Calendar

June 27, 2009: Abingdon, Virginia

Saturday : TBA
at Abingdon VA Blues Festival
p. o. box 789
www.abingdonva.us
gkelly@abingdonva.us
276-628-3167
A Blues music festival in the town of Abingdon, VA where I served as a Visiting Artist for several semesters. This is a civic festival in a lovely town. I'll post my set times when I get them.

July 5 - July 11, 2009 : Westminster, Maryland

Sunday - Saturday: TBA
Traditional Music and Arts Week
at Common Ground On The Hill
William McDaniels College
http://www.commongroundonthehill.org
cground@qis.net
410-857-2771
I'll be teaching Blues guitar here again and participating in the musical evening concerts and cross-cultural discussions that mark this remarkable program. Come for the week, bring the family. It's stunning.

July 12, 2009: Burlington, Vermont

Sunday : 2:00 PM
at 2009 Burlington Int'l Waterfront Festival
Champlain Valley Stage, City Hall Park
celebratechamplain.org/content/view/167/106/
802-863-6005
My first visit back to Burlington since their First Night celebrations last December. Looking forward to seeing my new friends.

July 26 - August 1, 2009 : Black Mountain, North Carolina

Sunday - Saturday: TBA
Guitar Week
at Swannanoa Gathering
Warren Wilson College
www.swangathering.com
gathering@warrenwilson.edu
This is one of my favorite weeks every year. The students and staff are wonderful. The scene, relaxed and conducive to learning, taking some risks, making new friendships while renewing acquaintances.My classes: DEMYSTIFYING OPEN TUNINGS: Open-G, -D, -A, -E and -C tunings all share similar chord forms such that once you’ve learned one of them, you’ve sort of learned them all. We’ll have a look at these tunings while using the blues, among other styles to explore the fingerboard and harmony. SLIDE TECHNIQUES FOR BLUES GUITAR: For intermediates, this is the slide class I wish I’d had thirty-eight years ago. One of the dirty little secrets about playing slide guitar is that the sound you mute defines the sound you make. Hand and guitar posture, controlled slide movement, getting a decent tone and vibrato will all be covered as we proceed through slide in several major and modal open tunings and take a look at solo and ensemble slide playing in standard tuning as well. The music of Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt as well as my arrangements will be featured. REQUIREMENTS: You’ll need a slide that can remain on your little finger when you fall asleep in class. Check out slide choices for acoustic guitar at http://cattailmusic.com. CLAWHAMMER BANJO: What? Old-time banjo with a blues guitarist? You bet! We now know that the clawhammer technique is traditional among Ghanaian and Senegalese players of what is called in Ghana an akonting, an ancestor of the banjo. Playing claw-hammer transformed my-right hand guitar techniques by mobilizing the entire arm in making the sound. A picking technique and instrument directly out of Africa, claw-hammer banjo is unique in American music. This course will concentrate on teaching and solidifying the right-hand picking technique while learning different tunes and tunings. Bring a sound recording device and we’ll get clean, slow versions of each tune.

September 6, 2009: Lexington, Virginia

Sunday : 6:00 PM
Blues, Bluegrass & BBQ Festival
at Theater at Lime Kiln
2 West Henry Street
www.theateratlimekiln.com
kim@theateratlimekiln.com
540-463-7088
This lovely natural amphitheater and its shady environs are the perfect place to hear music, visit with your neighbors and consume a little barbecue. The name says it all. You should come. That's all I'm gonna say.

October 4, 2009: Franklin, Massachusetts

Sunday : 11:00 AM
Guitar Workshop
at Franklin House Concert Series
1 Heights Road
www.barrykasindorf.com
barry@barrykasindorf.com
508-528-0026
A ninety minute workshop focusing on acoustic guitar techniques which will cater to the interests of who shows up. Slide guitar, right hand ragtime and Gary Davis styles, as well as Robert Johnson's music, open tunings and song accompaniment styling are all topics covered in recent workshops. You may email me requests.

October 4, 2009: Franklin, Massachusetts

Sunday : 2:00 PM
House Concert
at Franklin House Concert Series
1 Heights Road
www.barrykasindorf.com
barry@barrykasindorf.com
508-528-0026
Danielle Margalia will open the afternoon's performances and I'll follow with a ninety minute set of traditional and original tunes, old and new. An intimate setting, unplugged. Lovely.

October 10, 2009: Saratoga Springs, New York

Saturday : TBA
Birthday Party/House Concert
at Private House Concert

November 7, 2009: Cary, North Carolina

Saturday : 8:00 PM
Six String Cafe
at Six String Cafe @ The BNC
649 Walnut Street
info@sixstringcafe.com
919-342-5251
Always a favorite stop in North Carolina. Come early: the venue was a bank with a drive through in a former incarnation in a strip mall. Sounds terrible, but I love what they've done to the place. Nobody's more than forty feet from the stage: the current incarnation of the Six String Cafe, beloved by audiences and musicians alike.

November 8, 2009: Asheville, North Carolina

Sunday : 7:30 PM
at Mountain Spirit Coffeehouse
UU Church - 1 Edwin Place
www.main.nc.us/uuca/COFF
dbaker2001@hotmail.com
828-545-2260
I'm looking forward to returning to the coffeehouse with material from my new CD, Thunder's Mouth, and new songs for the next, as yet unnamed CD project. $10/adults; $7/children.
$10 adults/$7 Children

November 21, 2009: Chincoteague Island, Virginia

Saturday : TBA
Afternoon Guitar Workshop
Acoustic Blues & Slide Guitar
at Chincoteague Cultural Alliance
Senior Center at Church & School Streets
island336-cca@yahoo.com
757-336-5111
info@chincoteagueculturalalliance.org
Master class and guitar workshop for guitarists WITH guitars! Feel free to email me once you've registered and let me know your areas of interest. We'll survey the group and proceed.
www.chincoteagueculturalalliance.org

April 30 - May 1, 2010 : Carrollton, Georgia

Friday - Saturday: TBA
Outreach workshops, Master Class, Concert
at University of West Georgia
Townsend Center
www.townsendcenter.org
rjenning@westga.edu
678-839-4722