by James Keelaghan | Mar 8, 2018 | Summerfolk 42, Workshops
Last year, at Summerfolk 42, our Sharing Circle coordinator, Robert Menzies conceived his most ambitious democratic poem yet. We will present it over the next three weeks, in three parts. A note from Robert Menzies, editor, co-author, and Crew Chief of The Sharing...
by Jonathan Farmer | Aug 24, 2017 | Georgian Bay Roots, Radio, Summerfolk 42
Georgian Bay Roots With your host Jon Farmer Every Sunday on CFOS 560 from 4-5pm, Georgian Bay Roots shares some of the best music that’s made in and played in Grey and Bruce Counties with roots music from across Canada and around the world thrown into the mix....
by Jonathan Farmer | Aug 13, 2017 | Georgian Bay Roots, Radio, Summerfolk 42
Georgian Bay Roots With your host Jon Farmer Every Sunday on CFOS 560 from 4-5pm, Georgian Bay Roots shares some of the best music that’s made in and played in Grey and Bruce Counties with roots music from across Canada and around the world thrown into the mix....
by Jonathan Farmer | Aug 8, 2017 | Georgian Bay Roots, Radio, Summerfolk 42
Georgian Bay Roots With your host Jon Farmer Every Sunday on CFOS 560 from 4-5pm, Georgian Bay Roots shares some of the best music that’s made in and played in Grey and Bruce Counties with roots music from across Canada and around the world thrown into the mix....
by James Keelaghan | Jul 27, 2017 | Performers 2017, Summerfolk 42, Sun Times articles
Several years ago, I was teaching at a music camp in New Jersey. I had a group of about 16 songwriters as students. On the first night they invited me down to a songwriters’ circle at one of the cabins. I went, stayed for one round through the circle, and said my...
by James Keelaghan | Jul 27, 2017 | Summerfolk 42, Sun Times articles
Musically, I was raised on a strange brew. My Da, Irish by birth, loved traditional Irish music. The Clancy Brothers were the high priests of his musical church. Any deviation from the canon was met with the hairy eyeball and a thunderous silence. My Mum, an East...