elizaBeth Simpson
From New England to Berkeley and back, elizaBeth Simpson has a history of singing on the street. Her sets feature jazz-spiked, indie-folk originals and are sprinkled with a cappella treats
Laura Cortese and the Dance Cards
Welding the propulsive grace of fiddle styles to disarmingly open-hearted original pop songs, Laura Cortese has emerged among the most intriguing and versatile, musicians in the bountiful New England post-folk
Campfire Singalong
Join Big Bluestem’s Becky Grosser for an informal singalong around the Iron Post’s cozy patio campfire. Friday, November 2nd, 8:00pm-10:00pm Iron Post Patio Free
Fingerpicking in Open D, with David Berchtold
Join David Berchtold for a workshop on basic to intermediate techniques for playing folk and blues in open D tuning. David will cover finger picking, basic chord shapes, and moveable
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Ballads Workshop, with Dan Keding
Ballads are the big songs of the folk music world – their history is big, their size is big and their impact on an audience and on the artist is
Sea Shanty Singalong, with Chris Maden
Chris Maden has been singing and playing a variety of instruments since early childhood. A native New Englander, he was lured to the Barbary Coast of San Francisco seeking dot-com
Stephen Wade and Friends
Musician, recording artist, and writer Stephen Wade is best known for his long-running stage performances of Banjo Dancing and On the Way Home. He also produced and annotated the Rounder
Ben Bedford
Springfield artist Ben Bedford refers to his style as “American portrait songwriting,” drawing upon history for inspiration and presenting songs with a strong sense of time and place. With three
David Berchtold
When done well, fingerpicking a guitar looks so easy anybody could do it. But the task of convincing several digits to make music while moving simultaneously in different, yet coordinated