| August
2008 |
ORIGINS:
Jazz manouche, or gypsy jazz -- PROFILE:
ARTIST ON STAGE: Douglas Lora of the Brasil Guitar
Duo -- MATERIAL CULTURE--RIPS, CLIPS AND CREASES:
Festival wrap up -- CULTURE BUILDS COMMUNITY: A
Look Back As We Move Forward -- TEACHERS CORNER:
WOEA Day Workshop and Concert
Ticket Discounts -- PROFILE: BEHIND THE SCENES:
Cityfolk Board Member Matt Dunn -- STAFF PICKS:
Holly Underwood raves about the Lotus World Music
& Arts Festival in Bloomington, Indiana -- HAVE
YOU HEARD?: Interviews with Maura O'Connell, Le
Trio Joubran, Seun Kuti, Le Vent du Nord, Grey Larsen
and NationBeat; the Soweto Gospel Choir sing Happy
Birthday to Nelson Mandela, Bobby McFerrin explores
Irish music, heirloom recipe contest. |
| June
2008 |
ORIGINS:
Cityfolk Festival Gets HIP!
….to the HOP, That Is -- PROFILE:
ARTIST ON STAGE: Nadeem Dlaikan plays and makes
the Middle Eastern nye flute and brings
cultures together -- MATERIAL CULTURE--RIPS, CLIPS
AND CREASES: Papercutting Traditions -- CULTURE
BUILDS COMMUNITY: Building Community at the Cityfolk
Festival -- TEACHERS CORNER: Welcome to Summer!
-- PROFILE: BEHIND THE SCENES: 2008 Ohio Heritage
Fellows Katie Laur, Faith Patterson, and Howard
& Judy Sacks -- STAFF PICKS: Tom Perlic reviews
Raise Your Hand, the newest CD by the Poncho
Sanchez Latin Jazz Band-- HAVE YOU READ?: A
collection of interviews with artists coming to
this year's Cityfolk Festival including Geno Delafose,
Ruthie Foster, Ricky Nye, Sones de Mexico, Rosie
Huart, Marty Stuart and Ken Melendez. |
| April
2008 |
ORIGINS:
Cityfolk staff writer Jon Fox explores the new
trend of Balkan Beat -- MATERIAL CULTURE--RIPS,
CLIPS AND CREASES: Paperfolding Traditions --
CULTURE BUILDS COMMUNITY: An Interview with Maribel
Ruiz, Founder and Director of Sol Azteca -- TEACHERS
CORNER: Hawaiian Music at Smithsonian Global Sound
-- PROFILE: BEHIND THE SCENES: World Music Project
Brings Yellow Springs To Its Feet -- STAFF PICKS:
John Harris reviews Tim O'Brien's new CD Chameleon
-- HAVE YOU READ?: Blogs from World Music Central,
The Bluegrass Blog, Mondomix and Folk Alley. |
| February
2008 |
ORIGINS:
Cityfolk staff writer Jon Fox reveals the history
of flamenco guitar -- MATERIAL CULTURE--RIPS, CLIPS
AND CREASES: Brief History of Papermaking -- CULTURE
BUILDS COMMUNITY: Despite Winter Weather, Cityfolk
& East End Deliver a Warm and Successful Community
Celebration -- TEACHERS CORNER: Bookmaking -- BE
A GOOD NEIGHBOR! -- PROFILE: BEHIND THE SCENES:
Cityfolk Board Member Marjorie McLellan -- STAFF
PICKS: Dave Barber admires the work of Houston Person
and Bill Charlap, both together and apart -- HAVE
YOU HEARD?:Scientific American article
on"The Human Instrument", Steve Kuhn on
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, interviews with
the entire band Dervish and with their accordian
player Shane Mitchell |
| December
2007 |
ORIGINS:
Cityfolk staff writer Jon Fox reveals the roots
of South African Mbube singing -- PROFILE:
ARTIST ON STAGE: Joe Mullins expresses his passion
for bluegrass on stage and over the air waves
-- MATERIAL CULTURE: Introducing the theme for
the 2008 Cityfolk Festival: Paper -- CULTURE BUILDS
COMMUNITY: UD/Cityfolk Partnership Contributes
To Community Building In East Dayton -- TEACHERS
CORNER: Experience 'teachable moments' at Cityfolk
concerts; bluegrass lesson plans -- SUPPORT CITYFOLK
AND TAKE A CHANCE AT WINNING A MARTIN GUITAR!
