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Jefferson Hamer is a singer and guitarist based in Brooklyn, NY, praised as an “appealing voice” in 2011 by the New York Times. Tashina Clarridge is a Grand National Fiddle Champion, renown for her work with the new acoustic group The Bee Eaters and Grammy winners Laurie Lewis and Mark O’Connor. These two hard-traveling artists draw from a transatlantic range of influences, performing original songs, Texas-style fiddle tunes, Irish trad, long-form instrumentals, and Appalachian old-time music. These unique, yet related genres are framed by voice, fiddle, and guitar- a classic instrumentation which diminishes regional differences and accentuates the fundamental traits common to all styles of folk music.
House Concert :: Tashina Clarridge & Jefferson Hamer
When :: Fri, Feb 3, 2012 (7:30 PM Concert / 6:30 Potluck)
Where :: Inner SE Portland. Please RSVP for directions and to reserve as spot!
Cost :: Suggested donation $15.00 gen // $10 students
Contact :: Abbie Weisenbloom, (503) : 233-4945 / abbiew@froggie.com
 Saturday, Feb. 4
Corvallis, OR
Troubadour Music Center
I’m really looking forward to teaching at the Mike Block String Camp this summer! Enrollment is already half-full, so visit http://www.mikeblockstringcamp.com/ today if you’re interested. Here are the instructors for 2012:
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Zach Brock - heralded as “the great bright hope for jazz violin”, Zach has a virtuosic and emotive voice that embraces many influences. |
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Hanneke Cassel - U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion, and a leading creative voice in Celtic music, The Boston Globe described her as “Exuberant and rhythmic, somehow both wild and innocent.” |
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Joe Craven – the “Musical Madman” will make music out of any object, strings or not! Long-time member of the legendary David Grisman Quintet, he has also performed with Stephane Grapelli and Jerry Garcia. |
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Rushad Eggleston - The Sneth Goblin is a Grammy-nominated cellist fluent in many folk genres, and the inventor of some of his own. If you want your mind blown, check out his power-rock trio, Tornado Rider, in which he also "sings" and "dances". |
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Brittany Haas – Fiddle player in the wildly popular Crooked Still, an Alternative-Bluegrass band based in Boston, Brittany also plays Appalachian mountain music better than it was ever meant to be played. |
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Jefferson Hamer - Offering vocal, guitar, and mandolin classes, Jefferson is a folk-rocker if there ever was one. In addition to developing his own personal songwriting, he is deeply rooted in the traditional song of America and the British Isles. |
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Victor Lin – a versatile Jazz pianist, violinist, and bassist, this musical prodigy received a Doctorate in Jazz Education at Columbia University, where he still teaches. |
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Lauren Rioux - Past President of Maine ASTA, and ground-breaking teacher combining Classical Music and Old-time fiddle styles, she also tours with the Republic of Strings. |
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Mike Block –Multi-genre cellist, composer, educator, and Juilliard graduate who has toured regularly with Yo-Yo Ma, Mark O’Connor, and Darol Anger. |
THE BROOKLYN BALLAD THEATRE PRESENTS: WILLIE’S LADIES
JALOPY – RED HOOK, BROOKLYN, NY – DEC. 2, 2011 – 9:00 PM
buy advance tickets to performance here:
http://jalopy.biz/store/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=22&products_id=135
On Friday, December 2nd, the Brooklyn Ballad Theatre makes its debut performance at Jalopy in Red Hook, Brooklyn, presenting an hour-long musical revue on the life and ladies of Willie, ubiquitous leading man of the traditional ballads of the British Isles. This show will feature an original script based on new adaptations of folk songs, and an extended cast of New York musicians swapping vocal, instrumental, and acting duties. Expect tales of lust, witchcraft, mistaken identity, virgin birth, Oedipal drama, florid Arcadian pastorals, and more. Music will include traditional folk, western saloon, bluegrass, jazz, rock, and show tunes. Costumes and props will be made from God-knows-what. See you there!
Starring Matt Diffee, Jefferson Hamer, Betsy Plum, Stephanie Coleman, Erik Deutsch, Hannah Read, Ben Davis, Maeve Gilchrist, Kristin Andreassen, Rachel Ries, Justin Keller, Sara Heaton, Liz Hanley, Cleek Schrey, Jake Tilove, Dawn Landes, Sean Hutchinson, Adrian Perez and more!
