[Folkus Project] Folkus on Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen

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Folkus Fans!

Seems like it's been a while, eh? Bring back the music! We have three --
count 'em -- THREE concerts left in our season.  All three feature multiple
performers:  Tanglefoot is a Hydra-headed folk monster, of course.  Or
Hydra-footed.  Whatever.  Our season finale features Erica Wheeler (think
Mary-Chapin Carpenter and Bill Morrissey) and Jake Armerding (think Nickel
Creek and Crooked Still).  And this Friday, I'm honored to say that we are
welcoming Steve Gillette and Cindy Mangsen!

Friday, May 6
Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen
Legendary songcraft & engaging musicianship
8:00, $12
at May Memorial

STEVE GILLETTE is best known as a songwriter, with songs recorded by artists
from Ian & Sylvia to Garth Brooks, from Jiminy Cricket to John Denver. His
song ³Darcy Farrow² alone has been recorded by more than one hundred artists
since 1966, most recently by Jimmy Dale Gilmore and Nanci Griffith. Quite
literally, he wrote the book on songwriting: _Songwriting and the Creative
Process_ (Sing Out Press) is a standard text in songwriting classes across
the country. Steve sings in a rich baritone and is a virtuoso on guitar,
using a unique fingerpicking style with a flat-pick and two fingers. His
most recent solo recording is Texas and Tennessee (Redwing Music), named one
of the Top Ten Folk Albums of 1998 by Tower Records¹ Pulse Magazine.

"Steve's 25 year career has seen his songs recorded successfully by many a
distinguished artist; small wonder as he's a legendary songwriter...blending
folk and country pop which makes you hang on every word with rapt attention.
Obviously his peers are in awe of him." -- Tony May, Folk Roots Magazine

CINDY MANGSEN, who married Gillette in 1989, is also a songwriter, but her
focus has been on songkeeping. Cindy is a master interpreter of traditional
ballads, rich in myth and legend. She plays guitar, concertina, and banjo,
and is renowned for her compelling voice, described by one critic as a voice
that can warm a New England winter. Mangsen also performs and records with
Anne Hills and Priscilla Herdman.  Never Grow Old and Never Grow Up, duet
albums by Mangsen and Hills, were two of the most significant traditional
folk recordings of the Œ90s. Cindy¹s most recent solo album, Songs of
Experience  (Redwing Music), won the Editor¹s Choice award for Traditional
Folk Music from Crossroads Magazine. As Steve comments, ³Cindy has brought
me back to my roots, and I think I¹ve influenced her in terms of ensemble
playing, rhythmic development, arrangement and performing. We¹re very
fortunate to play for people who really listen and who come to a concert
with a certain sense of history. There¹s a strong feeling of community about
this music.²

"Cindy Mangsen seems to sing as easily and naturally as most other people
speak."  -- Silo Newsletter

SUPPORT THE FOLK THAT SUPPORT US
    MAY MEMORIAL is having a big, big book sale (a big books-of-all-sizes
sale) -- not to mention CDs and more.  You'll find amazing things for
amazing prices.  The preview sale is Thursday night 6-9, all day Friday and
Saturday (10-5 or so), and then Sunday noon to one is the book bag banzai:
$5 for all the books you can fit in a paper grocery bag!
    WESTCOTT COMMUNITY CENTER is sponsoring a show of photography by WAER
Common Threads host LARRY HOYT.  You can check out the opening reception
this Friday from 6:00 to 7:30 on your way to hear Steve & Cindy at May
Memorial!

VOLUNTEER
Please?  Email Doug at <volunteer at folkus.org>
    Anyone want to bring some brownies or cookies or something for the
refreshment stand? Count it as a donation to May Memorial -- that's where
the donations for refreshments go. They generously donate the space for
these concerts -- Let's make sure they think hosting folk & acoustic music
is a wonderful thing to do! Email <volunteer at folkus.org>

PUBLICITY VOLUNTEER NEEDED
The Folkus Project needs a volunteer to coordinate publicity. In exchange
for no pay but lots of love, the Publicity Coordinator will help drum up
attendance at Folkus shows by distributing press materials and developing
other promotional strategies.  Interested?  Please contact Joe Cleveland or
Doug Randall at a Folkus show or email Doug at <volunteer at folkus.org>. We
love you already.

TELL A FRIEND...
...about the great music that you've found in Syracuse.  The best way for
Folkus to grow is for you to help spread the word.  Bring a friend to a
show.  Get a friend to sign up on the email list.  Make the music happen!


THE UP-COMING CONCERTS:

Friday, May 6
Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen
    Legendary songcraft & engaging musicianship
8:00, $12
at May Memorial
 
Saturday, May 14
Tanglefoot
    High-impact Canadian culture
8:00, $17 ($15 for WCC members)
at Westcott Community Center

Friday, May 20
    A double-bill of nationally touring performers!
Erica Wheeler & Jake Armerding
    Songs of back roads, small towns, and the landscape of the heart --
Contemporary music rooted in folk, country, & bluegrass
8:00, $10
At May Memorial


RESERVATIONS & LOCATIONS

To make reservations for the Folkus Project / May Day Cafe shows at the May
Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society, call (315) 440-1818 or email
<tickets at folkus.org>. May Memorial is located at 3800 East Genesee Street,
just inside the Syracuse City Limits.

To make reservations for Second Saturday shows at the Westcott Community
Center, call (315) 478-8634. The Westcott Community Center is located at 826
Euclid Avenue, at the corner with Westcott Street.

For more information (including directions) visit the Folkus Project¹s web
page at <http://folkus.org/>.

Because it's the music we love & who we are.

-- 
The Folkus Project ** folk & acoustic music for Syracuse & Central New York!
Joe Cleveland, Artistic Director
http://folkus.org/
joe at folkus.org
(315) 457-2290