93 past events with the folk music tag

This is an all-ages show featuring local bands Following Hereafter, The Wolves Pursuit, Epidemic of Sorrows, Thetas, and The Bashville Boys. 5 bands for $5 is a deal. Come support local music and making it accessible to the under 21 crowd.

Come and support live music by Glostick Willy and fresh new tunes from One Side Later.

Wicked grooves, sublime lead singing, great harmonies, sparkling original songs, and a deep repertoire that spans 200 years of American music. That's Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem, four people who share an irresistible chemistry on stage. Don't miss your chance to see them live at Pruis Hall this Thursday, November 11 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are just $17 (in advance) and $5 for youth & BSU students. BSU faculty/staff buy one adult, get one free.

Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem is an unusually gleeful string band that celebrates both tradition and improvisation and that stumps the categorizers. (Are they an agnostic gospel band? A homeopathic bluegrass band? Are they crazy?).

The Boston Globe described it as "neo old-timey with cosmopolitan splashes of contemporary pop and jazz." It's an exuberant mix of musical idioms, held together by superb musicianship, impeccable taste, and the band's charismatic vocals. A stage show dips into country blues, vintage swing, modern songwriter fare, and Appalachian fiddle tunes and songs. It's a bracing fusion: listen to Arbo deliver Bessie Jones' version of "O Death" accompanied by fat, bluesy guitar solos and a groove that owes allegiance to the Meters, and you'll see. This is a band that picks up what's lying around "from tin cans to traditional music" and creates something new.

Click here to listen to tracks from their Big Old Life CD or here to visit the event page.

General Admission: $17 (advance)/$22 (door); $5 youth (18 & under) & BSU students. BSU faculty/staff buy one adult, get a second free.

For information call 285-1539.

Genre: Rustbelt Americana
Show Length: 2 hrs.

The Drenched Earth Tour features the music of Chris Castle and The Womack Family Band- two distinct acts, working together through three seamless sets of original music. Fans of solid songcraft and unique vocal arrangement won't want to miss this show.

Sponsored by Paige capos and Castle Music, Drenched Earth will be making performance stops in more than forty cities in OH, MI, IN, KY, TN, GA, FL, SC, NC, PA, CT, RI, MA, NH, ME, VT, and NY (between February 18th and April 9th). The tour has been featured on NHPR, ABC Lexington, NBC Cleveland, and in Cleveland Magazine and The Erie Wire.

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Put on your best pirate regalia and come check out The Hungry Ears, from Bowling Green, Kentucky. Also featured will Josh Condon, local punk Webcam Teenz, and Muncie bluegrass from Bashville Boys.

Poor ol' Jim
Eric Raby and Nate Scott reside in Grand Rapids, MI and have come to collaborate on this music project that is reminiscent of 1950's-70's folk, pop, and country all with a modern twist and focus on narrative through lyricism. Constant vocal harmonies and a wide span of instrumentation including but not limited to: banjo, mandolin, and accordion will oftentimes have you forgetting that there are in fact only two people performing.

Visit Poor ol' Jim on Facebook.

Tonal Caravan/Elephants in Mud www.tonalcaravan.com

Fall Folk Fest will feature The Michael Martin Band, The New Old Cavalry, The Two Timers, and The Bashville Boys

Juno nominees and winners of the 2010 Canadian Folk Music Award for Vocal Group of the Year, Amanda Walther and Sheila Carabine of Dala write and sing in harmony best described as angelic.  These two best friends met in their high school music class in 2002; they have since released five albums and toured extensively across North America. Darlings of the Canadian music scene, Dala are now poised to bring their fresh brand of acoustic pop music to the world.

Drawing upon influences like The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Bob Dylan, Dala write songs that are both catchy and insightful. Amanda's ethereal soprano voice blends seamlessly with Sheila's velvety alto, creating the lush harmonies that have become their trademark.

