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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

The band has a new member and we’d like to welcome her aboard!
Michelle Lambert (pictured on right) is a fiddler, clogdancer, singer and songwriter who hails from the Round Valley of Northern California. Michelle comes from a musical family and has played the fiddle and sung for most of her life. She has performed for [...]

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Well, I recently tried to upgrade to Wordpress 2.8 and ran into a few snags. I thought I’d share my experience in case it can help someone else!
Upon the manual upload of 2.8 files (follow the instructions here) the site looked great, but I couldn’t login to the back-end.
It turns out that WP 2.8 [...]

Monday, June 8th, 2009

We had a great time this past weekend performing for Amanda and Sean’s wedding ceremony and reception in Western Massachusetts.  The ceremony took place in the beautiful Pines Theater in Look Park. The reception was held at the Garden House (next to the bumper boats and mini-golf).
Congrats to the couple and thanks to all the great [...]

Friday, May 29th, 2009

Former and somewhat elderly Goodtime band member Fiddlin’ Rich Hamilton will be playing some tunes from the “Cornstalk Fiddle and a Shoestring Bow” album (and some new tunes too) at the Silver Ranch Hall in Jaffrey, NH this Friday evening May 29th at 7:30pm.
Silver Ranch is located on Rt 124 near the airport. This [...]

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Head out to the Winchendon Farmer’s market on the 3rd Thursday of every month, May through September for an afternoon of old-time music, 4:00 – 7:00 PM.
This is an open session; all old-time fiddle, guitar, clawhammer banjo, and washtub/upright bass players welcome!
For more info contact:
andychase@gmail.com

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

Come Celebrate Spring!!! — Join us for the First Annual “Apple Blossom Festival”
Click here to download the flyer

Raven Hill Orchard (Certified Organic)
255 Ossipee Hill Rd.
E. Waterboro, ME 04030
(207)247-4455
The event will occur this Memorial Day Weekend (Saturday, Sunday and Monday) from 9am-6pm. The Goodtime Stringband will be providing fun live music from noon-3pm on Monday.
There [...]

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Local Irish music accompanist Matt Heaton (of Matt and Shannon Heaton) is offering the equivalent of a “stay-cation” for those not inclined to travel and attend a music camp this summer.
This summer, Matt will be leading the Recession-Busting, Stay-at-home, Celtic Guitar Camp. Featuring exciting classes, guest instructors and flexible pricing, the Celtic Guitar Camp is [...]

Monday, May 11th, 2009

We’ve recorded the band performing a couple of sample processional songs for upcoming ceremonies. So far, the tune Sí Bheag, Sí Mhór by the legendary Irish harpist Turlough Carolan is the most popular selection. Click here to listen to an MP3 of the Goodtime Stringband’s version.
http://www.goodtimestringband.com/mp3/ShebegandShemore.mp3
Here’s an MP3 of the band performing Jay Ungar’s [...]