Calliope Concerts, 1976-2006

1976-77

Debby McClatchy--10/24/76 at Calliope House
Margaret MacArthur--11/4/76 at Calliope House
Donald Lindsay, Norman MacLeod, The Erskine Highlanders--11/13/76 at Calliope
House
Guy Carawan--11/19/76 at Calliope House
Joel and Kathy Shimberg--2/13/77 at Calliope House
Debbie McClatchy--2/20/77 at Calliope House
Tracy Schwarz--2/27/77 at Calliope House
Priscilla Herdman--3/6/77 at Calliope House
Richard Hughes & Walter Scott--3/17/77 at Calliope House
Dwayne Thorpe--4/1/77 at Calliope House
Delaware Water Gap--4/11/77 at Calliope House
Lou Killan--4/17/77 at Calliope House
John McCutcheon--4/25/77 at Calliope House

1977-78

Friends of Bob Schmertz--10/7/77 at Calliope House
Tracy & Eloise Schwarz--10/14/77 at Calliope House
Malcolm Dalglish & Grey Larson--10/30/77 at Calliope House
The Flying Cloud--11/6/77 at Calliope House
Joe Heany--11/28/77 at Calliope House
Donald Lindsay, Norman MacLeod, the Erskine Highlanders--12/9/77 at Calliope House
Eric Schoenberg--12/18/77 at Calliope House
David Brody--2/5/78 at Calliope House
Margaret MacArthur--2/9/78 at Calliope House
Benefit Concert for Pittsburgh Folk Arts Cooperative and Calliope House--2/17/78 at
Carnegie Lecture Hall : Alice Gerrard, Mick Maloney and Eugene O'Donnell, Red Clay Ramblers
Joe Hickerson--2/19/78 at Calliope House
John Roberts--2/25/78 at Calliope House
Trapezoid--3/9/78 at Calliope House
Richard Hughes & Walter Scott; Maggi Peirce--3/17/78 at Calliope House
Gary Carawan--4/1/78 at Calliope House
Olla Belle Reed--4/9/78 at Calliope House
Arm & Hammer String Band--4/16/78 at Calliope House
Larry McCullough & Folktellers--4/22/78 at Calliope House
D. Lindsay, M. Cushing, A. Fitzgerald (Scottish-Celtic)--4/29/78 at Calliope House
Wry Steam--5/7/78 at Calliope House
Dwayne Thorpe--5/20/78 at Calliope House

2nd Annual Smoky City Folk Festival--6/10-11/78
Richard Hughes
Dwayne Thorpe
Jim Coor
Hutch and Connie
Devilish Merry
George Balderose
Thompson Highland Dancers
David Liden
Steel City Bluegrass Band
Ron Buchanan

1978-79

David Jones--10/1/78 at Calliope House
Debby McClatchy-10/15/78 at Calliope House
Allan Block--10/22/78 at Calliope House
Alistair Anderson--11/9/78 at Calliope House
Malcolm Dalgish & Greg Larsen--12/3/78 at Calliope House
Pop Wagner--12/10/78 at Calliope House
Critton Hollow--1/21/79 at Calliope House
Delaware Water Gap--2/11/79 at Calliope House
Margaret MacArthur, Cork Lickers, and Louisiana Aces--2/25/79 at Duquesne
University Student Union Ballroom
Trapezoid--3/3/79 at Calliope House
Tracy & Eloise Schwartz--3/9/79 at Calliope House
Maggi Peirce, Richard Hughes & Walter Scott--3/17/79 at Calliope House
Rick & Lorraine Lee--4/1/79 at Calliope House
Arm & Hammer String Band--4/12/79 at Calliope House
Knock na Shee--4/22/79 at Calliope House
Joe & Antoinette McKenna--5/7/79 at Calliope House
Dwayne Thorpe--5/19/79 at Calliope House

3rd Annual Smoky City Folk Festival, 7/14-15/79
George Balderose &Thompson Highland dancers
David Liden & Martha Owen
Mike Reing
Devilish Merry
Richard Hughes
Irish Step Dancing
Swinging on a Gate & Coal Country Cloggers
Dog Run Boys
Three Rivers Morris Team
Ernie Hawkins
Soap Creek
Gypsy Gyppo String Band--7/26/79 at Calliope House

1979-80

Joe Hickerson--9/15/79 at Calliope House
Mike Kline--10/6/79 at Calliope House
Trapezoid--10/14/79 at Calliope House
Devilish Merry--10/21/79 at Calliope House
Paul Geremia--11/1/79 at Calliope House
Debby McClatchy--11/4/79 at Calliope House
Lou Killen--12/17/79 at Calliope House
Malcolm Dalglish and Grey Larsen and Ted Bogan and the Armstrongs--1/11/80
Margaret MacArthur--1/25/80 at Calliope House
James McIntosh--2/16/80 at Calliope House
Don Smith--2/21/80 at Calliope House
Ron Wathen, Richard Hughes & Walter Scott--3/15/80 at Calliope House
John Roberts--3/28/80 at Calliope House
Boys of the Lough--4/11/80
John McCutcheon--4/25/80
Benefit Square Dance--4/27/80
Dwayne Thorpe & Devilish Merry
Norman and Nancy Blake and James Bryan, 5/16/80

4th Annual Smoky City Folk Festival, 5/30-6/1/80
George Balderose & Thomson Highland Dancers
Dwayne Thorpe
Devilish Merry & Irish Step Dancers
Mike Reing
Connie Rockman & Margaret Mary Kimmel
Three Rivers Morris Dance Team
Rural Valley Revellers
Ernie Hawkins
Richard Hughes & Walter Scott
Swinging on a Gate & Coal Country Cloggers
Martin Carthy--6/28/80 at Calliope House
Madaline MacNeil & John Molineux--7/9/80 at Calliope House

