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Mittwoch, 15. September 2010
And Yet Another.....
(for English scroll down)
Nächste Termin: 01.10.2010
In September hatten wir einen tollen Abend mit „special guests“ Mike Godyla & Stephan Janzik, besser als "Mike und der Doktor" bekannt.
Vielen Dank an alle Musiker für ihre schönen Einsätze! Ihr seit alle als Wiederholungstäter gerne willkommen.
Der nächsten Folk Club findet am ersten Freitag im Oktober am 01.10.2010 in Graurheindorf statt. Viele verschiedene Floor Spots haben sich schon angemeldet, aber die hüten wir als Geheimnis bis zum Abend, damit die Freude an "was hat der noch in seinem Sack "? herauszukürbeln, nicht zu sehr vorweggenommen wird.
In Oktober kommt Reiner Weiss aus Köln als "Special Guest" zur Besuch. Rainer kann man begegnen in Konzertsälle aber genau so auf der Kölner Dom-Platz oder in Bonn unter der Beethoven Statur, oder genauso irgendwo im Wald. Erkennen wird man ihn aus der Ferne erst an den klassischen Tönen, die aus seiner Tastatur fliessen und wenn man sich nähert dann an seinem Markenzeichen, einem weissen Flügel Marke-Bechstein.
Für eine ausführliche Vorfreude an Reiner Weiss kann man seine Open Classics Website besuchen:
www.openclassics.de
und in YOU TUBE einfach "Reiner Weiss" eingeben für ein paar Hörspiele vorweg.
Also, wenn Ihr singen und/oder spielen wollt, kommt bitte etwas früher, um einen Auftritt zu sichern und um Enttäuschungen zu vermeiden. Auch wenn Ihr nicht spielen oder singen möchtet, kommt ohnehin etwas früher, da die besten Plätze am schnellsten weg sind.
Wir hoffen euch bald in Oktober (wieder) zu sehen,
John Harrison and Barry L. Roshto et al
"Folk is great - Bier ist gut - and people are crazy"
- E N G L I S H -
Next Meeting Friday 01.10.2010
In September we had a super evening with „special guests“ Mike Godyla & Stephan Janzik better known as "Mike and the Doctor"
Many thanks to everyone who played and sang for your wonderful musical contributions! You are all most welcome to return.
The next folk club takes place on the first Friday in October on 01.10.10 in Graurheindorf. Many differing floor spots have already put their names down but we'll keep it a secret until the evening so that the pleasure in puzzling out beforehand " ‘what’s in the bag?’ as people come in" is not spoilt.
In October Reiner Weiss is coming down from Cologne as "special guest" to visit the folk club. One can find Rainer in large concert halls but also in less likelier places such as the square under Cologne catherdral, or in Bonn under the statue of Beethoven, or equally well simply in a forest somewhere. You will know it's him from a distance initially from the classical notes flowing from his keyboard, and as you come closer by his trademark white grand piano brand of Bechstein.
Is Reiner a crazy eccentric? Well he's certainly the only person I know who busks with a white grand piano.
He has a very refreshing attitude to music, which he likes to be well played and acoustic but also unpretentious and presented in a fun way for as wide an audience as possible.............................. that sounds very much like the folk club to me.
If you want to find out more about Reiner Weiss in advance you can visit his Open Classics website:
www.openclassics.de
and in YOU TUBE simply type in "Reiner Weiss" for some audio visual examples.
Reiner Weiss thinks that music was written "by the people, for the people" which will surely remind Barry of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address about politics during the American Civil War, but Reiner's adaptation of this anecdote to show how the music, particularly of classical European composers has nowadays been hijacked by modern academic critics is very valid.
Music is universal, and has always been so since its conception.
Last time at the folk club we had 60 people of all ages, and only amongst the participating musicians there were souls from two continents and five nations.
