Apple Festival 2010 Saturday
Saturday's Performers
John Kribs & Kevin Maul
Singer and dobro-steel-slide guitarist KEVIN MAUL has been part of Folk greats Robin and Linda Williams's band and currently tours with the BURNS SISTERS Band and Woodstock-based MEG JOHNSON BAND when not doing his own thing. He's performed with Soul/Blues icons the Holmes Brothers and has shared the stage with people like Newgrass hero Tim O'Brien, voodoo blues king John Mooney, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Vince Gill, Chet Atkins, dobro master Jerry Douglas, and the Everly Brothers. He's been a frequent guest , along with Robin and Linda Williams, on Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion" radio program. Kevin also appears with his band NO OUTLET an acoustic power trio featuring drummer-singer Dale Haskell and bassist Tony Markellis [current bassist with Phish's Trey Anastasio].
Guitarist and singer songwriter JOHN KRIBS joined his first working band at the age of 13 and never looked back. He traveled the northeast for years playing to appreciative audiences at colleges, coffeehouses, bars and festivals and in 1979 he formed The Racquette River Rounders with acclaimed guitarist Danny Gotham and bassist Michael Hadfield. From 1979 - 1983 associated with Adirondack Records, he recorded 2 LPs of original and traditional music with the Rounders, produced an LP by jazz guitarist Paul Meyers and served as studio player for a series of regional singer-songwriter albums. In 1984 John formed Johnny & The Triumphs, a roots rock/ rock-a-billy band and a new venue for Johns original songs. Their 1987 INDIE release 'Johnny and the Triumphs', featured 9 of John's songs and reached to the top of the American play charts in France, going to #1 in the cities of Bordeaux and Sens. “Red Belvedere” from that album and written by John has also been featured on NPRs “Car Talk”. In 1998 he joined The McKrells; a unique blend of Celtic and bluegrass music and voted Best Bluegrass Band by the Northeast Country Music Association in 2000 and 2001. Besides performing and songwriting John hosts a weekly radio show featuring local and regional songwriters and chairs the not for profit Southern Adirondack Musicians Fund.
website: http://www.johnkribsmusic.com/
Nate & Kate
Nate & Kate deliver a mix of heartfelt modern folk songs, humor, and juggling that add up to a completely unique and dymanic show fit for old, young, and all in between.
website: http://www.nateandkatemusic.com/
Chris & Joy
Chris Koldewey has been singing folk music and sea music in particular since his early teens. He comes from a family rich in maritime traditions, and his lullabies as a child were traditional songs of the sea. He grew up on the Nawth Showa of Long Island, and from an early age was exposed to a wide variety of folk music.
He has given concerts in many Festivals, Coffeehouses and concerts along the eastern US seaboard, and around the UK either solo, or with his wife, Joy Bennett. He has led workshops dealing with a variety of traditional music forms. Chris can be heard accompanying himself on Guitar, Banjo, Fiddle, Concertina, and other things common to an average garage sale. His singing has been said to be “not too hurtful to the ear,” but has been know to attract neighborhood strays.
Chris is a public school music teacher by trade, which allows him to spend his summers, and Fall/Spring weekends and vacations as one of the Chanteymen at Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut, which is one of the few places left where Sea Chanties can be heard in performing the jobs for which they were used.
Whether he is giving concerts, leading workshops, or playing a square-dance, Chris enjoys the participation of those with him, as that keep musical traditions alive.
Joy Bennett has been singing most of her life. She has toured parts of the United States, Great Britain and Italy with the New York University Chorale, performed in Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Gondoliers”, has been heard in the New York Revels and has performed with numerous groups over the years. Joy’s exposure to maritime music came in the early 1970s at South Street Seaport Museum where she worked as a volunteer. It has been said that her voice is “three-dimensional, with a depth and clarity unmatched by others.” Joy performs with the folk group Water Sign and can be heard on their album of the same name, as well as on Evy Mayer’s latest album “Humor Me.” Joy serves on the Board of the Folk Music Society of New York, an organization dedicated to keeping traditional music alive.
