The Dust Busters

On Tour in the Pacific North West...

2012-01-20T12:32:00.000-08:00

Hello Everybody -

Here we are again, The Dust Busters - on tour in the Pacific North West! This time we are very pleased indeed to be on the road with Peter Stampfel and Jeffrey Lewis. It's gonna be a big show!

Here's our dates:

Jan 19 Seattle, WA

The VERA project
Warren Ave N corner of Republican St. $11 all ages

8 Dust Busters with Kristin Andreassen

8:45 Jeffrey Lewis

9:30 Peter Stampfel and the Ether Frolic Mob (2 Sets)

Feb 1 Cottage Grove, WA

The Arcade Theater 513 Main St. 7$

7 Holy Modal Rounders Sing-A-Long

8:15 The Dust Busters

9:15 Jeffrey Lewis

10 Peter Stampfel and the Ether Frolic Mob

Feb 2 Eugene, OR

The Last Stop Cafe 298 Blair Blvd $5 Suggested Donation

6pm Holy Modal Rounders Sing-A-Long

Sam Bonds Garage 407 Blair Blvd $7

9pm Dust Busters

9:45pm Jeffrey Lewis

10:30pm Peter Stampfel and the Ether Frolic Mob (2 Sets!)

Feb 3 Olympia, WA

The West Bay
1325 West Bay Drive.
Show starts at 9pm
The Dust Busters
Jeffrey Lewis
Peter Stampfel and the Ether Frolic Mob

Feb 4 Bellingham, WA

Pickford Cinema 1318 Bay St. $12, Members $10

9pm The Dust Busters

9:40pm Peter Stampfel and the Ether Frolic Mob

Opening for Steve Earle Feb. 6th...

2012-01-13T17:25:00.000-08:00

Steve Earle & Allison Moorer w / The Dust Busters - Monday, February 6th.

"Join City Winery in welcoming the very talented Steve Earle for a Winter esidency this January and February. The five-week run will see Steve play a special series of shows, and will feature a roster of invited guest and friends."

We are very excited to be playing at the City Winery with Steve Earle, comin' up on Feb. 6th. Check it out!

More info at:

http://citywinery.com/events/193329

City Winery

155 Varick Street

New York, NY

On Tour Through OH, KY and TN...

2011-10-16T22:28:00.001-07:00

Hello everybody,

The Dust Busters are heading out on tour again, this time to the great states of Ohio and Kentucky! We will be on tour from Nov. 15th - Nov. 20th, all the dates are below. We are pleased and honored to be performing at To Sing With You Once More: A musical memorial benefiting the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation and the Mike Seeger Scholarship Fund. This concert was organized my Michael Oberst of The Tillers, one of our very favorite bands! It is a tribute to the music and work of Mike Seeger.

The concert will feature:
John Cohen with The Dust Busters, Tracy Schwarz and Ginny Hawker, The Tillers with Uncle Mike Carr, Magnolia Mountain, Clifton Hicks, Rabbit Hash String Band, Ma Crow, Andru Bemis, The Comet Bluegrass Allstars, The Williams Family Band, Davy Jay Sparrow and His Well-Known Famous Drovers, Al Scorch's Country Soul Ensemble, Whiskey Bent Valley Boys, Gerle Haggard, Lee Sexton with John Haywood and Brett Ratliff, Ryan Spearman, Calamity Rain.

Sat, November 19, 2011
Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:00 pm

The Southgate House
Newport, KY
$12.00 - $15.00

[Mike Seeger with some of his instruments]

Here's all of our November tour dates:

Sunday Nov. 13th - Occupy Wall St. benefit concert
The Jalopy Theater
315 Columbia St.
Brooklyn, NY
7pm
$10, all proceeds go to the Occupy Wall St. movement.

Tuesday Nov. 15th - Hiram College, Hiram, OH.
Frohring Recital Hall
11764 Dean St., Hiram
7:30pm

Wednesday Nov. 16th - Gone to the country...

Thursday Nov. 17th - Gerstle's Place - Louisville, KY
3801 Frankfort Ave. Louisville, KY
9pm
Seth Folsom will play an opening set.

Friday Nov. 18th - Morelock Music, Knoxville, TN
411 S. Gay St.
Knoxville, TN 37902
...a little after 8pm

Saturday Nov. 19th - To Sing With You Once More benefit, Newport, Kentucky
Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Southgate House
Newport, KY
$12.00 - $15.00

Sunday Nov. 20th - House Concert with John Cohen
2911 South Park Blvd
Shaker Heights, Cleveland, OH

A Halloween Puppet Show and Costume Squaredance...

2011-10-15T20:26:00.000-07:00

The Fabulous Jalopy Theater presents:

A Halloween Puppet Show

and

Costume Squaredance

To benefit Occupy Wall St.

Monday Oct 31st 7pm

@ The Jalopy Theater

315 Columbia St.

BROOKLYN

Hosted by The Dust Busters

Featuring music by:

Jesse Lenat (NY),

The Crow Quill Night Owls (Port Townsend, WA)

Blind Boy Chocolate and The Milk Sheiks (Asheville, NC)

99 'cent Stringband (OWS)

The Dolly Wagglers (Vermont)

and more.

Show starts at 7pm with an hour of short puppet shows by various local puppeters and will go till about 1am. Dance from 9-11pm, called by David Harvey of the Dolly Wagglers.

www.dustbustersmusic.com

www.jalopy.biz

About The show and Occupy Movement...

The money from the door will go to buying sleeping pads, coats, blankets and flowers for wall st. This event (like OWS) has no political affiliations. It is simply a way to bring the community together in celebration and support of those putting their lives on the line to remind the goverment that its job is to execute the will of the PEOPLE, not CORPORATIONS!

As a movement, we are not anti-capitalist or anti-business, we just care about each other and recognize that corporations are responsible to their shareholders. It is the responsibility of the people to establish rules and a method of enforcing them that enables society to function fairly. When this process breaks down we must say something, and loudly. Money speaks very convincingly. People are much less likely to listen to dirty freaks with funny signs, so we the artists must help them.

Everyone decries the citizens and officers of Nazi Germany for not saying something, and yet a group of modern transnational corporations are waging a war on the entire earth, on human rights, and on the whole principle of dignity and integrity which is far more insidious and pervasive.

