by Steve Eulberg I was picking through my photo archives and was so delighted to uncover these photos! Tam Kearney was a mainstay in the Toronto folk music scene after growing up in Glasgow and then moving to Canada in the 1960s. Unfortunately for us, he passed in 2013. (Read Ian Robb‘s eulogy in SingOut! […]
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Historic Dulcimers in England
by Steve Eulberg I was honored to be the American mountain dulcimer tutor for the Nonsuch Dulcimer Club’s Fall Festival in Malvern, England last month. Thanks to Geoff Reeve-Black, I was also able to see some historic mountain dulcimers from his collection that I am pleased to show to you here: This one was built […]
Habits Announcement (Ends 9/30/18)
“Hi, this is Steve Eulberg with another Habit for Your…. ….well, it’s not exactly a Habit, it’s an announcement: For people who are developing their Habits for a Healthy Music Habitat. My patrons, on Patreon, have been able to support me so that I can finish this collection in a digitized fashion. Southern Harmony shape-note […]
Mountain Dulcimer Sighting!
by Steve Eulberg It is always exciting to uncover or bump into another dulcimer sighting, in the course of one’s daily life (and/or internet searching!) In this video there is a visual and audio sighting of Frank Profitt playing and singing the ballad Barbara Allen from 8:46-11:09. His part of the video footage is from the Alan Lomax […]
Frank Proffitt
by Steve Eulberg In Pete Seeger‘s television series, Rainbow Quest, Episode 26, he hosted folklorist Frank Warner. At about 26:27 they begin discussing Frank Proffitt, including some film of him playing his banjo at the Newport Folk Festival (begins at 40:09) Frank is most well-known for preserving the song Tom Dooley, Earlier in their conversation, Pete relates an exchange of letters […]
Mimi and Richard Fariña
by Steve Eulberg What a time in which to live! The archive of so many treasures is available with a few clicks or keystrokes. Pete Seeger hosted a television series in 1965-66 that had a very limited audience in the New York and New Jersey areas, called Rainbow Quest. There was no studio audience yet Pete […]