String Band Central
String Band Central plays energetic old-time and Celtic music for contra dances and other events. Members are:
Johanna Masters - Fiddle
Amy Shapiro - Fiddle
Beth Hogan - Guitar
Tim Masters - Bass, Fiddle
Tom - mandolin, guitar
Hope & Jim
Hope Grietzer sang and fiddled for eleven years with the popular band Black Rose throughout Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, South Dakota and Kansas. The band went on to win the prestigious Rockygrass band competition, and Hope was voted Rocky Mountain Region Fiddler of the Year by the Colorado Bluegrass Music Society. The group performed at some of the top festivals in the nation, including the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, KS, the Santa Fe Trails Festival in Kansas City, and the Silverton Folk Festival in CO. Author of the instructional book and companion CDs "Learn To Fiddle", Hope currently teaches fiddle full time in Owego, New York, and leads both adult and kid fiddle tune jams (Hope's students are known as the 'Toast & Jammer's' (see picture below) and a few of them will be jammin' a few tunes at the festival). In addition to performing with husband Jim MacWilliams, she can be found fiddling at contradances throughout the region.
Jim MacWilliams grew up playing music with his brothers in the green hills of West Point, N.Y. An accomplished fingerstyle guitarist, Jim also plays the clawhammer banjo and mandolin, and loves the sound of old-time fiddle tunes. Jim has twice won first place at Winfield’s Walnut Valley Festival songwriters’ competition, in the instrumental and love songs categories, and his composition “Hilo Farewell” has been used by finalists in the National Fingerstyle Guitar competition. Jim is known for his versatility as a musician and is much sought-after as a backup guitarist.
website: http://www.happyhollowmusic.com/
Toast and Jammers
Hope Grietzer's fiddle/music students
Tom & Marie
"Tom & Marie" is a duet with a problem. The problem is they like all kinds of music; whether it be rock&roll, country&western, folk, blues, bluegrass, the standards, and so forth. So how do they describe to folks that ask "What kind of music do you play?" Well, the answer is this. "We play music for the pure fun of it, and if we can make it sound good on acoustic guitar and bass, then we'll add it to our set list. Hopefully we'll play a few tunes that you'll enjoy listening to, and maybe those tunes will get you tapping your feet and singing along." So, if you're out and about, hopefully on occasion you'll cross paths with "Tom & Marie" and take the time to have yourselves a dose of music for the fun of it.
Rosie's Ready Mix
Like a time tested recipe Rosie's Ready Mix has been a long time rising. There is nearly a century of playing experience between Curt Osgood on dulcimer, Hope Greitzer on fiddle, and Jim MacWilliams on guitar. They are all long standing (and or sitting) late night jammers absorbing and banking tunes by ear. Rosie's Ready Mix is particularly drawn to the drive and energy of contra dance melodies of the "Northern" style but also delve into the breakdowns and barnburners of the south. Appearing with a number of dance and performance ensembles throughout the northeast, each member of Rosie's is involved in folk organizing as well.
website: http://www.happyhollowmusic.com/
website: http://www.curtosgood.com/
Molly and the Motonix
Need mo banjo, mo mandolin, mo guitar, and mo bass in your life? Then c'mon out and listen to Molly and the Motonix play music bluegrass style. They have mo of what you're needin'.
Molly and the Motonix are 'Tom & Marie' (guitar and bass), Paul Fairbanks (banjo), and Sam Sadovnic (mandolin/fiddle).
Four Of Hearts
Four of Hearts quartet, Chris, Kym, Linda, and Peg, started as a Singing Valentine’s quartet in 2006. We decided to make it official in February 2008. We would love to entertain at your private party, church function, birthday or anniversary celebration, fundraiser, monthly meeting, etc. We sing a wide variety of music. If you are looking for something a little bit different for your next function please call us to set up a performance.
website: www.carouselharmony.org
Annie Ol' Thyme
Take some Country/Bluegrass, mix in some Blues/Folk, and then add a pinch of Celtic and Originals. Stir it all up for the perfect recipe for some great music and great fun, Annie Ol’ Thyme ! ! Performing for you: Band members are Nora Starr, Mandolin, Trish Engelhard, Fiddle, and Lisa Wright, Guitar.
website: http://www.myspace.com/annieolthyme
Saturday's Schedule
