The Pacific Northwest Folklore Society announces a series of mostly traditional folk music concerts for the Puget Sound area of Washington State, with local musicians.

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008, 7:30 pm
The Whatcom Co. Homemade Music Society Presents:
STEWART HENDRICKSON. Fiddle, voice and guitar. Traditional songs from the British Isles & America, and songs of the sea. April 9, 7:30 pm. Donation: $8 to $12. Roeder Home, 2600 Sunset Ave, Bellingham, WA. Information: 360-734-7872, Whatcom Co. Homemade Music Society.

Friday, April 11th, 2008, 8-10 pm
The Pacific Northwest Folklore Society Presents:
COFFEEHOUSE CONCERT. Alan Kausal & Isla Ross in Toe-Tapping Roots–Cajun & Swing (fiddle, guitar, vocals), and Jim Portillo & Friends in Acoustic Folk & Americana (guitar, vocal) perform an evening of music. April 11, 8-10 pm, free, donations welcome. Kaffe Shachor, corner Winona & N. 73rd St., Seattle.

Saturday, April 12th, 2008, 7 pm
The Haller Lake Arts Council Presents:
BOB ANTONE & MIKE PRYOR. Bob Antone and friends – "back-rattle-beat" music and storytelling from the Northwest woods. Mike Pryor with his humorous and serious songs about Seattle, Puget Sound and the Pacific Northwest. Haller Lake Community Club, 12579 Densmore Ave N, Seattle. 7 pm, $12, $2 off HLCC. Kids half price. Info/reservations: Email, 206-367-0475, hallerlake.info/artsevents.html.

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008, 7:30 pm
The Pacific Northwest Folklore Society Presents:
REGGIE MILES. Singer Songwriter Storyteller Slide Guitarist... & Sawplayer. Reggie fuses early blues, ragtime, and folk with original songs to create humor, stories, fantasy and social comment. Played on vintage and handmade instruments ranging from slide guitar to harmonica to musical saw. House concert in Broadview Neighborhood, NW Seattle. Info/reservations/directions: Email.

Sunday, May 4th, 2008, 2-3 pm
The Everett Public Library & The Pacific Northwest Folklore Society Present: BOB NELSON and REGGIE MILES.
Bob Nelson learned his craft of singing and performing when folk music was beginning its revival in Seattle in the early 1950s. He went on to sing in local coffeehouses, on radio and even TV. He loves the old ballads, particularly those that tell the history of the Pacific Northwest. With a trained voice, you can understand every word as he weaves his stories in song. Reggie Miles, singer songwriter storyteller slide guitarist... and sawplayer, fuses early blues, ragtime, and folk with original songs to create humor, stories, fantasy and social comment. He plays vintage and homemade instruments ranging from a hand-built resonator slide guitar to harmonica to musical saw. A regular Pike Place Market busker, he interacts with his audiences, bringing them into his stories and songs. Free, Everett Public Library auditorium, 2702 Hoyt Ave. Everett, WA

Friday, May 9th, 2008, 8-10 pm
The Pacific Northwest Folklore Society Presents:
COFFEEHOUSE CONCERT - MORGAN & GRAVES/CHRIS ROE. Bob Morgan & Lynn Graves play acoustic music on fiddle & guitar with songs old & new, borrowed & blue. Chris Roe sings traditional ballads & songs with button box & harp. May 9, 8-10 pm, free, donations welcome. Kaffe Shachor, corner Winona & N. 73rd St., Seattle.

Saturday, May 10th, 2008, 7 pm
The Haller Lake Arts Council Presents:
KEN WALDMAN. Ken Waldman has drawn on his 20 years in Alaska to produce poems, stories and fiddle tunes that combine into a performance uniquely his own. A traveling minstrel, "he brings his instruments, a few fellow musicians, and his poems about surviving a plane crash, watching grizzlies feed in a garbage dump, and other adventures in the forty-ninth state." Haller Lake Community Club, 12579 Densmore Ave N, Seattle. 7 pm, $12, $2 off HLCC. Kids half price. Info/reservations: Email, 206-367-0475, hallerlake.info/artsevents.html.

Friday, May 23, 2008, 3:00-3:30 pm
STEWART HENDRICKSON - Songs & Fiddle Tunes. Mostly Irish tunes and songs. Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle. Bagley Lawn Acoustic Stage, Seattle Center.

