FOLK New England's 'Stories Through Song' is supported by a grant from the ASCAP Foundation. During the course of the past 5 years, FNE has incorporated the work of local musicians/songwriter into the curriculum goals of elementary and middle school classrooms with a special … [Read more...]
Read This About Moon Cusser Oak Bluffs
David Lyman's business card ca. 1963. Courtesy DH Lyman. We'd like to share this great article/memoir by David Lyman. Yes, it's already two years old, but as we build our research files and continue to inventory our collection (and accession new donations), these memories are … [Read more...]
Nicole Cho Joins Preservation Team
FOLK New England is pleased to welcome Nicole Cho to the team as we begin the long process of preservation work on our growing collection. Nicole brings her love of roots music, her special interest in photography, and her critical experience cataloguing and describing archival … [Read more...]
“The Moon ‘Cusser Folk Music Coffee House” by David Lyman
It was the summer of 1963 . . . The Vietnam War was in full swing. A Kennedy was in the White House. The Beatles had yet to arrive in the US. Woodstock was five years away but folk music was still folk music and as popular as rock, even more so than the blues and most forms of … [Read more...]
Patty Larkin, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion and Tumbling Bones to perform a Fundraising Concert for FOLK New England
We are thrilled to have Patty Larkin headline our spring fundraising concert on Friday June 5th at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, MA. Special guests include Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion and Tumbling Bones. Patty Larkin redefines the boundaries of folk-urban pop music … [Read more...]