-- PROFILE: BEHIND THE SCENES: Yellow Springs
Project Heats Up The Winter Season with the Rhythms
of Cuba -- STAFF PICKS: Holly Underwood's favorite
Christmas albums with a traditional twist -- HAVE
YOU HEARD?: NPR's Holiday Story of the Day podcast,
Grammy nominees who have appeared on Cityfolk's
stages |
| November
2007 |
ORIGINS:
Cityfolk staff writer Jon Fox gives us a brief history
of Irish music in the United States -- CULTURE BUILDS
COMMUNITY: Skeletons in October - CBC gives it new
meaning! -- TEACHERS CORNER: Lesson plans about
Celtic tradition and history -- TOP 10 REASONS TO
JOIN CITYFOLK -- PROFILE: BEHIND THE SCENES: New
faces at Cityfolk -- STAFF PICKS: Tom Perlic loves
New Orleans artist Johnny Adams -- HAVE YOU HEARD?:
More about the Day of the Dead; Vieux Farka Touré
nominated for an award; interview with oud
master Simon Shaheen; interview with Jazz pianist
Bill Charlap. |
| August
2007 |
ORIGINS:
Cityfolk staff writer Jon Fox discusses the blues
from Mali to Mississippi -- MATERIAL CULTURE: Post-Festival
wrap-up from Marjorie McLellan -- CULTURE BUILDS
COMMUNITY CORNER: Wrap up of the 9th annual Twin
Towers Community Appalachian Festival -- TEACHERS
CORNER: New feature for area educators -- PROFILE:
BEHIND THE SCENES: Culture Builds Community Coordinator
Kelsa Rieger -- STAFF PICKS: John Harris on João
Gilberto's Live in Montreux -- HAVE YOU HEARD?:
Folkstreams website that preserves documentary
films about American roots cultures; the life of
Louis Armstrong; Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan in reggae
music; interview with Natalie MacMaster. |
| June
2007 |
ORIGINS:
Cityfolk staff writer Jon Fox discusses Eastern
European tamburitza
-- PROFILE: ARTIST ON STAGE: Doug Roysdon
of Mock Turtle Marionette Theater -- MATERIAL
CULTURE: "Our
Ohio" on PBS sheds more light on Ohio foodways
-- PROFILE: BEHIND THE SCENES:
Cityfolk
Festival volunteer Larry LeMieux
-- STAFF PICKS: Holly
Underwood talks about old-time music on stage
-- HAVE YOU HEARD?: Saving
early recordings on wax cylinders; NPR's Food
Page; Hot 8 Brass Band recovers from tragedy;
live concert by the Holmes Brothers |
| April
2007 |
ORIGINS:
Cityfolk staff writer Jon Fox discusses Brazilian
forro music -- PROFILE:
ARTIST ON STAGE: Randy Vidrine of the Lafayette
Rhythm Devils -- MATERIAL
CULTURE: E.A.T.
for Life, an organic farm in Darke County, will
be one of the participants in the Key Ingredients
area -- PROFILE:
BEHIND THE SCENES:
Cityfolk's Director of Programs
Dave Barber celebrates 20 years at Cityfolk -- STAFF
PICKS: Dave Barber
admires the talents of jazz guitarist Bill Frisell
-- HAVE YOU
HEARD?: Solas live on the World Cafe; Brazilian
singer Ceu; Ghanaian por por music; Rough
Guide to World Music online. |
| February
2007 |
ORIGINS:
Cityfolk staff writer Jon Fox describes the non-classical
music of north India -- PROFILE: ARTIST ON STAGE:
Caoimhín Vallely,
pianist with the Karan Casey Band -- MATERIAL CULTURE:
Family-owned restaurants thrive
across Ohio --PIN: Vote for your favorite theme
for the next cityfolk Festival Pin -- PROFILE:
BEHIND THE SCENES:
The seedling Foundation
supports arts education at Stivers School for the
Arts -- STAFF PICKS: Tom
Perlic loves the album What's Going On--both
the original by Marvin Gaye and the newer version
by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band -- BORN
IN DAYTON: BILLY STRAYHORN: Dave Barber looks at
this Jazz great -- HAVE YOU HEARD?: Afropop Worldwide
podcasts; MySpace pages for upcoming artists; food
traditions of the Jewish holiday Purim; Storycorps. |
| December
2006 |
ORIGINS:
Cityfolk staff writer Jon Fox puts Rwanda's music
and dance into context -- PROFILE: ARTIST ON STAGE:
Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley Receives National
Medal of Arts -- MATERIAL CULTURE: Lebanese food
in Dayton -- PROFILE: BEHIND THE SCENES:Cityfolk
is enjoying a growing partnership with the University
of Dayton -- STAFF PICKS: Mahalia Jackson's Silent
Night, Holy Night is part of John Harris' Christmas
soundtrack -- BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR!:
Donate to Cityfolk just by shopping at Dorothy Lane
Market! -- HAVE YOU HEARD?: New music for
children resembles punk rock; ‘A Jazzy Christmas
from Lincoln Center’ featuring Cityfolk favorites
Andy Bey and Ray Vega; podcasts from Los Lobos and
more |
| October
2006 |
ORIGINS:
A Short History of Piano Jazz
-- PROFILE: ARTIST ON STAGE: Jean Paul Samputu --
MATERIAL CULTURE: Introducing "Key Ingredients"
-- PROFILE: BEHIND THE SCENES:Last year's Jazz Artists-in-Residence
made a difference to Jazz students in the Dayton
Schools -- PHOTOS FROM THE CULTURE BUILDS COMMUNITY
RESIDENCY -- STAFF PICKS: In the last few months,
Holly Underwood has seen some exciting new bands
at area festivals -- HAVE
YOU HEARD? |
| August
2006 |
ORIGINS:
Celtic Music of Canada's Ottawa Valley -- PROFILE:
ARTIST ON STAGE: Contra dance caller Kathy Anderson
-- MATERIAL CULTURE: "Out of the Fire"
wrap-up -- PROFILE: BEHIND THE SCENES: new partnership
with East End Community Services Corporation --
STAFF PICKS: Dave Barber features two examples of
local Jazz talent -- HAVE
YOU HEARD? |
| June
2006 |
ORIGINS:
Celtic Music in Spain -- PROFILE: ARTIST ON STAGE:
This year's Ohio Heritage Fellows -- MATERIAL
CULTURE: Cast Metal Guitars -- PROFILE: BEHIND
THE SCENES: Room With A View -- STAFF PICKS: Mark
Jackson weighs in about one of his favorite guitarists:Mississippi
John Hurt -- HAVE YOU HEARD? |
| April
2006 |
ORIGINS:
Traditional Music of the Andes -- PROFILE: ARTIST
ON STAGE: Anupama Bhagwat -- MATERIAL CULTURE: Metalworking:
Ohio gunsmith Willie Boitnott -- PROFILE: BEHIND
THE SCENES: Cityfolk announces changes to the way
we sell tickets -- STAFF PICKS: John Harris shares
what he recently learned about the rich mix of traditional
music and dance in Salvador, Brazil -- IN MEMORIAM:
Dave Barber bids farewell to Oscar Treadwell --
HAVE YOU HEARD? |
| February
2006 |
ORIGINS:
New Orleans Piano Traditions -- PROFILE: ARTIST
ON STAGE: Liz Carroll -- MATERIAL CULTURE: Metalworking,
blacksmith Bob Zeller -- PROFILE: BEHIND THE SCENES:
City of Dayton music teachers George Balog and Joy
Jones -- STAFF PICKS: Holly Underwood tells about
the Quebecois group Les Charbonniers de l'Enfer |
| December
2005 |
ORIGINS:
Tuvan Throat Singers -- PROFILE: ARTIST ON STAGE:
King Wilkie -- MATERIAL CULTURE: Metalworking --
PROFILE: BEHIND THE SCENES: Cityfolk office volunteer
Hayward Jones -- STAFF PICKS: Dave Barber reviews
Peter Guralnick's new biography Dream Boogie:
The Triumph of Sam Cooke -- CITYFOLK NOMINATED
for Non-Profit Business of the Year |
| October
2005 |
ORIGINS:
The Likembe Today -- PROFILE: ARTIST ON STAGE: Mavis
Staples -- ON TRADITION by Marjorie McLellan --
PROFILE: BEHIND THE SCENES: Cityfolk recently received
a national award from Chamber Music America -- STAFF
PICKS: John Harris reaches into the past to honor
the contributions of the Louvin Brothers. |
| August
2005 |
ORIGINS:
A Short History of Jazz Guitar -- PROFILE: ARTISTS
ON STAGE: Jim Hall and Pat Metheny -- THREADS
AND YARNS: Wrap Up -- PROFILE: BEHIND THE SCENES:
Al Turnbull -- STAFF PICKS: Holly Underwood was
drawn to Indian singer Kiran Ahluwahlia. |
| June
2005 |
ORIGINS:
The Guitar in West Africa -- PROFILE: Cityfolk Festival
Volunteer Sunni Russo -- THREADS AND YARNS: Millinery
