Upcoming Seattle Folklore Society Concerts
| Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands Sep 16, 2017, 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Phinney Center Concert Hall, Brick Building 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle Buy tickets online or 1-800-838-3006 |
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| Grammy Award-winning musician Laurie Lewis is internationally renowned as a singer, songwriter, fiddler, bandleader, producer and educator. She was a founding member of the Good Ol’ Persons and the Grant Street String Band and has performed and recorded since 1986 with her musical partner, mandolinist Tom Rozum. Laurie has twice been voted “Female Vocalist of [...] |
| John Whelan & Dale Russ Sep 23, 2017, 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Phinney Center Concert Hall, Brick Building 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle Buy tickets online or 1-800-838-3006 |
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| Traditional tunes with button accordion and fiddle: John is one of the best Irish button accordion players living in the United States, with a long and stellar career that includes 7 All-Ireland Championships. Martin Hayes has called Dale Russ “one of the greatest fiddlers I know in Irish traditional music” and few who hear Dale play the fiddle would disagree. |
| Steve James Sep 30, 2017, 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Phinney Center Concert Hall, Brick Building 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle Buy tickets online or 1-800-838-3006 |
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| Steve James is a blues musician, a notable songwriter (Talco Girl, Farewell The Roses, Sonny Payne, Birmingham Steel to name a few), one of the best modern bottleneck slide players, a storyteller and a compendium of interesting facts. In the world of contemporary acoustic and roots music, hes earned his reputation with decades of tireless [...] |
| Alice Stuart in Concert Oct 08, 2017, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Phinney Center Concert Hall, Brick Building 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle Buy tickets online or |
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| In June Alice Stuart celebrated her 75th birthday. In October, she will receive the Best in the West Performer Award at the annual Far-West International Folk Alliance Conference in Bellevue. On October 8, a special Sunday night, she will celebrate her music at the Phinney Center Community Hall, at 7 PM. Way ahead of her [...] |
| Tim Grimm Family Band Oct 14, 2017, 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Phinney Center Concert Hall, Brick Building 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle Buy tickets online or 1-800-838-3006 |
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| Original ballads and up-tempo Folk, Americana and Bluegrass. Tim Grimm has been a returning favorite with the Seattle Folklore Society, and this time he's morphed into the Tim Grimm Family band, including his wife and two sons, also accomplished musicians and vocalists. This will be a fun night of up-tempo Americana and Bluegrass, along with Tim's great storytelling ballads. |
| Molsky's Mountain Drifters Oct 15, 2017, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Phinney Center Concert Hall, Brick Building 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle Buy tickets online or 1-800-838-3006 |
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| Tradition steeped in possibility - Molsky's Mountain Drifters packs a punch with three of the most captivating performers in the most recent generation of Old-Time and American Roots music. The band features Bruce Molsky, (Grammy nominated, revered Old-Time music ambassador and Berklee College of Music Visiting Scholar) along with guitar genre bender Stash Wyslouch (of the Deadly Gentlemen) on guitar and vocals and master of the clawhammer banjo, Allison de Groot (of The Goodbye Girls). |
| Bill Staines Oct 21, 2017, 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Phinney Center Concert Hall, Brick Building 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle Buy tickets online or 1-800-838-3006 |
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| Americana with humor, heart, and harmony! |
| Laura Cortese and the Dance Cards Oct 28, 2017, 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Phinney Center Concert Hall, Brick Building 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle Buy tickets online or 1-800-838-3006 |
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| Laura Cortese and the Dance Cards have a vision for their band's sound: bold and elegant, schooled in the lyrical rituals of folk music and backed by grooves that alternately inspire Cajun two-stepping and rock-n-roll hip swagger. Cellist Valerie Thompson (cello/vox), fiddler Jenna Moynihan (fiddle/vox), and bassist Zoe Guigueno pair their sophisticated string arrangements and rich vocal harmonies to band leader Laura Cortese's poignant and powerful singing. |
| Ari & Mia - New England's Americana Sister Act Nov 04, 2017, 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Phinney Center Concert Hall, Brick Building 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle Buy tickets online or 1-800-838-3006 |
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| Their stylish and sophisticated music honors the sounds of Appalachian cottages, rural dance floors, and urban concert halls. This is European rural type music, filled with colorful flowers and meadows, rushing cool rivers, smoke from a thatched roof chimney and created with a vibrant old world flavor. |
| Eric Skye Nov 12, 2017, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Phinney Center Concert Hall, Brick Building 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle Buy tickets online or 1-800-838-3006 |
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| Often billed as an acoustic jazz guitarist, Eric Skye occupies an unique niche between Americana, jazz, and blues. It’s an original style, threaded together with a healthy respect for the groove, and a love of unadulterated acoustic tone. |
| Peter Mulvey Nov 18, 2017, 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Phinney Center Concert Hall, Brick Building 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle Buy tickets online or 1-800-838-3006 |
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| Clever, articulate & insightful contemporary folk -- Peter had his first album in 1992, starting out in his home base of Wisconsin, and further honing his musical skills with considerable time spent in the subways of Boston and the streets and clubs in Dublin. He's an amazing songwriter, with a razor-sharp sense of humor, trained [...] |
| Hank Cramer Nov 25, 2017, 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Phinney Center Concert Hall, Brick Building 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle Buy tickets online or 1-800-838-3006 |
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| Hank Cramer is one of the best-loved folksingers in the American West. He is widely known for his booming bass voice, smooth picking on a vintage flat-top guitar, and his wry sense of humor. He can play and sing over a thousand modern and traditional songs, spanning the genres of Celtic, Appalachian, maritime, cowboy, and [...] |
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