Sunday, August 16, 2015 August 12, 2015. We asked Bill Keith's musical partner Jim Rooney from Folk New England's founding committee to comment on the recent Bluegrass Hall of Fame announcement about Bill Keith. Rooney wrote: "Having just received the news that Bill … [Read more...]
Another Successful Year for ‘Stories Through Song’
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...]