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An Update From Folk New England

January 20, 2021 By Brian Quinn

Betsy and Tom at UMass

Folk New England, Winter 2021 In the winter, warmth stands for all virtue.   Henry Thoreau We hope that your holidays were enjoyable, that you are warm, well-supplied, and safe, and that we can join in with the old blues singer who sang "I seen better days, but I'm puttin' … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Acoustic Music, Folk, Folk Music Coffee House, Folk New England Collection

Keep The Folk Lamps Trimmed And Burning

July 24, 2020 By Brian Quinn

Betsy and Tom at UMass

Dear Friend,   We hope that this letter finds you well and sheltering comfortably. The course that events that have taken since early this March has shaken all of our routines and expectations. There isn’t an aspect of our national lives that hasn’t had its weaknesses … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Betsy Siggins, Folk New England Collection, preservation work, vintage photographs folk music Tagged With: Betsy Siggins, Folk, Folk New England Collection, Music

Can you help Folk New England?

December 17, 2019 By Brian Quinn

Dear Friend; Sixty years or so ago, our lives were transformed by a combination of youth, enthusiasm, and music that can to be known as the Folk Revival.  Here at Folk New England, a community of volunteers and supporters see to it that our musical inheritance is collected, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Betsy Siggins, Folk New England Collection, preservation work Tagged With: Betsy Siggins, Folk, Folk New England Collection

Betsy Siggins receives first Passim Lifetime Achievement Award from Joan Baez

December 17, 2019 By Brian Quinn

Betsy Siggins Joan Baez

At Passim’s 60th anniversary show, an evening of memories and music By Stuart Munro Globe correspondent,Updated November 15, 2019, 6:20 p.m. A concert celebrating the 60th anniversary of what the evening’s host, WGBH’s Brian O’Donovan, called “the little club that could” — … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Betsy Siggins Tagged With: Betsy Siggins, Folk

Betsy Siggins Day

March 8, 2019 By Brian Quinn

Kara Elliott-Ortega, Betsy Siggins, Joe Spaulding

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh Proclaimed February 28th Betsy Siggins Day The Wang Theatre's Folk, Americana and Roots Hall of Fame featured a presentation from Mayor Walsh's office proclaiming yesterday "Betsy Siggins Day" in the city of Boston. The event not only honored … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Betsy Siggins, Folk New England Collection Tagged With: Betsy Siggins, Folk

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The mission of Folk New England is to foster appreciation and preservation of the indigenous folk music of the New England area through collection, preservation, and dissemination of both primary and secondary sources.  We work with individuals, families, musicians, scholars, students, and ordinary folk to increase and perpetuate the collection and understanding of the diverse common musical heritage of the region.





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