1980-81

Fred & Jenny Armstrong-Park--8/2/80 at Calliope House
Mike Kline--8/16/80 at Calliope House
Tracy's Family Band--9/12/80 at Calliope House
Andy Cohen & Joe LaRose--9/26/80 at Calliope House
Joseph C. Hickerson--10/18/80 at Calliope House
Tom Paley--11/9/80 at Calliope House
Kevin Bourke & Michael O'Domhnaill and Malcolm Dalglish & Grey Larsen at Chatham
College--11/14/80
Bob Shank--11/22/80 at Calliope House
Louis Killen--12/13/80 at Calliope House
The Rebel Yellers--1/24/81 at Calliope House
Helen Schneyer--2/13/81 at Calliope House
Trapezoid--2/11/81 at Chatham College
Ernie Hawkins, Bill Weiner, Larry McCullough--2/22/81 at Calliope House
Michael Cooney--3/5/81 at Calliope House
SCFF Benefit Square Dance, featuring Swinging on the Gate and the Rural Valley
Revellers--3/6/81 at Third Presbyterian Church
Hurricane Ridgerunners--3/20/81 at Calliope House
Maggi Peirce; Richard Hughes & Walter Scott--3/29/81 at Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
John McCutcheon--4/2/81 at Calliope House
Sam & Carrie Rizzetta, Blackie Cool & Woody Simmons--4/11/81 at Calliope House
Debby McClatchy, Malcolm Dalgish & Grey Larsen, Bob Carlin--4/17/81 at Frick Fine
Arts Auditorium
Mark Gilston--4/18/81 at Calliope House
SCFF Benefit Square Dance, featuring Devilish Merry--4/24/81 at Third Presbyterian
Church
SCFF Benefit Square Dance, featuring the Deer Creek String Band--5/15/81 at Third
Presbyterian Church
David Jones--5/16/81 at Calliope House

5th Annual Smoky City Folk Festival, 5/29-31/81
The Hale Family
Fire Valley Faction
Dwayne Thorpe
Swinging on the Gate
Connie Rockman
Ernie Hawkins and Friends
Debby McClatchy
Bethlehem Temple Radio Choir
Rural Valley Revellers
Coal Country Cloggers
Richard Hughes and Walter Scott
Deer Creek String Band
Dog Run Boys

1981-82

Battlefield Band--9/2/81 at Portfolio
Mike Kline & Gerry Milnes--9/19/81 at Calliope House
Leo Kretzner--10/4/81 at Calliope House
Debbie McClatchy--10/16/81 at Calliope House (?)
Sandy Bradley & Small Wonder String Band--11/15/81 at Calliope House
Jeannette Carter & John McCutcheon--11/22/81 at Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Last Night's Fun--12/5/811 at Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Guy Carawan--12/12/81 at Calliope House
Michael Kline--12/19/81 at Calliope House
Sara Grey, Ellie Ellis, Richard Hughes, Walter Scott--12/22/81 at Portfolio
Dog Run Boys--1/9/82 at Calliope House
Cathy Fink, Marty Somberg, Laurie Anders, Kate Charles--1/16/82 at Portfolio
Red Rose Flyers--2/6/82 at Calliope House
Benefit Square Dance, 2/26/82
Larry Edelman & Deer Creek
The Hot Mud Family--3/12/82 at Calliope House

6th Annual Smoky City Folk Festival, 6/18-20/82
Trapezoid
George Balderose & Scottish Dancers
Sean McClorey
Rural Valley Revelers
Three Rivers Morris Dance Team
Richard Hughes & Walter Scott
Ernie Hawkins & Friends
The Hale Family
Dwayne Thorpe
Swinging on the Gate
Deer Creek String Band
Coal Country Cloggers

Calliope House Music Arts Workshop--7/11-17/82 Performance Schedule:
7/12: Richard Hughes, Walter Scott, Andy Cohen, Joe la Rose, & Ernie Hawkins;
Larry Edelman; L.E. McCullough; George Arata
7/13: Dwayne Thorpe; Lorraine Duisit; Chicago Barn Dance Company & Coal
Country Cloggers
7/14: George Balderose & Tony DeMarco; Brendan Mulvihill; Tim Britton &
Touchtone
7/15: Frank George, Bob Hutchinson, Moonshine Dreamers
7/16: Paul Molans; Randy Johnson & Mike Reing; Dog Run Boys

1982-83

Easy Street String Band--9/15/82 at Calliope House
Rick & Lorraine Lee--10/3/82 at Calliope House
Johnny Cunningham--10/16/82 at Calliope House
Bill & Carlotta Wellington--11/13/82 at Calliope House
Margaret MacArthur--11/4/82 at Calliope House
Critton Hollow String Band--11/13/82 at Calliope House
Michael Coney--11/24/82 at Calliope House
Brad Leftwich & Linda Higgenbotham--12/4/82 at Calliope House
Malcolm Dalglish-Gerry Larsen Band--12/14/82 at Calliope House
John Roberts & Tony Barrand--1/22/83
Boys of the Lough--2/26/83 at Central Catholic HS Auditorium
Richard Hughes & Walter Scott--3/12/83
Battlefield Band--3/31/83 at Central Catholic Theatre
Red Rose Flyers--4/9/83 at Calliope House
Benefit Concert for the Smoky City Folk Festival: Dwaye Thorpe & the Moonshine
Dreamers with Irish Step Dancers--4/30/83 at Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Mike Kline & Gerry Milnes--5/14/83 at Calliope House

7th Annual Smoky City Folk Festival, 6/3-5/83
Hot Mud Family
Debbie McClatchy
Contradictions
Queen Ann's Lace
Mike Reing
Paul Jay and Bob Hutchinson
Bill and Marlene Vrscak
Gary Crouth and Bernie Schneider
George Balderose and Scottish Dancers
Richard Hughes and Walter Scott
Swinging on the Gate
Tom Hoffman
Bruce Foley and Irish Step Dancers
Moonshine Dreamers
Dwayne Thorpe
Rhythm Gorillas and Coal Country Cloggers
Ernie Hawkins and the Blue Beets
Dog Run Boys
Connie Rockman
Iron City Morris Team