Many of us feel we can't leave our jobs or careers or families to make our voices heard, even though we recognize that the electoral process will never bring about major change in the values and efficacy of our goverment. Let's come together and support those who are. Sleeping on concrete in the freezing weather is very bad on your back and if the camp has any chance of not succombing to infectious disease they will need to all be dressed warmly; both those who are there for free food and those who left good jobs to come and sweep our city or provide legal or medical aid to the community- not because they're being paid to but because they care.

Thank You with all our heart,

Craig - Dust Buster and organizer of this event

Prohibition...

2011-10-02T09:31:00.000-07:00

For all you fans of the new Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, "Prohibition" documentary, you might also like The Dust Busters, "Prohibition is a Failure" album featuring a great selection of old time songs from that golden era of American history!

CLICK HERE to hear the music and order your copy!

On Tour Through VA, NC and MD

2011-08-18T09:55:00.000-07:00

The Dust Busters are taking to the road in early/mid September for a tour through the Upper South, look out! We'll be playing Saturday Sept. 10th at the Dock Boggs Festival in Norton, VA and have a number of other dates on the way there and the way back, gonna be a bunch of great shows... This will be our second appearance at the Dock Boggs Festival and we're proud to have been invited back!

Wednesday Sept. 7th - Ashland Coffee & Tea - 8pm
100 N. Railroad Avenue
Ashland, VA 23005 - Near Richmond.
http://ashlandcoffeeandtea.com

Thursday Sept. 8th - Sitting in with Frank Fairfield at the Hopscotch Music Festival - 11:30pm at:
Five Star
511 W. Hargett St.
Raleigh, NC 27603
(919) 833-3311
Age limit: 18+

Friday Sept. 9th - House concert, Asheville, NC. 8pm. $5 suggested donation, food will be served.
33 Carolina Lane
Asheville, NC 28801

Saturday Sept. 10th - The Dock Boggs Festival - 5pm

Appalachian Traditions Village
6034 Kent Junction Road
Norton, VA 24273
Phone: (276) 431-3338
Phone: (276) 679-0961

Sunday Sept. 11th - The Bywater, playing with The Chocolate Milk Sheiks- 5pm
796 Riverside Drive
Asheville, NC

Monday Sept. 12th - off

Tuesday Sept. 13th - Metro Gallery - 8pm.

1700 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21218

2011-08-09T13:34:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody,

Just letting you know that The Dust Busters will be appearing at the Racoon County Music Festival in Ohio this weekend, Saturday August 13th at 5pm. And be sure to check out our friends, The Little Brothers - and amazing country blues string band at 4pm! Looking forward to it!

Ireland and England Tour June 20th - July 3rd!

2011-06-20T10:46:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody, The Dust Busters are on the road again, this time in Ireland and England. Here’s the dates! Come say hi if you’re in the area!

Jun 20
Kenny's Pub
Lahinch, Co Clare, IRELAND
Jun 21
The Old Oak
Cork, Co Cork, IRELAND
Jun 22
Cleere's Pub, Kilkenny
Kilkenny, IRELAND
Jun 23
The Crane Bar
Galway, IRELAND
Jun 24
JJ Harlows
Roscommon, IRELAND
Jun 25
WYATT HOTEL
WESTPORT, CO MAYO, IRELAND
Jun 26
Mannion's Piub
Balla, Co Mayo, IRELAND
Jun 28
Scout Hut
Bristol, UNITED KINGDOM
Jun 30
The Hope
Brighton, GB
Jul 1
Maverick Music Festival
Suffolk, UK
Jul 2
The Deptford Arms
London, UNITED KINGDOM
Jul 3
The Masons Arms
London, UNITED KINGDOM

The Dust Busters to Appear at The Brooklyn Folk Festival!

2011-06-05T19:58:00.000-07:00

The Dust Busters will be making their 3rd appearance at The Brooklyn Folk Festival on Saturday June 11th and 9:45pm. Its gonna be great!

Here's some more info on the festival:

Brooklyn Folk Festival:

Friday, June 10th- Sunday, June 12th, 2011 at the JalopyTheater and Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition- Brooklyn, New York.

Down HomeRadio host Eli Smith is proud to announce the 3rd annual Brooklyn FolkFestival, to be held at the Jalopy Theater and Brooklyn Waterfront ArtistsCoalition in Brooklyn, NY – Friday, June 10th- Sunday, June 12th, 2011. The festival will feature the bestyoung talent from Brooklyn’s exploding folk music scene as well as luminariesfrom the generation that made the 1960’s New York City folk music revival. The music featured will includetraditional styles such as old-time string band music, blues, jug band music,traditional music of Mexico, the Balkans and West Africa, North Indian classical music, local songwriters andmore! There will be concertsthroughout the day as well as workshops on various musical styles, filmscreenings and a Sunday afternoon square dance! This year will also inaugurate the Brooklyn Folk Festival “BanjoToss.” The person who throws abanjo the farthest will win a free banjo!

The festivalwill feature luminaries such as Grammy Award winner Peter Stampfel of the HolyModal Rounders and Pat Conte of the Canebrake Rattlers and Secret Museum ofMankind, two of the main creators of the 1960’s folk music scene in GreenwhichVillage, but will also feature young Brooklyn based talents such as acclaimed blues musician Blind Boy Paxton, ballad singer ElizabethButters, old time string band The Dust Busters, Country singer Alex Battles, songster Feral Foster, and manymore. Radio Jarocho, a Mexicanfolk music collective will perform a variety of styles of music and dance fromacross Mexico. Clifton Hicks ofBoone, North Carolina will be making a second appearance at the festivalfollowing his debut last year, playing his style of traditional banjo music ofthe Southern Appalachian mountains. The Brooklyn Folk Festival seeks to exhibitthe cultural contributions from a diversity of Brooklyn communities, and inparticular seeks to highlight the young talent emerging from those communities.

Come down to The Brooklyn Folk Festival in Redhook Brooklynover the weekend Friday, June 10th- Sunday, June 12th to hear Brooklyn’s besttraditional Folk musicians and song writers. You will hear banjos, fiddles, mandolins, guitars, peopleblowing on jugs and harmonicas, a world champion whistler as well as greatoriginal songs. If you want tolearn how to play, come down to the afternoon instrumental workshops. The festival costs $20 per day or $55for 3 days, including the afternoon workshops and film screenings! The Brooklyn Folk Festival isco-sponsored by Down Home Radio @ www.DownHomeRadioShow.com& The Jalopy Theater.

