Between June 2007 and June 2009, notloB Parlour Concerts presented 25 newgrass, traditional and contemporary folk, Celtic and blues not-for-profit concerts at the Loring Greenough House. Artists presented include the Rowan Brothers, Sometymes Why, Mike and Ruthy, Rushard Eggleston, Lissa Schneckenburger, Tripping Lily, Kirstin Andreassen, Bob Franke, Geoff
Bartley and Pat Wictor. Since that time, it has presented close to 50 concerts in Cambridge, Somerville, Arlington, Newton, Malden and Grafton.

The Spring season marks the return to the Loring Greenough House (12 South Street). The volunteers and artists look forward to returning to the community.

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Doors: 7:00pm, Concert 7:30pm

Neighbors for Neighbors Event

Tri specializes in foot tapping Celtic folk music, excelling at the music, song and dance of Nova Scotia.

Nimbly handling fiddle duties is Doug Lamey. Doug, grandson of Boston
fiddling legend Bill Lamey, is one of the area's most sought after Celtic
fiddlers. Doug has studied with some of the greats from the Cape Breton
tradition (Buddy MacMaster) and Irish scene (Tommy Peoples).
http://www.douglamey.com/

With the addition of award winning bagpiper Matthew Phelps, the band's musical horizons have expanded in countless ways.
For more on Matt visit: http://www.massbagpiper.com/

Cliff McGann, the band's MC, plays guitar, tin whistle and sings in both English and Scottish Gaelic. He has a Masters degree in Folklore from Memorial University of Newfoundland.
http://www.cliffmcgann.com/

Friday, May 14, 2010

Doors: 7:00pm, Concert 7:30pm

Neighbor for Neighbors Event

Two-time IBMA guitarist of the year, multi-award winning guitarist in Bluegrass, as well as country, and other acoustic music genres, Jim is known throughout the Nashville TN area as one of the best in the business. His talents of singing, multi-instrumentalist abilities and well-rounded stylings have garnered him support positions and recording sessions with some of the best artists in Country and Bluegrass music. Trisha Yearwood, Sara Evans, Holly Dunn, Claire Lynch, Travis Tritt, John Cowan, Mark Schatz, Tim O'Brien and more.

“Jim is what I consider genius level as a player and a thinker.”

~ Claire Lynch

For more information about these and other concerts in Somerville, Newton, JP and Grafton go to the notloB website ~ http://sites.google.com/site/notlobmusic

notloB Folk Concerts (Somerville, Newton and JP) are volunteer run and not for profit.
Mailing list ~ http://groups.google.com/group/notlobmusic
Facebook ~ http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38565709718&ref=ts

notfarG House Concerts (Grafton) ~100% of the donations go to the artists.
Mailing list ~ http://www.reverbnation.com/venue/431454
Facebook ~ http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=147864099159&ref=ts

"In this era of pop-driven acoustic music, notloB is keeping the folk tradition alive." ~
Jack Hardy

"From a musician's perspective, I really appreciate the effort Jeff puts into his shows. Nobody on the Boston folk scene works harder to pull a concert together."

Not-for-profit notloB folk concerts are run by volunteer power. Re-starting the JP series will require a pool of dedicated people living in/near JP. Opportunities also exist for concerts presented at the Unity Church of God in Somerville.

Can you help?

Need: publicity, hospitality, set-up/take-down.

More info about the series at http://sites.google.com/site/notlobmusic

Questions/applications to notlobreservations @gmail.com

Upcoming concerts:
4/11 HANNAH SANDERS & LIZ SIMMONS - Newton
4/17 TRI - JP
5/1 TAO RODRIGUEZ-SEEGER BAND - Somerville
5/2 BRENDAN HOGAN - Newton
5/14 JIM HURST - JP
6/4 LONG TIME COURTING - Somerville
6/6 JO WILLIAMSON - Newton