(hat making) -- STAFF PICKS: Dave Barber picks Ry
Cooder's newest recording, Chavez Ravine. |
| April
2005 |
ORIGINS:
Music of Columbia -- PROFILE: ARTIST ON STAGE: Hula
dancer Leilani Duteil -- THREADS AND YARNS: Rug
hooking -- PROFILE: BEHIND THE SCENES: K-12 Gallery
for Young People -- STAFF PICKS: John Harris has
recently discovered paranda music of Central
America, and one modern interpreter of this music,
Aurelio Martinez. |
| February
2005 |
ORIGINS:
Music of Brittany, France's Celtic region -- PROFILE:
ARTIST ON STAGE: Celtic guitarist Ged Foley -- THREADS
AND YARNS: Navajo weaving -- PROFILE: BEHIND THE
SCENES: Center for Traditional Music and Dance in
New York City -- STAFF PICKS: Holly Underwood loves
the voice of Christina Branco, Portuguese fado
singer |
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Three times a year, Cityfolk published the Cityfolk
News, a newsletter filled with information
about upcoming shows, programs and activities;
profiles of sponsors and volunteers; and articles
of interest. The newsletters below are saved as
pdf files. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat, you
can get
it here for free.
|
| Summer
2007 |
Cityfolk
Festival Returns With Great Music and More Free
Family Activities -- Dave Barber: Still Going Strong
Two Decades On -- Support the Cityfolk Festival
By Volunteering -- Recent Features in the Cityfolk
E-News -- Last of the Line: Big Joe Duskin |
| Winter
2007 |
Rwandan
Residency Deeper Than Music and Dance -- Cityfolk
Music on Film Series Highlights Blues and Jazz --
Key Ingredients: Material Culture to Feature Food
-- Be a Good Neighbor! -- Recent Features in the
Cityfolk E-News -- New Member Campaign Progresses
Into 2007 |
| Autumn
2006 |
April
Verch Deeply Rooted in Rich Traditions of Canada's
Ottawa Valley -- Cityfolk Begins Membership Campaign
-- New Community Partnership Enlivens Long-Standing
Goals -- Rhythm Man -- Recent Features in the Cityfolk
E-News -- Fred Bartenstein Honored by IBMA |
| Summer
2006 |
Announcing
Cityfolk's 25th Anniversary Season! -- New! One
Stop Shopping for Tickets to All Cityfolk Shows
-- Exciting New Changes are in Store for the Cityfolk
Festival -- Festival Volunteers -- Cityfolk Festival
Wish List: Can You Help? -- Recent Features in the
Cityfolk E-News -- Enjoy the Cityfolk Festival from
Room with a View |
| Autumn
2005 |
Nothing
But the Soul: Mavis Staples Kicks Off American Roots
Series -- Cityfolk Receives National Award from
Chamber Music America -- Sound on Site -- Konono
No. 1 Brings Modern African Music to the World Music
Series -- Cityfolk's Annual Fund Needs YOUR Support
-- 2005 Cityfolk Festival Photo Gallery |
Summer
2005
|
Big
Party, Big Family Fun! It's the 2005 Cityfolk Festival
-- What is American Roots Music? -- SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT:
Lexis Nexis -- An Affair of the Arts -- 2005-2006
Celtic Series Features the Best in Scottish, Irish,
French-Canadian Music! |
| Winter
2005 |
How
Does Cityfolk Pay the Bills? -- Jazz Warms Up January
with Latin Heat -- Cityfolk Partners with Filmmaker
George Goehl -- SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: Healthcare Interventions
-- Duncan Scheidt Exhibit Sets Scene for Wynton
Marsalis -- From Baghdad to Dayton: World Music
Series Features Rahim AlHaj |
| Autumn
2004 |
How
Does a Cityfolk Season Come Together? -- Cityfolk
Joins the Dayton Foundation's Legacy Partnership
Program -- Things are Jazzing Up at Cityfolk --
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: Compunet Clinical Laboratories
-- Outstanding Cityfolk Volunteer Receives National
Award -- A Note from Executive Director John Harris
-- There's a New Face at Cityfolk! |