1983-84

Sandy Bradley-Smallwinder (?)--9/28/83 at Calliope House
James McIntosh--10/2/83 at Calliope House
Dick Gaughan--11/8/83 at Calliope House
Saul Brody--1/14/84 at Calliope House
Leftwich, Higgenbothan & Richie--2/11/84 at Calliope House
Guy & Candie Carawan / Carawan Children's Concert--2/25/84 at Calliope House
Mary McCaslin & JIm Ringer--3/4/84 at Calliope House
Fred Armstrong Park (Concert of Stories & Music) --3/31/84 at Calliope House
Red Rose Flyers--4/7/84 at Calliope House
Benefit Square Dance, 4/18/84 at Wilkinsburg YMCA
Marlin Whitaker & Ron Buchanan with the Smoky City Benefit Band
Benefit Event, 5/10/84 at Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
John McCutcheon

8th Annual Smoky City Folk Festival, 6/1-3, 1984
Dolores Heagy
Crawdad
The Celtones
Paul Jay and Bob Hutchinson
George Balderose and Scottish Dancers
Dwayne Thorpe
Debbie McClatchy
The Moonshine Dreamers
Richard Hughes and Walter Scott
Bruce Foley and Oliver Brown
The All Pittsburgh Irish Step Dancers & the Blarney Stone Dancers
Dave Krysty
The Coal Country Cloggers & The Deer Creek String Band
Anne Feeney & Bryan Rubican
The Ernie Hawkins Band
The Dog Run Boys

Moonshine Dreamers--6/23/84 at Calliope House
Green Mountain Crossing--7/10/84 at Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Red Clay Ramblers--7/26/84 at Graffiti

1984-85

Bodie Wagner and the Double Decker String Band--9/15/84 at Stephen Foster Memorial
Theatre
Bruce Foley & Oliver Brown with Irish Step Dancers (in place of Kevin Burke and Gerry
O'Beirne)--9/22/84 at Graffiti
Storytelling Workshop/Concert, co-sponsored with Storytellers Guild of
Pittsburgh--9/28/84 at Benedum Hall
featuring Michael Parent, Temujin Ekunfeo, Dave Krysty, Connie Rockman
Thompson County Horseflies--10/6/84 at Calliope House
Debbie McClatchy--10/19/84 at Graffiti
Ewan MacColl, Calum MacColl, and Peggy Seeger--11/2/84 at Graffiti
Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band--11/14/84 at Graffiti
Dave Holt and Burr Beard--12/15/84 at Calliope House
Mac Martin & the Dixie Travelers--1/26/85 at Calliope House
James McIntosh--2/9/85 at Calliope House
Si Kahn--3/2/85 at Synod Hall
John McCutcheon--3/30/85 at Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Mike Kline & Gerry Milnes--4/27/85 at Calliope House

9th Annual Smoky City Folk Festival--5/31-6/2/85
Crawdad
Appalachian Folk Cure
Sylvan & Lester Hare
George Balderose & Scottish Dancers
Gary Crough & Bernie Schneider
Queen Anne's Lace
Bruce Foley & Oliver Brown
The Pittsburgh Reelers
Mike and Janet Reing
The Moonshine Dreamers
Dave Krysty
The Florida Blues Band & The Coal Country Cloggers
Richard Hughes & Walter Scott
Ernie Hawkins and the Blue Beets
Mac Martin and the Dixie Travellers
Whiskey on Tap
Smoky City Syncopators
Jim Bryner with Harmon Morgan
James McIntosh
Mick Moloney, Liz Carroll & Jimmy Keane

Libana--6/27/85 at Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Queen Ida and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band--7/13/85 at Grafitti
Ian Kennedy with Mary Kennedy--8/10/85 at Calliope House

1985-86

The Stewarts of Blair--9/5/85 at Calliope House
The Stewarts of Blair and Kevin Burke & Gerry O'Beirne--10/5/85 at Frick Fine Arts
Auditorium
Sally Rogers--10/23/85 at Calliope House
Ernie Hawkins and Lou & Peter Berryman--11/7/85 at Calliope House
Thompkins County Horseflies--11/23/85 at Calliope House
Leftwich, Higginbotham, & Jackson--12/7/85 at Calliope House
Dave Holt & Susie Crate--1/18/86 at Calliope House
Paddy O'Brien & Daithi Sproule--2/5/86 at Calliope House
Mic Maloney, Jimmy Keane, & Robbie O'Connell--2/20/86 at Calliope House
Critton Hollow--3/1/86 at Calliope House
Tracy Schwarz--3/7/86 at Calliope House
Sally Rogers--4/5/86 at Calliope House
Rare Air--4/12/86 at Graffiti

10th Annual Smoky City Folk Festival--5/30-6/1/86
High Society
Stewed Mulligan
The Percolators
Jan Boyd and Dave McLaughlin
Dave Cook and Mark Tamsula
Four Flying Feet
Dolores Heagy
The Olde Favorite String Band
Mark Reisman
Bob Shank
Hot Rize
Robin & Linda Williams
George Balderose & Scottish Dancers
Dave Krysty
Queen Anne's Lace
Dwayne Thorpe
Oliver Browne, Bruce Foley, and Dick Withers
The Pittsburgh Reelers
Mike and Janet Reing
Anne Feeny and D.C. Fitzgerald
The Coal Country Cloggers
Richard Hughes and Walter Scott
Ernie Hawkins, Bill Weiner, and L.E. McCullough
The Dog Run Boys
The Iron City Morris Team
John Benedict
Eric the Juggler

Ian Kennedy with Mary Kennedy--8/6/86 at Calliope House

1986-87

Lou Killen with Richard Hughes & Walter Scott--1/10/87 at Penn Cafe
Roustabout--2/7/87 at Penn Cafe
Richard Hughes & Walter Scott--3/14/87 at Penn Cafe
Boys of the Lough--3/20/87 at Synod Hall
Ron Gonnella--4/10/87 at Calliope House
Sally Rogers & Howie Bursen--4/25/87 at Benedum Auditorium
Patrick Sky, Richard Hughes & Walter Scott--5/1/87 at Penn Cafe
Critton Hollow String Band--5/9/87 at Penn Cafe

