Folk Notes – Sonoma County Folk Society

SoCoFoSo
February 4, 2020

Folk Notes

Sonoma County Bluegrass & Folk Festival March 14 in Sebastopol

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By Mark Hogan The Sonoma County Folk Society and California Bluegrass Association team up once again to present a full day of music and workshops at the 20th annual Sonoma…

SoCoFoSo
January 8, 2020

Folk Notes

What does the Sonoma County Library have to offer musicians?

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The Sonoma County library has 14 branches, plus the Adult Literacy program at the Central Library, the Sonoma County History & Genealogy Library adjacent to the Central Branch, the Healdsburg Wine Library, and Petaluma History Room. The Central Branch is open 7 days a week and most other branches are open 6 days a week.read more

SoCoFoSo
November 13, 2019

Legendary Folksinger and Storyteller Adam Miller performs

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An artist whose kind has dwindled to an endangered species, Adam Miller is a renowned old-school American troubadour and a natural-born storyteller. One of the premier autoharpists in the world,he…

SoCoFoSo
October 17, 2019

Kate Wolf had a Sonoma County kind of sound

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By Gaye LeBaron of Press Democrat on 10/12/19 – Just the mention of his name can create a national audience for Ken Burns’ documentaries. His recent “Country Music” series was…

SoCoFoSo
September 11, 2019

Mariachi Juniors

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Most of the students in the younger group had only been playing for a matter of weeks. Photo by Steve Gilford The highlight of the evening was the joint performance…

SoCoFoSo
August 11, 2019

Remembering TAYLOR FINLAY SoCoFoSo member for over 35 years!

Remembering TAYLOR FINLAY SoCoFoSo member for over 35 years! https://socofoso.com/wp3/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190615-Taylors-Home-Rm-154-Oakmont-Gardens-IMG_2751-1-e1566024347138.jpg 395 510 SoCoFoSo SoCoFoSo https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/70ae28db56afbb7ee457618dbd0cf85b?s=96&d=mm&r=g August 11, 2019 August 16, 2019

By Doug Dempster – 1924-2019 – “He always had a smile on his face,” said Dick Tracy upon hearing of the death of his friend and former work colleague, Taylor…

SoCoFoSo
July 2, 2019

Steve Hogle

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Steve Hogle has been involved in bluegrass music in California since before there was a California Bluegrass Association. Steve is one of the original signatories on the petition that Carl…

Michael Stadler
May 2, 2019

Music Share

Chord Construction – Guitar

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By Michael Stadler – The purpose of these sheets is to help guitarists to find new alternate chord voicings as well as to learn their fretboards better. The graphics –…

SoCoFoSo
October 15, 2018

Folk Notes

Walker Creek Sampler

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By Bill Amatneek – As a teen, I attended a summer music camp. We played in duos, quartets, choirs and orchestras, attended classes in composition, singing, ear training, conducting, and…

SoCoFoSo
September 30, 2018

Stories

Remembering Gil

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By John Knutson – When I was a young man, about the age of twenty, in the early 1970s, I was living in the Haight Ashbury, about a block from…