FRFF 2008 Lineup

[PaulC]

Thu 07/24/08 Crooked Still
Thu 07/24/08 Vance Gilbert
Fri 07/25/08 Bill Evans & Soulgrass
Fri 07/25/08 The Nields
Fri 07/25/08 Tracy Grammer
Fri 07/25/08 Vance Gilbert
Sat 07/26/08 Chris Smither
Sat 07/26/08 Eddie From Ohio
Sat 07/26/08 Janis Ian
Sat 07/26/08 The Nields
Sat 07/26/08 Tracy Grammer
Sat 07/26/08 Vance Gilbert
Sun 07/27/08 Chris Smither
Sun 07/27/08 Eddie From Ohio
Sun 07/27/08 Eileen Ivers
Sun 07/27/08 Janis Ian
Sun 07/27/08 Railroad Earth
Sun 07/27/08 The Nields
Sun 07/27/08 Tracy Grammer
Sun 07/27/08 Vance Gilbert

[TyteFystedFolkie]

That's a lot to pack into Sunday!

[Notlob]

Source: From Anne's post - http://www.falconridgefolk.com/phpBB2/vie

But here are some additions I can announce, Lori McKenna, Martin Sexton, Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul, The Farewell Drifters, Patty Larkin, The Horseflies, Bill Evans Soulgrass, Janis Ian, Jason Spooner Trio, Red Molly, Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience, Eliza Gilkyson, Railroad Earth, The Folk Brothers (David Massengill & Jack Hardy), Patti O & the Hip Hooligans, Wild Asparagus, Roger the Jester, The Storycrafters, The Ivy Vine Players.

Wonderful additions!

I'm especially pleased to see that Jack and David will be descending below the lower pasture!

[Notlob]

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Date Schedule sorted by date Artist Schedule sorted by Artist.
Thu 07/24/08 Crooked Still
Thu 07/24/08 Vance Gilbert
Fri 07/25/08 Bill Evans & Soulgrass
Fri 07/25/08 Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
Fri 07/25/08 The Nields
Fri 07/25/08 Tracy Grammer
Fri 07/25/08 Vance Gilbert
Sat 07/26/08 Chris Smither
Sat 07/26/08 Eddie From Ohio
Sat 07/26/08 Janis Ian
Sat 07/26/08 The Nields
Sat 07/26/08 Tracy Grammer
Sat 07/26/08 Vance Gilbert
Sun 07/27/08 Chris Smither
Sun 07/27/08 Eddie From Ohio
Sun 07/27/08 Eileen Ivers
Sun 07/27/08 Janis Ian
Sun 07/27/08 Railroad Earth
Sun 07/27/08 The Nields
Sun 07/27/08 Tracy Grammer
Sun 07/27/08 Vance Gilbert

[ckocher]

If you haven't seen him perform, Terrence Simien is VERY cool. When he was here last year, he was throwing Mardi Gras beads into the audience with his bare feet!


Chris

[TyteFystedFolkie]

That's a BIG surprise to me?? I think they DELIVER...year after year.

[Notlob]

CONCERT SCHEDULE

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Date Schedule sorted by date Artist Schedule sorted by Artist.
Thu 07/24/08 Crooked Still
Thu 07/24/08 Red Molly
Thu 07/24/08 Vance Gilbert
Fri 07/25/08 Bill Evans & Soulgrass
Fri 07/25/08 Patty Larkin
Fri 07/25/08 Red Molly
Fri 07/25/08 Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
Fri 07/25/08 The Nields
Fri 07/25/08 Tracy Grammer
Fri 07/25/08 Vance Gilbert
Sat 07/26/08 Chris Smither
Sat 07/26/08 Eddie From Ohio
Sat 07/26/08 Janis Ian
Sat 07/26/08 Patty Larkin
Sat 07/26/08 Red Molly
Sat 07/26/08 The Nields
Sat 07/26/08 Tracy Grammer
Sat 07/26/08 Vance Gilbert
Sun 07/27/08 Chris Smither
Sun 07/27/08 Eddie From Ohio
Sun 07/27/08 Eileen Ivers
Sun 07/27/08 Janis Ian
Sun 07/27/08 Railroad Earth
Sun 07/27/08 Red Molly
Sun 07/27/08 The Nields
Sun 07/27/08 Tracy Grammer
Sun 07/27/08 Vance Gilbert

[Notlob]

In Anne's official release she mentions the Horse Flies

Never heard of them before, I went to their MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/thehorseflies - and gave them a listen. Was quite impressed.

Their bio

NEW ALBUM COMING TO BE RELEASED IN MAY 2008!!!

The Horse Flies

Together since 1981, The Horse Flies were one of the earliest bands to bring a punkish energy to traditional American music and then to move beyond, creating a sound that still today is wholly unique and fresh. With artful original songs, a tribal/ethnic/trance-inducing approach to fiddle music, powerful instrumental skills, improvising prowess, emotive singing, and grooves for miles, the Horse Flies’ music reaches audiences from folk to jamband to alternative and more.

2008 will see the release of their first full-length studio album in many years -- "Until the Ocean" -- since the passing of their beloved bass-player and friend, John Hayward. The Horse Flies are indeed back!