Web: www.BrooklynFolkFest.com

The Jalopy Theater is located at

315 Columbia Street

Brooklyn, New York 11231

(718) 395 3214

www.Jalopy.biz

The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition is located at:

499 Van Brunt Street

NY 11231-1048

(718) 596 2507

www.bwac.org

Dust Buster Eli Smith Interviewed on Brooklyn Independent Television

2011-06-05T18:00:00.000-07:00

I was lucky enough recently to be interviewed by Jon Gerberg for the program “Caught in the Act” on Brooklyn Independent Television, and here is the result! Thanks Jon!
I talk about what I do here in Brooklyn with my old time string band The Dust Busters, with Down Home Radio and with the upcoming Brooklyn Folk Festival, scheduled to take place June 10th – 12th of this year. Its right around the corner!
Here’s a bit more about the “Caught in the Act” program.

“Brooklyn’s art scene is one of the most vibrant and diverse in the world. Each month, Caught in the Act: Art in Brooklyn profiles a cross-section of key Brooklyn professionals in fine art, dance, music, theatre—and new forms of expression combining all of the above. From established institutions of international stature, to the emerging artists and companies that have long made our borough’s arts scene so exciting, Caught in the Act catches them in the act of creating, displaying, interpreting—and enriching—the cultural life of Brooklyn.”

Mud Season Tour: April 30th - May 7th. Look Out!

2011-04-18T21:43:00.001-07:00

Spring is in the air and The Dust Busters are taking to the road. Look out!

Fri. April 29th - New York, NY. We're very happy to be doing a New York show with our friend Andy Cohen. Andy's an amazing blues and ragtime guitarist and the one and only dolceola player you will ever see anywhere. Check it out! No Cover!
9pm Andy Cohen
10pm The Dust Busters
@ Banjo Jim's located at 9th St. and Ave. C in Manhattan

Sat. April 30th - Washington D.C.

Presented by TheFolklore Society of Greater Washington

Show time: 8 pm
Washington Ethical Society Auditorium
7750 16th St., NW
Washington, DC 20012.

The Polka Dots will open the show.

Sun. May 1st - Woodcrest Farm, Hillsborough, NC.
7pm. $15 suggested donation.
5604 Dairyland Road
Hillsborough, NC 27278
info@woodcrestfarmnc.com

And at 4pm an instore appearance at:
All Day Records
112a east main st

Carrboro, NC 27510

Mon. May 2nd - Nuthin'.

Tues. May 3rd - Asheville, NC. House Concert - 7:30pm – 9:30pm, two 45-minute sets with a 30-minute intermission. $15 per seat. reservation-required.
Please contact for location and reservations:
Elizabeth Pittman
ebpittman@austin.rr.com

Wed. May 4th - Gone fishin'.

Thurs. May 5th - Louisville, KY.
The Rudyard Kipling - 9pm
422 West Oak Street
Louisville, KY 40203-3002
(502) 636-1311

Fri. May 6th - Oberlin, OH.

Oberlin Folk Festival. 8pm. Free!
CAT IN THE CREAM COFFEEHOUSE
180 W. Lorain St. (OH St. Rt. 511), Oberlin, OH 44074

Sat. May 7th - Pittsburgh, PA
Doors: 6pm
Panther Hollow String Band 7pm
The Dust Busters 8pm

City Books
1111 East Carson St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
$5-10 suggested donation

Goin' to South by Southwest with Peter Stampfel

2011-03-14T11:35:00.000-07:00

Well here we are again, The Dust Busters, just back from a successful tour of the Pacific Northwest! But we're not done yet! We're heading down to Austin, TX to play at South by Southwest, the huge annual music and film festival they have there. Gonna be fun! We'll be playing together with our good friend Peter Stampfel of The Holy Modal Rounders. Peter Stampfel + The Dust Busters (with a few other friends thrown in, including John Cohen) = The Ether Frolic Mob. We often play around New York as Ether Frolic and it'll be fun taking the show on the road.

We'll be out and around town busking and raising a ruckus on Friday the 18th. Then catch us at our showcase concert at Creekside at the Hilton Garden Inn, Sat. March 19th 1AM- 1:50AM (which is the 20th by then).

Austin Hilton Garden Inn
500 North IH 35
Austin, TX 78753
(512) 480-8181

We have a new album with Peter Stampfel and the Ether Frolic mob coming out over the Summer. So look out for that... See ya down South.

On the West Coast... with John Cohen! Feb. 26th-March 12th...

2011-02-16T10:00:00.000-08:00

[The Dust Busters with John Cohen, Fall 2010.]

We are very very pleased to be doing a tour of the West Coast with our friend from New Lost City, John Cohen. John Cohen is a founder of the legendary old-time string band The New Lost City Ramblers, one of our very favorite bands and big inspirations. John Cohen is a musician, photographer and film maker who has released more than 16 documentary films. His latest is entitled "Roscoe Holcomb: From Daisy, Kentucky." The film follows Roscoe Holcomb, the singer, banjo and guitar player, construction worker and coal miner whom John encountered in 1959 while doing field work in Eastern Kentucky. John befriended Roscoe and through John, Roscoe Holcomb was able to tour and play shows around the United States and in Europe, becoming known as one of the truly unique and essential voices of American folk music. It’s a beautiful film and a wonderful tribute to Roscoe Holcomb.

“Roscoe Holcomb: From Daisy, Kentucky” recently premiered at the Margaret Meade Film Festival at the American Museum of Natural History together with a retrospective of John’s work and also just won the award for Best Documentary Short at the Woodstock Film Festival.

Also, a very nice piece about John Cohen and the new film just aired on NPR’s Weekend Edition: CHECK IT OUT!

Here’s a synopsis of “Roscoe Holcomb: From Daisy, Kentucky" that I wrote for the program guide of the Woodstock Film Festival:

“John Cohen explores the life, philosophy and music of Eastern Kentucky banjo player, coal miner and construction worker Roscoe Holcomb. Holcomb has been injured on the job and forced into early retirement. He discusses his life and music and plays a number of traditional songs from his region. Using intimate footage of Holcomb at home as well as footage of his family, community and region, Cohen presents a remarkable and visually beautiful portrait of Roscoe Holcomb, a man who despite economic hardship and changing times has maintained a powerful and authentic personal music and philosophy.”