The most encouraging part of the evening for me though was to watch the faces of the 10% of the audience that were under 15, enjoying live acoustic music. Some were hearing bagpipes for the first time in their lives, some after hearing nothing but bagpipes all their lives were amazed to find that bagpipes are not all alike, and all of them enthralled with also hearing the sweet sounds of violins, mandolins, pianos, harmonicas, tambourines and drums and guitars and basses and not least yet last by a cappella voices not drowned out by showers, but songs sung totally unaccompanied by instruments, merely with some or all of the voices present, within a few feet of their ears.
So if you want to come and sing and play in October, do come along a little earlier in order to assure a spot and avoid disappointment. Even if you don’t want to sing or play yet, and are just coming along to listen, it’s as well to come early too, as the best ringside seats are the ones which go first. I fear we will have more people attending than last time, so you have been warned,
Looking forward to seeing you all in October,
John Harrison and Barry L. Roshto et al
"Folk is great - Bier ist gut - and people are crazy"
Nächste Termin: 01.10.2010
In September hatten wir einen tollen Abend mit „special guests“ Mike Godyla & Stephan Janzik, besser als "Mike und der Doktor" bekannt.
Vielen Dank an alle Musiker für ihre schönen Einsätze! Ihr seit alle als Wiederholungstäter gerne willkommen.
Der nächsten Folk Club findet am ersten Freitag im Oktober am 01.10.2010 in Graurheindorf statt. Viele verschiedene Floor Spots haben sich schon angemeldet, aber die hüten wir als Geheimnis bis zum Abend, damit die Freude an "was hat der noch in seinem Sack "? herauszukürbeln, nicht zu sehr vorweggenommen wird.
In Oktober kommt Reiner Weiss aus Köln als "Special Guest" zur Besuch. Rainer kann man begegnen in Konzertsälle aber genau so auf der Kölner Dom-Platz oder in Bonn unter der Beethoven Statur, oder genauso irgendwo im Wald. Erkennen wird man ihn aus der Ferne erst an den klassischen Tönen, die aus seiner Tastatur fliessen und wenn man sich nähert dann an seinem Markenzeichen, einem weissen Flügel Marke-Bechstein.
Für eine ausführliche Vorfreude an Reiner Weiss kann man seine Open Classics Website besuchen:
www.openclassics.de
und in YOU TUBE einfach "Reiner Weiss" eingeben für ein paar Hörspiele vorweg.
Also, wenn Ihr singen und/oder spielen wollt, kommt bitte etwas früher, um einen Auftritt zu sichern und um Enttäuschungen zu vermeiden. Auch wenn Ihr nicht spielen oder singen möchtet, kommt ohnehin etwas früher, da die besten Plätze am schnellsten weg sind.
Wir hoffen euch bald in Oktober (wieder) zu sehen,
John Harrison and Barry L. Roshto et al
"Folk is great - Bier ist gut - and people are crazy"
- E N G L I S H -
Next Meeting Friday 01.10.2010
In September we had a super evening with „special guests“ Mike Godyla & Stephan Janzik better known as "Mike and the Doctor"
Many thanks to everyone who played and sang for your wonderful musical contributions! You are all most welcome to return.
The next folk club takes place on the first Friday in October on 01.10.10 in Graurheindorf. Many differing floor spots have already put their names down but we'll keep it a secret until the evening so that the pleasure in puzzling out beforehand " ‘what’s in the bag?’ as people come in" is not spoilt.
In October Reiner Weiss is coming down from Cologne as "special guest" to visit the folk club. One can find Rainer in large concert halls but also in less likelier places such as the square under Cologne catherdral, or in Bonn under the statue of Beethoven, or equally well simply in a forest somewhere. You will know it's him from a distance initially from the classical notes flowing from his keyboard, and as you come closer by his trademark white grand piano brand of Bechstein.
Is Reiner a crazy eccentric? Well he's certainly the only person I know who busks with a white grand piano.
He has a very refreshing attitude to music, which he likes to be well played and acoustic but also unpretentious and presented in a fun way for as wide an audience as possible.............................. that sounds very much like the folk club to me.
