\nCoffeehouse on the Rocky Plain<\/em>, Sudbury, MA Nov.6, 2010
\nPhoto: Dan Tappan
\nSeth Connelly, Tom Smith, Mally Smith, Drew Stevens,
\nKim Jennings, Levi Schmidt, Dan Cloutier<\/p>\n
Recent News:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Kitchen Musician<\/strong><\/em> rarely misses a month, but somehow December came and went so fast that it was gone before I knew it. The Smith family had a great holiday break with all of our children in the same house at the same time – something that is rather rare these days. My performance calendar also seemed to blossom with many memorable performances. Two special concerts included my musical partner Seth Connelly<\/a>, and other shows included a growing family of musical co-conspiritors.<\/p>\n I was honored to be included on “Our Finest Gifts” – a holiday CD sampler of Boston area folk artists. This CD is the product of volunteer efforts by Jon Waterman, Dawn Kehoe Frost and Steve Rapson and its launch was accompanied by four local concerts. All of this work to benefit SmallCanBeBig.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n I spent a memorable afternoon as the guest lecturer at Laselle College to discuss and demonstrate how folk music humanizes and deepens our perception of history. This was a special invitation by Professor Lorraine Lee Hammond<\/a> – someone who is respected as a folk musician, scholar and dulcimer “goddess” for about four decades. It was a genuine pleasure which I will hopefully repeat.<\/p>\n December also was witness to two memorable evenings at the Lizard Lounge<\/a> in Cambridge – once to open for (and collaborate with) my daughter Mally’s band The And Company<\/a>, and the following week to win the Lizard Lounge Open Mic Competition for the third time. <\/p>\n Although I didn’t post a December issue of The Kitchen Musician, I did get a chance to post my first contribution to We Support Local Music<\/a>. This blog is a nice collection of thoughtful contributions from folks who love and support local music and spoken word.<\/p>\n While we are thinking about supporting local music, how about locally grown produce? A colleague of mine, Jon Ross-Wiley, has a website called Local In Season<\/a> that is up for a “Best of Twitter” award and he could really use your nomination if you have a Twitter account. Local In Season is a site that supports and celebrates local foods and seasonal cooking. Please use this link<\/a> to nominate his site and be sure to complete the “…because…” statement otherwise they won’t count the nomination! Thanks, and please help Jon spread the word!<\/p>\n