Author Archive: Katherine Rhoda

I left England in mid-May, having maxed out my six months as a family visitor. My true love David Wallace-Lawrence remains there. We’re grateful for our daily Skype calls until I can return! For now, I’m spending a month on…
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Once again, due to COVID-19, this year’s New England Folk Festival will take place online. A wealth of events are scheduled for the weekend of April 22-24. There is no fixed fee to attend, but donations are most welcome, as…
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I take part in a Tunstall, North Yorkshire-based online singaround which has kept the music flowing during COVID. This Saturday, March 26, we present our second free March Hare online mini-festival, 4:30-10 PM GMT/12:30-6 PM ET.  (GMT is only four…
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I’ve been in Barnard Castle in the UK with my true love David Wallace-Lawrence since mid-November. I’m keeping active musically and am excited about some new projects! During this time rife with efforts to deny difficult history, I’m delving into…
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UPDATE 7/12: Sadly, this undersubscribed class has been cancelled. However, I will be in the Common Ground on the Hill Tradition Weeks evening concert series on Thursday, July 15, 8 PM, streaming on their YouTube channel and archived for later…
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I’m back in Maine after six months in the UK. After the decimation of my musical work last year due to the pandemic, it feels quite novel indeed to be entering a few dates into my upcoming gig calendar, beginning…
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The online New England Folk Festival 2021 is this weekend! I’m not playing live in it this year, but did make three short videos for it – Vintage Grange Songs, Historical Songs of Women’s Suffrage, and Marxophone & Harpeleik –…
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This winter I updated my profile at Creative Ground, the online directory of the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), and achieved “NEST eligible” status with them. Their New England States Touring (NEST) grants “fund nonprofit organizations to present…
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In early November, after an all-clear breast cancer followup (YES!), I flew to England to rejoin my true love David Wallace-Lawrence. He came here last February to find us new lodging, and got trapped by the pandemic. As I’m younger,…
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While researching songs from progressive movements of the past, I found this gem in Socialist Songs with Music, compiled and published by Charles H. Kerr in 1901 in Chicago. Eerily relevant to our time, especially since the attack on the…
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