Folkus

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Genre: Acoustic / Bluegrass / Folk
Location SYRACUSE, New York, US
Profile Views: 14446
Last Login: 9/29/2009
Member Since 10/17/2006
Website www.folkus.org
Record Label Unsigned
Bio
.. .. ........ .. ...... .. .. ..www.folkus.org...... ....Folk:........The Music We Love.... ....The Folkus Project fosters and promotes traditional, contemporary, and multicultural folk music in Syracuse and Central New York through folk music concerts and workshops. If you would like to learn more about our upcoming artists than what is on this page, you can click on their MySpace page icon in our friends section or go to our ..website..... ....Us:........Who We Are and What We Do.... ....The Folkus Project organizes and sponsors folk/acoustic shows at May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society and assists in presenting and promoting a monthly "second Saturday" series at the Westcott Community Center. Between Labor Day and Memorial Day each year, approximately 30 shows are presented. In addition, occasional workshops are sponsored in coordination with concert appearances by artists who do such things..... ....Join Us?.... ....We are almost always searching for new volunteers and board members. Won't you join us? Folk music exists outside of the commercial mainstream and needs the focused attention of a community to survive. E-mail ..volunteer@folkus.org.. .. for more info. .... .... History: A Short Tribute to Happy Endings Cake & Coffeehouse and owners Shelby and John Crowley.... ....The Folkus Project was created with the help and support of Happy Endings Cake & Coffeehouse (which, sadly, has since closed). For the 10-plus years that it existed, Happy Endings and owners Shelby and John Crowley provided Syracuse's most welcoming, supportive, and stable home for folk and acoustic music. The Folkus Project's concert presentations today, though no longer staged at Happy Endings, directly continue a legacy begun by John and Shelby and the whole Happy Endings cosmos. (Even more sadly, Shelby passed away in September 2005. All of Syracuse folkdom misses her.).... ..
Members
.. ....The Folkus Project is a nonprofit organization, with a board of directors. Current members of that board are:.... ....Dana Cooke....President ..danacooke@windstream.net.. .. ....Kevin Daly....Treasurer .. ....Jacquelyn Downing....Volunteer Coordinator ..volunteer@folkus.org.. .. .. ....David Fulton....Press Relations ..dhfulton@verizon.net.. .. .. ....Monica Costa....Booking Coordinator ..booking@folkus.org.. .. .. ....Lynn Oatman....Secretary .. .. ....Howard Modell....Community Relations ..hmodell@gmail.com.. .... .. .. ....Our Address .... Folkus Project .. c/o 817 Sumner Avenue.. Syracuse, NY 13210 .. (Agents and artists: Please do not send unsolicited materials to this address.) ........ ..
Influences
.. .... ....In recent years . . ... .... .... Tony Trischka.. Nerissa and Katrina Nields.. Bill Morrissey.. Annie Gallup.. Ellis Paul.. Karen Savoca.. The Burns Sisters.. Paul Geremia.. Dana Robinson.. Chris Smither.. Jack Hardy.. The Kennedys.. Cliff Eberhardt.. Teddy Goldstein.. Brian Conway.. Rod McDonald.. David Roth.. Frank Lee.. Carla Ulbrich.. Teada.. Diane Zeigler.. Michael Jerling.. Lisa Mosciatello.. Bruce Molsky.. Jamie Anderson.. Sam Shaber.. Contranella.. Michèle Choinière.. The Wiyos .. Tim Grimm .. The Dust Poets .. .. . . . among others... .. Plus we make a point of booking some of the best local folk/acoustic acts, such as Lost Time, the Lost Boys, Hanna Richardson & Phil Flanigan, and Shrinking Violets... .... ..
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