1th Annual Smoky City Folk Festival--5/29-31/87
Mike and Janet Reing
John Benedict
The Percolators
High Society
Lutitia Clipper
Casey Deely
Kaleidoscope
Dave Krysty
The Lackawanna Longnecks
John Patrick
Queen Anne's Lace
Marc Reisman
Bob Shank
Temujin the Storyteller
Odetta
Mike Seeger
George Balderose
Beth and Bridgit Regan & Friends
Richard Hughes and Walter Scott
Dwayne Thorpe
Oliver Brown
Dick Withers
The Pittsburgh Reelers
Ethel Caffie-Austin
St. Benedict the Moor Gospel Choir
Big Possum String Band
John Jackson
Coal Country Cloggers
Anne Feeney & D.C. Fitzgerald
The Short Crick Flat-Pickers
Dolores Heagy
Jay Breckenridge
Iron Rose Garland Dancers

Larry Edelman & the Percolators--6/26/87 at Waverly Presbyterian Church

1987-88

Midsummer Evening of Celtic Music & Dance--7/27/87 at Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Ian Kennedy, Hamish Moore, Richard Hughes, George Balderose, Mike Reing, Charles Anderson, Joe Harris, Beth & Bridget Regan, Oliver Brown, Bruce Foley,
Dick Withers, Maggi Foley & Mary Flaherty
Scartaglen--8/27/87 at Penn Cafe
Sukay--9/19/87 at Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Fiddle Fever--10/17/87 at Synod Hall
Rare Air--11/12/87 at Graffiti
Debby McClatchy--12/5/87 at Penn Cafe
Jean Ritchie and George Pickow--1/16/88 at Synod Hall
Rosalie Sorrels--2/5/88 at Penn Cafe
Mick Maloney, Jimmy Keene & Eileen Ivers--3/19/88 at Synod Hall
Benefit Concert for SCFF: Debby McClatchy & Roger Watson and Dwayne Thorpe--
4/7/88 at J. Hanna's
Benefit Boogie for SCFF: Ernie Hawkins Blues Band--4/24/88 at J. Hanna's
Beneift Concert for SCFF: Reel World String Band, Children's Concert--4/30/88 at
Frick Fine Arts Auditorium

12th Annual Smoky City Folk Festival--5/20-22/88
High Society
Beaver Creek Band
Marc Reisman & Mike Sallows
The Lackawanna Longnecks
Voices of Tabernacle
Vivien Richman & Friends of Robert Schmertz
Stand Bayou
Los Folkloristas
George Balderose with Mike Reing, Charlie Anderson, Chuck Krepley, Joe
Harris, and Highland Dancers
Richard Hughes & Sean McClorey
Ernie Hawkins, Bill Wiener, & Willy Try
Dave Krysty & Bill Lemons
Oliver Browne, Dick Withers, & Bruce Foley with The Pittsburgh Reelers
Ethel Caffie-Austin & the Community Gospel Choir
Larry Edelman and the Percolators
Miguel Sague and the Latin American Cultural Union
John Benedict & John Deleanardo
Roustabout and the Coal Country Cloggers
Anne Feeney & Friends
Mac Martin and the Dixie Travelers
Iron Rose Garland Dancers
Dolores Heagy
Dwayne Thorpe

Midsummer's Evening of Celtic Music and Dance II--7/30/88 at Frick Fine Arts
Auditorium: Hamish Moore, Sheila Stewart of Blairgownie, Jim McIntosh, The
Pittsburgh Ceilidh Band, Highland/Scottish Country Dancers

1988-89

John McCutcheon and Sally Rogers: "An American Sampler"--10/1/88 at Synod Hall
Sukay--10/22/88 at the Jewish Community Center
Kapelye--11/19/88 at the Jewish Community Center
Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band--1/22/89 at Synod Hall
Scartaglen--2/25/89 at Synod Hall
Boys of the Lough--3/25/89 at Synod Hall

13th Annual Smoky City Folk Festival--5/19-21/89
Lackawanna Longnecks & Randy Johnson
Gerry Milnes & The Stovestokers
John Hartford
Critton Hollow String Band
Cephas & Wiggins
Clear Fork
Dave Krysty & Bill Lemmons
Coal Country Cloggers
Stovestokers
Guaracha
George Balderose & Beth and Bridgit Regan
Ernie Hawkins & Andy Cohen
Brown, Foley, Withers, & Shelvin
Maggie Folan & Friends
Dwayne Thorpe
African Drum and Dance Ensemble

1989-90

14th Annual Smoky City Folk Festival--5/18-20/90
Tom Paxton
Front Street
George Balderose, Jimmy McIntosh & The Highland Dancers, Richard Hughes
Slim Bryant
Tracy Schwarz & Ginny Hawker
Sounds of Heritage
Coal Country Cloggers & the Lackawanna Longnecks
Guaracha
Michael Cooney
Mac Martin & the Dixie Travelers
Omi-Tutu
Anne Feeney & Friends

1990-91

Sukay—9/29/90 at Synod Hall
Beausoleil—10/27/90 at Synod Hall
The Watersons—11/17/90 at Synod Hall
Seldom Scene—1/18/91 at Synod Hall
Sally Rogers and Claudia Schmidt—2/23/91 at Synod Hall
Patrick Street—3/23/91 at Synod Hall

15th Annual Smoky City Folk Festival--5/18-19/91
Jean Ritchie
John Gorka
Saxie Williams & Dolores Heagy
George Balderose, James McIntosh, Richard Hughes, & Brigit Regan
Gregory Gladkov
Strathmon Ceildh Band
Calliope Sampler:
Tom Cunningham, Hornyak & Mercurio, Shape Note Singers, Leslie
Smith, Steely Band Rappers, Connie Rockman
Corge Batyi's Hungarian Gypsy Band
Braddock Male Chorus
Boiled Buzzards & Coal Country Cloggers
Debbie McClatchy
Omi-Tutu
Pittsburgh Irish Seisiun Musicians & Pittsburgh Reelers
Pittsburgh International Folk Theatre
Mac Martin and the Dixie Travelers
Common Threads

1991-92

Fiddle Fever—9/27/91 at Synod Hall
Fortaleza—10/25/91 at Synod Hall
New Lost City Ramblers—11/23/91 at Synod Hall
Priscilla Herdman, Anne Hills & Cindy Mangsen—1/25/92 at Synod Hall
Peter Ostrouschko with Dean Magraw—2/22/92 at Synod Hall
Altan—3/21/92 at Synod Hall

