From news-drm at lists.deeprootsmusic.ca Thu May 21 10:46:22 2009 From: news-drm at lists.deeprootsmusic.ca (News and announcements about the Deep Roots Music Cooperative) Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 14:46:22 -0300 Subject: [Deep Roots News] FW: Deep Roots newsletter - May 20, 2009 Message-ID: <00bd01c9da3c$117987c0$6901a8c0@LISALaptop> Deep Roots News?May 20, 2009 In this issue: ? Farewell to John Kavanagh ? Bill Coon ? Jazz Guitarist of the Year ? First 2009 Deep Roots Music Festival Committee meeting ? Throw Down Your Heart, a documentary film featuring B?la Fleck ? Call for Volunteers ? Deep Roots Newsletter Farewell to John Kavanagh It is with a heavy heart that I write to say that John Kavanagh has passed away. John has been central to our musical community for many years. He taught and shared his music with us in his jovial, gentle way. His generous spirit and his wonderful musicality will be missed by many people. I expect there will soon be some footage available of John?s Ukulele group performing at the AMP Fest. For a glimpse of John at Deep Roots 2007, go to http://www.shadowsandlight.ca/uncategorized/john-kavanagh/ . To hear his fantastic skill on the ukulele, go to his website at http://c1.ezfolk.com/John_Kavanagh/. The word is that John?s son Andy is coordinating a tribute concert ? check Facebook or watch the Community Events emails for more information. Bill Coon ? Jazz Guitarist of the Year The Kate Hammett-Vaughan and Bill Coon concert produced by Deep Roots last month was excellent. A number of people in the audience had heard Kate before but many of us were introduced to Bill for the first time - and what an introduction it was! The guy is an amazing guitar player. And we learned this week that Bill Coon has just been acclaimed Jazz Guitarist of the Year by the National Jazz Awards. Congratulations, Bill! First 2009 Deep Roots Music Festival Committee meeting Thursday, May 28, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Flowercart, 9412 Commercial St, New Minas (next to the golf course and opposite Evangeline Middle School) Thinking of getting involved with Deep Roots this year? Do you have some time to spare? One hour or a hundred? One time or on-going until the festival? At home or participating in groups? All participation is welcome - we could use your help to make Deep Roots what we are envisioning it to be. (Remember - volunteers who put in 15 hours or more are entitled to a festival pass and a voting membership in the Deep Roots Cooperative! Some people like to get their volunteering done during the year so they can relax and enjoy the festival in September.) Mark May 28 on your calendar and make it a point to come and see what is going on and how you might be able to help. Whether you are already in a workgroup or not, come out and hear what's going on. Workgroup representatives from Publicity and Programming, will report on their recent work and outline their next steps. There will be a chance to mingle and talk, sharing ideas, plans and challenges. I hope to see you there! Li Lisa Hammett Vaughan Festival Committee Chair Deep Roots Music Cooperative Deep Roots Music Festival is September 25-27, 2009 To speak with me, evenings and weekends, please telephone (902) 542-2361 To learn more about our work, visit our website at www.deeprootsmusic.ca or go to MySpace to watch videos at http://www.myspace.com/deeprootsmusicfestival Festival Passes for 2009 at the low price of $75.00 We have sold some festival passes for 2009 at our Early Bird price. (Looking forward to seeing you all there!) The closing date for that special offer is July 1st. Anyone interested in purchasing one can email info at deeprootsmusic.ca or call Jane Cayford at 542-5353. In case you need some help deciding if you are going to be at this year's festival.... this year's lineup will include: Harry Manx, A.J. Croce, Joel Plaskett, Ari Hest Steve Poltz, Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko, Old Man Luedecke, Sultans of String, Garrett Mason, MonkeyJunk, Coco Love Alcorn, Ian Sherwood, Annabelle Chvostek, Samantha Robichaud, Heather Kelday, Ryan Cook & Sunny Acres, Andru Branch & Halfway Tree, Titanic Proportions, Kev Corbett, and more . Watch for our official announcement of this year's festival lineup, coming soon ... And check our website for performer info. Throw Down Your Heart, a documentary film featuring B?la Fleck This film is part of the Fundy Film Documentary series (see also http://fundyfilm.ca/films/documentary/) Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 7pm, Acadia Cinema's Al Whittle Theatre , 450 Main Street, Wolfville, NS Directed by Sascha Paladino - Starring B?la Fleck 90 minutes United States English B?la Fleck?s music has always gone beyond the definitions of a single genre, and in this charming documentary, he goes beyond the boundaries of the Western hemisphere on a heartfelt personal and cultural mission to Africa. While most think of the banjo as quintessentially American, Fleck, a virtuoso ambassador for the instrument, journeys through Uganda, Tanzania, the Gambia and Mali to uncover the roots of the instrument, revealing the true origins of the sound while meeting with remarkable African musicians. This film has a perfect tie-in to this year's Deep Roots Music Festival - check out Jayme Stone ( http://www.jaymestone.com ) and Mansa Sissoko (http://mp3.mondomix.com/mansasissoko ). With 2007's Juno award winning CD, The Utmost, banjoist Jayme Stone proved his mastery of the modern possibilities of the banjo, following in the footsteps of mentors Tony Trishka and B?la Fleck with his fusion of musical genres. Then, from a journey to Mali in search of the African roots of the banjo, Stone returned with an inspired collaboration with Malian griot and kora maestro, Mansa Sissoko. The resulting CD, Africa To Appalachia, won this year's Juno award for best World Music recording. These two will be performing at Deep Roots 2009; expect to be entranced by Sissoko's soaring vocals and by the shimmering interplay between his 21-string kora and Stone's banjo. Call for volunteers The fundraising committee is organizing an event for June 20th and we need volunteers. We are looking for people to staff the event which will be an all day concert. We need stage hands, door people, raffle people, 50/50 draw people and anyone who wants to work on organizing the actual event. We need about 20 people. You will work in shifts so you can also enjoy the event. Working this event also lets you add up hours toward a weekend pass for the festival in September. (A minimum 15 hours is required.) We are also looking for donations for the raffles. If you have a service to offer like gardening or snow shoveling, accounting, law services, anything you can volunteer for a prize. CD's, artwork, antiques... Donations over $100.00 get advertising at the event and passes for certain Deep Roots events. Let us know whatcha got! Email me if you want to help: thecoppergirl at hotmail.com Thanks, Marie - Fundraiser Deep Roots Newsletter The deadline for copy for the next Deep Roots Newsletter is Monday, June 15th. Normally the newsletter goes out every month at approximately mid month. The copy deadline is the 15th of the month. We are happy to include notices of music events with which Deep Roots members are involved. The deadline for submitting copy to be included in the next issue is Monday, June 15th. Please send info to news at deeprootsmusic.ca. _____ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.deeprootsmusic.ca/pipermail/news-drm/attachments/20090521/e5c9921f/attachment.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 5649 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.deeprootsmusic.ca/pipermail/news-drm/attachments/20090521/e5c9921f/attachment.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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