Bay City native Andrew Maxson opens the concert sharing music of the ancient oud, an Arabic lute. Andrew has been studying the oud since 2019 as a student of Ramy Adly at the School of Oud Online. The curriculum was established by Naseer Shamma, a UNESCO Artist for Peace and founder of the Arabic Oud House in Egypt. Andrew will perform a repertoire from Naseer Shama, vintage Egypitan hits, and original pieces.
Ben Traverse, also of Michigan, will be accompanied by Josh Holcomb, Vince Russo, and Carsten Forester, to perform traditional folk music. These young musicians have been performing on stages across the state over the last decade. Ben began releasing recordings in 2021 as part of the Earthwork Music Collective, using traditional music as a vehicle for education, equity, and environmental action. Steeped in the history of the music as much as the music itself, Ben will offer an entertaining sample of Traditional American Folk Music, complete with stories behind the tunes. To learn more and listen to their work, visit the website bentraversemusic.com
Admission to the concert is $10 per person for Midland Folk Music Society members, $15 per Non-Member. Open to the public. Memberships available at the door. More information at www.folkmusicsociety.org
This concert is brought to you by the Midland Folk Music Society with grant support from the Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation and is a collaboration with Creative 360.
Link to lyrics for the 2023 MFMF Motown Sing-along
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1BiUFfWbPiJVMGQ9KCCbT0qoEgPuFYIFu?usp=drive_link
Dates for the 2023 Midland Folk Music Festival are Thursday, August 24th through Sunday, August 27th. You are certainly welcome to come as soon as Monday, August 21st and set up camp. You are encouraged to have even more fun than the gathering crowd in the picture below!
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The Folk Music Society of Midland presents a Spring Concert on Saturday,
April 22, 2023 at 7 pm at Creative 360,
the 1517 Bayliss Street location. The
concert opens with local folk musicians
from Sweet Friends in Music with
Special Guests Robin Abbott and Kristine
Goodwin and concludes with the lively
Ironwood band from Troy, MI.
Admission is $10 for FMSM members
(memberships available at the door), $12
for non-members. Tickets available in
advance and at the door. Public welcome!
Sweet Friends in Music is a local band
that includes Bob Rostollan (guitar and
bass); Kelly Sible (banjo, fiddle, mandolin,
guitar, saw and piano); and Julia Dryzga
(guitar). They've been together around
ten years and have quite a large variety
of music including country, bluegrass, oldies, folk and Celtic.
Robin Abbott is a vocalist and multi-
instrumentalist in Saginaw. Her
distinctive voice invites you to stay a while and listen.
Kristine Goodwin loves to sing both
lead and harmony, also plays guitar and
penny whistle. She is a local
singer/songwriter of many genres, living
and working in Midland. You can hear a
sampling of originals at
https://kristinegoodwinmusic.com
Ironwood band is a husband
& wife, Celtic Folk duo from Troy, MI. Anna is on lead vocal,
fiddle, and mandolin, while Mark rocks the acoustic guitar and
electric bass. Together they perform original tunes as well as
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