All shows feature The Dust Busters with John Cohen unless otherwise noted. Frank Fairfield will join the band for the show at The Freight and Salvage in Berkeley!

[Roscoe Holcomb with John Cohen, 1964]

Below are the dates for our upcoming tour. See ya out in the world!

Sat. Feb 26th, 2pm
Instore appearance at Down Home Music Store
10341 San Pablo Ave
El Cerrito, CA - 94530
(510) 525-2129

Sat. Feb 26th, 5pm
Workshops at The Freight & Salvage
2020 Addison Street

Berkeley, CA 94704

Info:
Old Time 5-String Banjo Workshop w/ John Cohen - Saturday, February 26, 5:00-6:00 pm ($25**)
Old-Time Country Fiddle Workshop w/ Craig Judelman - Saturday, February 26, 5:00-6:00 pm ($25**)
Old-Time Guitar Workshop w/ Eli Smith & Walker Shepard - Saturday, February 26, 5:00-6:00 pm ($25**)
Old Time String Band Sounds & Styles w/ John Cohen, Craig Judelman, Eli Smith, & Walker Shepard - Saturday, February 26, 6:15-7:15 pm ($25**)

**There is a discounted fee of $40 if you sign up simultaneously for one of the 5:00 workshops and the 6:15 Old Time String Band Sounds & Styles.

Mon. Feb 28th, 7:30pm
Show at The Freight and Salvage
2020 Addison Street

Berkeley, CA 94704

- The show starts at 7:30pm with a showing of John's new Roscoe Holcomb film, then at 8pm the great Bay Area bluegrass band Kleptograss and then The Dust Busters with John Cohen. We will also be joined on this show by our friend Frank Fairfield!

Tuesday March 1st, 9pm
Missing Link Records
819 J St
Arcata, CA 95521

- We're playing at this great record store and showing John's new movie. This show is sold out at the moment, but check with Missing Link for ticket availability- (707) 826-0590.

Wed. March 2nd, 6:30pm
Bijou Theater
492 East 13th
Eugene, OR 97401

Wed. March 2nd, 9pm
The Granary Pizza Company
259 E 5th Ave

Eugene, OR 97401

Thurs. March 3rd, 8pm
Mission Theater

1624 NW Glisan
Portland, Oregon 97209

- We're super excited for this show with the full Foghorn Stringband, reuniting for this show. Show will start with John's new movie about Roscoe Holcomb, then the Dust Busters with John Cohen, then Foghorn...

Fri. March 4th, 6:30pm
Grand Illusion Cinema
1403 NE 50th St
Seattle, Washington 98105

-We're screening John Cohen's new movie Roscoe Holcomb, From Daisy Kentucky, as well as Remembering an Old Song and Sarah and Maybelle Carter at 630 and 930 pm. The films will be followed by a short talk back with John. At 8pm, there will be a performance by The Dust Busters with John Cohen before the second screening.

Sat. March 5th, 6:30pm
YWCA
1026 North Forest Street
Bellingham, WA 98225

- Two sets, The Dust Busters with John Cohen

Sat. March 5th, 9pm
Pickford Film Center
Bellingham, Washington 98225

-We will screen John's new movie featuring Roscoe Holcomb at his home in eastern Kentucky playing and talking about his life. We will also screen John's films "The End of an Old Song," and "Sarah and Maybelle Carter."

Mon. March 7th, 7pm
San Juan Community Theater
100 2nd Street, Friday Harbor, Washington
(360) 378-3210

Sat. March 12th, 8 PM
Rogue Folk Club
St. James Hall - 3214 W. 10th Avenue
Vancouver, British Co CANADA

- sans John Cohen, plus new Roscoe movie

Midwestern January "Snow-Season" Tour...

2011-01-14T22:04:00.000-08:00

Hello Everyone,

The Dust Busters are taking to the road again for our January 2011 Midwestern "Snow-Season" tour. Its gonna be a great tour, with a number of really cool shows on the schedule! See ya out there in the world...

Wednesday Jan. 19th- Hiram College, Hiram, OH.

Thursday Jan. 20th- House Concert in Cleveland, OH sponsored by Roots of American Music.

Friday Jan. 21st- Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, IL - Trad Fest with Bruce Molsky and the Foghorn Stringband.

Saturday Jan. 22nd- Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, IL - Trad Fest with Bruce Molsky and the Foghorn Stringband.

Sunday Jan. 23rd- Independent Media Center gig in Urbana, IL with the Foghorn Stringband.

Tuesday Jan. 25th- Rachel's Cafe Bloomington, Indiana.

Thursday Jan. 27th- Greenline Cafe, Philadelphia PA with Noggin Hill.

Saturday 29th- Cafe Nola, Frederick, Maryland with Lydia Martin of the Martin Family Band and The Woodshedders.

Sunday Jan. 30th - Windup Space with Stephen Strohmeier and Walker & Jay, Baltimore, MD.

The Dust Busters with Patti Smith, New Year's Eve Photos

2011-01-14T21:35:00.000-08:00

Here's some photos from New Year's Eve at the stroke of midnight. We opened for Patti Smith for 3 nights at the Bowery Ballroom here in New York. They were great, really fun sold out shows. We had a really great time! Here we are on stage with Patti and her band, sitting in with them for the finale as the clock struck midnight and we started the year 2011. Happy New Year!

"Prohibition is a Failure" Liner Notes

2011-01-14T21:34:00.000-08:00

Here's the liner notes for the EP album "Prohibtion is a Failure" by The Dust Busters with John Cohen, 2010. Click image to enlarge...

Albums For Sale...

2011-01-10T21:38:00.000-08:00

The Dust Busters music is for sale and you can download it on the internet!

Click the images below to be taken to the sales page...

The Dusters new album with John Cohen of the New Lost City Ramblers.

The Dusters first album!

Roots n Ruckus!

2011-01-03T16:32:00.000-08:00

[The Dust Busters at the Jalopy Theater. Sketch by Robin Hoffman.]

Hey everybody,

Come check out Roots n Ruckus this Wednesday, the awesome weekly folk music show at the Jalopy Theater in Redhook, Brooklyn- we'll be playing at 11pm! No cover!

The Jalopy Theater
315 Columbia Street
NY 11231
(718) 395-3214
www.Jalopy.biz

New Year's Eve at the Bowery!