"There's nothing pretentious about Dala's music; it's stripped
down and laid bare. That's not to say it is without polish - far from it.  Sheila Carabine and Amanda Walther have worked hard to exploit every facet of their extraordinary musical blend, and it would be just as at home in a 1960s coffeehouse as it is now on the contemporary concert stage".  - Andrew Craig, Host of CBC "Canada Live"

The sheer joy with which they perform is infectious, turning first-time listeners into instant fans.  Dala are equally entertaining between songs, telling funny and down to earth stories that make every show unique.  Dala have opened for artists such as Tom Cochrane, Stuart McLean of the CBC's Vinyl Café, Richie Havens and Arlo Guthrie. No strangers to the festival scene, they have also performed at The New Orleans Jazz Festival, The Edmonton Folk Festival, California's Strawberry Festival and Mariposa. In 2009, they were the only Canadian act invited to play at the 50th Anniversary of the Newport Folk Festival.

"Dala can sing! What beautiful flights of melody and harmony,
reminiscent of the Everly Brothers, the Louvin Brothers, Emmylou Harris and associates; though Dala can trade a melody line and leave one wondering who is taking the lead and simply leave one behind when the harmonies kick in." - Peterborough Examiner

Tickets: $17 in advance, $22 at the door.  Faculty & Staff may buy one and get one free (limit 1).  BSU students and youth $5 in advance, $10 at the door.

Tickets available now at the Emens Box office and Ticketmaster.com  
Emens Box office hours M-F 9:00am to 6:00pm

The box office at Pruis Hall will be open two hours prior to the
performance.

For more information, phone  765 285-1539.

Artist Website: http://www.dalagirls.com/

TONAL CARAVAN and EUMATIK

St Patty's Day Bash (all ages)

at BE HERE NOW 505 N Dill St Muncie, IN 47303

funky folk fusion cowboys from the 11th dimension

space & time travelers who have come to this place u call 'earth' to share original music to earholes

get the full story at www.TonalCaravan.com

Muncie Gras 2012 will be held March 24th, 2012- 7pm-2am in the Streets of Downtown Muncie.

It is Downtown's biggest party of the year! It's our version of Bourbon on Walnut St.!

After many years of fighting the cold weather, Muncie Gras has been moved to a much friendlier time of the year. The mechanical bull is back, calf roping, go-go cage, Bud Zone mobile bar and dance party tent, two outdoor stage, belly dancers, aerial acts, 45 ft. high Zipline, drag show, sizzling hot male revue, and tons of live entertainment indoors and out to keep you in the party mood throughout the evening!

Bring your beads, or buy them when you get Downtown. Either way…get ready to “Throw me something Mister!”

MITS Trolley will provide a safe ride home, running from 7pm-3am to the Ball State campus and Lyndenbrook area hotels.

This is a 21 and up event. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the gate.
Check http://www.munciedowntown.com/munciegras/ often beginning March 1^st for entertainment updates and schedules, pre-sale ticket locations, hotel information and MITS Trolley routes.

Retail, food or service vendors who would like to be a part of this year's event should contact Cheryl Crowder or call 765 282-7897.

Laissez le bon roulement de periodes!

Those who have followed Ruthie Foster’s eclectic musical history know that she can burn down any stage with her combustible blend of soul, blues, rock, folk and gospel. Ruthie’s astonishing voice has taken her on an amazing ride. She came from humble church choir beginnings in rural Texas, followed by a tour of duty with the U.S. Navy Band, and ended up in New York City. In Austin, she became a regular nominee at the Austin Music Awards, winning Best Folk Artist in 2004-05 and Best Female Vocalist in 2007-08. Broadening her sound by blending blues and soul aspects into her folk roots, Ruthie added a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Blues Album for her last studio release, 2009's The Truth According to Ruthie Foster. She then won seemingly contradictory Blues Music Association awards for both Best Traditional and Best Contemporary Female Blues Artist in back-to-back years.