16th Annual Smoky City Folk Festival--5/15-17/92
Stewed Mulligan
Pete Seeger
Rande Harris
George Balderose, Richard Hughes, Mary Conroy, and Bridgit Regan
Calliope Sampler: Shape Note Singers, John Wilson, Annie Trimble, Leslie Smith
Rt. 8 Ramblers
Braddock Male Chorus
Flying Cunninghams
Guaranteed Irish and the Pittsburgh Reelers
Ernie Hawkins and Bill Weiner
Lackawanna Longnecks and the Coal Country Cloggers
Guaracha
African Drum & Dance Ensemble
Pittsburgh Banjo Club
Dwayne Thorpe
Anne Feeney

1992-93

Allegheny River Dancers and Stephen Fadden—9/26/92 at Synod Hall
Mark O’Connor—10/24/92 at Synod Hall
The Fairfield Four—11/21/92 at Synod Hall
Michael Cooney—1/30/93 at Synod Hall
Norman and Nancy Blake—2/27/93 at Synod Hall
Magenta Music—3/20/93 at Synod Hall

17th Annual Smoky City Folk Festival--5/21-23/93
The Hicks
Bryan Bowers
Oscar Brand
Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwarz
George Balderose, Richard Hughes, Bridgit Regan and Mary Conroy
Ernie Hawkins & Friends
Calliope Sampler: Annie Trimble & Curt Cooper, Mark Reisman, John Wilson
Irish Seisiun: Rich Withers, Charlie Anderson, Bruce Foley, Rich Moore,
Bruce Molyneaux, Dale Brubaker, Lori Cole
Leslie Smith
Pittsburgh International Folk Theatre
Margaret Christl
Coal Country Cloggers & the Hicks
The Accousticcatos
Bohica
Umoja
Front Street
Beaver Creek

Ceoltoiri--6/16/93 at Lawrenceville Library

1993-94

Tannahill Weavers--10/1/93 at Synod Hall
Joel Mabus—10/93 at Lawrenceville Library
Sukay with Musuhallpa--11/6/93 at Synod Hall
Bennett/Lorraine Lee Hammond—11/93 at Lawrenceville Library
Dave Van Ronk & Spider John Koerner with Marc Reisman & Peter King--12/4/93 at Stephen Foster Memorial Hall
David Selfridge--1/26/94 at Lawrenceville Library
The Savoy/Doucet Cajun Band Alan Irvine, Storyteller--1/29/94 at Synod Hall
Small Potatoes--2/6/94 at Lawrenceville Library
Mollie & Tim O'Brien with Leslie Smith--2/19/94 at Synod Hall
Trian with Ploughman's Lunch--3/26/94 at Synod Hall

18th Annual Smoky City Folk Festival 5/20-22/94
Mac Martin and the Dixie Travelers
Tish Hinojosa
North Fork Rounders
George Balderose & Friends
Guaranteed Irish
John Benedict
The Rhythm Rats
Coal Country Cloggers
Dog Run Boys
Umoja
Anne Feeney
Gary Belloma and the Blue Bombers

Square Dance--6/9/94 Kathy Henderson & Boiled Buzzards

1994-1995

Rory Block with The Dancing Demons--9/24/94 at Synod Hall
Lou & Peter Barryman--10/9/94
Battlefield Band with Richard Hughes--10/21/94 at Synod Hall
Ad Vielle Que Pourra with Queen Anne's Lace--11/12/94 at Synod Hall
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason--1/14/95 at Synod Hall
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys with Pittsburgh International Folk Theatre--
3/25/95 at Synod Hall
Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys--3/26/95 at Rosebud
Calliope Sampler--4/5/95 at Carnegie Library
Dolores Heagy, Barb Frederking of Coal Country Cloggers, Alan Irvine, Marc
Reisman & Peter King
Altan--4/22/95 at Synod Hall
Kate & Anna McGarrigle with John Benedict--5/20/95 at Carnegie Lecture Hall

19th Annual Smoky City Folk Festival 6/10-11/95
George Balderose & Hooley
Henry Shapiro & Swing Fever
Dwayne Thorpe
Coal Country Cloggers
Chismo Charles & The Mystic Knights of the Sea
Pittsburgh International Folk Theatre
Accousticcatos
Dancing Demons
Debbie McClatchy
Mac Martin and the Dixie Travellers

1995-96

Richie Havens with Lucy Van Sickle--9/23/95 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin with Dwayne Thorpe--10/28/95 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Tarika with City Theater--11/18/95 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Boys of the Lough with George Balderose & Friends: A Celtic Christmas--12/10/95 at
Carnegie Lecture Hall
Boozoo Chavis with Temujin--1/27/96 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
The House Band with Mike Gallagher--2/24/96 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Muzsikas with Balkan Women's Singing Ensemble & Otets Paissi Bitov Band--3/23/96
at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Laurie Lewis & Grant Street with Dog Run Boys--4/20/96 at Carnegie Lecture Hall

20th Annual Smoky City Folk Festival--5/31-6/9/96
North Fork Rounders
Steeleye Span with Hooley
John Benedict
Guaranteed Irish
Dwayne Thorpe
Ernie Hawkins & Rodger Montgomery
Coal Country Cloggers & Beaver Creek Band
Guaracha
Umoja
Saffire--Uppity Blues Women
Caribbean Vibes Steel Band
George Balderose
Richard Hughes
Mary Conroy & Bridget Regan

Maddie Conroy--6/1/96

1996-97

James Keelaghan--9/15/96 at Calliope House
(Iris DeMent with Mac Martin and the Dixie Travellers--9/28/96 at CLH)
Samite with Drums of West Africa in America--10/19/96 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Pete & Maura Kennedy--10/27/96 at Calliope House
Ari Eisinger--11/2/96 at Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Nightingale--11/10/96 at Calliope House
Kevin Burke's Open House with Dave Krysty & Allegheny Ridge--11/23/96 at Carnegie
Lecture Hall
Brave Old World with Steel City Klezmorim--12/14/96 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
John Hammond with Ernie Hawkins--1/25/97 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Ralph Stanley with Beaver Creek Band--2/22/97 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Nomos with Baltinne--3/22/97 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
La Bottine Souriante with Gemini 28--4/19/97 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
21st Annual Smoky City Folk Festival--6/6-8/97
Mac Martin and the Dixie Travellers
Coal Country Cloggers with Beaver Creek Band
Lonesome River Band
Debbie McClatchy
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
George Balderose & Friends
Songwriter's Circle (James Hovan, Robert Wagner, Sam Flescher)
Miguel's Latino Moods
Jabali Afrika
Dog Run Boys
Nightingale
Henry Shapiro & Swing Fever
Jay Ungar and Molly Mason Quartet

