The American Folk Art Museum becomes a colorful venue for live music provided in a seated, listening-room environment every Friday night from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Admission is free and includes the opportunity to view the current exhibition Jubilation/Rumination: Life Real and Imagined, which features masterworks from the collection by self-taught artists working during the past three centuries. Free Music Friday performances seek to honor the independent creative spirit embodied in the works of art on view in the exhibition.
Said Stacy C. Hollander, curator, “There is an immediacy to the art in Jubilation that is deeply rooted in the personal lives of the makers. Like the music being performed, each work tells a story in a unique voice.”
Upcoming schedule
Friday, June 1
Jalopy Theatre Presents At American Folk Art Museum
Jackson Lynch (myspace.com/jacksonlynchmusic • jalopy.biz)
Jalopy Theatre in Red Hook, Brooklyn showcases traditional roots music from around the world. In a special partnership with the American Folk Art Museum, Jalopy Theatre presents old-time, country-blues, guitar-playing songster Jackson Lynch, performing a variety of traditional music of rural America.
Friday, June 8
--Craig Lawrence (craiglawrenceonline.com): strong, sunny pop
--Julia Barry (juliabarry.com): lyrically lush jazz songwriting
--Jodi Shaw (jodishaw.com): acoustic songwriting, many moods
Friday, June 15
--Avi Wisnia (aviwisnia.com): jazz pop with bits of bossa nova
--Julie Kathryn (juliekathryn.com): moody, lost love songs
--Elin Ruth (elinruth.com): pop country rock from Sweden
Friday, June 22
--Dave Doobinin (davedoobininmusic.com): lyrically-driven guitar rock
--Nick Africano (nickafricano.bandcamp.com): folk soul songwriting
--Halle and the Jilt (halleandthejilt.com): cheerful indie pop
Friday, June 29
--Woody Lissauer (woodysongs.com): acoustic folk pop
--Kerri Lowe (kerrilowe.com): North Carolina Americana infused with a Brooklyn
sound
--Hunter Paye (hunterpaye.com): joyful acoustic roots rock
Friday, July 6:
Jalopy Theatre Presents At American Folk Art Museum
An evening of traditional roots music from around the world (jalopy.biz)
Friday, July 13
--Scott Stein (scottsteinmusic.com): melodic, blues-tinged pianist/singer/songwriter
--Luke Wesley (lukewesley.com): bold, polished piano rock
--Matt Singer (mattsingermusic.tumblr.com): catchy, wistful folk-pop songs
Friday, July 20
--Cordelia Stephens (reverbnation.com/cordeliastephens): inventive, lyrically-driven folk
rock
--Joy Askew (joyaskew.com): pop-folk singer/songwriter
--Niall Connolly (niallconnolly.com): alternative folk from Cork, Ireland
Friday, July 27
--Steve Katz (stevekatzmusic.com): guitar-based pop-rock singer songwriter
--Liz Tormes (liztormes.com): a Nashville singer-songwriter who infuses her music with
NYC-based sounds and lyrics
