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WELCOME to the Pacific Northwest Folklore Society’s e-zine the NW HOOT (as in hootenanny). We will announce upcoming events and include articles on folk music, folklore and the traditional music scene in the Pacific Northwest.

 

FEBRUARY/MARCH, 2010    Vol. 2, No. 3

Hank&Claire, Squirrel Butter, Smalltime String Band
Hankster & The Lovely Claire, Squirrel Butter and The Smalltime String Band at the Wayward Coffeehouse, Dec. 11 and Jan. 8.

The December and January Coffeehouse Concerts at the Wayward Coffeehouse featured Hankster & The Lovely Claire (see videos) on Dec. 11, and Squirrel Butter (see videos) and The Smalltime String Band (see videos) on Jan. 8. Hankster & The Lovely Claire also performed at the Everett Public Library on Jan. 17. The upcoming coffeehouse concerts will feature J.W. McClure on Feb. 12, and The Unpaid Bills & The Cruzers on March 12. Bob Nelson and J.W. McClure will perform at the Everett Public Library on Feb. 21. Two special house concerts will be featured in February and March. Kate Power & Steve Einhorn will perform a house concert on Saturday, Feb. 6, and Joe Hickerson will perform a house concert on Friday, March 5. See Events for more details on these and other upcoming c0ncerts.
   
Winter Concert Series Continues
at the Everett Public Library

The Pacific Northwest Folklore Society is sponsoring a series of free Sunday afternoon concerts at the Everett Public Library this winter. These concerts take place from 2-3 pm in the lower level auditorium, a gem of an acoustic space that needs no electronic amplification.

Read more: Everett Library Concerts

   
Concert Review
Squirrel Butter
Smalltime String Band
at the Wayward Coffeehouse 1/8/10

 by Jim Portillo

Tonight, I attended one of the coolest concerts I’ve seen in a long time.  It was an old-time music concert featuring two acts, “Squirrel Butter” and the “Smalltime String Band.”
 

Read more: Concert Review 1/8/10

   
FEATURED VIDEO OF THE WEEK
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Klezmer/bluegrass hora: Klezmer Mountain Boys with trumpet, featuring Margot Leverett on clarinet.

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COLUMN
Artis the Spoonman with Jim Page at Ballard Farmers Market
THE BUSKING MUSICIAN
PREDICAMENTS
by Artis the Spoonman

Dear Readers: There are some aspects of busking that leave a lot to be desired. It seems like there are few vocations that leave one alone, unprotected and insecure among “strangers”. Buskers are literally “out there on their own.” Sure, the beat cops may know you, the storeowner nearby may be a supporter, or at least smile when you come in to buy a jaffle, the audience applauds with welcoming cheer, but some surprises are astonishing.

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ARTICLE
Hankster and the Lovely Claire
SINGING THE NEW YEAR IN
The new year is here, and we were very happy to sing in our first New Year together, with friends old and new at the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop (PSGW) New Year’s retreat. This is such a good deal I want everyone to know about it; food and lodging for four days and nights, and singing/playing  till the wee hours every morning.


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