Institute of musical Traditions

TOM PAXTON, CATHY FINK & MARCY MARXER 

ALL NEW – Live Album Recording 

With Kimber Ludiker (fiddle, mandolin) & Alex Lacquement (bass)

Sat, Jan 22, 2022 @ 7:30PM / Sun, Jan 23, 2022 @ 3PM

The Sunday Matinee will also be Livestreamed via Mandolin. To purchase a ticket for the Livestream show, please click here.

Allyworld, 7014-C Westmoreland Ave, Takoma Park MD 20912

This live concert recording session celebrates a catalogue of nearly thirty new songs co-written by Tom Paxton (GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award Winner) and Cathy Fink (GRAMMY Winner) in the past eighteen months. Comedy, Community, Absurdity, History, Commentary and Love are spread throughout these new classics. The title song, “ALL NEW” tells us we are capturing a moment, together. The intimate audience will be invited to sing along on many songs, and will add their good vibes to these very special shows. 

Tickets are $50, but for $60 you'll get the album ALL NEW when it comes out!

More about Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer :

TWO-TIME GRAMMY® Award Winners, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer Marxer are master musicians with a career spanning over 35 years. Their superb harmonies are backed by instrumental virtuosity on the guitar, five-string banjo, ukulele, mandolin, cello-banjo, and more. Their repertoire ranges from classic country to western swing, gypsy jazz to bluegrass, and old-time string band to contemporary folk (including some original gems). 

Cathy & Marcy have performed at hundreds of bluegrass and folk festivals and taught at close to 100 music camps worldwide. Happily known as “social music conductors” ready to start a jam session, a community sing, or create a music camp helping others learn to play and sing, the duo’s past students include Kaki King and Rhiannon Giddens.

More about Tom Paxton : 

Tom Paxton has become a voice of his generation, addressing issues of injustice and inhumanity, laying bare the absurdities of modern culture and celebrating the tenderest bonds of family, friends, and community. 

In describing Tom Paxton’s influence on his fellow musicians, Pete Seeger has said: “Tom’s songs have a way of sneaking up on you. You find yourself humming them, whistling them, and singing a verse to a friend. Like the songs of Woody Guthrie, they’re becoming part of America.” Pete goes on: “In a small village near Calcutta, in 1998, a villager who could not speak English sang me What Did You Learn In School Today? in Bengali! Tom Paxton’s songs are reaching around the world more than he is, or any of us could have realized. Keep on, Tom!”

This is a Live, in-person performance at Allyworld (7014-C Westmoreland Ave, Takoma Park MD 20912). Showtime 7.30pm ET Saturday and 3pm ET Sunday (doors half hour in advance). Proof of vaccination is REQUIRED and masks must be worn by audience and staff while inside the venue. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Tickets are $50 in advance or $60 (+$2 box office fee) (includes download of the album upon completion). Though all tickets are general admission and will-call, a physical, autographed ticket keep-sake will be issued at the show. Livestream is also available for $15 (does not include autographed ticket) details below.

Livestream

Just announced, the Sunday matinee will also be Livestreamed via our friends at Mandolin. If you would like to purchase tickets to the Livestream show ($15 or $25 with album download presale) and view from home please purchase a ticket here. Playback will be available for 48 hours after the Livecast.

Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road

Sat Mar 12, 2022 @ 7PM  

Saint Mark Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville, MD

Appearing across 30 states and some of the biggest festivals and venues in the nation, Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road win over the hearts of every crowd they play in front of. In 2019 the group was awarded Momentum Band of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association. Their four full-length albums have spent over 15 weeks on the Billboard Bluegrass Album Charts, and the group maintains a heavy professional touring schedule. 

Growing up just down the road from Doc Watson, Liam Purcell leads Cane Mill Road as they rock the traditional bluegrass standards they were raised on, yet boldly write original music with roots in the fertile grounds of bluegrass, old-time, and Americana. Their powerful arrangements and dynamic stage presence have landed them main stage slots at legendary festivals across the country. 

You’ve seen Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road on national TV with PBS appearances on David Holt’s State of Music and Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour. Other performance highlights include Merlefest, Grey Fox, The Berklee Performance Center, and Wide Open Bluegrass.

This is a Live, in-person performance. Proof of vaccination is REQUIRED and masks must be worn by audience and staff while inside the venue. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Doors will be half an hour before showtime. Tickets are $20 in advance (+$2 box office fee) and $20 at the door.

Tannahill Weavers 

Mon, Mar 28, 2022 @ 7:30PM 

Saint Mark Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville, MD

“The music may be pure old time Celtic, but the drive and enthusiasm are akin to straight ahead rock and roll.”        - Winnipeg Free Press 

"An especially eloquent mixture of the old and the new."    - New York Times 

Born of a session in Paisley, Scotland, and named for the town's historic weaving industry and local poet laureate Robert Tannahill, the Tannahill Weavers have made an international name for their special brand of Celtic music, blending the beauty of traditional melodies with the power of modern rhythms.  As one of the world's premier traditional Celtic bands, their diverse repertoire spans the centuries with fire-driven instrumentals, topical songs, original ballads and lullabies, and humorous tales of life in Scotland. 

In 2021 they have been joined by exciting piper and fiddle player Iain MacGillivray, who is also Scotland's youngest Clan leader. Iain, a fluent Gaelic speaker, has worked on such exciting productions as Outlander and Men in Kilts, and has performed for a huge list of stars and dignitaries in recent years. As the band celebrate the nomination of their 18th recording, Òrach (“Golden” in Gaelic) as album of the year, and themselves as band of the year, they are firmly established as one of the premier groups on the concert stage.  From reflective ballads to footstomping reels and jigs, the variety and range of the material they perform is matched only by their enthusiasm and lively Celtic spirits. 

"Formed from a Paisley pub session in 1968, seminal trailblazers the Tannahill Weavers now also rank as national treasures." 
                                   -Glasgow Celtic Connections 2018

This is a Live, in-person performance. Proof of vaccination is REQUIRED and masks must be worn by audience and staff while inside the venue. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Doors will be half an hour before showtime. Tickets are $22 in advance (+$2 box office fee) and $27 at the door ($17/22 for children and students with ID).