89 past events with the folk music tag

Juno nominees and winners of the 2010 Canadian Folk Music Award for Vocal Group of the Year, Amanda Walther and Sheila Carabine of Dala write and sing in harmony best described as angelic.  These two best friends met in their high school music class in 2002; they have since released five albums and toured extensively across North America. Darlings of the Canadian music scene, Dala are now poised to bring their fresh brand of acoustic pop music to the world.

Drawing upon influences like The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young and Bob Dylan, Dala write songs that are both catchy and insightful. Amanda's ethereal soprano voice blends seamlessly with Sheila's velvety alto, creating the lush harmonies that have become their trademark.

"There's nothing pretentious about Dala's music; it's stripped
down and laid bare. That's not to say it is without polish - far from it.  Sheila Carabine and Amanda Walther have worked hard to exploit every facet of their extraordinary musical blend, and it would be just as at home in a 1960s coffeehouse as it is now on the contemporary concert stage".  - Andrew Craig, Host of CBC "Canada Live"

The sheer joy with which they perform is infectious, turning first-time listeners into instant fans.  Dala are equally entertaining between songs, telling funny and down to earth stories that make every show unique.  Dala have opened for artists such as Tom Cochrane, Stuart McLean of the CBC's Vinyl Café, Richie Havens and Arlo Guthrie. No strangers to the festival scene, they have also performed at The New Orleans Jazz Festival, The Edmonton Folk Festival, California's Strawberry Festival and Mariposa. In 2009, they were the only Canadian act invited to play at the 50th Anniversary of the Newport Folk Festival.

"Dala can sing! What beautiful flights of melody and harmony,
reminiscent of the Everly Brothers, the Louvin Brothers, Emmylou Harris and associates; though Dala can trade a melody line and leave one wondering who is taking the lead and simply leave one behind when the harmonies kick in." - Peterborough Examiner

Tickets: $17 in advance, $22 at the door.  Faculty & Staff may buy one and get one free (limit 1).  BSU students and youth $5 in advance, $10 at the door.

Tickets available now at the Emens Box office and Ticketmaster.com  
Emens Box office hours M-F 9:00am to 6:00pm

The box office at Pruis Hall will be open two hours prior to the
performance.

For more information, phone  765 285-1539.

Artist Website: http://www.dalagirls.com/

TONAL CARAVAN and EUMATIK

St Patty's Day Bash (all ages)

at BE HERE NOW 505 N Dill St Muncie, IN 47303

funky folk fusion cowboys from the 11th dimension

space & time travelers who have come to this place u call 'earth' to share original music to earholes

get the full story at www.TonalCaravan.com

Muncie Gras 2012 will be held March 24th, 2012- 7pm-2am in the Streets of Downtown Muncie.

It is Downtown's biggest party of the year! It's our version of Bourbon on Walnut St.!

After many years of fighting the cold weather, Muncie Gras has been moved to a much friendlier time of the year. The mechanical bull is back, calf roping, go-go cage, Bud Zone mobile bar and dance party tent, two outdoor stage, belly dancers, aerial acts, 45 ft. high Zipline, drag show, sizzling hot male revue, and tons of live entertainment indoors and out to keep you in the party mood throughout the evening!

Bring your beads, or buy them when you get Downtown. Either way…get ready to “Throw me something Mister!”

MITS Trolley will provide a safe ride home, running from 7pm-3am to the Ball State campus and Lyndenbrook area hotels.

This is a 21 and up event. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the gate.
Check http://www.munciedowntown.com/munciegras/ often beginning March 1^st for entertainment updates and schedules, pre-sale ticket locations, hotel information and MITS Trolley routes.

Retail, food or service vendors who would like to be a part of this year's event should contact Cheryl Crowder or call 765 282-7897.

Laissez le bon roulement de periodes!

Those who have followed Ruthie Foster’s eclectic musical history know that she can burn down any stage with her combustible blend of soul, blues, rock, folk and gospel. Ruthie’s astonishing voice has taken her on an amazing ride. She came from humble church choir beginnings in rural Texas, followed by a tour of duty with the U.S. Navy Band, and ended up in New York City. In Austin, she became a regular nominee at the Austin Music Awards, winning Best Folk Artist in 2004-05 and Best Female Vocalist in 2007-08. Broadening her sound by blending blues and soul aspects into her folk roots, Ruthie added a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Blues Album for her last studio release, 2009's The Truth According to Ruthie Foster. She then won seemingly contradictory Blues Music Association awards for both Best Traditional and Best Contemporary Female Blues Artist in back-to-back years.

