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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: notloB Parlour Concerts presents Keith Murphy & Be
 cky Tracy \nEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441651011/no
 tloB_Parlour_Concerts_presents_Keith_Murphy_Becky_Tracy_\nEvent Date Begin
 : 2012-11-01\nEvent Date End: 2012-11-01\n\nBecky Tracy and Keith Murphy\n
 http://blackislemusic.com/\n\nBecky and Keith are dynamic performers of tr
 aditional music from Newfoundland\, Quebec\, Ireland\, France and beyond. 
 Tracy's fiddling pulses through tasteful arrangements of dance tunes and r
 esonates with beauty on traditional slow airs. Keith's gentle and expressi
 ve singing in English and French is balanced by the drive and power of his
  guitar playing and foot percussion. Combined\, they produce a range and r
 ichness of sound that is striking for a duo. Their playing is seamless\, t
 he result of years of playing together and touring across the U.S.\, Canad
 a and in Europe. Their repertoire also includes Keith's original compositi
 ons (many of which are included in the Black Isle Music tune collection). 
 He is a prolific tunesmith with a writing style strongly based on traditio
 nal dance music. Keith and Becky were two thirds of the popular Vermont tr
 io\, Nightingale and are veterans of several other bands including Childsp
 lay and Assembly (Keith) and Wild Asparagus (Becky). They can be heard on 
 recordings of all these bands and many others. Becky released her first so
 lo recording\, Evergreen\, in 2001. Keith's album\, Bound For Canaan (trad
 itional songs from Eastern Canada and New England) was released in the sum
 mer of 2005 and he has recently rededicated himself to his work as a solo 
 performer.\n\nKeith Murphy\nA native of Newfoundland\, Keith's traditional
  song repertoire is based in Eastern Canada and Quebec as well as his curr
 ent home\, Vermont. His direct and intimate style of traditional singing i
 n English and French infuses old ballads and songs with a powerful immedia
 cy while his rhythmic and percussive finger style of guitar playing brings
  new shape and color to his songs. His 2005 album\, Bound for Canaan showc
 ased his refined sense of balance between innovation and tradition.\n\nKei
 th was a founding member of Nightingale\, a trio which broke new ground in
  its sophisticated approach to traditional music. He is a mainstay of the 
 Boston fiddle extravaganza\, Childsplay and has also worked extensively wi
 th Tony Barrand on the song repertoire from the early twentieth century of
  the Atwood family from Dover\, Vermont. He also appears frequently with h
 is wife\, fiddler Becky Tracy.\n\nKeith is an accomplished composer and ar
 ranger in the realm of traditional music and has also composed for theater
  and film. He is a featured performer on well over a dozen recordings and 
 a guest musician on numerous others.\n\nBecky Tracy\nBecky Tracy has dance
  music in her blood. Her grandparents were active in the dance scene aroun
 d Boston in the 1930?s and were involved in the early years of NEFFA (New 
 England Folk Festival Association) &ndash\; still an important institution
  in the New England dance scene. Becky's parents met through dancing and w
 ere leaders of community dances for many years.\n\nBecky herself began pla
 ying for contra dancing in Maine\, bending her early classical training to
  the demands of dance music. Later\, she studied Irish fiddling styles wit
 h Brendan Mulvihill and Eugene O'Donnel and French Canadian fiddling with 
 Lisa Ornstein. She brought things full circle when she appeared as the fea
 tured soloist with the New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra in their performan
 ce of Evan Chambers' Fiddle Concerto.\n\nAll these elements combined to gi
 ve Becky her distinctive clarity of tone\, a rhythmic attack owing much to
  French Canadian playing and the melodic quality of Irish music. Her sound
  is unmistakable. She has been a defining presence in some of the most pop
 ular and innovative contra dance bands to come out of New England\, being 
 the fiddler for both Wild Asparagus and Nightingale. Becky is featured on 
 recordings by both these groups. She has performed for dance events and co
 ncerts in about 40 states across the US\, as well as Canada and Europe and
  is a popular fiddle teacher at summer music camps. Her solo recording\, E
 vergreen from 2001 is an album of haunting beauty\, intimacy and exuberanc
 e.\n\n======================\n\nsuggested donation $14-19 sliding scale\n+
  $1 preservation fee \nreservation requests to notlobreservations at gmail
  dot com\n\nCoffee from JP Licks\nPastries from Fiores\n==================
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 le.com/group/notlobmusic\n\nnotloB Folk Concerts has produced not-for-prof
 it concerts in the greater Boston area since 2007. The series is volunteer
 -run\; 100% of the donations go to the musicians and production expenses. 
 Admission is by suggested minimum donation. A suggested minimum donation (
 varies by concert) is requested. If you cannot support the artists with do
 llars\, please consider volunteering your time and energy. Your donations 
 cover venue rental\, sound system rental\, sound engineer\, publicity and 
 other production expenses. 100% of the balance goes to the artists (many o
 f whom travel many miles). Sometimes there are shortfalls\, so extra donat
 ions are gladly accepted. If you cannot afford the suggested donation amou
 nt\, consider volunteering! And please\, no credit cards or checks\, cash 
 is appreciated.\n\nPhotography\, video recording\, & sound recording. No s
 till\, video or sound recording is permitted without permission of the art
 ist and the house. If you would like to share photos of past concerts\, em
 ail the pictures and/or web link to notlobreservations at gmail dot com\n
 \n'In this era of pop-driven acoustic music\, notloB is keeping the folk t
 radition alive.' ~ Jack Hardy\n\nStart time: Doors 7:30pm
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