2010-12-23T22:56:00.000-08:00

Very happy to report that we are now playing all three nights, opening for Patti Smith at her end of the year Bowery Ballroom shows! In addition to the 29th and 30th dates, we have now been added to the bill for the New Year's eve show, Dec. 31st! We're really looking forward to it. Gonna be fun!

Opening for Patti Smith at the Bowery Ballroom- Dec. 29th & 30th!

2010-12-06T11:02:00.000-08:00

The Dust Busters will be opening for poet-singer Patti Smith for 2 shows- Wednesday Dec. 29th and Thursday Dec. 30th at The Bowery Ballroom. Gonna be fun! We're big Patti Smith fans and its a big honor to be able to open for her 2 nights of her legendary Bowery Ballroom end of the year shows!

The Bowery Ballroom is located at:

6 Delancey Street corner of Bowery
New York, NY 10002-2804
(212) 533-2111

Prohibition is a Failure - Dec. 12th CD Release Show!

2010-11-28T18:08:00.000-08:00

Hello everybody-

Our brand new EP, "Prohibition is a Failure" is coming out on Sunday Dec. 12th, and we're proud as can be! We'll be doing a CD release show that night at Southpaw here in Brooklyn. Its gonna be a great show with a number of our favorite musicians joining us on the bill. We recorded the album over the summer with John Cohen, a founder of The New Lost City Ramblers, one of our all time favorite bands and it was a huge honor as well as a pleasure to make a record with him. This EP will be followed by a full length LP with more recordings from those sessions a few months down the road. The album will be available for purchase on the internet soon enough... but come down to the show and get one hot of the press!

The Dust Busters and John Cohen Present: "Prohibition is a Failure" CD Release Party!

8pm - Brotherhood of the Jug Band Blues
8:45pm - Kristin Andreassen (of Uncle Earl and Sometymes Why) and Friends
9:30pm - The Dust Busters with John Cohen of the New Lost City Ramblers
10:30pm - Square Dance!

Sunday Dec. 12th
@
Southpaw
125 5th Ave btwn Sterling and St. Johns
Brooklyn, NY
(718) 230-0236

Buy tickets in advance at: TicketWeb

John Cohen Photographs

2010-11-26T19:47:00.000-08:00

The Dust Busters, photographed by John Cohen, Fall 2010.

The Dust Busters were photographed this Fall by our good friend and very favorite photographer, John Cohen of the New Lost City Ramblers. We've been doing a whole lot of work with John Cohen of late including recording an album with him over the Summer which came out real nice- and we're releasing an EP from those sessions real soon! The CD release show is set for Sunday Dec. 12th at South Paw here in Brooklyn. Gonna be fun! Look out for more info on that coming soon...

We were very honored to be photographed by John who among his many subjects has taken such stunning photos of so many of our favorite musicians over many years.

For more of these photos as well as lots more Dust Busters photos, visit our PHOTOS PAGE.

The Dust Busters, photographed by John Cohen, Fall 2010.

DBers w/ John Cohen, photo by John Cohen and Kehren Barbour, Fall 2010.

This Weekend!

2010-11-16T11:41:00.000-08:00

Saturday Nov. 20th at The Jalopy Theater!

We'll be playing with John Cohen to celebrate the release of the new book about John's band The New Lost City Ramblers.

Gone to the Country: The New Lost City Ramblers and the Folk Music Revival by Ray Allen
Saturday, November 20
Show starts at 8:30pm

"Gone to the Country: The New Lost City Ramblers and the Folk Music Revival," is a new book by Ray Allen that chronicles the life and music of the New Lost City Ramblers, a trio of city-bred musicians who helped pioneer the resurgence of southern roots music during the folk revival of the late 1950s and 1960s. Formed in 1958 by Mike Seeger, John Cohen, and Tom Paley, the Ramblers introduced the regional styles of southern ballads, blues, string bands, and bluegrass to northerners yearning for a sound and an experience not found in mainstream music. Tonight, Ray Allen will show rare and fantastic photos of the band, while telling the story of the band and it's impact on music everywhere.

Friday Night at 25CPW Gallery

November 19, 6-9pm We'll be playing at 8pm with John Cohen as part of this wonderful art opening...

films-photographs-kinetic sculpture-woodcarvings
stringband music

EXHIBITION OPENING AND LIVE PERFORMANCES
on exhibit until November 28th

JOHN COHEN of The New Lost City Ramblers performing with The Dust Busters

BOB POTTS of the Highwoods Stringband
JOHN SPECKER of the Correctone Stringband

with additional photographs and video by Bess Greenberg

25CPW Gallery
25 Central Park West
New York, New York
10023
ph. 212.203.0250

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

REVIVAL at 25CPW showcases not just the music but the creative hunger, unique vision, and artistic discipline of three important pioneers of the 1950’s old-time stringband revival.

The folk music revival that emerged from the creative ferment around Washington Square Park in the ‘50's signified a yearning within the newly industrialized society for a connection to a more traditional, handmade America.

One vibrant branch of this movement was composed of individuals who developed a profound reverence for the rich stringband traditions of the rural South. The New Lost City Ramblers became the trailblazers of this new subculture, not only through faithful study and performance of the music, but also as a result of the extensive field recordings they made as they sought out living exemplars throughout the mountains of Appalachia.

New, young bands quickly followed suit. A ragtag group of street performers from Berkeley, California formed the Highwoods Stringband and introduced the music to eager new ears across the country. They settled outside of Ithaca, NY which became a hot point in the new old-time music scene. Also in Ithaca, the Correctone Stringband was led by fiddler John Specker, whose explosive channeling of the Muse spawned a regional style that became known at fiddlers' conventions as the 'Ithaca sound'.

Today the old-time stringband revival remains a strong and vital movement. New generations continue to discover within these old fiddle tunes not antiquated relics but a unique and living form of American music.

Square Dance!

2010-10-20T12:16:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody,

We're playing a square dance on Friday, gonna be fun! It's gonna be held at the House of Yes in Williamsburg. We'll be playing a short set before playing for the dance at 11pm. Dave Harvey will be the caller, from nycbarndance.com. Opening the show will be our friends, Cuddle Magic.

