Each November, The Harvard Square Business Association, in partnership with FOLK New England and Passim, celebrates Folk Music month in Harvard Square. The Square has long been an epicenter of critical thinking and social and political reform and nowhere was it more rampant than … [Read more...]
Premiere of Documentary WELCOME HERE AGAIN
Premiere of Documentary WELCOME HERE AGAIN: A Recording Session with the Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra Sunday, March 19, 2017, 3:30 pm Red River Theaters, 11 S. Main St., Concord, NH 03301 On Sunday March 20, 2016, sixteen musicians came together in the Chapel at … [Read more...]
What Bob Dylan Learned In Harvard Square
For Christopher Ricks and other professorial types around Boston, Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize may help validate their interest in the singer as a literary figure. But in addition to celebrating Dylan’s impact inside the academy, we should also celebrate the legacy he left behind in … [Read more...]
The video of Betsy Siggins @ the Cambridge Forum
Conversation with Betsy Siggins: Forever Young, Folk Music in Harvard Square from Cambridge Community Television on Vimeo. On November 16th, the Harvard Square Business Association hosted A Conversation with Betsy Siggins: Forever Young, Folk Music in Harvard Square, at the … [Read more...]
A Message From Folk New England Founder – Betsy Siggins
December 2015 Dear Friend, We are writing today to ask that you help us keep the faith with the music we have loved the most and for the longest here in New England. Folk music is comfort music; it is a set of loving grandparents who welcome us at the doorstep and can … [Read more...]