Mill Race Folk Society
Galt Centre Postal Outlet N1R 8E3 Cambridge, ON, Canada

COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS - These ZOOM singarounds have been developing into really fun sessions. All kinds of old & traditional songs from Canada. Anne wi...ll be handling the registration this time around. Her e-mail is on the poster If you'd like to join us to sing or just hang out. (The great picture below is a lumbercamp in Bruce Co., Ontario in the early 20th century) See more

Three In The Round The Single Malt Session goes live at 2 pm on Saturday, Nov 7 Bob MacLean, John Harris and myself in concert! Here's the link for you to watch our show, if you'd like to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-0TzMNGh4U We hope you enjoy! The link will remain active until Nov 21 so you have 2 weeks to watch and enjoy. ... Grab a coffee or tea or something stronger, sit back and let us entertain you! Huge appreciation to Peter F. Light, videographer, and Russ Bishop, sound engineer. Thank you both! A portion of the show proceeds will go to Port Dover Harbour Museum. We look forward to playing for you all. See more

Hi all! We know you’ve been waiting for it.... Three In The Round The Single Malt Session goes live at 2 pm on Saturday, Nov 7 Bob MacLean, John Harris and ...myself in concert! Here's the link for you to watch our show, if you'd like to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-0TzMNGh4U We hope you enjoy! The link will remain active until Nov 21 so you have 2 weeks to watch and enjoy. Grab a coffee or tea or something stronger, sit back and let us entertain you! Huge appreciation to Peter F. Light, videographer, and Russ Bishop, sound engineer. Thank you both! A portion of the show proceeds will go to Port Dover Harbour Museum. We look forward to playing for you all. Cheers and Slainte! Bob, John and Gwen

I just finished watching an interesting conference on the traditional music and dance from the Pointe de la Gaspésie. Here is a local tune I picked up from Guy Bouchard and Laura Sadowsky during a recent visit to Douglastown. Great fluting material.

TRADITIONAL SONG SINGAROUND #2 - Anne Lederman and I will be hosting another song session in a couple of weeks. Join us on Zoom or Facebook. Share a song or jus...t hang out. E-mail me to sign up for a Zoom link. My e-mail address is in the green poster. The main repertoire for these sessions is old and traditional songs sung in Canada. Since it's so close to Hallowe'en it might be fun to dig out a spooky number if you've got one. See more

CROOKED STOVE PIPE FOLK ORCHESTRA RIDES AGAIN. - Nights are getting longer again, (sigh) so we thought it might be time to try some more online CSFO get-togethe...rs. It'll be via Facebook like before, but you can also access them through my music website www.ianbellmusic.ca We'll be starting on Wednesday October 21st and going every other week until early December. I'll be sending out tune lists and music as usual a few days before each one. Send me an e-mail if you'd like to be on the tune mailing list. ian.bellATsympatico.ca Hope you'll be able to join us. See more

I was thrilled to find a DVD buried under a pile this week from a great evening in the fall of 2017 at the Old Songs, Inc. building in Voorheesville NY when the... songs of George Ward were celebrated. George was there, of course, along with John Roberts, Than Ward, Pete Ward and some other family members, and I got to sing this song of George's which paints a very colorful picture of an early trip west along the Mohawk River, pre Erie Canal days, in a bateau/bateaux. See more

TO round off September Métis month, here's another great set of tunes from Grandy Fagnan from Camperville, Manitoba. I am delighted to have Ian Bell joining me on guitar.

Second Storey Sessions Episode 2, is now online! This month’s video podcast, entitled Save The Last Dance For Me has host Ian Bell exploring the history of da...ncing and dance halls in Norfolk County, including Port Dover’s renowned Summer Garden. House band Darrin and Alison, The Schotts, perform along with guest hoofers Josh Taylor and Emily Pickell. Legendary local musician Glen Silverthorn spills the tea on how he lost his famous bandmate Rick Danko, and an amazing selection of vintage photos and film clips will keep you mesmerized throughout this info-packed episode! Click here to enjoy: https://youtu.be/mlJ-07-dSls

