FOLKING AROUND NORTHERN VIRGINIA
The Folk Club of Reston Herndon has been for nearly 40 years “dedicated to the appreciation of music and the preservation of folk traditions.” Along with their weekly in-person sessions, the Folk Club has a virtual open mic on alternating Mondays. The virtual open mic’s are archived on Youtube. I participated on several Mondays this Fall after I moved to Virginia. For example:
On March 6, 2023, I stopped by (virtually) to play four songs, with the times noted below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ziJi1iG4aM
Don’t Postpone Joy ( at about 1 minute into the recording), followed by
Center of the Universe (and the Brecht poem Pleasures); later,
Anyone Who Had a Heart (Burt Bacharach) (at about 1 hour into the recording) and
River Nearby (at 1:38:00)
FCRH’s virtual open mic is organized and hosted bi-weekly by Al Hobson, the group Treasurer; Al also has opened a house concert venue, info at https://artsbarnmusic.org/. Regulars at the FCRH virtual open mic during my first 6 months or so include talented and entertaining fellow Virginians such as Ron Goad, Jim Nagle, John Druitt, Dan Grove, Bob Boden, Isabella Perelman, among others.
Links for my performances from the FCRH virtual open mic’s in Fall:
September 5, 2022 (my first visit) CCC Boys, First Class View, Greene County Coal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8A_mAZpKqQ
September 19, 2022. Blue Star in the Window, Mastodon Conversation, Old Strings, Orange Moon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzddxV6DU1M
October 3, 2022. How Much Time Have I Got, Green Barracuda, Fake It Til You Make it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0ysvcGs0po
October 17, 2022 It’s My Party (Wiener, Gould and Gluck); See You Later Traitor; Ballad of the Old Hitchhiker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMY1x-dV_Qw
November 28, 2022 Barmaids and Waitresses, Maple Sugar Snow, Shine When Trouble Shakes You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX03C2azBkY
December 26, 2022 Good King Wenceslaus (trad.), The Day after Christmas, The Magi (Michael Smith), A Wanderer Am I (Michael Smith) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmlZ8iMUPMs