Del Rey and Mary Flower--7/20/97 at Frick Fine Arts Auditorium

1997-98

The Armstrongs with Fitzgerald & Beach--9/27/97 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
June Tabor with Huw Warren & Mark Emerson; Les Barker, Amarillis--10/18/97 at
Carnegie Lecture Hall
David Holt--12/13/97 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Dry Branch Fire Squad with South Wind--1/17/98 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
John Sebastian –2/21/98 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Paul Rishell & Annie Raines--3/20/98 at Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill with The Folan Family--3/21/98 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
The Nashville Bluegrass Band with Len Kovalsky--5/9/98 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Leon Redbone--6/6/98 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Roseanne Cash

22nd Annual Smoky City Folk Festival--6/19-21/98
Paul Epstein and the Trusty House Band
Grand Bon Rien
Lucy Van Sickle
Hooley with Maggie and Sally Folan
Lackawanna Longnecks & Turkey Hollow Cloggers
Swing Shifters
South Wind
Chesapeake
Four Bitchin' Babes

1998-99

Richie Havens with The Monongahela Sheiks--9/26/98 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Robin and Linda Williams and Their Fine Group and John McCutcheon--10/24/98 at
Carnegie Lecture Hall
House Band with Michael & Carrie Kline--12/5/98 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Showcase--1/16/99 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Djambone, Second Wind, Brad Yoder, Steel Impressions
Dave Van Ronk and Rosalie Sorrels--2/20/99 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Dervish--3/20/99 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Cheryl Wheeler and Vance Gilbert--4/10/99 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Doc Watson and the David Grisman Quintet--5/20/99 at Carnegie Lecture Hall

23rd Annual Smoky City Folk Festival--6/11-12/99
Salamander Crossing
Beth Nielson Chapman
Hot Matzohs
Beaver Creek
Garnet Rogers
Road to the Isles
Mustard's Retreat
Ernie Hawkins and Friends
African Drum and Dance Ensemble
The Wyrd Sisters

First Night Artists
Tom Cunningham
Jay Hitt
Blackberry Winter
Bluegrass on Rye
Emcee: Robert Wagner

1999-2000

Mollie O'Brien with Len Kovalsky--9/18/99 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Utah Phillips--10/16/99 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Tom Paxton--12/11/99 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Cehpas &Wiggins--1/15/00 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Cathie Ryan--2/19/00 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Freighthoppers--3/25/00 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
The Savoy Cajun Band--4/8/00 at Carnegie Lecture Hall
Emmylou Harris--5/19/00 at Carnegie Music Hall

First Night Artists
Fire on the Mountain
Steve Suarez
The Balkan Women’s Singing Group (Balkan Babes)
Common Threads
Emcees: Scott Pavelle, Mike Kennelly

Calliope Acoustic Masters Series 00-01 Season (Carnegie Lecture Hall)
September 21 Altan (Irish)
October 21 Tim O’Brien and Darrell Scott with About Time (Bluegrass)
December 9 Fancha (Afro-Brazillian)
January 20 John Jackson and Pat Donohue (Blues)
February 1 Slaid Cleaves and Susan Werner (Singer/Songwriter)
March 24 John Hartford Trio (American Old Time)
April 28 Nashville Mandolin Trio (International Mandolin Styles)

Large Venue Concerts
November 2 Peter Rowan, Peter Rice, Iris Dement (Folk Masters) Carnegie Music Hall
May 18 Jorma Kaukonen, Michael Falzerano and Arlo Guthrie -- (Folk Masters) -- Carnegie Music Hall

Emerging Legends Concert Series
November 11 Ceoltoiri (Irish Gaelic)
December 4 Cambio Libre (Cuban)
April 14 Jim Hurst and Missy Raines (Bluegrass)
May 12 David Grier and Matt Flinner (Acoustic Jazz with Bluegrass)

Country & Classic Blues Concerts
February 13 Andy and Larkin Cohen (Blues)
June 30 D.C. Fitzgerald and Bob Beach (Blues)

Workshop Series
November 11 Ceoltoiri (Vocal Workshop)
December 4 Cambio Libre (Drumming and Dancing)
April 14 Jim Hurst (Guitar)
April 14 Missy Raines (Bass)
May 12 David Grier (Guitar)
May 12 Matt Flinner (Mandolin)

First Night Artists
Heather Kropf
Mark Dignam
Knotwork
Monongahela Shieks
Emcees: Scott Pavelle, Mike Kennelly

2001-02

September 22 Benefit Concert for the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund
October 20 Dixie Hummingbirds (Gospel)
November 2 Geoff Muldar (Blues)
January 17 Danu (Irish)
February 9 Northern Lights (Bluegrass)
March 16 David Mallett (Singer/Songwriter)
April 20 Alison Brown Quartet (Bluegrass/Jazz/Latin)
Large Venue Concerts
May 23 A Reunion of Old and In The Way (Bluegrass)
December 5 Landmine Free World Concert (Singer/Songwriter)

Emerging Legends Concert Series
January 19 Lee Murdock (American Folk)
February 26 Carol Eagleheart (Native American Indian)
March 2 Brendan Bulger and Billy Knox (Celtic)
December 14 Duck Baker and Woody Mann (Blues)

Workshop Series
January 19 Lee Murdock (Guitar and Songwriting)
February 26 Carol Eagleheart (Songwriting Master Class)
March 2 Brendan Bulger (Fiddle)
March 2 Billy Knox (Guitar)
December 13 Duck Baker (Guitar)
December 13 Woody Mann (Guitar)

