Deni Bonet&nbsp;is a dynamic, classically trained violinist who would rather strut around a stage than sit in an orchestra chair. Her style ranges from pop to roots-rock to new folk. She has recorded with Pete Seeger and was a founding member of the house band for National Public Radio’s “Mountain Stage,” where she backed renowned artists as diverse as the Indigo Girls, Richard Thompson, and Allen Toussaint. But Bonet also has performed at the White House and the Great Wall of China, and toured in Cyndi Lauper’s backup band. The Wall Street Journal once described her singular sound as “Sheryl Crow meets The B-52s.” Her musical partner, guitarist&nbsp;Chris Flynn, has accompanied Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ronnie Spector, Garland Jeffreys, Willie Nile, and numerous other notable performers, and he has performed in top venues such as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center.
Spencer LaJoye is making queer indie folk music for everyone. They are a coast-to-coast singer/songwriter and vocal loop artist with Midwest roots, a classically-trained violinist with an inner theater kid’s love of group choreography, and a student of Americana music with a theology degree hanging in their studio. The 2021 Kerrville Songwriting Competition winner and 2024 Songwriter Serenade winner has been writing and touring their autobiographical folk songs for over a decade, but their viral 2021 anthem “Plowshare Prayer” secured them a permanent place in hearts and households across the world, as well as a peculiar career as a veracious songsmith with an unshakeable pastoral presence. Charming and banter-heavy, Spencer’s performances keep audiences laughing one moment and weeping the next.

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Troubadour Concerts: Deni Bonet & Chris Flynn...

Deni Bonet is a dynamic, classically trained violinist who would rather strut around a stage than sit in an orchestra chair....

Troubadour Concerts: Deni Bonet & Chris Flynn And Spencer LaJoye

Richard Shindell lives as both an immigrant and emigrant, crossing thresholds, that informs his illumination of the human experience through narrative song. Shindell has inhabited a Zen Buddhist monastery and busked in the streets of Paris.
Originally from New York, now living in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Shindell is a writer whose songs paint pictures, tell stories, juxtapose ideas and images, inhabit characters, vividly evoking entire worlds along the way and expanding our sense of just what it is a song may be. Meticulously recorded over three years in New York and Buenos Aires, his most recent release, Careless, offered an ambitious, luxurious, full- length statement. Shindell immersed himself in the studio, allowing the time and latitude to explore, experiment, take risks—to play as each of these eleven songs was given form and substance. While his signature acoustic guitar style is used to good effect, Careless also found Shindell plugging in more. &nbsp;“The wider sonic and dynamic range of the electric has been a real inspiration.Rejuvenating.”North Carolina singer-songwriter Jess Klein performs her Americana/folk-rock originals with a “voice of unblinking tenacity” (New York Times).&nbsp; Her acoustic-driven, hook-laden story songs revel in the polychrome of human experience – joy, rage, sensuality and resilience. Hailed as “a major talent” (Billboard),&nbsp; Jess has appeared on Good Morning America and NPR’s All Things Considered, performed at the Newport, Winnipeg, Falcon Ridge and Philadelphia Folk Festivals, and shared stages with&nbsp; Arlo Guthrie, Josh Ritter, Ani DiFranco, Steve Earle and Alejandro Escovedo.&nbsp; Jess’s live shows are known for their intimate and soulful atmosphere; her emotive vocals and poignant storytelling invite her fans on a journey through themes of love, loss, and resilience.
Jess Klein came to this world to pull firebrand power and childlike joy from our darkest shadows. Her acoustic-driven, hook-laden story songs revel in the polychrome of human experience – joy, rage, sensuality and resilience.

Local Event: Troubadour Concerts: Richard Shindell with Jess Klein

Troubadour Concerts: Richard Shindell with Jess...

Richard Shindell lives as both an immigrant and emigrant, crossing thresholds, that informs his illumination of the human...

Troubadour Concerts: Richard Shindell with Jess Klein

Alex Deis-Lauby began contra dancing in 2011 while at school in Chicago. After catching the contra bug, she began calling in 2014. Alex’s smooth voice, clear teaching style and engaging dance selections delight dancers from coast to coast. When she’s not calling, you can find her on the dance floor twirling away!Brooklyn Swing Ensemble&nbsp;has been gracing the stage of Swingin’ Tern for over thirty years. They are well known in the Northeast for their unique blend of fiddle tunes, Klezmer music, and swing/blues – playing for contra dances and other events throughout the region. With fiddle and clarinet as the lead instruments, the world is their musical oyster, and they are unafraid to explore!!&nbsp;The band features&nbsp;Danny Elias&nbsp;on clarinet,&nbsp;Sam Zygmuntowicz&nbsp;on fiddle,&nbsp;Marco Brehm&nbsp;on double bass, and&nbsp;Norman Plankey&nbsp;on guitar.

Local Event: Swingin' Tern Dances presents Alex Deis-Lauby with Brooklyn Swing Ensemble

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Alex Deis-Lauby began contra dancing in 2011 while at school in Chicago. After catching the contra bug, she began calling in...

Swingin' Tern Dances presents Alex Deis-Lauby with Brooklyn Swing Ensemble

The Folk Project Open Stage, North Jersey’s premier open&nbsp; stage, is back live on the second&nbsp; Friday of every month. The&nbsp; Main Stage features two-song (or&nbsp; ten&nbsp; minutes, whichever is shorter) sign-up slots for our audience. To sign up to perform email Chairman Todd at <a href="mailto:openstage@folkproject.org">openstage@folkproject.org</a>.

Local Event: The Folk Project - Open Stage

The Folk Project - Open Stage

The Folk Project Open Stage, North Jersey’s premier open  stage, is back live on the second  Friday of every month. The  Main...

Too Hot Mamas—Janine Smith and Susan Taylor—are a duo of singin’, swingin’ dance callers who aim to bring joy, connection, and whimsy to dancers everywhere. They’re passionate about goofing around and whooping it up all at the same time because dancing is FUN!The Dead Sea Squirrels play widely for contra dances and are known for their danceable tunes arranged in medleys designed to closely match and enhance the movements of the particular contra dance being taught/called. They tend to push the boundaries of the southern style with fiddle and fiddle/guitar harmonies. Since all the musicians are also dancers, they understand the importance of the interaction between dancers and musicians, and how to use rhythm and dynamics to augment the feel and excitement of a dance. Dead Sea Squirrels features Cathy Mason on fiddle; Craig Edwards on fiddle, banjo, and mandolin; and Henry Yoshimuraon guitar

Local Event: Swingin' Tern Dances presents Too Hot Mamas with Dead Sea Squirrels

Swingin' Tern Dances presents Too Hot Mamas...

Too Hot Mamas—Janine Smith and Susan Taylor—are a duo of singin’, swingin’ dance callers who aim to bring joy, connection, and...

Swingin' Tern Dances presents Too Hot Mamas with Dead Sea Squirrels

Dan Rodriguez is a Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter whose music is rooted in hard work, open roads, and deep love of home. Raised in the suburbs of Detroit, he moved to Minneapolis at 18 to study music and stayed, embracing the snow, the seasons, and the sturdy Midwestern spirit that now shapes his sound.
A whiskey-and-beer-drinking, fishing-and-hunting-loving, motorcycle-riding, good-food-appreciating family man, Rodriguez shares his life with his wife and their two sons, Oak and Alder. That grounded, back-to-basics lifestyle runs through his songwriting, where blue-collar grit meets heartfelt reflection.
Music is his trade and performing is his calling. Whether he’s in the studio crafting songs, out on the road bringing them to audiences, tending backyard chickens, tapping city maples for syrup, or pulling vegetables from his wife’s thriving garden, Rodriguez lives the kind of life he writes about: honest, rooted, and real.Danielle Miraglia hits the stage with a strong, steady thumb on her old Gibson and an infectious stomp-box rhythm, delivering songs that range from deeply heartfelt to fiercely socially conscious. Her performances are equal parts grit and groove, moving both your heart and your hips.
Her latest release, Bright Shining Stars, debuted at #15 on the Billboard Blues Chart. The Cascade Blues Association praised it as “…tough as rawhide, but smooth as blended whiskey.” Released on the Vizztone Label Group, the album captures the powerful one-woman-band sound Miraglia has honed over years of live performance. This solo acoustic folk-blues recording features guest appearances by Laurence Scudder, Peter Parcek, and Richard “Rosy” Rosenblatt.
Alongside her compelling originals, Miraglia includes select covers from her live repertoire, paying homage to influences such as Big Bill Broonzy, Bob Dylan, and Janis Joplin. The title track, “Bright Shining Stars,” was written by her husband, Tom Bianchi, adding a personal touch to an album that reflects both her roots and her evolution as an artist.

Local Event: Troubadour Concerts: Dan Rodriguez and Danielle Miraglia

Troubadour Concerts: Dan Rodriguez and Danielle...

Dan Rodriguez is a Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter whose music is rooted in hard work, open roads, and deep love of home....

Troubadour Concerts: Dan Rodriguez and Danielle Miraglia

Claudia Schmidt brings her exuberant music and love of humanity back to the Troubadour! With her multi-octave voice, 12 string guitar and mountain dulcimer, she weaves together song, story and spoken word in a one-of-a-kind presentation that will fill your heart and refresh your soul.&nbsp; After more than 50 years of writing and performing, she is as strong as ever, sharing her wonder and amazement at the world and all the creatures, including us, who inhabit it. She recently released her 22nd album, Reimagining, and is working on new material for yet another release in the not-too-distant future. Come and get energized, humorized and harmonized!Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Pat Wictor makes his home in many musical worlds.&nbsp; Grounded in rural blues and gospel traditions, Wictor’s lean, poetic songs and expressive guitar playing are seasoned with jazz, pop, improvisational surprise, philosophy and social commentary.
Pat’s most recent CD, FLARE, a meditation on political division in America, was called “brilliant” by WFUV’s John Platt, and reached #1 on the Folk-DJ charts.&nbsp; Wictor currently tours solo and in a variety of duos, and is a music educator of note, teaching workshops on guitar, songwriting, body percussion, and vocal and instrumental improvisation.

Local Event: Troubadour Concerts: Claudia Schmidt and Pat Wictor

Troubadour Concerts: Claudia Schmidt and Pat...

Claudia Schmidt brings her exuberant music and love of humanity back to the Troubadour! With her multi-octave voice, 12 string...

Troubadour Concerts: Claudia Schmidt and Pat Wictor

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