Gloucester Hornpipe & Clog Society

"You are all such amazing musicians, and your performance was lively and magical." (80 Border Street Cultural Exchange Center, East Boston)

“Your sprightly music was lively and fitting for this happy (Grand Opening), and we feel that old Edmund Fowle himself would be rejoicing in Heaven at the very sound of it!" (Mary Spiers, The Historical Society of Watertown)

“…an affectionate feel for the music.." (Bryan Baker, review of Airs From Who Knows Where)

"A band that's become a New England tradition unto itself!" (Dave Palmeter, Folktracks Live, Club Passim

Gloucester Hornpipe and Clog Society Friday Folk Coffeehouse Has Them Dancing in the Aisles!  The Gloucester Hornpipe and Clog Society (GH&CS) regaled the audience with hornpipes, clogging, jigs, Irish step, mazurkas, polkas, and reels that had audience members up and dancing in every square foot between the auditorium’s tables. The audience also took much delight in sing-along chanteys such as “High Barbary”, “Old Maui”, “Maid of Amsterdam”, “Leave Her Johnny, Leave Her,” and “Cape Cod Girls”. In addition, GHCS performed songs from a plethora of traditions; Quebecois, Swedish, Irish, French, and American music were all celebrated. And their performance was leavened with humor, such as the generic “Your State’s Name Here” (by Lou and Peter Berryman), a sly tribute to state songs. (Friday Folk Coffeehouse in Dedham, MA, January 2023)