New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club
Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.
450 7th Avenue #972
New York, NY 10123
(212) 563-4099

PRESS RELEASE

Contact for this event: Evy Mayer, (718) 549-1344 after 11 AM only.

For immediate release on or after March 23, 2001:

Folksinger-songwriter Bill Staines to appear in New York City, Thursday, May 10, 2001, at 8 PM.

Pinewoods Series Concert to be held at Advent Lutheran Church.

New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club proudly presents legendary folksinger-songwriter Bill Staines in concert at the Advent Lutheran Church, Broadway and West 93rd Street in New York City, on Thursday evening, May 10, 2001. The show begins at 8 PM. This concert is one in a series of six per year presented by Pinewoods and is free to club members. General public admission is $13. Seniors citizens and students pay only $9 each. Children¹s admission is just $6. The nearest subway stop is 96th Street on the 1, 2, 3, and 9 lines. For further information the public can call Evy Mayer at (718) 549-1344 after 11 AM.

For more than 30 years Bill Staines has traveled back and forth across North America, singing his songs and delighting audiences at festivals, folksong societies, colleges, concert halls, clubs, and coffee houses.

Bill has become one of the most popular singers on the folk circuit today and averages around 200 concert dates a year. Bill weaves a gentle blend of wit and humor into his performances. Bill sings mostly his own songs, and his music is a slice of Americana, reflecting with the same ease his feelings about the prairie people of the Midwest or the adventurers of the Yukon. Among his best known compositions are A Place In the Choir, River, and Roseville Fair.

Between his own creations, Bill intersperses songs ranging from traditional folk ballads to contemporary country, and he enjoys having the audience participate in many of the numbers. Bill is also acclaimed for his yodeling.

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