Albemarle Ramblers 

Dick Harrington - guitar, vocals
As a boy Dick Harrington sang folk songs with his grandma.  In the early ' 60s he sang and played guitar nightly in a coffee house. In the " 70s having settled in Virginia, he became inspired mainly by Pete and Ellen Vigour, to play old-time music exclusively and take up fiddle. Dick has recorded with Victoria Young, Afton Mountain String Band and Troublesome Creek

Pete Vigour - fiddle, vocals and fingerpicking banjo
Pete Vigour is lucky enough to play and teach old-time music for a living.  He lives in White Hall, Virginia with his wife Ellen, a fine mandolin player and dance caller.  Pete and Ellen have played old-time music in Uncle Henry's Favorites for 25 years with Jim Childress and Mark Beall, often featuring guest appearances by Arnie and Dick.

Arnie Naiman - clawhammer and fingerpicking banjo, vocals
Arnie Naiman hails from Aurora Ontario, Canada. He has previously released his own recordings of banjo and old-time music and also performs with The Banjo Special, Chris Coole and Ragged But Right.  He has played on recordings  for other artists such as Kathy Reid-Naiman, The Old Time Banjo Festival (Rounder), Chris Coole, Erynn Marshall, Eve Goldberg, Debbie Carroll, Shelley Posen, and The Marigolds

Their New Old-Time String Band Release ,  "Gentleman From Virginia"
M05AR  - Available NOW!



The ALBEMARLE RAMBLERS Toronto Concerts & workshops

Time is drawing near my friends and now is the time to reserve limited spots for a special weekend of Old Time Music festivities held at a central Toronto location.
RESERVE NOW!
Concert Reservations contact shellyromalis
Workshop Reservations contact arnienaiman

Intimate House CONCERT Dates:
Saturday September 25th: at 7:30 p.m.
Old Time Jam session will follow – bring your instruments and lets all have some fun!
Opening up “The Saturday Saints” Danny Simmons (banjo, vocals) and Kristin Cavoukian (guitar, vocals) The Saturday Saints revisit traditional, old time, bluegrass, and other acoustic songs, with a focus on strong duet singing and simple, thoughtful arrangements. They recently recorded their first album, Hand-Me-Downs, a collection of traditional songs that captures the energy of their live performance.http://www.myspace.com/saturdaysaintsmusic

Sunday September 26th at 7:00
Opening up “The Blackest Crow” Hannah Naiman and Emily Adam are the up-and-coming duo The Blackest Crow. Their harmonies & traditional, yet fresh material will blow you away! Find them on Facebook.
These two accomplished young women are on the move. Hannah writes ballads that sound as if you might have heard them in the court of Elizabeth I - only they're better written (not that Arnie's biased!) As for Emily, well..."There are few situations in life that cannot be improved upon by adding a cello."- J.Crabtree

CONCERT PRICES: $15.00 each or $25.00 with the purchase of a cd

Workshops: Price $30.00 Sunday September 26 at 2:30 p.m. until 5:00
OLD TIME FIDDLE with Pete Vigour.
OLD TIME BANJO with Arnie Naiman
OLD TIME SINGING with Dick Harrington.

Dick Harrington’s Old-Time Singing Workshop Description:
We’ll work on developing/tweaking our singing styles so as to sound like ourselves and yet old-timey. While singing and analyzing two or three representative songs, we’ll address range, key, pitch, attack, vocal character, grace notes, line sense, traditional vernacular/dialect, breath, imitation/originality, and shaping the singing voice to the character of the song.

Arnie Naiman's Banjo Workshop
Banjo workshop description:
Bring your banjo - this is a hands on workshop. The first part of the workshop
is covering the fundamentals of clawhammer from basic to advanced. It's always
great to get back to basics no matter what level you may be at - something I
really like doing. We will cover basic stroke, hammer on, pull off, slide,
double thumb, drop thumb. Then we will work on a tune or 2 together slowly using
these techniques. In a workshop some players may pick up things faster than
others - be patient and lets try and work on these together. It's not necessary
to play or master every lick or technique- the workshop is an exercise for you
to pick up on some things which you will find useful in your everyday playing. I
may also delve into chords, playing up the neck, and tunings depending on how
the time goes. Lets learn and have some fun doing it!

See a Video Live Performance - Walking The Dog
See a Video Live Performance - The Glendy Burke
See a Video Live Performance - Home In That Rock
See a Video Live Performance - On The Dixie Bee Line

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