Bluegrass ~ Acoustic Fusion ~ Jam Roots

Good Gravy’s flavor can be described as a contemporary approach to American roots music or Americana. Within their recipe, are the remnants of bluegrass, rock, folk, jazz, and even caribbean music. This band has an eclectic earthy palette that is even furthered by the use of improvisation, a hard driving rhythm section, and occasional electric instrumentation.

While reaching phenomenal energy levels with their acoustics, Good Gravy pushes their music even further wh

One night of Midwest talent Presented by Silent D Promotions LLC.

A Fall Solstice Jamboree 2012

Featuring: 

62 bands.
10 stages.
1 day.

Muncie MusicFest 2012 will take place on Saturday, September 29^th in the streets and indoor venues of downtown Muncie, IN. Tickets are only $10 and can be purchased at the gate, or through any of the scheduled bands.

Check out MuncieMusicFest.com for music downloads, information about all of the bands, a full schedule, and all the information you'll need about this year's epic celebration of live, local music. Don't forget to stalk us on Facebook, too!

Funk is an amorphous substance, able to mold itself to a variety of emotions and environments. It consists of all the things we know and composes all the things we feel. It’s the stuff that jiggles in our spine, the thing that rumbles in our belly. It’s the stuff crammed between our toes and the matter jammed between our ears. Funk lives in all of us—its path traces the globe and its roots dig back to traditional campfire rhythms and primal soul vibrations. If you’ve experienced life at all until this point

Susan Werner has cultivated a reputation as a daring and innovative songwriter with a killer live show - and we're thrilled to welcome her back! Composer of skillfull songs that effortlessly slide between folk, jazz and pop, Susan delivers all with sassy wit and classic Midwestern charm. She boldly endeavors to weave old with new to create altogether new genres of music when existing ones do not suit her muse, and she regularly keeps audiences guessing and laughing simultaneously. Throughout her expansive career, boundless versatility has emerged as a hallmark of Werner's talent, and pure genius in capturing the human experience and setting it to music, and those who were lucky enough to see her on her last journey to Muncie were clamoring for more. Well, we delivered!

Come one come all to Frank Schweikhardt CD release show hosted at the *V*G*R* FOR FREE (of course donations are more than welcome!).

Performing with Frank will be his label mate and buddy Mike Adams At His Honest Weight returning with undoubtly a few new songs under his belt as well!

Frank:
http://frankschweikhardt.bandcamp.com/

Mike Adams: 
http://flannelgraphrecords.bandcamp.com/album/oscillate-wisely

And Muncie band Bird Of Paradise from awesome local label Polymath will be supporting these two killer groups, making the new a true hat-trick of wicked fun bands!

Bird of Paradise
http://polymath.tk/artists/bird-of-paradise/

See You There

It's the Glue & Scissors afterparty!  Join us after you check out the June First Friday artwork at The Cup.

Von Strantz 9-10
Fever Fever 10-11
Coyote Armada 11-12
Good Shame 12-1

Schedule subject to change.

Check out the featured acts:

Fever Fever (Columbus)
http://www.feverfeverband.com/
https://www.facebook.com/feverfeverband

Coyote Armada (Indianapolis)
http://coyotearmada.bandcamp.com/album/kye-oats
http://bsu.edu/ipr/?band=coyote-armada

Good Shame (Indianapolis)
https://www.facebook.com/thegoodshame/info

Von Strantz (Texas)
http://vonstrantz.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/vonstrantzmusic

Come one come all to Frank Schweikhardt CD release show hosted at the *V*G*R* FOR FREE (of course donations are more than welcome!).

Performing with Frank will be his label mate and buddy Mike Adams At His Honest Weight returning with undoubtly a few new songs under his belt as well!

Frank:
http://frankschweikhardt.bandcamp.com/

Mike Adams: 
http://flannelgraphrecords.bandcamp.com/album/oscillate-wisely

And Muncie band Bird Of Paradise from awesome local label Polymath will be supporting these two killer groups, making the new a true hat-trick of wicked fun bands!

Bird of Paradise
http://polymath.tk/artists/bird-of-paradise/

See You There

National recording artist Dar Williams will be performing a FREE concert at Minnetrista on Friday, June 13th as part of the Muncie Three Trails Music Series. The New Yorker magazine says, "Dar Williams is one of America's very best singer-songwriters. Her songs are beautiful. Somer are like finely crafted short stoeis. They are, variously, devastatingly moving, tenderly funny, subtle without being in any way inaccessible, and utterly fresh - not a cliche or a clunker in her entire songbook."

Check out www.munciethreetrailsmusicseries.org for complete information about the Dar Williams show as well as the rest of the series

Memphis guitarist Chad runs an informal evening of acoustic musical performances. Chat him up to share the stage!