If you want to find out more about Reiner Weiss in advance you can visit his Open Classics website:
www.openclassics.de
and in YOU TUBE simply type in "Reiner Weiss" for some audio visual examples.
Reiner Weiss thinks that music was written "by the people, for the people" which will surely remind Barry of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address about politics during the American Civil War, but Reiner's adaptation of this anecdote to show how the music, particularly of classical European composers has nowadays been hijacked by modern academic critics is very valid.
Music is universal, and has always been so since its conception.
Last time at the folk club we had 60 people of all ages, and only amongst the participating musicians there were souls from two continents and five nations.
The most encouraging part of the evening for me though was to watch the faces of the 10% of the audience that were under 15, enjoying live acoustic music. Some were hearing bagpipes for the first time in their lives, some after hearing nothing but bagpipes all their lives were amazed to find that bagpipes are not all alike, and all of them enthralled with also hearing the sweet sounds of violins, mandolins, pianos, harmonicas, tambourines and drums and guitars and basses and not least yet last by a cappella voices not drowned out by showers, but songs sung totally unaccompanied by instruments, merely with some or all of the voices present, within a few feet of their ears.
So if you want to come and sing and play in October, do come along a little earlier in order to assure a spot and avoid disappointment. Even if you don’t want to sing or play yet, and are just coming along to listen, it’s as well to come early too, as the best ringside seats are the ones which go first. I fear we will have more people attending than last time, so you have been warned,
Looking forward to seeing you all in October,
John Harrison and Barry L. Roshto et al
"Folk is great - Bier ist gut - and people are crazy"
Another English Network Review
John Hurd of the Bonn English Network was with us again and blessed us with another of his ripping reviews, which you can read here :
John Hurd von der Bonn English Network war wieder dabei und hat wieder eine seiner wunderschönen Rezessionen auf Englisch geschrieben :
http://www.english-network.de/nowt-so-strange-as-folk
John Hurd von der Bonn English Network war wieder dabei und hat wieder eine seiner wunderschönen Rezessionen auf Englisch geschrieben :
http://www.english-network.de/nowt-so-strange-as-folk
Dienstag, 14. September 2010
Images from Folk Club 07
John opening another night at the Folk Club
Joined by Christine on the Fiddle
And Eva was back again on the Gallician bagpipes
supported by her "Gaitas" - Naima, Ana & Kevin
They got the audience warmed up!
Special Guests : Mike and the Doktor
Floor Spots:
Ralf and Ellen
Joined by Thomas on the Pipes
After the hard work....
Samstag, 28. August 2010
Donnerstag, 12. August 2010
Sommerpause – Summer Break
ACHTUNG! – kein Folk Club in August –
nächste Termin 03.09.2010
ATTENTION ! – no Folk Club in August! –
next meeting 03.09.2010
(for English scroll down)
In Juli hatten wir einen tollen Abend mit „special guests": DerElligh, die keltische Musik auf einer Vielfalt von Instrumenten gespielt und dabei auch sehr harmonisch gesungen haben. Als „Floor Spots“ hatten wir „Mr Piano" Gerhard Haug und sowohl keltische als böhmische Harfen von Mary and Resia, toll gespielt, die ein Lied sogar auf schwedisch gesungen haben.
Langsam, aber sicher, nimmt der Folk Club eine richtige Gestalt an - Barry und ich brauchten kaum was zu tun. Vielen Dank dafür an alle für eure schöne musikalischen Einsätze! Ihr seit alle als Wiederholungstäter gerne willkommen.
