Horses Report

From: Ralph Litwin [mailto:ralphlit@juno.com]

Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 2:45 PM

To: fullboard@folkproject.org

Subject: HSNOI Report

The HSNOI Best of the Blues Compilation DVD is now available for sale by mail (See details at HSNOI.blogspot.com) or at The Minstrel for $20.

I have begun the long-term project of archiving over 550 shows onto high quality DVD-Rs, creating one copy to be deposited at the Rutgers Special Collections, Alexander Library in New Brunswick and a 2nd copy to be stored somewhere TBD other than my home office. On the advice of professional archivists, these are being made in addition to the original DVD-R archive already stored in my home office, most of which were burned on the Panasonic DMR-HS2 purchased in 2002 before they had really perfected the home burner technology. Those discs and any duplicated from them have some playback problems on other brands of machines, but usually will playback fine on a Panasonic player. So I am burning the first one in real time on our relatively new Toshiba burner and duplicating the 2nd one from the first. I already found one disc in the original archive (A6) that wouldn't play all the way through on our Panasonic player, but I was able to dub it from the original 3/4" U-Matic tape recorded in 1989.

We recorded two fine shows in July:

494) 7/13/10 Seth Glier – singer-songwriter-keyboardist; Livingston Taylor says, “Listening to Seth’s music gives me hope for what’s to come. The next generation is alive and well.” sethglier.com

495) 7/13/10 Fred Gillen, Jr. - prolific songwriter w/ 7 CDs & 2 e.p.s, has toured all over the U.S., Ireland, Germany & Czech Republic, his music has been on “All My Children” (ABC) fredgillenjr.com

And our upcoming schedule looks good:

8/12/10 (2 shows) David Gans - Known far and wide as the light behind the widely syndicated Grateful Dead Hour radio program, several books on the Dead & a number of intriguing CDs relating to the band and its music, he has in recent years developed a solid following nationwide for his compelling songs & music www.dgans.com

8/24/10 6:45 Jessica Kane – highly entertaining slice of life autobiographical short story writer-reader & songwriter jessicakane.com

8/24/10 8:00 Caren Kennedy Band – a Jersey Joe top pick; contemp. folk-country-pop singer-songwriter-led band w/drums, guitar, bass guitar, and two singers myspace.com/carenkennedy

9/16/10 6:45 Acoustic Eidolon – internationally acclaimed duo, Joe Scott performs on a unique, custom designed banjo/guitar combination double-neck 14 string guitjo. Hannah Alkire is classically trained cellist; repertoire defying categorization with Celtic, World, Latin and Folk music influences. acousticeidolon.com

9/16/10 8:00 Laura Birdsong – singer-songwriter-guitarist & longtime Folk Project member laurabirdsong.com

10/12/10 6:45 Johanna - Netherlands native from White Township, NJ plays french button accordion she & her sister learned from her grandfather right after WWII; is working on a solo album including original tunes from her grandfather with lyrics by songwriter Gar Francis myspace.com/accordionstories

10/12/10 8:00 The Dust Busters - Brooklyn old-time string band w/ Walker Shepard (Banjo, Guitar, Guit-Jo, Fiddle), Craig Judelman (Fiddle, Pump Organ) & Eli Smith (Guitar, Banjo, Banjo-Mandolin, Harmonica, Autoharp, Jug, Spoons) www.DustBustersMusic.com