Hoot Gets the Boot! NYC 2/23/08 show postponed!

Oh, such sad news. I just want to cry!

Our February 23 New York Hootenanny at the Yippie Museum Cafe ("Hoot at the Yip") has been pre-empted by a birthday party for the son of one of the museum founders. The little tike may be twenty-something and have his own rock'n'roll band, but we should all wish him a happy birthday just the same.

But be of good cheer, as you still have plenty of opportunities to hear me and the rest of the gang over and over again. Your first opportunity is coming up this very Friday, January 25, at 7:00 PM when Anne Price makes a solo New York appearance at the 169 Bar in Lower Manhattan. The address is 169 East Broadway, between Rutgers and Jefferson Streets. It was once a rough and tumble dive known as the Bloody Bucket. I've heard it's cleaned up its act, but please don't pass out on the floor. You just might wake up aboard a clipper ship heading down to Valparaiso.

Your next chance after that will be this coming weekend, January 25-27, when Joel Landy and I will be at the Peoples' Music Network Winter
Gathering in Boston and Brookline, MA. I believe each of us is leading a workshop -- at least I know I am -- but the schedule won't be available until we get there. That's pretty typical of PMN gatherings. Rather than being frustrating, it's actually pretty endearing, once you get used to it. For the latest details, please visit the PMN website: www.peoplesmusic.org

Then some time in the spring Anne and I will be performing at Eco-Fest on the campus of Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, NY, while Joel and I will be appearing at the New England Folk Festival (NEFFA) in Mansfield, MA. The festival dates are April 8-10 and April 25-27, respectively. I'll send you the details once they are finalized.

But here's a date you can be sure of. On Saturday, May 3, Joel Landy and I will be appearing at the Peoples' Voice Cafe in New York City from 8:00 to 10:30 PM. The cafe is moving to new digs next season, so this will be the last show for us at the Workmen's Circle Building at 45 East 33rd Street in Midtown Manhattan. Please be there!

So what about the Hoot at Yip? We will try to reschedule it for some time later in the year. Meanwhile, Joel Landy is still running the Thursday night Songs of Freedom shows there. Stephanie Faul is down in DC singing up a storm, and Mimi LaValley is all over the place, but especially in the young and hip nightspots of Brooklyn, NY.

Oh, just in case you're wondering, the Eighth Annual Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash will be back at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City on Sunday, July 13, from 7:00 to 9:30 PM. That's at 308 Bowery, right around the corner from the Yippie Museum Cafe.

Further down the line will be the Anne Price & Steve Suffet Awesome English Adventure this coming October. I will say more about it as the time approaches

--- Steve