Friday, October 22nd

Show starts at 9pm

House of Yes
342 Maujer St
Brooklyn NY 11237

A Visit with Joe Thompson

2010-10-11T10:41:00.000-07:00

[Photos by E. Smith]

On a beautiful day in early June The Dust Busters paid a visit to the home of Joe and Polly Thompson. Joe Thompson is 91 and lives outside of Mebane, NC. He has been playing fiddle since he was 5 years old, way back in 1923 and is perhaps the very last traditionally schooled African-American fiddler in the world. Joe is a World War II veteran and is long retired from his job at a furniture factory. He continues to play music at home and at gigs including taking his music to Carnegie Hall in New York City, the National Folk Festival and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and the International Music Festival in Brisbane, Australia. In 2007 Joe Thompson was honored with the National Heritage Fellowship award from National Endowment for the Arts. The Carolina Chocolate Drops have spent a lot of time with Joe and have learned a lot from him. They continue to present many of his tunes in their performances. We met Joe at the 2nd Black Banjo Gathering, held in Boone, NC in March of this year.

We sat around the Thompson's picnic table in the field behind their house and played a number of tunes as Joe recalled his musical family and his upbringing. Joe and Polly were tremendously nice and hospitable and we were really touched and honored to spend time with them. Here are some excerpts from the long afternoon that we spent at the Thompson's home.

Big thanks go to Joe and Polly's friend Larry Vellani for bringing us to their home that day, and a shout out goes to our friend Steve Kruger who joined us with his banjo and guitar.

Here's the songs we played that you'll hear on this recording:

I Shall Not be Moved
John Henry
Dona Got a Ramblin' Mind
Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad
Lights in Valley
Georgia Buck
Molly Put the Kettle On
Ladies on the Steamboat
Molly Put the Kettle On
I've Got Oil in my Vessel
Careless Love

More photos below:

Roscoe Holcomb at the Woodstock Film Festival

2010-10-05T21:24:00.001-07:00

We were very pleased to play with John Cohen on Saturday following the screening of his new film, "Roscoe Holcomb: From Daisy Kentucky" at the 2010 Woodstock Film Festival. We were even more pleased that the film took the award for best short documentary at the festival!

Look out for John & The Dust Busters playing in support of the film again on Nov. 13th at the 34th Annual Margaret Mead Film & Video Festival at the American Museum of Natural History.

[Roscoe Holcomb with John Cohen, 1964]

Reviewed in Sing Out!

2010-09-28T19:37:00.000-07:00

The Dust Busters self titled first album has just been reviewed in the Summer 2010 issue of Sing Out! magazine. The very positive review says that we "embrace happy recklessness." The reviewer goes on to say that, "I wish they could have put this record out on 78rpm; I'd love to play it on my grandmother's Victrola. Authentically good stuff!"

We would like to start issuing 78rpm singles. Sounds expensive. Who knows, we'll work on it...

Dock Boggs Festival

2010-09-10T14:17:00.000-07:00

The Dust Busters are on our way to Norton, Virginia today, once home of legendary banjo player Dock Boggs and current home of the Dock Boggs Festival. We will be playing there on Saturday Sept. 11th at 3pm. At 5pm our friends The Tillers will also play. Gonna be a great festival, check it out!

From the festival's website:

DOCK BOGGS
The festival honors Moran Lee "Dock" Boggs, a Norton native who recorded traditional mountain songs, including his unique style of banjo plucking in a 1920 recording session in New York. Boggs, who died in 1971, received more fame when folk musician Mike Seeger came to Norton to record the retired coal miner's music in the 1960's. Boggs is also credited with influencing musician Bob Dylan and others. Seeger brought Boggs's music to the national stage once again in 1997 when he released some of the Norton native's recordings.

KATE PETERS STURGILL

Kate is a native ballad singer and songwriter; she is also honored by the festival because of her lifelong work with traditional mountain music. She is noted for helping A. P. Carter collect traditional mountain music. Sturgill and her band, "The Lonesome Pine Trailers," performed in Norton radio station, WNVA.

European Tour!

2010-08-22T23:39:00.000-07:00

Alright! We're headed out to Yerp with dates across Bulgaria from August 26th-31st and then on to Ireland where we will be from Sept 2nd - Sept 5th. See ya on the road...

Bulgaria:
August 26th - The Burgas Folk Festival.

August 28th - Apollonia Festival of the Arts in Sozopol.

August 31st - Concert in Sofia at the summer stage in Borissova Gradina, 6pm.

Ireland:
Sept 2nd - The Crane Bar, Galway.

September 3rd - Geraghty's, Westport.

September 5th - The Cobblestone Pub, Dublin.

West Coast Tour!

2010-08-04T10:35:00.000-07:00

Alright! We're headed out to JFK airport to catch our flight- Gonna be playing a number of club dates around the Pacific Northwest and at the Pickathon festival near Portland, OR over the next week and a half. Looking forward to it, gonna be a great tour! Here's the info:

Thursday, August 05, 2010 9:00 PM
New Frontier
301 E 25th St
Tacoma Washington 98421

Friday August 6th - Sunday the 8th - multiple performances
Pickathon Festival
Pendarvis Farm
16581 SE Hagen Rd, Happy Valley, OR, 97086

Tuesday, August 10, 2010 8:00 PM
Cornucopia
295 W 17th St
Eugene OR 97401

Wednesday, August 11, 2010 9:00 PM
Mississippi Pizza
3552 N mississipi ave
Portland OR 97227

Thursday, August 12, 2010 9:00 PM
Conor Byrne
5140 Ballard Ave. NW
Seattle WA 98107

July 20th at Jalopy with Frank Fairfield and Blind Boy Paxton!

2010-07-13T18:53:00.000-07:00

The Dust Busters will be appearing at the Jalopy Theater in Brooklyn, NY Tuesday July 20th at 8:30pm. We will be opening the show for Frank Fairfield who is playing at 9:30pm. $10 cover.

This is Frank's first ever appearance in New York! Frank is a top notch fiddler, banjo player and guitarist and a great great singer. He's one of the best traditional old-time musicians in the country today and a Dust Buster favorite. Check him out! He will be playing the show together with Blind Boy Paxton, another favorite!

This is The Dust Busters only club appearance in New York City this summer, so come check it out!

Blind Boy Paxton (L) and Frank Fairfield (R)

Be sure to check out Eli's interview with Frank Fairfield on Down Home Radio...

The Jalopy Theater is located at:
315 Columbia Street
Brooklyn, New York 11231
tel: 718.395.3214
www.jalopy.biz

On Tour...