In 2010, a group of Douglastown community members came together with musicians and researchers as a kind of loose collective, working to document and share the ...traditional fiddle music of Gaspé Bay. Through blogs, festivals, workshops, presentations, CDs, the traditional fiddle music and square dancing of the communities around Gaspé Bay is beginning to once again occupying a place in the daily cultural life of the region and is even making waves with fiddlers across the globe! On August 8, 2020, from 1 pm - 4 pm, on Facebook Live, A Different Tune (brought to you by the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network) joins forces with Vision Gaspé-Percé Now and the Douglas Community Centre to celebrate 10 years with some of the musicians and researchers who helped make this happen! Hosted by Glenn Patterson and Laura Risk. En 2010, des membres de la communauté de Douglastown se sont rassemblés avec des musiciens et des chercheurs pour documenter et partager la musique traditionnelle au violon de la Baie de Gaspé. À travers un blogue, des festivals, des ateliers, des présentations et des CD, le violon traditionnel et les sets carrés des communautés autour de la baie de Gaspé se sont taillés une place dans la culture quotidienne de la région et ont même fait des vagues chez les violonneux à travers le monde. Le 8 août 2020 de 13h à 16h, dans un Facebook Live, le projet A Different Tune (Réseau du patrimoine anglophone du Québec) se joint à Vision Gaspé-Percé Now et le centre communautaire Douglas pour célébrer les 10 ans de ce projet avec les musiciens et chercheurs qui ont aidé à rendre ceci possible! Animé par Glenn Patterson et Laura Risk. Featuring/Avec: Guy Bouchard, Matthieu Fournier et l'Orchestre de danse de Douglastown (Douglastown, QC) Laura Risk (Montreal, QC) Brian Morris & Glenn Patterson (Montreal, QC) Lisa Ornstein (Washington State) Robin Servant (Rimouski, QC) Paul Fackler (North Carolina) Martin Aucoin (Beresford, NB/Lévis, QC) France Dupuis (Quebec City) André Brunet (Mauricie, QC) Pascal Gemme (Eastern Townships, QC) Pria Schwall-Kearney (Australia) Stéphanie Lepine (Lanaudìere, QC) Alexis Chartrand (Montreal, QC) We acknowledge the financial support of Canadian Heritage in producing this event. The following is a list of the performers and selections played/Voici une liste des musicien(ne)s et les pièces jouées: 1) [00:11:00] Glenn Patterson & Brian Morris - Fat Molasses; Pearl of the Coast & Fred Kennedy's Tune; Roland White's Tune & The Donna Reel 2) [00:27:00] Guy Bouchard et ses amis: North Shore of Gaspé; Laura's Breakdown& Holly's Reel 3) [00:50:00] France Dupuis: Reel des Colons de Charlie Drody; Anthony Drody's Tune; Father Morris' Tune 4) [00:59:00] Norma McDonald: Oral History Interview & Archival Music 5) [01:07:00] Stéphanie Lépine: Bois-Brulé Jig 6) [01:14:00] André Brunet: Little Boy's Reel 7) [01:20:30] Robin Servant: Erskine Morris' Grondeuse; Leslie Devouge's Tune; Piss and Keep the Hair Dry (Reggie Rooney's Tune) 8) [01:32:00] Tribute to the Drody Family: Archival Video 9) [01:47:30] Lisa Ornstein: Murphy Reel; Grandmother's Reel; Tommy Rooney's Jig 10) [02:06:00] Ernest Drody: Oral History Interview & Archival Music 11) [02:15:30] Alexis Chartrand: Eva Drody's Tune 12) [02:19:50] Paul Fackler: Belle Kathleen; Mouth of the Tobique 13) [02:46:00] Martin Aucoin: The Cockawee; Shannon Reel; Devil's Dream #2 14) [03:00:00] Pascal Gemme: Reel des Colons de Charlie Drody & The Bois-Brulé Jig 12) [03:06:29] Pria Schwall-Kearney: Tommy Rooney's Jig 13) [03:09:30] Laura Risk: Father Morris' Tune; Rocky Road to Dublin

Fergus Scots Festival Virtual Ceilidh This Festival site goes live on Sat Aug 8 in the morning. https://fergusscottishfestival.com/ Amongst many other things ...it features Gaelic singer Gillebride MacMillan (Gwyllyn the Bard - of Outlander fame) and myself singing some songs both solo and together - some Gaelic, some Scots, some plain old English. Join us! See more

I think this is UK time.