Kim & Jim Lansford in Chicago
If you missed Kim & Jim Lansford at Fiddle Club last night, you can still catch them in a house concert Sunday (July 18) . . .
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. . . or at the Monday night dance sponsored by the Chicago Barn Dance Company
Filed under: Fiddle Club by Paul | July 17, 2010 | Comments (0)
Jim & Kim Lansford tonight
Jim & Kim Lansford
JIM & KIM LANSFORD from Galena, Missouri
Friday, July 16, 8 pm
Leadway Bar & Gallery (5233 N. Damen)
Show up tonight and register at the door. Dues are $15 for this meeting.
The registration link at oldtownschool.org is no longer working.
And here’s Jim & Kim with a medley of tunes from the nineteenth century. These are great!
Filed under: Meeting Schedule,Preview Tunes by Paul | July 16, 2010 | Comments (0)
Presenting 8th Midwest Fiddle Championship
The Fiddle Club of the World is proud to present the 8th annual Midwest Fiddle Championship, with two divisions meeting in two venues. To start the fun off right, we’re returning to Giddings Plaza in Lincoln Square on Thursday, July 8 at 7:00pm for the Open Divisions. This Folk & Roots Festival preview is sponsored by the Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce. At least a dozen fiddlers and fiddle bands have registered to compete. We’ll also hear from the top three youth bands who competed in June.
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And Here is the lineup for the Invitational Division that will take place on the main stage at the Chicago Folk & Roots Festival at 12:55pm, Saturday July 19. Each band is led by a fiddler and is required to bring along dancers to help demonstrate how good the fiddler plays.
Stil Nua, an Irish band featuring Kristen Bern of Palos Heights. Accompanied by flute, guitar and bodhran. Playing for step-dancer Rory Ward.
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The Cajun Vagabonds featuring fiddler Dorian Gehring of Chicago. Accompanied by guitar, bass and triangle. The dancers will do a waltz and two-step.
The Paulina Hollers, an old-time band featuring fiddler Elizabeth Lamberti and banjoist Jim Becker (both are Old Town School teachers). Accompanied by guitar & bass. The dancers are the Chicago Prairie Clogging Team, led by Rebecca Unger, back for their second appearance at Folk & Roots.
Moravska Cimbalovka, a Moravian village band led by Andrew Tokarz. The lineup includes fiddle, kontra (a chording fiddle), cimbalom (a large hammer dulcimer), clarinet & bass. They will be bringing along some Moravian folk dancers.
Also the first place winners from the Youth Division and Open Divisions will perform on the main stage while the judges reach a consensus. The prize money is award accordingly . . .
First Prize – $400
Second Prize – $300
Third Prize – $200
Fourth & Fifth Prize - $150 each
Enjoy the friendly competition and the great music.
Paul Tyler, convener
Fiddle Club of the World (Chicago Chapter)
Filed under: Meeting Schedule,Video by Paul | July 7, 2010 | Comments (0)
Tunes from Jim Lansford
Jim Lansford hails from Galena, Missouri. He’s learned first-hand from some of the best Missouri and Ozark fiddlers of the late 20th century and has carried the traditional sound forcefully into the 21st. His wife, Kim, is an accompanist second to none.
Here are a couple of fine tunes from the middle of the U.S.
Grey Eagle in C
From Cyrill Stinnett of Braymer, Missouri.
Grey Eagle in C slow
Daylight in the Morning fiddle & guitar
From Uncle Bunk Williams, an Ozark fiddler
Daylight in the Morning slow
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Jim & Kim Lansford will be performing at a Fiddle Club of the World meeting, 8:00pm on Friday, July 16 at the Leadway Bar & Gallery (5233 N. Damen) in Chicago.
Filed under: Session Tunes,Tunes by Paul | July 6, 2010 | Comments (0)
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