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Newsyletter #31 4/18/08

OUR NEW CD IS OUT!!!  AND WE'VE GOT CONCERTS TO CELEBRATE!!!

Hi again, Friends and Folkies and Press Peoples,
  Phil Shapiro here, of PHIL SHAPIRO AND CARRIE SHORE... The American Folk Tradition, playing sturdy songs, old and not so old, that tell the story of... America.
        Our NEW CD is OUT!!!!!  We're excited.  It's not every day that we do this, it being only our second time.  And it sounds JUST LIKE US, thanks to Terry Kelleher, with a great singing audience.  And it even looks great, with three wonderful photos by Matt Schneider.  Our new CD is called "the YOU'VE PLAYED WHERE? tour", and, true to form, most of our shows in the next couple of months are Community Concerts in smaller places.  That's where we're comfortable, where people come out for traveling folkies, and they're often willing to sing along with us.
    And, yes, of course we'll be singing songs from the new CD.  But we'll also sing some of our older favorites, and some newer songs that we've started performing in the year since we recorded the CD.

COME CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF OUR NEW CD AT THESE SHOWS:

APRIL 25, FRIDAY, 7 PM BROOKTONDALE COMMUNITY CENTER.  In the heart of downtown Brooktondale, NY.  You can't miss it.  Again, it's our third visit.  Pat Brhel organizes a whole lot of stuff in Brooktondale and Caroline, supporting a lot of folks who need help, and giving us all cause to smile now and again.  She's bringing us back, with a decentralization grant from the Tompkins County Community Arts Partnership.  Admission is FREE and open to all, though they won't object if you make a donation.  There will be a dish-to-pass supper to start things out, at 6 pm.  For info, contact Pat at 607-539-9928.

APRIL 26, SATURDAY, 7:30 PM, SPENCER GRANGE.  It's our second visit to the Spencer Grange, East Tioga Street (Route 96 just east of downtown Spencer, NY).  The last time, two years ago, a lot of folks came out and made us really glad to be there.  Hope you'll join us.  FREE admission, and open to everyone, but they, too, won't object to a donation.  Presented by the Spencer Grange and the Tioga County Arts Council.  For info: Kermit Bossard, 589-6059.

MAY 10, SATURDAY, 7:30 PM, SIX ON THE SQUARE, OXFORD, NY.  We return to the delightful Six on the Square, in downtown Oxford, a couple of doors in from the traffic light.  This wonderful room hosted the Night Eagle for years, and it's back again, with a new name, and the same laid back, warm feeling.  We loved bantering back and forth with the audience last time.  $12 in advance, $15 at the door.  For info: 607-843-6876, or http://www.6onthesquare.org .

MAY 16, FRIDAY, 7:30 PM, 10 WEST ESPRESSO, MANSFIELD, PA.  23 North Main Street.  It's been a long time.  We hope the folks in Mansfield remember us as fondly as we remember them.  Admission is a gigantic $2, plus a donation, we hope.  There's a middle set for those who want to play a bit.  It's presented by the Muse and Music Series of the Fine Arts Forum, http://www.fineartsforum.org , and it's sure to be great fun.

MAY 20, TUESDAY, 6:15 - 7 PM, ON THE RADIO IN ITHACA. NY.  We'll perform a bit, talk a bit, and play a couple of cuts from our CD on WVBR's Tuesdays With the Band, host Dan Cole.  This is a fun time.  Dan usually features rock 'n' roll groups, but he covers the entire local music scene, and we're pleased to be part of it.  WVBR is at 93.5, and on line at http://wvbr.com .

JUNE 22, SUNDAY, 12:30 - 6 PM, FIDDLIN'S FUN FESTIVAL, BINGHAMTON, NY.  On the grounds of the Roberson Museum, $5, or $15 for a family.  We'll do a set at 1 pm, featuring Carrie's most excellent fiddling.  We're in the good company of John Kirk and Trish Miller; City Fiddle; Kathy Selby, Hope Grietzer, and Tom Hodgson; and more.

Hope to see you at a live show this Spring.

  By gosh, there's a NEW CD.  So what's this all about?  Well, it's another live recording, with a wonderful singing audience.  Back in late December of 2006 we gathered a bunch of friendly folks for a house concert at the home of our dear, long suffering friends Terry and Diane Kelleher, in Ithaca.   Terry recorded the concert, and then we drove him crazy for about a year as we slowly tweaked it into shape to release as a CD.  Like our first CD, it sounds just like us, so if you like us, you'll probably like the CD, and if you don't  like us, well, thanks for reading this far.
        What a job!  You'd think that there's nothing to it.  After all, it's a concert, and it's either good or it's not.  But there are a million details.  We finally got most of them right.
        We think Terry is still speaking to us.
We're really proud of this CD.  It's about half traditional music, half newer songs written squarely in the folk tradition, by a number of fine writers.  For the first time, we've recorded one of Carrie's sparkling homemade waltzes, this one for another pair of fine friends, Ken and Debra.  Yes, we've included Jean Ritchie's "Now is the Cool of the Day", and Woody Guthrie's "Do Re Mi", and a whole bunch of other good stuff.  Some talk, too, of course.

If you don't catch us at a show, but want some for presents, or just for yourself,
you can order the new CD
"the YOU'VE PLAYED WHERE? tour"
or the first CD
"the American Folk Tradition -- LIVE"
by mail.  $15 per CD, plus $2 per ORDER postage and handling, to Phil's address, below.

CONTACT:     PHIL SHAPIRO
   979 HARFORD ROAD
        DRYDEN, N.Y. 13053
      607 844-4535
    pds10@cornell.edu
       http://www.shapiroandshore.com