2010-05-25T19:42:00.001-07:00

Helloeverybody - The Dust Busters are taking to the road again! Below isour late May - early June tour dates. We're coming to your town, checkit out! Tell your friends!

[Dust Busters on the road, photo by C. Judelman]

Thursday May 27th - Cleveland, OH

8:30pm
Beachland Ballroom
15711 Waterloo Road
Cleveland, OH 44110
(216) 383-1124

FridayMay 28th - Athens,OH

10:00 PM Appearing with Woody Pines
Casa Nueva
6 West State Street
Athens OH 45701

Saturday29 Louisville
10pm

The Rudyard Kipling
422 West Oak Street
Louisville, KY 40203-3002
(502) 636-1311

Sundaythe 30th - Cincinatti, OH

10PM Appearing with The Tillers

The Northside Tavern
4163 Hamilton Avenue
Cincinatti Ohio 45223-2480

Tuesday June 1^st - Chapel Hill, NC

7:30-9:30pm
Woodcrest Farm
5604 Dairyland Road
Hillsborough, NC 27278

Wednesday June 2^nd - Asheville, NC
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Laurey's
87 Biltmore ave
Asheville NC 28801

Thursday June 3^rd- ChapelHill, NC

2 sets 8pm and 9:30pm with band in between
Outdoor show in: Ethan's Yard
904 West Main St.
Carrboro, NC 27510

Friday and Saturday June 4th & 5thwe'll be camping and hanging out at the Mt Airy Fiddler's Convention. Gonna be fun!

The Dust Busters at the Beachland Ballroom

2010-05-18T17:16:00.000-07:00

The Dust Busters are happy to be appearing at The Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland Ohio on Thursday May 27th, 8:30pm. Check it out! Gonna be a great show. Thanks to our friends at Roots of American Music for sponsoring this show.

The Dust Busters on Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour

2010-05-06T21:17:00.000-07:00

During our March 2010 tour we played on the "Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour," an awesome Radio/TV show taped weekly at the Kentucky Theater in Lexington. Below are our performances from that program. To view our complete uninterrupted appearance on Woodsongs, CLICK HERE.
"Greenback Dollar"

"All Night Long"

"Roving Gambler"

"Leather Britches"

"I've Got a Bulldog"

Photos from The Black Banjo Gathering

2010-05-04T20:40:00.000-07:00

Hey, Eli here from The Dust Busters. Back in March we played at the Black Banjo Gathering 2010 at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC. It was a wonderful, amazing event that brought together a really impressive group of musicians and scholars with the aim of bringing to light and promoting the African-American origins of Old-Time Music. Here are some of my photos from the event. To see all of my photos from the Black Banjo Gathering, CLICK HERE.

Square Dance!

2010-04-28T14:37:00.000-07:00

ITS FINALLY HERE! - Square Dance at the South Street Seaport, Thursday April 29th, free and open to the public. Show starts at 6pm, dance begins at 7:30pm. The Dust Busters will play a short set at 6:45pm and then we will play for the dance!

"Our next squaredance with caller Dave Harvey of NYCBarnDance.com is coming up soon, so start stretching and pick out your best cowboy outfit, we're gonna go have us a hoedown!

This dance is part of the art and music show OVERSTIMULATED at theSouth Street Seaport (210 front st., see below) which will be ondisplay for your visual enjoyment throughout the evening.

DaveHarvey is a great caller who is really easy to follow and will teachthe dances before each tune. Beginners are totally welcome, noexperience is necessary. If you have to left feet bring em both!

THIS SHOW IS NOW ALSO A POTLUCK! so bring some quiche, a bag ofchips ahoy, or even just a deli coffee and we'll have a fun feast withfriends and music. if you're too broke to bring food then come get somefor free!

The evening will start at 6 pm with a potluck dinner and then at 630 The Dough Rollers will play a set of early blues and old time, followed by a set of old songs and tunes by The Dust Busters. Then we'll bring out some special guests and play for the dance around 730.

Eli Smith of DownHomeRadioShow.com (a super cool online radio show focusing on american and world roots music past and present) will DJ the evening."
AND IT'S ALL FREE!!!!

TheSeaport offers us that New York Jewel, a venue with enough space toreally hold a great dance, and it's family friendly. Notice the earlystart time; we're serious about that so come down after work and bringyour all your friends and family.

About NYCBarnDance:

The NYC Barn Dance was created byDavid Harvey in October 2006 as a monthly event designed to give NewYorkers an opportunity to experience through dance the traditionaldance music being played in the city and elsewhere. This experiencestands in stark contrast to how this music is often experienced in NYC:at spaces where dancing is difficult or prohibited.

About OVERSTIMULATED:

OVERSTIMULATED
a massive art show and event series in the Southstreet Seaport

April 22nd- April 29th

Free and Open to the Public
210 Front St.

Organized by Lia Woertendyke & Joe Ahearn
In collaboration w/ Backyart & Showpaper

Overstimulatedis a student-curated takeover of a commercial retail space in lowerManhattan's South Street Seaport, only a few blocks from the student'suniversity: PACE. A bridge project pulling from the student's own workto those of their mentors and professors, and extending thecollaborators that the student's have been experimenting with outsideof the university, this large scale group show of peers, faculty, andfriends represents and celebrates the transition from campus life intothe hustling New York art-world.

Almost 50 participating artists with work ranging from fabricinstallations, interactive sculptures, live painting, photography,film, collage, drawings, and digital illustrations create an immersiveenvironment to explore and lose yourself in throughout the week'spacked schedule of events filled with live music, theater, poetry, andfilm screenings.

Artwork by Andrea Cruz, Joe Ahearn, Stephany Cardet, LiaWoertendyke, Janine Wallach, Shervin Nassi, Tanya Vazirani, Wanda Ward,Brian Rentas, Anastasiya Kizima, Katherine Sohm, Charlotte Cutler,Katie Hart, Erin Giblin, Emily Morris, Roger Sayre, Linda Herrit, JaneDickson, Barbara Friedman, Will Pappenheimer, Linda Gottesfeld, CharlieAhearn, Robin Tewes, Liz Laser, Sarah Valeri, Catalina Martinez, SamFriedman, Liam Alexander, Lara Goetzel, GJ Lee, Astrid Andujar, SantanaDempsey, Jennie Booth, Dana Perrotti, Dave Herr, Diana Federico, TarasHrabowsky, Eric Williams, Christine Rucker, Francesca Tallone, JimEarl, Ali Gauss, Kyle Depew, Daniel Giordano, Kelly Orpelia and more...