Wenn alle Sachen gleich bleiben, geht es am ersten Freitag in September am 03.09.2010 in Graurheindorf weiter. Fest angekündigt an der Violine ist Christine Moos, die im ersten Set bei einigen Liedern von Jonathan Ole Wales Rogers mich begleiten wird, und hoffentlich auch etwas darüber hinaus spielen wird.„Mike und der Doktor“ die in Mai so erfolgreich aufgetreten sind, daß sie zwei Zugaben für einen Floor Spot bekam, haben sich angekündigt ihr Versprechen einzulösen und als „Special Guests“ aufzutreten. Hoffentlich klappt dies in September, wenn andere Termine es zulassen. Hier nochmal die Mai Rezession zur Erinnerung :
http://www.english-network.de/folk-is-great-beer-is-good
Vielleicht spielt sogar John Hurd von Bonn English Network in September? Zumindest hat er nun einen neuen Satz Gitarrensaiten bekommen, und damit keine Ausrede mehr! In der zwischen Zeit hat er mich eingeladen etwas Blues in Bonn anzuhören. Es ging zwar etwas lauter zu als im Folk Club, war aber ein schönes Erlebnis:
http://www.english-network.de/3-js-3-different-blues
Denk immer daran : „Folk is great - Bier ist gut - and people are crazy!“
Also, wenn Ihr singen und/oder spielen wollt, kommt bitte etwas früher, um einen Auftritt zu sichern und um Enttäuschungen zu meiden. Auch wenn Ihr nicht spielen oder singen möchtet, kommt ohnehin etwas früher, da die besten Plätze am schnellsten weg sind.
Wir hoffen euch bald in September (wieder) zu sehen,
John Harrison and Barry L. Roshto et al
ENGLISH
We had a super evening in July with “DerElligh” as special guests, who played Celtic music on a variety of instruments with harmonious vocal accompaniments. As floor spots we had “Mr Piano” Gerhard Haug masterfully tickling the Ivories and a duet comprising a Celtic and a Bohemian Harp elegantly played by Mary & Resia who even sang a song in Swedish.
Slowly, but surely, the Folk Club is taking on proper shape and stature, so that Barry and I hardly had to do anything. Many thanks to everyone for your wonderful musical contributions! You are all most welcome to return.
When all things are equal, which they seldom are, we shall meet again on the first Friday in September on the 3rd September in Graurheindorf. Christine Moos has volunteered to accompany me on the violin for a selection of songs from Jonathan Ole Wales Rogers in the first set and hopefully some other tunes on top. ”Mike and the Doctor” has been in touch to honour their promise to do a Special Guest spot and hopefully this will be in September when their other commitments allow. Those who were there in May will remember that they did such a successful floor spot that they received two encores, and if you weren’t there you can check it out on John Hurd’s review of the May meet:
http://www.english-network.de/folk-is-great-beer-is-good
Perhaps John Hurd of the Bonn English Network might do a spot in September! At least he is now in possession of a new set of guitar strings, and so has no excuse left! In the meantime he invited me to accompany him to listen to some Blues in Bonn by three guitarists. It was somewhat louder that in the folk club but still a wonderful experience:
http://www.english-network.de/3-js-3-different-blues
Don’t forget: "Folk is great - bier ist gut - and people are crazy!“
So if you want to come and sing and play in September, do come along a little earlier in order to assure a spot and avoid disappointment. Even if you don’t want to sing or play yet, and are just coming along to listen, it’s as well to come early too, as the best ringside seats are the ones which go first.
Looking forward to seeing you all in September,
John Harrison and Barry L. Roshto et al
nächste Termin 03.09.2010
ATTENTION ! – no Folk Club in August! –
next meeting 03.09.2010
(for English scroll down)
In Juli hatten wir einen tollen Abend mit „special guests": DerElligh, die keltische Musik auf einer Vielfalt von Instrumenten gespielt und dabei auch sehr harmonisch gesungen haben. Als „Floor Spots“ hatten wir „Mr Piano" Gerhard Haug und sowohl keltische als böhmische Harfen von Mary and Resia, toll gespielt, die ein Lied sogar auf schwedisch gesungen haben.
Langsam, aber sicher, nimmt der Folk Club eine richtige Gestalt an - Barry und ich brauchten kaum was zu tun. Vielen Dank dafür an alle für eure schöne musikalischen Einsätze! Ihr seit alle als Wiederholungstäter gerne willkommen.
