Sat. July 15th Suffern, NY - Sun. July 16th Fort Lee, NJ

Two library shows this weekend. Saturday starting at 2:30 pm we will be bringing our "Unbroken Circle" program to The Suffern Free Library in Suffern, NY. This program features traditional music that has been reintroduced to contemporary popular music listeners by people like The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, & Nirvana. The following day, we will be performing our mix of original and traditional music at the Fort Lee Public Library in Fort Lee, NJ. The Fort Lee show starts at 2:00 pm.

Suffern Free Library
210 Lafayette Avenue
Suffern, NY 10901

845-357-1237

Fort Lee Public Library
320 Main Street
Fort Lee, NJ 07024

201-592-3615

Nemo

Our Driveway, Garage, & Annalee's Car  - photo by Rick Jackofsky

Well winter is upon us and Winter Storm Nemo has brought us our first significant snowfall since 2011. We got about two feet of wet sticky snow with drifts over three feet deep. Of course it had to come on the one weekend this month that we have a gig. So, as soon as we dig our van out of the snow, I will dig out my old snow shoveling song, The Snow Shoveling Blues. We'll get that polished up for you, and head up to Suffern, NY for our show at 1:30 pm on Sunday, February 10th, 2013 at The Suffern Free Library. Bring your cold feet and aching backs out to this free show and The Homegrown String Band will warm things up for you with some hot pickin' and fancy flatfoot dancing.

Show Rescheduled for February 17, 2013

The Suffern Free Library

210 Lafayette Ave.

Suffern, NY

Spinning Yarns and Winter News

Georgianne and I have been extra busy making Navajo spindles since the first of the year. Our creations have been finding their way into the hands of talented fiber artists all around the country and a few other countries as well. Here's a photo, taken by spinner Kiki Jukes, of one of our spindles resting on a bed of natural fiber in Wales, U.K.

This month we've gotten our first real taste of winter since 2011 as temperatures have stayed in the teens and twenties for the past couple weeks. Hopefully the cold weather will make the sap flow better because this year we are going to try our hand at maple sugaring. I've gathered up the supplies to tap six trees this year and if all goes well we'll expand our efforts next year. 

Not a lot of Homegrown music shows to report on this winter, but we should have some more spring, summer, and fall gigs to announce soon. Our next family band performance will be at 1:30 pm on Sunday, February 10th at the Suffern Free Library, 210 Lafayette Ave., Suffern, NY.