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times and locations
Times: All concerts are Saturday evenings, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Location: Unitarian Universalist Church of Indianapolis (UUI). UUI is located just south of Butler University at 615 West 43rd Street, Indianapolis. Click here to view map.
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Saturday, September 11, 2010 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm
iota (Indiana Old Time Ambassadors)
indianaoldtime.com
iota is Erik Peterson on banjo, Deb Shebish on fiddle and Johnandrew Bellner on guitar. Driving, clever & soulful,
this trio performs songs, fiddle tunes & ballads that are full of old-timey spirit. iota brings forth the music of many
native Hoosiers, past and present. The trio's fiddle, mandolin, guitar, ukulele and more support spirited vocals and
harmonies.
Tickets $10 (12 and under free) |
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Saturday, October 16, 2010 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Joe Peters & Linda Hicks
www.folkalley.com, www.myspace.com/joedaiwarriors and www.lindahicksmusic.com
Enjoy the interplay of two singer-songwriters who are frequent collaborators. Joe Peters' songs hearken back to a time when young people sought the experience of peace, love and adventure and expressed this search in their music. Many of Joe's songs are influenced by eastern philosophies and were written while living and working
overseas. Linda Hicks' music draws from the influences of bluegrass, old-time, Celtic, traditional, and
contemporary folk music. Rich Warren of Sing Out! Magazine says "Not only can she write, but she also knows how
to choose excellent songs and deliver them with sensitivity and conviction."
Tickets $10 (age 12 and under free) |
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Saturday, November 27, 2010 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Open Mic Night with violinist and cultural ambassador William Harvey Benefits Cultures in Harmony
www.culturesinharmony.org
Open Mic Night brings out an array of talent each Thanksgiving weekend. Pros try out new material; aspiring
performers get a stage and warm reception. This year, proceeds from Open Mic Night will benefit Cultures in Harmony.
NOTE: Performers should arrive at 6:00 to sign up for a 10-minute set.
Tickets $10 (age 12 and under free) |
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Saturday, January 15, 2011 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Sing! Uprising (singalong)
A favorite pastime and a first for the Indy Folk Series. The audience becomes the show as professionals, amateurs
and civilians share in a spontaneous evening of music making. Dissipate the winter doldrums with song. Bring
instruments and a copy of "Rise Up Singing" if you like. Proceeds will benefit a worthy cause.
Tickets $10 (age 12 and under free) |
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Saturday, February 19, 2011 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Deep Fryed Acoustiblasters
www.deepfryedacoustiblasters.com
The Deep Fryed Acoustiblasters play a mixture of Bluegrass, Blues, New-Acoustic, Rock and Jazz in an all-acoustic
format. DFAB is made up of rock-solid players who bring their experience and maturity together to create
captivating, soul - stirring rhythms – sometimes recalling the roots of original Bluegrass, other times breaking the
boundaries to move listeners into a new era between tradition and progression. The energy of the Deep Fryed
Acoustiblasters is complemented by four uniquely distinct voices. Individually, they offer an audience vocal variety,
but combined bring it together for a perfectly harmonious blend.
Tickets $10 (age 12 and under free) |
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Saturday, March 19, 2011 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Bobbie Lancaster
bobbielancaster.bandzoogle.com
Bobbie Lancaster showed promise as a classical singer but found her voice in Americana, blues, roots and original
music. Her performance was hailed as a highlight of the popular "Hoosier Springsteen" show, and she was chosen
for the top-flight cast of "Pure Prine" at the Phoenix Theatre in Indianapolis. Mike Kelsey of WFHB radio calls her
"An amazing performer whose energy can transform a stage." According to NUVO newsweekly, "The woman can
crank it up like Bonnie Raitt & Sheryl Crow."
Tickets $10 (age 12 and under free) |
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Saturday, April 16, 2011 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Davis & Devitt
www.cduniverse.com
Sharlee Davis and Will Devitt have taken their rootsy blend of folk rock, blues, country and acoustic pop/jazz to
countless audiences throughout the Midwest. They have shared the stage with k.d.lang, John Prine, Cowboy
Junkies, Greg Brown, Tuck and Patti and Carrie Newcomer to name a few. Inventive guitar, strong vocals and great
songs all add up to a unique and exciting sound heralded by critics and fans alike. Their latest CD "body of water" is
a tasteful collection of new Davis/Devitt originals.
Tickets $10 (age 12 and under free) |
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Saturday, May 21, 2011 from 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Cosy Sheridan with TR Ritchie
www.cosysheridan.com
Cosy Sheridan and TR Ritchie have between them won most of the major songwriting contests in the U.S., among them the Kerrville Folk Festival, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, The Sisters Folk Festival, The Napa Valley Folk Festival, The Silverton Folk Festival and the Snowbird Mountain Festival in Utah.
Often traveling together but also performing as solo artists, for the past 20 years they have toured the U.S., singing their songs in coffeehouses and concert halls, house concerts and festivals. |
Sheridan has been called "one of the era's finest and most thoughtful singer-songwriters." A storyteller as well as a songwriter; she weaves children’s fables into metaphors of modern adulthood: The Little Engine That Could talks with Ferdinand The Bull. Her modern renditions of mythology (we meet Hades the biker) have won her fans and praise from the press. The Cornell Folksong Society wrote: "Sheridan is frank, feisty, sublimely and devilishly funny. She fuses myth with modern culture; Persephone with Botox."
She first appeared on the folk scene in 1992 when she won the songwriting contests at the Kerrville Folk Festival and the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, and released her critically acclaimed CD Quietly Led on Waterbug Records. Folk Music Quarterly wrote: "When she's accepting her Grammy, we can say we knew her when."
Since then she's released 5 more CDs, taught songwriting at workshops and camps across the country and written a one-woman-show entitled The Pomegranate Seed – An Exploration of Appetite, Body-Image and Myth in Modern Culture.
Ritchie, who learned his musical chops as a street singer in Seattle's Pike Street Market in the early 80's, is a master of understated yet powerful imagery in his songs. Dubbed a "classic folk troubadour" by Performing Songwriter magazine, Ritchie's roots-influenced music has a timeless appeal. This past July he was invited to accompany Alexandra Cousteau and her Blue Legacy crew of photographers and writers on a trip though Cataract Canyon on the Colorado River to add musical perspective to the National-Geographic-sponsored expedition. The crew filmed him singing "Let This Mighty River Roll," his song for Glen Canyon.
Sheridan and Ritchie met at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 1992, and moved to Moab, Utah in 1994. In 2008 they co-founded the Moab Folk Camp, a folk and acoustic camp that takes place each November in conjunction with the Moab Folk Festival.
Tickets $10 (age 12 and under free) |
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The Indy Folk Series is supported by NUVO |
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