Back Porch Ballroom Series
December 7 The Asylum Street Spankers provided the musical accompaniment
to the silent film Steamboat Bill, Jr. at Pittsburgh Filmmakers. The Allegheny Rhythm Kings performed between screenings.
March 21 Karl Shiflett and Big Country Show (Alt Country)
April 26 Jenny and the Pine Tops (New Grass)
April 19 Hot Club of Cowtown (Swing)
May 11 Paul Geremia (Blues)
June 22 Larry Keel Experience (Bluegrass)

Free to the Public—Special Events
September 7 Rank Strangers and Coal Train performed in front of the Harris
Theater before each viewing of the film Down From the Mountain.
October 19 Dr. Zolten’s lecture and a performance by the Dixie Hummingbirds at the Heinz History Center
January 26 Remembering Pat Travis: An Evening of Song concert to benefit the Radio Information Service

First Night Artists
Heidi Hart Hawaiian Dance Group
Rank Strangers
Hooley
Jody Abbott (& Carnival of Souls)
Emcees: Alan Irvine, Sean Miller

2002-03

Large Venue Event, Soldiers and Sailors Auditorium:
Mickey Hart and Bembe Orisha—9/21/02

Concert Series, Carnegie Lecture Hall
Saffire—The Uppity Blues Women—10/26/02
The Sam Bush Band—11/9/02
Boys of the Lough—12/14/02
Scott Ainslie—1/25/03
Ladysmith Black Mambazo—2/12/03
Patrick Street—3/1/03
Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem—3/29/03

Outreach and Other Collaborations
Jam Grass—8/4/02
Bradley Fest
Fair in the Park—9/7/02 – 9/8/02
Hillbilly IDOL
Monongahela Sheiks
Venez Au Bal
Folk Orchestra
Rank Strangers
New Morning
The Dog Run Boys

Rodan and Milo Pullman, Club Café—10/8/02
Donna the Buffalo and Jim Lauderdale, The Emerald Room, McKees Rocks—11/2/02

Backporch Ballroom
Hi Tone String Ticklers–Two shows on 10/19/02
Old Crow Medicine Show–11/22/02 Brew House Performance Space

House Concerts -- Unitarian Church, Shadyside
Soup Kitchen—9/14/02
Soup Kitchen Workshop
Debby McClatchy—11/8/02

2003-04

Concert Series, Carnegie Lecture Hall
Gillian Welch--9/20/03
The New Lost City Ramblers, with Brett Howland--10/25/03
The Woody Guthrie Tribute Tour--11/22/03
Roy Book Binder, with Ernie Hawkins--1/17/04
Juggernaut Jug Band, with Great American Gypsies--2/21/04
Lunasa, with Mike Gallagher--3/20/04
Mike Marshall & Darol Anger, with The Pittsburgh Mandolin Orchestra--4/17/04

Benefit Concert, Carnegie Music Hall
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, with Jeff Austin & Chris Castino--5/21/04

Outreach and Other Collaborations
Bradley Festival, Hartwood Acres--8/03
Allegheny County Fair, East Liberty--8/31/03
Donna the Buffalo with Jim Lauderdale (Flavorville), Kendrew’s, Aliquippa--12/6/03
Richard Smith (Guitar Society), PNC Recital Hall, Duquesne Univ.--12/6/03
NewLanders & The Wheeling Park H.S. Bluegrass Band (First Night)--12/31/03
D.C. Fitzgerald--Lunchtime performance (Pitt Arts)--2/15/04
Del Rey & Steve James (Collings Guitars & Acoustic Music Works), Frick Fine Arts--5/15/04
Del Rey & Steve James Workshop (Collings Guitars & Acoustic Music Works)--5/16/04
Lackawanna Longnecks (Allegheny Co. Coalition for Recovery), Market Square--5/19/04
John McCamm & Todd Hartman (A. Co. Coalition for R.), Market Square--5/20/04
D.C. Fitzgerald & Bob Beach (A. Co. Coalition for R.), Market Square--5/21/04
Road to the Isles, CD Release Party, James St. Tavern/North Side--6/4/04

Backporch Ballroom
Mike Compton & David Long, Lawrenceville--7/6/03
Swing Gitan, Brew House--8/23/03
Asylum Street Spankers, Brew House--11/21/03
Mike Compton & David Long, The Pink Building--4/9/04
David Davis & The Warrior River Boys, Brew House--5/7/04

Calliope Legends--Unitarian Church, Shadyside
John Roberts & Tony Barrand Concert--11/14/03
Bob Franke Concert (Frick Fine Arts)--2/7/04
Bob Franke Songwriting Workshop (Univ. of Pittsburgh)--2/7/04 & 2/8/04
Dan Levenson Concert & Dance--4/2/04
Dan Levenson Workshop--4/2/04
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer Concert--5/8/04
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer Workshop--5/8/04

Workshops
Woody Guthrie Workshop (Pitt Arts)--11/22/04
D.C. Fitzgerald--Blues Guitar Workshop (Pitt Arts)--1/25/04
Ernie Hawkins--Blues Guitar Workshop (Pitt Arts)--2/1/04
Jug Band Workshop with Steve Weber & Phil Smith (Pitt Arts)--2/12/04
Irish Music Workshop with Kathy Fallon (Pitt Arts)--3/24/04

2004-05

Concert Series, Carnegie Lecture Hall
Two High String Band, with Tim & Elise--10/16/04
Doc Watson & David Holt--10/19/04
David Bromberg, with Fitzgerald & Beach--12/11/04
Sheila Kay Adams, with Hutch & Dave--1/22/04
Alvin Youngblood Hart, with Brad Yoder--2/12/04
Karan Casey Band, with The Rolling Scones--3/12/04
The Waybacks, with Sue Powers & Jeff Berman--4/16/04

Backporch Ballroom
Coal Train, Brew House--7/30/04
Asylum Street Spankers, Brew House--10/1/04
The Wilders, Brew House—4/22/05

Music in the House
The Wilders, Lawrenceville--7/11/04
Wammo, Highland Park--7/25/04

Calliope at the Rex
The Mammals, The Rex Theatre--7/14/04

Calliope at La Prima
Jay Hitt & Friends, La Prima Espresso—1/28/05
John Hayes & Friends, La Prima Espresso—3/25/05
Robert Wagner, La Prima Espresso—4/29/05
Confluence, La Prima Espresso—6/24/05

