So this the first time I've been to NERFA, here… And the food was actually pretty good.Ī: I've been presenting showcases regularly at Folk Alliance Memphis, The clusters of sofas in HVR's lobby - and the baby grand piano!. Guerilla showcases seemed smaller, but overall seemed adequate. One of the tri-centric rooms was a little small and some of the rooms for I liked the main showroom and the Empire Lounge as performance venues. Q: How did you like the new facility… the conference in general?Ī: I found the Hudson Valley Resort both flexible and welcoming. Phil Henry, one of Falcon Ridge Long Island "Blues Boy," Phil Minissaleįolk Festival's stalwart played our showcase for the 2nd year in a row. Grave Too Deep." In our guerilla up in our showcase. Signature song "Don't Dig My Myspace offerings, then backed it Rich Deans penned Pat Wictor's Lara Ewen caught our ear with her Our guerilla showcase as well! He did a tricentric It didn't stop him from playing and blistered the frets. Got himself a formals showcase, drop when he sat down scene for a bunch of years now, and Just because Anthony DaCosta Angelo M made our jaws Meg Braun has been on the New York We applaud their ability to channel both Bill It was nice to see them getting more recognition. After years of seeing The Grandsons entertaining Danielle Miraglia was dazzling in bothĬenference attendees in the hallways of Kutsher's, appearance and in talent. So what else is new? seems to have its finger on the pulse of A bunch of Canadians string band out of Boston
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Lindsay Mac shows her signature style, playing the cello like a guitar.Īs she's classically trained, it goes beyond mere gimmickry. school, He loves a good jam, so we hope to see him He's just 17 and not yet out of highĬenter with him. (But I Don't)" as an accurate assessment of Sarah Palin.Ĭhuck Brodsky, no stranger to political Anthony DaCosta made his third year at NERFAĪnd social content was eagerly greeted memorable by attaining the formal showcases forīy all of us who stray to the left of the first time. We got a charge out of Jack's "I Oughta Know The Folk Brothers, David Massengill and Jack Hardy showed how clever Below, in the print shirt leaning on the piano, waiting to find out what the words are, is Steve Kirkman (Hope Machine), singer/songwriter, sideman extraordinaire. We don't know all the folks who gathered to jam in the lobby, but, above right, you can see Rick Snyder on guitar and Bill Wisnowski (My Dad's Truck) on fiddle. Hudson Vally Resort, Kerhonkson, New York While the rooms were a little smaller and the hallways narrower, everything still worked out, and everyone we talked to seemed to have had the best time ever. The lobby and everything else in general was more attractive than Kutsher's. All events were within close proximity to the spacious lobby. Yikes! The hotel itself was a big step up for the conference. We came through with no problem, but later I heard someone say that as they probed through the mist, they were suddenly facing the concrete wall at the first hairpin turn. In fact, I wasn't sure if it was fog, or a low lying cloud. It was foggy as we made our way up the side of the mountain. West of New Paltz, over a mountain road with hairpin turns, sits the Hudson Valley Resort in the town of Kerhonkson. The spectacular vista from the third floor landing window (Northeast Regional Folk Alliance) Conference Scrapbook