Monday, May 26, 2008, 11:00-11:50 am
The Pacific Northwest Folklore Society Presents:
55 YEARS OF FOLK SINGING IN SEATTLE. Workshop presented by Stewart Hendrickson. Founding members of the PNW Folklore Society and other early Seattle folksingers will talk about the history of folk singing in Seattle and sing some of the old songs. Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle. Shaw Room, Seattle Center.

Sunday, June 1st, 2008, 2-3 pm
The Everett Public Library & The Pacific Northwest Folklore Society Present: FLIP BRESKIN & ZEKE HOSKIN.
Special program of songs for families and children. Flip Breskin, from Bellingham, is a song-catcher extraordinaire, a precise and lyrical fingerstyle guitarist, and a musical mover and shaker from away back. She was one of the founders of the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop and has been playing and teaching guitar ever since. She plays the sweetest instrumentals ever found, and the songs she sings are deep and thoughtful, never self-absorbed. Zeke Hoskin sees the absurd side of everything and puts it all into witty songs that have been performed and recorded by Canadian bands from Vancouver Island to Newfoundland. He also plays the mandolin and Celtic harp. The effectiveness of Zeke and Flip together is enhanced by contrast. A belly-laugher by Zeke sets you up to appreciate the depth of Flip's next offering, which in turn leaves you all the readier for a truly-skewed Zeke number . . . When they aren't playing vocal ping pong with your state of mind, they sing together and play instrumental duets. Free, Everett Public Library auditorium, 2702 Hoyt Ave. Everett, WA 98201.

Sunday, July 13th, 2008, 2-3 pm
The Everett Public Library & The Pacific Northwest Folklore Society Present: STEWART & BETTY HENDRICKSON and JILLIAN GRAHAM.
Stewart Hendrickson plays fiddle and sings traditional songs from the British Isles and America. A trained singer, and violinist-turned-fiddle player, he also plays a vintage Martin guitar that he bought new in 1956. In plays in Irish sessions, local open mics and other venues around Seattle, and has performed for several years at the Northwest Folklife Festival. Betty Hendrickson always had a strong interest in music. About ten years ago she acquired her first hammered dulcimer, an instrument that she loved to hear. A few years ago she surprised herself by performing at an open mic. Since then she has performed solo and with other musicians in a variety of musical events. She plays mostly traditional tunes from the British Isles and America. Jillian Graham has been singing, mostly in choral groups for a long time. She has a lovely strong voice, and recently began to sing solo accompanied by her own guitar playing. And she discovered a talent for writing her own songs and composing music. She has played at local Seattle open mics and more recently in her own solo gigs and with other musicians including her husband Jim, a talented bass player. Her first CD is in the works now. Free, Everett Public Library auditorium, 2702 Hoyt Ave. Everett, WA 98201.

Sunday, July 20th, 2008, 2-3 pm
The Everett Public Library & The Pacific Northwest Folklore Society Present:CHRIS ROE & MIKE NELSON.
Chris Roe, singer, Celtic harpist and button box accordion player, has been performing in the Pacific Northwest since 1983. She has a vast repertoire of traditional ballads and songs from the British Isles, France and French-speaking Canada. She was a founding member of two all-woman maritime singing groups, leads sea chanteys, plays for dances, and is an enthusiastic promoter of participatory singing. Mike Nelson has been singing folk songs in the Pacific Northwest for many years. When you hear his strong voice and rhythmic guitar playing you appreciate his love for these old songs of adventure and the romance of lovers united and lost and heroes bold. Free, Everett Public Library Evergreen Branch Meeting Room, 9512 Evergreen Way, Everett, WA 98204.

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008, 2-3 pm
The Everett Public Library & The Pacific Northwest Folklore Society Present:NANCY QUENSE & JERRY MIDDAUGH.
Nancy Quensé sings from the heart with grace and simplicity, warm vocals and strong instrumental accompaniment on guitar and banjo. She began singing in Seattle in the 1960s with the folk music revival. Her deeply personal interpretations of traditional songs and ballads create a timeless place where the old songs live and the old stories ring true. Jerry Middaugh has been performing folk music for many years. Rooted in old fashioned music and folk songs, Jerry has played in various old-time string bands, bluegrass groups, and related folk music ensembles. His repertoire includes songs about work, trains, cowboys, hobos, loss, women, and philosophy. He sings in an understated down-home style accompanied by his precise stylistic guitar playing. Free, Everett Public Library auditorium, 2702 Hoyt Ave. Everett, WA 98201.

Cheers, S. in Seattle