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Sunday, February 06, 2005
02/06/05 - 2nd Sat Concert With Ed Miller & Andy Wilkinson on 02/12/05
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SECOND SATURDAY CONCERT
February 12, 7:30 PM
[Norman Kennedy was originally scheduled to perform along with Ed Miller,
but Norman had to cancel because he had triple bypass surgery on January
11. (We have heard that he is doing well.)]
ED MILLER - A native of Edinburgh, Scotland who now lives in Austin, Texas,
Ed has been described as "one of finest singers to come out of the 1960's
Scottish folksong revival." Ed's repertoire is representative of the
breadth of the Scottish folk revival, including ageless ballads and songs
of Robert Burns, as well as the more recent songs which are entering the
folk repertoire and keeping it fresh. From children's' street songs to
songs of nationalism, emigration and urban life, a performance by Ed Miller
gives the audience an education (in the most entertaining way) in the
constants and changes of Scottish life.
"Permit me to put a wee bee in your bonnet about a honey-voiced singer
named Ed Miller, a decidedly not run-of-the-miller interpreter of Scots
songs." Bob Breheny, Dirty Linen
"There can be nothing more satisfying to a singer than to be listened to
with rapt attention, and Ed commanded such affection from the very first.
His songs were sung with a love and understanding for both song and
writer-something uncommon in the folk scene today." Edinburgh Folk Club
Newsletter, Edinburgh
ANDY WILKINSON - A poet, song writer, singer, and playwright whose
particular interest is the history and peoples of the Great Plains, Andy
Wilkinson has recorded six albums of original music and has written five
plays, "Charlie Goodnight's Last Night," a one-man show performed by Mr.
Barry Corbin, the musical drama, "My Cowboy's Gift," "The Soul of the West"
(written with Red Steagall), "The Fires of Camp," an historical musical
commissioned by the City of Lubbock for their new outdoor amphitheater, and
"A Way In the West," a one-woman show performed by Ms Trudy Fair. He has
just been commissioned by Texas Frontier Trails to write the drama for
their new Goodnight-Loving Amphitheater in Mineral Wells, Texas. His work
has received several awards, including the Texas Historical Foundation's
John Ben Shepperd Jr. Craftsmanship Award, and three National Western
Heritage "Wrangler" Awards, two for original music and one for poetry. He
is also adjunct professor in the Honors College of Texas Tech University,
where he teaches art as a way to express sense of place, and songwriting in
the school of music. In addition to his writing and teaching, he tours
extensively in a variety of venues in the US and abroad.
Second Saturday Concert is presented by the Houston Folklore/Music Society,
a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of folklore and
folk/acoustic music.
Concerts are held the second Saturdays of each month in the West University
Community Building at 6104 Auden (at Rice Blvd.).
Homemade refreshments are available.
Tickets on sale at the door: Adults - $10; Senior citizens - $5. Children
under 12 are welcome and free when with adults. Please note: Beginning in
January, our ticket price for adults increased to $10. Tickets for senior
citizens remain at $5.
Phone Bobby or Gay Pangle at 281-347-3235 or Chris Hartman at 281-495-2923
for more concert information.
Visit our website at: http://www.houstonfolkmusic.org
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