Wenn alle Sachen gleich bleiben, geht es am ersten Freitag in September am 03.09.2010 in Graurheindorf weiter. Fest angekündigt an der Violine ist Christine Moos, die im ersten Set bei einigen Liedern von Jonathan Ole Wales Rogers mich begleiten wird, und hoffentlich auch etwas darüber hinaus spielen wird.„Mike und der Doktor“ die in Mai so erfolgreich aufgetreten sind, daß sie zwei Zugaben für einen Floor Spot bekam, haben sich angekündigt ihr Versprechen einzulösen und als „Special Guests“ aufzutreten. Hoffentlich klappt dies in September, wenn andere Termine es zulassen. Hier nochmal die Mai Rezession zur Erinnerung :
http://www.english-network.de/folk-is-great-beer-is-good
Vielleicht spielt sogar John Hurd von Bonn English Network in September? Zumindest hat er nun einen neuen Satz Gitarrensaiten bekommen, und damit keine Ausrede mehr! In der zwischen Zeit hat er mich eingeladen etwas Blues in Bonn anzuhören. Es ging zwar etwas lauter zu als im Folk Club, war aber ein schönes Erlebnis:
http://www.english-network.de/3-js-3-different-blues
Denk immer daran : „Folk is great - Bier ist gut - and people are crazy!“
Also, wenn Ihr singen und/oder spielen wollt, kommt bitte etwas früher, um einen Auftritt zu sichern und um Enttäuschungen zu meiden. Auch wenn Ihr nicht spielen oder singen möchtet, kommt ohnehin etwas früher, da die besten Plätze am schnellsten weg sind.
Wir hoffen euch bald in September (wieder) zu sehen,
John Harrison and Barry L. Roshto et al
ENGLISH
We had a super evening in July with “DerElligh” as special guests, who played Celtic music on a variety of instruments with harmonious vocal accompaniments. As floor spots we had “Mr Piano” Gerhard Haug masterfully tickling the Ivories and a duet comprising a Celtic and a Bohemian Harp elegantly played by Mary & Resia who even sang a song in Swedish.
Slowly, but surely, the Folk Club is taking on proper shape and stature, so that Barry and I hardly had to do anything. Many thanks to everyone for your wonderful musical contributions! You are all most welcome to return.
When all things are equal, which they seldom are, we shall meet again on the first Friday in September on the 3rd September in Graurheindorf. Christine Moos has volunteered to accompany me on the violin for a selection of songs from Jonathan Ole Wales Rogers in the first set and hopefully some other tunes on top. ”Mike and the Doctor” has been in touch to honour their promise to do a Special Guest spot and hopefully this will be in September when their other commitments allow. Those who were there in May will remember that they did such a successful floor spot that they received two encores, and if you weren’t there you can check it out on John Hurd’s review of the May meet:
http://www.english-network.de/folk-is-great-beer-is-good
Perhaps John Hurd of the Bonn English Network might do a spot in September! At least he is now in possession of a new set of guitar strings, and so has no excuse left! In the meantime he invited me to accompany him to listen to some Blues in Bonn by three guitarists. It was somewhat louder that in the folk club but still a wonderful experience:
http://www.english-network.de/3-js-3-different-blues
Don’t forget: "Folk is great - bier ist gut - and people are crazy!“
So if you want to come and sing and play in September, do come along a little earlier in order to assure a spot and avoid disappointment. Even if you don’t want to sing or play yet, and are just coming along to listen, it’s as well to come early too, as the best ringside seats are the ones which go first.
Looking forward to seeing you all in September,
John Harrison and Barry L. Roshto et al
Pix from FC Six
9th July
Once again we had a nice crowd...of all ages,
we even had visitors from London who we here on exchange.
Special Guests DerElligh
Gerhard aka "Mr. Piano"
Mary & Resia finally give a taste of their heavenly harps!
We hope we will be hearing from them again
After the show a few still linger at the Bar
Detlef & John
John & Monika,
our gracious hostess at the Gastätte zum Schützenhaus
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