Critics have said:

“ ... a world without the Horse Flies' wholly unique music would be a much, much poorer place.” (Melody Maker, London)

“A band that's earned a buzz ... The Horse Flies churn out swirling, addictive songs, blending tradition with invention.” (Rolling Stone)

The Horse Flies combine musical and lyrical quirkiness with beguiling wit and intelligence … a melange of rock, folk, and minimalism … music that challenges the brain without sacrificing the groove. (Chicago Tribune)

Music of astonishing centrifugal force ... breathtakingly complex rhythms ... unexpectedly rich textures ... stunningly modern ... gravity and grace ... their ancient, yet modern sound and their easy, seemingly limitless energy make The Horse Flies special. (The Plain Dealer, Cleveland)

The textures are a blend of the ancient and the ultra modern. Realism coexists with surrealism, and synthetics and acoustics are interwoven. A record of dark brilliance. (Melody Maker, London)

Demented, post-modern mountain music ... (Village Voice, New York).

The Horse Flies have figured out how to hold a hoedown in a physics lab. (New York Times) Brilliantly peculiar ... new music with gnarled and twisted roots. Daniel Gewertz (The Boston Herald)

Bewitching and beguiling ... a band for our trying times (The Dallas Observer)

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The Horseflies have released seven albums: "Gravity Dance" (MCA), "Human Fly" (Rounder/MCA), In the Dance Tent (Live and Kicking), Two Traditions (Callin' the Kettle Black), "Chokers and Flies" (Rounder), "Where the Rivers Flow North" (score for the film of that name, on Alcazar Records), and "A Stranger in the Kingdom" (another film score) and appeared on a number of compilation recordings. Both "Human Fly" and "Gravity Dance" reached the top 40 on the Gavin and CMJ charts. “Gravity Dance” was nominated for a New York Award.

The band has been written about in major publications such as Rolling Stone, Musician Magazine, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, New Musical Express (London), Melody Maker (London) …

They have performed throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe at major venues such as the Central Park Summerstage (NYC, U.S.), WOMAD (Toronto, Canada), Big Beat Festival (Vienna, Austria), Vancouver Folk Festival (Vancouver, Canada), Birmingham City Stages (Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.), Independence Days (Berlin, Germany), Philadelphia Folk Festival (Philadelphia, PA, U.S.), Tonder Festival (Denmark), and the Telluride Festival. They have also appeared numerous times on radio and television programs including MTV News, MTV’s Week in Rock, Prairie Home Companion, Mountain Stage, The Entertainers, and many more.

During the summers of 2000 and 2004, Judy Hyman and Richie Stearns joined pop singer Natalie Merchant’s band. An album of the music from those tours titled "The House Carpenter's Daughter" was released in September 2003 on Myth America Records. The album's lead cut, "Sally Ann", is a song by Jeff Claus, which Natalie’s band performed on Late Night with David Letterman in August 2004 and which also appears on Ms. Merchant’s new Greatest Hits album.

The Horse Flies are: Judy Hyman (violin, vocals), Jeff Claus (guitar, banjo uke, vocals), Rich Stearns (banjo, vocals), Taki Masuko (percussion), Jay Olsa (bass) and Rick Hansen (accordion, organ, Moog).

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Jul 25 2008 8:00P
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[ckocher]

I saw The Horse Flies headline at a charity New Year's show a few years ago. They were quite good.

Also, check out Boy with a Fish, a side project that includes a couple of Horse Flies members: http://www.boywithafish.com/

[fishheadforfunandprofit]

Is Railroad Earth scheduled to play at the fest this year?

[Lew]

YES! RRE tour dates has it listed at 5 pm on the 27th.

But if Anne says it, you know it's so! (April 5th post)

But here are some additions I can announce,........Railroad Earth, .........
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Falcon Ridge Folk Festival

[goob712]

That's a lot to pack into Sunday!

and it looks like I am going to miss Sunday.

maybe I can still change my flight...

[Notlob]

CONCERT SCHEDULE

Falcon Ridge Folk Festival

Thu 07/24/08 Crooked Still
Thu 07/24/08 Red Molly
Thu 07/24/08 Vance Gilbert

Fri 07/25/08 Bill Evans & Soulgrass
Fri 07/25/08 Patty Larkin
Fri 07/25/08 Red Molly
Fri 07/25/08 Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience
Fri 07/25/08 The Nields
Fri 07/25/08 Tracy Grammer
Fri 07/25/08 Vance Gilbert

Sat 07/26/08 Chris Smither
Sat 07/26/08 Eddie From Ohio
Sat 07/26/08 Janis Ian
Sat 07/26/08 Patty Larkin
Sat 07/26/08 Red Molly
Sat 07/26/08 The Nields
Sat 07/26/08 Tracy Grammer
Sat 07/26/08 Vance Gilbert

Sun 07/27/08 Chris Smither
Sun 07/27/08 Eddie From Ohio
Sun 07/27/08 Eileen Ivers
Sun 07/27/08 Janis Ian
Sun 07/27/08 Railroad Earth
Sun 07/27/08 Red Molly
Sun 07/27/08 The Nields
Sun 07/27/08 Tracy Grammer
Sun 07/27/08 Vance Gilbert

Note this is incomplete, missing are:
1. some main stage/workshop stage artists alread identified in prior posts in this thread.
2. The 2007 "most wanted" artists.
3. Family stage artists.
4. Dance stage artists.

[DanTappan]

CONCERT SCHEDULE

Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
...

There is a "full lineup listing" for the festival posted at
http://community.livejournal.com/falcon ... 05767.html

I don't know the provenance, so I can't guarantee that it's authentic, but the contents look plausible and the format looks like what Anne has sent out in past years.

[Notlob]

I had not used my live journal account for a long time, but when I logged in got an immediate popup "your computer is infected", when I closed it a new window opened and a download began.

Is live journal reputable and virus-free?