BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//artsboston.org//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Calendar of artsboston.org X-WR-CALDESC:In this calendar you will find information about events that y ou did save X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130521T141821CEST-7070VRprv9@artsboston.org DTSTAMP:20130521T121821Z CATEGORIES:Personal CLASS:EVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Name: NotloB Parlour Concerts presents Becky Tracy and Ke ith Murphy\nEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441654043/No tloB_Parlour_Concerts_presents_Becky_Tracy_and_Keith_Murphy\nEvent Date Be gin: 2012-11-01\nEvent Date End: 2012-11-01\n\nBecky Tracy and Keith Murph y http://blackislemusic.com/ Becky 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. Keith Murphy A native of Newfoundland\, Keith's traditional so ng repertoire is based in Eastern Canada and Quebec as well as his current home\, Vermont. His direct and intimate style of traditional singing in E nglish and French infuses old ballads and songs with a powerful immediacy while his rhythmic and percussive finger style of guitar playing brings ne w shape and color to his songs. His 2005 album\, Bound for Canaan showcase d his refined sense of balance between innovation and tradition. Keith wa s a founding member of Nightingale\, a trio which broke new ground in its sophisticated approach to traditional music. He is a mainstay of the Bosto n fiddle extravaganza\, Childsplay and has also worked extensively with To ny Barrand on the song repertoire from the early twentieth century of the Atwood family from Dover\, Vermont. He also appears frequently with his wi fe\, fiddler Becky Tracy. Keith is an accomplished composer and arranger in the realm of traditional music and has also composed for theater and fi lm. He is a featured performer on well over a dozen recordings and a guest musician on numerous others. Becky Tracy Becky Tracy has dance music in her blood. Her grandparents were active in the dance scene around Boston i n the 1930?s and were involved in the early years of NEFFA (New England Fo lk Festival Association) &ndash\; still an important institution in the Ne w England dance scene. Becky's parents met through dancing and were leader s of community dances for many years. Becky herself began playing for con tra dancing in Maine\, bending her early classical training to the demands of dance music. Later\, she studied Irish fiddling styles with Brendan Mu lvihill and Eugene O'Donnel and French Canadian fiddling with Lisa Ornstei n. She brought things full circle when she appeared as the featured solois t with the New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra in their performance of Evan C hambers' Fiddle Concerto. All these elements combined to give Becky her d istinctive clarity of tone\, a rhythmic attack owing much to French Canadi an playing and the melodic quality of Irish music. Her sound is unmistakab le. She has been a defining presence in some of the most popular and innov ative contra dance bands to come out of New England\, being the fiddler fo r both Wild Asparagus and Nightingale. Becky is featured on recordings by both these groups. She has performed for dance events and concerts in abou t 40 states across the US\, as well as Canada and Europe and is a popular fiddle teacher at summer music camps. Her solo recording\, Evergreen from 2001 is an album of haunting beauty\, intimacy and exuberance. notloB web site - https://sites.google.com/site/notlobmusic/ Coffee from JP Licks Pa stries from Fiores Please sign up for our concert announcements - http:// groups.google.com/group/notlobmusic notloB Folk Concerts has produced not -for-profit concerts in the greater Boston area since 2007. The series is volunteer-run\; 100% of the donations go to the musicians and production e xpenses. Admission is by suggested minimum donation. A suggested minimum d onation (varies by concert) is requested. If you cannot support the artist s with dollars\, please consider volunteering your time and energy. Your d onations cover venue rental\, sound system rental\, sound engineer\, publi city and other production expenses. 100% of the balance goes to the artist s (many of whom travel many miles). Sometimes there are shortfalls\, so ex tra donations are gladly accepted. If you cannot afford the suggested dona tion amount\, consider volunteering! And please\, no credit cards or check s\, cash is appreciated.\n\nStart time: doors 7:30pm DTSTART:20121101T000000 DTEND:20121101T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:NotloB Parlour Concerts presents Becky Tracy and Keith Murphy TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR