-8:30 PM. Each evening begins with a short work-shop, followed by a jam session. Local bluegrass music celebrity Darin Aldridge will serve as in-structor for the workshops and as facilitator for the group jams. For more information, visit www.gastonschoolofthearts.org or call Leslie Lee at 704-866-8882.

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Association Jam October 30th

The Catawba River Bluegrass Asso-ciation sponsors a jam at 7 PM the last Tuesday of each month in the First Presbyterian Church Activity Building, 512 Old Mount Holly Road, in Stanley, North Carolina. The next jam takes place on Tues-day, October 30th. Contact organizer Robert “Rye” Billings at Charlottefloods@yahoo.com or 704-249-5538 with ques-tions. The association has pages on both Facebook and Meetup.com. From the group’s Meetup.com page: Our group is searching for the perfect jam. We are bluegrass enthusiasts and practicing musicians. We shall follow the Jam Commandments and we will treat everyone with respect. The pur-pose for setting up this group is to be-gin a regular jam session. Come when you can; have a good time.

Scott, John McCutcheon, Rosie Le-det, Ira Bernstein, John Herrman, Kari Sickenberger, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and The Mickey Hart Band. Since the Grateful Dead days, Mickey Hart has traveled the globe collecting indigenous traditional music and percussion styles for the Smith-sonian. His set performing this music is the one I will not be miss-ing! If you are thinking of going to LEAF, you had better get your tickets soon! LEAF traditionally sells out for the weekend, as they refuse to sell more tickets than the camp can comfortably hold. (www.theleaf.org) If you can’t make John Hiatt’s Oc-tober show, I would surely recom-mend you pick up a copy of his new Mystic Pinball disc. This pro-ject, which has been sitting on top of the Americana charts for weeks now, is worthy of any roots music fan’s collection. Like many of John Hiatt’s records, you’ll find a mix-ture of roots rockers and wonder-fully written ballads and love songs. John Hiatt makes good rec-ords and great ones – I think this is a great one! êêêê1/2 Through the years, I have consid-ered Dwight Yoakam’s country music as both paying homage to the Bakersfield sound (Buck Owens, Merle Haggard) and unique to the genre all at the same time. Well, when I heard his brand new 3 Pears disc for the first time on a road trip, I was simply blown away. The songs are not only beautifully crafted, but the instru-mentation and production are per-fect, as is his vocal work. His cover of Joe Maphis’ Dim Light, Thick Smoke will make you want to turn your CD player up really loud and seek out the remnants of Route 66 – I’m not kidding! This is the type of country record that mainstream country stations seem to loathe and refuse to play. Well,

to heck with them because Cuz is bestowing his highest honor on this project. One reviewer called 3 Pears “simply mind-blowing” and I agree!êêêêê1/2 As a fan of old-time music, you would be very irresponsible to miss the next CFS Gathering on Friday with Riley Baugus and Kirk Sut-phin, legendary artists in the Round Peak tradition. I’ve listed many options for live music in this article, but this may be the best of the best. See you at Stella! Cuz To share your favorite music with Cuz, contact him at 704-532-8846 or dcmfrost@mindspring.com.

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By Carol Raedy Community Singers are a non-auditioned intergenerational folk chorus. We enjoy singing together and promoting peace through mu-sic. We sing songs from various cultures, styles, and languages. We practice on Tuesdays, 7-8:30 PM, at Sharon Presbyterian Church, 5201 Sharon Road, in Charlotte. On second Tuesdays, we sometimes perform for commu-nity events, We welcome new members and visitors. Contact Carol Raedy at 704-367-2536. Check for updates on our website at http://communitysingers.carolraedy.com/

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Beginners’ Bluegrass Jam At Aldersgate

The Queen City Bluegrass Jam meets every other Saturday, 2-4 PM, at the Asbury Care Center at Aldersgate, 3800 Shamrock Drive, (between Eastway Drive and Sharon Amity Road) in east Char-lotte. For the exact meeting dates each month, contact Jerry Leonard at jer-ryleonard999@yahoo.com. Or, join the group at www.meetup.com in order to keep current. Search on that site for “Charlotte Beginner Bluegrass Jam.”

Great Aunt Stella Center Lost & Found

If you’ve lost an item while attend-ing a concert at the Great Aunt Stella Center, please call Mark Ponischil, the Facility Manager, at 704-944-6014 and leave a message. We give all found items to Mark. His earliest opportunity to look into your inquiry will be the Tues-day following our Gathering. Please do not simply come to the Stella Center to ask about lost ob-jects, as there is no one else in the building who would be aware of what has been found and Mark is not on site daily. He will arrange with you a time to come and pick up your lost belongings.

By Rita Hartmann The next Mint Hill Old-Time Jam takes places from 2 PM to 4 PM on Saturday, October 13th, in the 1890s Ashcraft Schoolhouse in the Carl J. McEwen Historic Village, 7601 Mat-thews Mint Hill Road, in Mint Hill, and is open to all musicians. Contact Rita and Gar Hartmann for information at at hayefour-four@hotmail.com or call 704-496-4321.

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October 13th

Please Help Kitties Seeking

A Forever Home

Every month Stephen Jordan offers hospitality to our audience as one of Justine Koch’s refreshments vol-unteers. So, it’s not too surprising that when he saw a need for shel-tering and assisting an abandoned and traumatized kitty, he re-sponded. He gave to her and named her Precious. In April she disappeared for two days, but came back to enjoy her Meow Mix diet. Near the end of May, Precious in-troduced Stephen to her four kit-tens. He’s taken great care of all five in his apartment ever since. Now, they are ready to be adopted into their “forever” homes. Pre-cious is a calico and has been spayed. Three of the kittens are tuxedos – black with white bibs and socks; they have all been spayed/neutered. The fourth, a “marble” without white has yet to be spayed/neutered – this one is very affectionate, a true lap kitty. All have had rabies shots. Please take a moment to consider whether you might share your home with one of these felines. Call Stephen at 704-287-3055. He’ll be happy to answer questions and arrange for you to meet Precious and her kittens.

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November 9th: Bound for Carolina - Tracing Tunes & Songs from U.K. to N.C.

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For Sale: Mackie DFX 6. Com-pact, six channel mixer, with on-board effects. Perfect for duo or small group. Like new. $125. Call Philip Weisenhorn at 704-576-3135.

For Sale: Used High Country 15/16 Hammered Dulcimer. Ad-justable stand, custom made ham-mers, chromatic tuner, padded case + odds & ends. $500 or best offer. Contact Billy Grey at 704-619-5831 or wgrey1@carolina.rr.com.

sales tax payments; semi-annual sales tax refunds; and annual fed-eral income tax return. 4. Creating monthly reports for the CFS Board. Any Folk Society member inter-ested in becoming Treasurer should contact President Dennis Frost at 704-532-8846 or dcmfrost@mindspring.com.

If you have an aptitude for keep-ing financial records and a desire to support the Folk Society, we need you! The Board position of Treasurer is currently vacant.

Our books are kept with Quick-books, so familiarity with that soft-ware would be necessary. The main tasks for our Treasurer are:

1. Accounting for income and ex-penses monthly. The main activi-ties to account for are monthly Gathering concerts and ongoing memberships. 2. Depositing monies as needed; maintaining our bank accounts (e.g., monthly reconciliation); and writing checks as needed. 3. Filing tax returns: quarterly

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