Hey folks! We’re getting ready for our first shows of the year! We’re very happy to start off the year by sharing some new recordings from the Key Studio Session we recorded this last week art WXPN Studios in Philadelphia. A big thanks to John Vettese and WXPN for inviting us in for the session.

DipCo and the Note coming up soon, check the tour page for more…
Saturday, January 28th, Lancaster Disp. Co. – Lancaster, PA
Thursday, February 2nd, The Note – West Chester, PA w/Donna The Buffalo

Here are some great photos by Nick Silvester of our show at The Box in Charlottesville, VA from 9/4/11.

We had a great road trip last week. Thanks to everyone in Frederick, Charlottesville, Asheville and Charlotte who came out to the shows and help spread the word in your town!

This week we’re looking forward to playing some local shows…

Friday, 9/9 Lancaster Dispensing Co. in Lancaster, PA

Friday, 9/10 The Social Lounge in West Chester, PA (this is the old spence cafe location)

Sorry folks, we feel it’s the best decision to cancel the Johnny Brenda’s brunch show on Sunday. We will try to reschedule asap. Our next Philly show scheduled is Oct. 22nd at the new MilkBoy bar/venue on Chestnut street.

We have a busy week coming up, starting this Sunday at Johnny Brenda’s. Let’s hope Hurricane Irene isn’t so bad here in Philly. As of now the show is on. We will post an update if something changes.

8/28 Old Time Brunch at Johnny Brenda’s – Philadelphia, PA
8/31 Promenade Summer Concert Series – Marlton, NJ
9/1 Cafe Nola – Frederick, MD
9/2 Mo Daddy’s, Asheville, NC
9/3 Belmont Abby College – Charlotte, NC
9/4 The Box – Charlottesville, VA

We’re all heading up to Folk Fest tonight! We will playing with the Brad Hinton Band, Friday at 2pm. Also, Tim will be joining Todd Henkin and a cast of other Philly musicians in a new Greening program for the Folk Fest. You can help too by contributing to the online fundraising efforts for the project here.

Also, just announced…Sept. 22nd at Sellersville Theater, Mason Porter will open for Grammy Award Winning North Carolina-based string band the Carolina Chocolate Drops! Tickets here.

Upcoming shows:
Aug. 28th – Johnny Brenda’s Phila., PA Old Time Brunch
Aug. 31st – Promenade Summer Concert Series Marlton, NJ
Sept. 2nd – Mo Daddy’s, Ashville, NC
Sept. 3rd – Belmont Abbey College, Charlotte, NC
Sept. 4th – The Box, Charlottesville, VA
Sept. 9th – Lancaster Dispensing Co. Lancaster, PA
Sept. 10th – The Pale Horse, West Chester, PA
Sept. 14th – Southpaw, Brooklyn, w/Wisshickon Chicken Shack
Sept. 17th – Heritage Festival, JimThorpe, PA
Sept. 22nd – Sellersville Theater, Sellersville, opening for Carolina Chocolate Drops
Sept. 26th – The Note, West Chester, PA
Oct. 8th – Frecon Pick Fest, Boyertown, PA
Oct. 22nd – Milkboy Philly (new bar/venue) Phila., PA

We’re heading north again this weekend to VT and NY. Thursday we are at the legendary Nectar’s in Burlington, VT, Friday to Abilene’s in Rochester, NY and Saturday to the Sterling Stage String Fling for the third year in a row. More details on the tour page as well as many August and September show additions.

Aug. 4th Nectar’s, Burlington, VT
Aug. 5th Abilene’s, Rochester, NY
Aug. 6th Sterling Stage String Fling, Sterling, NY

Here are some great photo’s from Sunday by Lisa Schaffer.

Sunday we are playing at the 2nd Street Music Festival. The event is sponsored by the Philadelphia Folksong Society.  Our set is at 3pm.  Also, before our set, we will be joining in on a special parade for kids and puppeteers. Here is a little more on the parade from the 2nd Street web site….

“Our family-friendly Fairmount stage will feature kid’s performers and workshops with Cat’s Pajamas, Philly School of Rock, Krista Parrish, and Electric Man. There will be a special puppet- and mask-making workshop with Ramshackle Enterprises, which will lead into a parade up 2nd Street with puppeteers and musicians The Great Unknown and Mason Porter, part of the Philly Folk Parade collective.”

Also, Sunday night we will be live on 88.5 WXPN at 9pm on the Folk Show w/Gene Shay.

Upcoming shows:
July 29th Brickette Lounge, West Chester, PA
July 31st 2nd Street Music Festival, Philadelphia, PA
July 31st The Folk Show with Gene Shay, xpn.org
Aug. 4th Nectar’s, Burlington, VT
Aug. 5th Abilene’s, Rochester, NY
Aug. 6th Sterling Stage String Fling, Sterling, NY

We had a blast at OATS and Elk Creek last week, this week we’re heading south for a few shows…

Wed: 7/6 Lake Front Concert Series Columbia, MD
Thurs: 7/7 Swinging Thursday West Chester, PA
Fri: 7/8 C-Ville Coffee Charlottesville, VA
Sat: 7/9 The Hampton Taphouse Hampton, VA
Sun:7/10The Purple Fiddle Thomas, WV

Here are some video’s from World Cafe Live we finally got around to posting…