The best news of the day is: I get to see Richard Thompson play tonight. Amy Correia asked me to help her out with some lead guitar and backing vocals for her opening set. If you haven’t heard Amy’s powerful voice and songs, give her a listen: http://amycorreia.com
There’s still tickets available for tonight’s concert in Westchester, NY:
http://tickets.tarrytownmusichall.org/
ANAIS MITCHELL & JEFFERSON HAMER ~ BALLADS
Anais Mitchell (RBR recording artist whose latest folk opera Hadestown was the UK’s best-reviewed album of 2010) & Jefferson Hamer (Brooklyn-based songwriter, accompanist, and traditional player) come together to arrange bold new versions of the old British and Scottish “Child” Ballads (those collected by Professor Francis James Child at the end of the 19th century). These are timeless stories of passion, deceit, violence and the supernatural, lovingly arranged for clarity, poetry, and the American ear. Melodies too are re-imagined and delivered in close harmony accompanied by two acoustic guitars. Anais & Jefferson’s collaborative debut release is slated for 2012.
upcoming Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer “Ballads” shows:
I’m excited to return to my hometown of Lancaster, MA on Sunday, October 2, for a concert at the historic Bulfinch church. My mom was the organist there for years. According to my dad:
Your family Signed the Book, we occupied pew 18, your brother was baptized there, I was member of the Church Standing Committee and was named by the Board of Selectmen to the Lancaster Historical Commission. I ran the grill at the Horse Shed Fair, I procured the chicken for the chicken salad at the Strawberry Festival. Your step-mother sang the in the Lancaster Choral Society and church choir for eleven years.
here’s a repost from the Bulfinch Fund website:
Join Us for an Amazing Concert by Nationally Recognized Musicians Jefferson Hamer, (Lancaster’s native son on guitar), Tashina Clarridge (fiddle) and Maeve Gilchrist (harp). 
Sunday, October 2nd, 7 pm
First Church of Lancaster (The Bulfinch Church) 725 Main St. Lancaster MA. 01523
Tickets $15
email Info@TheBulfinchFund.org to order or buy now using Paypal (you don’t need to have a PayPal account just a credit card)l.
Parking available off of Harvard St. (behind the Library).
This event sponsored by Skinner Inc. & Dunn & Co.
RSVP to this event on Facebook
Eamon O’Leary and I just got back from Iceland, following a great week of music, travel, and Brennivin. It was serious fun- rounding up sheep in Akureyri, exploring the barren, geothermic countryside, mispronouncing everything e.g. “Takk fyrir kakkalakka” (thanks for the cockroach), and partying with the Icelanders and their expatriate dwellers-among. Ask the question “How’d you come to Iceland”, and you’ll likely get the answer “I met an Icelandic woman.” Biggest thanks go to Phil Roughton who brought us out, housed us, drove us around, introduced us to all his wonderful friends, and set us up with a Murphy Beds concert at Cafe Rosenberg in Reykjavik. The bluegrass boys from Iceland’s own Illgresi came down and helped out with some gear and played a few lively numbers with us at the end of our set. Here’s a link to the blog Reykjavik.com:
http://www.reykjavik.com/reykjaviks-music-scene-murphy-beds/
I’m headed to Alaska this weekend with fiddler Tashina Clarridge. I’ve never been to the state before, so of course I’m very excited. We’re playing some clubs, a beautiful outdoor animal preserve, a house concert, a coffee shop, and we’ll be teaching for a few days at the Bluegrass Camps for Kids, located in Seward. Please help us spread the word, because this is uncharted territory for us!
Alaska Tour - Jefferson Hamer and Tashina Clarridge
July 17 – Palmer – Musk Ox Farm, 25th Anniversary Celebration, presented by Whistling Swan Productions
July 18 – Anchorage – Humpy’s (TBD)
July 19 – Seward – Resurrect Art Coffeehouse
July 20-22 – Teaching http://www.bluegrasscampsforkids.com/
July 23 – Anchorage – Tap Root (with Kate Hamre)
July 24 – Seldovia – Seldovia Rowing Club – Call Susan Mumma 907-234-7614 for reservations
I’m really excited to be teaching voice and guitar next week at the 2011 Mt. Shasta Fiddle Camp, located in beautiful Mt. Shasta, California. I’ll be working alongside an incredible lineup of teachers and performers including Tristan and Tashina Clarridge, Roger Tallroth, Sean Watkins, Tony Trischka, Darol Anger, Bruce Molsky, Maeve Gilchrist, Brittany Haas, Vishal Nayak, and many more!
I’m leaving camp early for a California tour with Anais Mitchell, the particular downside of which is I will miss the stellar 7th annual Summer String Summit at the College of the Siskiyous in Weed, CA, in the beautiful Kenneth Ford theater. Show is at 7:30. Buy tickets online at http://www.BrownPaperTickets.com.
Here’s a clip from last year’s concert with me, Tashina Clarridge, Maeve Gilchrist, Sarah Jarosz, and Paul Kowert.
Bay Area residents should also check out the post-camp String Explosion concert at the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley on Saturday, July . Featuring Darol Anger, Roger Tallroth, The Bee Eaters, Jeremy Kittel, Brittany Haas, and more: http://www.thefreight.org/string-explosion.
These photos were taken by M’Adele Miller at the 5/7 GALA NYC Debut concert at the Brooklyn Lyceum.
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