Dust Busters at the Black Banjo Gathering

2010-04-14T21:35:00.000-07:00

We were privileged to play at the 2nd "Black Banjo Gathering" at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC in March. More photos and videos from that coming soon. While there the fine photographer Bill Steber was taking old fashioned tin-type photographs of the musicians and we were lucky enough to have him take this fine one of us.

The Dust Busters with John Cohen in Washington Square Park

2009-09-27T20:09:00.000-07:00

Here's us at the 2009 Washington Square Reunion. This annual event brings together all the people that have played folk music in Washington Square Park over the years, going back all the way to the 1940's. This year we had the good fortune to sit in the grass and play music with John Cohen of the New Lost City Ramblers. We were rehearsing for our appearance later that week on WNYC radio.

Notes on Our Album

2009-09-26T19:34:00.000-07:00

Below is the list of tracks on our new CD followed by the artists whose old recordings influenced our own versions:

1. Greenback Dollar
Weems String Band.

2. Ain’t That Trouble In Mind
Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers (From “The Lost Provinces” album), The Allen Brothers.

3. Bonaparte’s Retreat
W.M. Stepp.

4. Rolling Mills
George Landers from the “High Atmosphere” album.

5. Rye Whiskey
Tommy Jarrell, Hobart Smith.

6. John Brown’s Dream
Hobart Smith.

7. All Night Long
Burnett and Rutherford.
8. Flying Engine
White County Ramblers from the “Echoes of the Ozarks Vol. 2″ album.

9. You May Leave
The Memphis Jug Band.

10. Frankie
Leadbelly, Mississippi John Hurt, Dykes Magic City Trio.

11. Cumberland Gap
Spencer Moore, The Skillet Lickers.

12. Diamond Joe
The Georgia Crackers.

13. Jailbird Love Song
The Mississippi Sheiks.

14. Molly Put the Kettle On
The Skillet Lickers.

15. The Coo Coo
Our own version, influenced by John Snipes, Dink Roberts and Rufus Casey from the Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia album

16. Bed Bug Blues
Bessie Smith, Lonnie Johnson, Ramblin’ Jack.

17. Run Molly Run
Henry Thomas.

18. Sally Johnson
Eck Robertson.

19. Willie Moore
Burnett and Rutherford.

20. Old Blue
Jim Jackson, Dink Roberts.

Some Quotes About the Band:

2009-09-25T12:51:00.000-07:00

(photo by O. Mullick)

“The Dust Busters bring back the true spirit of Old Time Music, whereevery singer invented his own performance. Besides being excellentmusicians on fiddle, banjo and guitar, pump organ, harmonica, etc.,they sing with the high voices that echo the sounds of young artistsheard on the old 78s, evoking the spirit of the “Golden Era” ofrecording, and the mystery of their own identity.

They have built their repertoire from some of the best music of thepast and they keep it alive and lively. They have found resonance withthe intensity of rural music, while delighting in the nuances thatpreserve the individual uniqueness of the genre. This is music thatwill keep your mind dancing.

The Dust Busters are reaching for new musical highs, and they play the kind of music I want to hear.”

- John Cohen, New Lost City Ramblers.

“A really excellent stringband! They make this old music alive and present.”

- Bob Fass, WBAI 99.5fm New York.

“Here’s three of my favorite people to play and sing with ever, kickingmusical ass all over the landscape. If you like your trad/roots benterand hotter than normal, you’ll love this!”

- Peter Stampfel, Holy Modal Rounders and Fugs.

"The Dust Busters have clearly been hanging out with some of myfavorite dead guys. And this is the thing: you either fall in love withthe dead guys or you don't -- but you can't fake that sort ofcommunion. The Dust Busters are there -- you can hear it in theirrepertoire, and in the heart with which they play. It's a rare gift,and I'm so glad they're sharing it!"
- Rayna Gellert, Uncle Earl.

About The Dust Busters

2009-09-24T19:32:00.000-07:00

The Dust Busters are an old-time string band based out of Brooklyn, New York. They met while playing in a larger band with folk music legends John Cohen of the New Lost City Ramblers and Peter Stampfel of the Holy Modal Rounders. The Dust Busters integrate a wide range of old-time songs, ballads, fiddletunes and jug band blues into every performance. They are influenced and inspired by the direct fusion of Scots-Irish andAfrican music that took place in Appalachia, the Western states and theDeep South from the earliest colonial times through the Second WorldWar. The Dust Busters' music is infused with theold-time feeling and freewheelin’ high energy present in the true diversity of American Folk Music. By carrying this music forward with authenticity and creativity The Dust Busters make it thoroughly contemporary, meaningful and fun!

The Dust Busters have appeared at venues including The Old Town School of Folk Music, Club Passim and the Jalopy Theater. They have played at festivals such as Pickathon, The Brooklyn Folk Festival, the The Dock Boggs Festival, The Woodstock Film Festival and the Borgas International Folk Festival and appeared on TV shows such as Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour, and radio such as Sound Check with John Schaefer, WNYC 93.9fm. For a list of more appearances, see below.

The Dust Busters are:
Walker Shepard (Banjo, Guitar, Guit-Jo, Fiddle)
Craig Judelman (Fiddle, Pump Organ)
Eli Smith (Guitar, Banjo, Banjo-Mandolin, Harmonica, Autoharp, Jug, Spoons)

For tour schedule and samples from
The Dust Busters’ new album, see:
http://www.myspace.com/dustbustersmusic

Contact Info: DustBustersMusic@Gmail.com

(photo O. Mullick)

A list of selected appearances by The Dust Busters:
The Brooklyn Folk Festival (Brooklyn, New York)
Pickathon (Portland, OR)
The Dock Boggs Festival (Norton, VA)
The Black Banjo Gathering (Boone, NC)
The Jalopy Theater
Club Passim (Cambridge, MA)
The Green Lantern (Lexington, KY)
Woodsongs Oldtime Radio Hour (Lexington, KY)
The Woodstock Film Festival (Woodstock, NY)
The Margarette Meade Film Festival (New York, NY)
Mississippi Pizza (Portland, OR)
The Old Time School of Folk Music (Chicago, IL)
Borgas International Folk Festival (Bulgaria)
The Crane (Galway, Ireland)