Music

12/3/11- Grand Opening: Jim & Kathleen Fownes

Great contra dance music that will keep your feet tapping. Kathleen Fownes on the fiddle and Jim on keyboard.

12/10/11- Space Jam

A great local jazz band- this group of high-school aged musicians is lively and very talented. They have been playing and performing together at the Northampton Community Music Center for several years and several of them have also attended and performed at Jazz in July at UMA. They’ve played NCMC benefit concerts and at First Night for the past few years.

12/17/11- Jim & Kathleen Fownes

Welcome back to Jim & Kathleen! We can’t wait to hear more of their beautiful tunes. Kathleen Fownes on the fiddle and Jim on keyboard.

NCMC benefit concerts and at First Night for the past few years.

12/31/11- Josh Pearson

A local Umass Amherst student who plays acoustic guitar and sings!

1/7/12: Jonathan Keezing

Jonathan Keezing will be debuting a new trio with Ron Cummings (bass) and Malcolm Braverman (drums). The trio plays original songs which blend jazz, folk, and rock… americana if you wanna.

1/21/12: Continuum

This locally-grown family band will liven up the market with a fun assortment of tunes and songs for all ages!
Emma Snope – fiddle
Bob Snope – banjo, concertina
Linda Henry – piano, accordion, guitar

1/28/12: The New Growth String Bands

An experimental folk group combining traditional bluegrass a Celtic melodies with harmony vocals.

Members include Mike Risberg on Guitar/banjo, Emily Hodder on fiddle/vocals, Brie Green on Mandolin/vocals and Chris Sartori on Bass.

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-New-Growth-String-Band/124131614351015

video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0HCHw5t7hA

2/4/12: Le Coin Volant

A trio playing traditional Quebecois:

Straight & crooked tunes, call & response sings, & a hint of step dancing

Robin Russell -Piano & accordion

Doug Feeney- fretted instruments (banjo, guitar, mandolin

Cynthia Thomas-fiddle

2/11- Jim and Kathleen Fownes

Welcome back to Jim & Kathleen and their beautiful tunes that have been enjoyed at NCMC benefit concerts and at First Night for the past few years.

2/18- Adrian and Ronald Meck

 A father/ son duo perform traditional and contemporary Celtic and Folk Music

2/25- Josh Pearson

UMass Amherst Student Josh Pearson will sing the Blues for you.

3/3- Youssoupha Sidibe

Youssoupha Sidibe is a Senegalese West African Kora (African Harp) player. Throw out all your ideas of what a harpist is, Youssoupha breaks out of traditional Kora styles many hundreds of years old, still predominant in Kora players, to create a new style blending aspects of Reggae, and western music creating a new style that has never been heard before.

Youssoupha was Grammy nominated for his collaboration with Matisyahu on multiple tracks, including a duet he wrote with Matisyahu on Youth, the 2007 Grammy-nominated “Best Reggae Album” for which Youssoupha received a gold record.

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To schedule to play at our market, contact Market Manager Miriam Aylward at miriam@amherstwintermarket.com, sara@amherstwintermarket.com

All are welcome!