Calliope Legends--Unitarian Church, Shadyside
Kate Long & Robin Kessinger--11/5/04
Kate Long Storytelling Workshop--11/6/04
Robin Kessinger Flatpicking Guitar Workshop--11/6/04
Mindy Simmons—1/29/05
Kreg Viesselman—2/19/05
Mojo Collins—3/19/05
Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen—4/23/05
Rachel Allen—6/4/05

Outreach and Other Collaborations
The Incredible String Band, with Spires that in the Sunset Rise (Warhol Museum),
Hazlett Theater--10/22/04
Paul Rishell & Annie Raines (Pittsburgh Blues Society), Frick Fine Arts--12/4/04
Paul Rishell Workshop (Guitar), Frick Fine Arts—12/5/05
Annie Raines Workshop (Harmonica), Frick Fine Arts—12/5/05
Joanna Newsom, with Tan or Boil (Warhol Museum), Warhol Theater—3/4/05
Doc Watson Workshop with Mike & Janet Reing, Carnegie Lecture Hall—11/19/04
Blues Workshop with Phil Smith & Steve Weber, Univ. of Pittsburgh—2/12/05
Devilish Merry, Heinz History Center—5/1/05
Lackawana Longnecks (Allegheny Recovery Fair, Market Square)—5/11/05
Fitzgerald & Beach (Allegheny Recovery Fair, Market Square)—5/12/05
John McCamm, Bob Banerjee, Todd Hartman (Allegheny Recovery Fair, Market
Square)—5/13/05
Hillbilly Idol (The Appalachians Opening Reception), Rex Theatre—6/9/05

2005-06

Concert Series, Carnegie Lecture Hall
Tommy Emmanuel, with Carol Lee Espy—10/15/05
Andy Statman, with Jeff Berman & Jim DiSpirito—11/19/05
Del McCoury Band, with David Long & Mike Compson—12/10/05
Odetta, with St. Bede’s Choir—1/21/06
Paul Rishell & Annie Raines, with Monongahela Sheiks—2/25/06
Flook, with Ellen Gozion—3/18/06
Tom Rush, with 3 Bricks Shy—4/22/06

Calliope Legends--Unitarian Church, Shadyside
Ken Waldman with Mark Tamsula & Don Shean—10/29/05
Workshop: Ken Waldman with Mark Tamsula, Don Shean, Devilish Merry—10/29/05
Lee Murdock—1/28/06
Burr Beard & LE McCullough, with Devilish Merry—2/18/06
Workshop: Burr Beard & LE McCullough, with Devilish Merry—2/18/06
Lorna Bracewell—3/4/06
Isla—3/25/06
Coyote—4/8/06

Other Events
Calliope Open House, with Monongahela Sheiks, Hooley, Bill Locke—11/11/05
Calliope Songwriters Circle CD Release (Jonathan Ritz, David Wells, Andy Tinker, Sue Gartland, Robert Wagner, Dan Bench, Randy Hoffman, Howard Davidson, John Hayes, George Kantor, Patti Spinner, David LaRose, Peter Donovan, Jack Erdie)—12/9/05
Fundraising House Party, with Paul Rishell & Annie Raines—2/26/06
Appalachian Spring Dinner—5/15/05
30th Anniversary Party (Ernie Hawkins, Emily Rodgers, Boca Chica, Emily Pinkerton, George Kantor, Jack Erdie, Mark Tamsula & Friends, The Mavens, Strangers in this Land, Eve Goodman, NewLanders)—5/12/06
Calliope School Showcase, various artists—5/16/06

Outreach and Other Collaborations
Outreach concert at Beechwood Farms, with Devilish Merry—9/05
Outreach concert at Boyd Community Center, with Devilish Merry—10/05
Collaboration with Pittsburgh Mandolin Orchestra, Butch Baldassari—11/5/05
Pitt Arts Workshop, Klezmer Music—11/19/05
School presentation at Propel Schools, with Devilish Merry—2/17/06
School presentation at Kentucky Ave. School, with Devilish Merry—2/17/06
Pitt Arts Workshop, Blues Music—2/25/06
Collaboration with Silver Eye Center for Photography, John Cohen Film Screening/Q&A, with The Lackawanna Longnecks—3/9/06
Pitt Arts Workshop, Irish Music—3/18/06

2006-07

Concert Series, Carnegie Lecture Hall
John Jorgenson Quintet, with Johnny Staats & Robert Shafer—10/21/06
Richard Thompson, with Kris Delmhorst—11/10/06
The Wailin’ Jennys, with Mick Martin & Rick Malis—12/2/06
Guy Davis & Mary Flower—1/13/07
Robin & Linda Williams, with The Allegheny Drifters—2/17/07
Buille, with Eve Goodman—3/3/07
Guy Clark & Slaid Cleaves—3/31/07
Eliza Gilkyson & Tom Russell—4/21/07

Other Events
Blues at the Crossroads, Scott Ainslie, Emily Pinkerton—9/30/06
Blues & BBQ Dinner, with Bill Locke, Phill Smith, Steve Weber—9/30/06
Blues Guitar Workshop with Scott Ainslie—10/1/06
Local Artist Showcase (John Hayes, Southwind, Ben Hartlage, Balkan Babes, Peter King, George Salamacha & Nancy Deckant, Tangueros de Ley, Sue Gartland, Jeff DeSantis, Charlie Anderson, Robert Wagner, Sue Powers, Heather Kropf, Sam Flesher & Dave Hart)—11/17/06
Calliope Songwriters Circle CD Release Party (Dan Bench, Howard Davidson, Peter Donovan, Bruce Hoffman, Nancy Deckant, George Kantor, Dennis McCurdy, David Wells, Cathasaigh, Sue Gartland, Randy Hoffman, Jack Knight, George Salamacha, Another Country with DJ Danger)—12/9/06

Outreach and Other Collaborations
Collaboration with Warhol Museum, Joanna Newsom—11/11/06
Collaboration with Warhol Museum, Jack Rose & Peter Walker—11/19/06