Friday, October 16, 2020

The Harry Smith B-Sides set is out now!

 

The Harry Smith B-Sides, which I co-produced with John Cohen and Dust-to-Digital, is out today!

It presents the flip sides of the original 78rpm records included by Harry Smith on his original Anthology of American Folk Music. 

We are thrilled to see this project put out into the world.  I wrote for and produced/organized the liner notes and contributed to the research and record hunt needed to bring this project into being.

This was John Cohen’s last album project and we are so happy to see it issued as John wished.  Thank you to John for making this possible.

More information at:
https://dust-digital.com/shop/harry-smith-b-sides



Thursday, October 17, 2019

A Few Shows in Japan



I will be playing a few shows in Japan in October...

October 17th
Jalopy Traveling Folk Festival
w/ Eli Smith, Brotherhood of the Jug Band Blues & Four o'Clock Flowers
Ejima Sugiyama Shrine
1-8-2 Chitose Sumida-Ku
Tokyo
(near Tokyo Folklore Center)
Show at: 17:00

Oct. 18th
Jalopy Traveling Folk Festival
w/ Eli Smith, Brotherhood of the Jug Band Blues & Four o'Clock Flowers
Thumbs Up
2 Chome-1-22 Minamisaiwai, Nishi Ward, 
Yokohama

Oct. 19th
Osaka Jug Band Festival
Brotherhood of the Jug Band Blues
11 AM – 7 PM
Kita Ward, Kaneicho, 3−15 音太小屋
Osaka

Oct. 20th
Jalopy Traveling Folk Festival
w/ Eli Smith, Brotherhood of the Jug Band Blues & Four o'Clock Flowers
Venue: Kura
Open 17:00 Start: 18:00
Iruma
More Info

Oct. 26th
Tokyo Folklore Center
w/ Ernesto Gomez
17:00 
Interview & Performance & short display from Folklore Center Collection

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Spring, Summer + Fall 2019 Tour Dates

Spring, Summer + Fall 2019 Tour Dates:
(dates will be added as they are announced)

















April 7th
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Folk Festival
4:15pm
With the Down Hill Strugglers & John Cohen
Full schedule and tix:
www.BrooklynFolkFest.com

April 17th
Brooklyn, NY
Roots n Ruckus show
9pm
Jalopy Theatre
315 Columbia St.
www.jalopytheatre.org

April 27th
Brooklyn, NY
Benefit for the Sunrise Movement
Jalopy Theatre
315 Columbia St.
www.jalopytheatre.org

June 13th
Buckhannon, WV
With the Down Hill Strugglers
Square Dance!
Details TBA









June 15th
Hancock Shaker Village, MA
Northeast Fiddlers Convention
With the Down Hill Strugglers & John Cohen
www.oldtonemusicfestival.com/northeast-fiddlers-convention

June 23rd
Brooklyn, NY
with The Down Hill Strugglers
Jalopy Theatre
315 Columbia St.
www.jalopytheatre.org


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July 5th
Woodstock, NY
The Colony
opening for Jim Kweskin
www.colonywoodstock.com
Tickets: http://www.ticketfly.com/event/1861531
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/351043889095036/


















July 12-14th
Winnipeg, Canada
Winnipeg Folk Festival
w/ John Cohen
See website for schedule and ticket details:
www.winnipegfolkfestival.ca


September 6th & 7th
North Hillsdale, NY
Oldtone Roots Music Festival
With the Down Hill Strugglers & John Cohen
See website for set times and tix:
www.oldtonemusicfestival.com














September 8th
New York, NY
Washington Square Park Folk Festival
details TBA
www.wspfolkfest.com


September 28th
Park Slope Bluegrass & Oldtime Jamboree
6:30pm
The Old Stone House
336 3rd Street
Brooklyn, NY

More Info




Friday, October 26, 2018

Red Dead Redemption 2



I did a whole lot of work, recording and as the "Traditional Music Arranger and Consultant", for the video game Red Dead Redemption 2 from Rockstar Games - which comes out today! It is a truly amazing game, a Western set in 1899.

You will find me playing banjo on the game's cinematic score, as well as contributing to the in-game music. In the world of the video game you will hear me playing banjo, guitar, jaw harp, mandolin and whistling.

I also arranged and adapted old and traditional songs, re-written to fit the game, and worked with the actors who play the characters, teaching them the songs to sing... And if you look real close you will find me in the game, in the role of a cowboy, sitting at a campfire playing guitar...

I worked on this game off and on for about 2 1/2 years and am very happy to see it finished and issued to the world. 

Says one reviewer:
"If there is anything here in this game that feels actually, genuinely perfect, it's the music."

Says another reviewer:
"Rockstar Games’ new open-world western opus is exhaustively detailed and exhaustingly beautiful, a mammoth construction of which every nook and cranny has been polished to an unnerving shimmer. It is a stirring tribute to our world’s natural beauty, and a grim acknowledgment of our own starring role in its destruction. It tells a worthy and affecting story that weaves dozens of character-driven narrative threads into an epic tapestry across many miles and almost as many months. When the sun sets and the tale has been told, it leaves players with a virtual wild-west playground so convincingly rendered and filled with surprises that it seems boundless."

And another:
"Even more impressive is the selection of original music that references in-game locations and events. Hearing a song about the fictitious city you’re in that references all the other fictitious locations around really helps make the world feel even more alive and connected."

Friday, August 3, 2018

Summer & Fall Tour Dates

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Here are upcoming tour dates for Eli Smith as a solo and with The Down Hill Strugglers:

Sat. August 11th
John Cohen with the Down Hill Strugglers
8pm
Jalopy Theatre
315 Columbia St.
Brooklyn, NY
www.JalopyTheatre.org

Fri.  August 24th
Eli Smith, solo
w/ Bill & the Belles (Record release!)
8pm
Jalopy Theatre
315 Columbia St.
Brooklyn, NY
www.JalopyTheatre.org




Thurs. & Fri.  September 6th and 7th
Oldtone Roots Music Festival
John Cohen with the Down Hill Strugglers (On Sept. 7th)
Cool Whisper Farm
North Hillsdale, NY
www.oldtonemusicfestival.com




Sun. September 9th
Washington Square Park Folk Festival
with the Down Hill Strugglers and John Cohen
2:30pm
Free & open to the public!
NY, NY, NY, NY
www.wspfolkfest.com

Wed. September 19th
Clovene
7:45 doors, music shortly after 8!
BYOB and chair and donation
203 Pope St.
Louisville, KY



September 27th - 30th
Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
with the Down Hill Strugglers
Berkeley, CA
www.berkeleyoldtimemusic.org

Tues. October 2nd
House Concert
with the Down Hill Strugglers
Santa Cruz, CA
Details TBA

Wed. October 3rd
House Concert
with the Down Hill Strugglers
Palo Alto, CA
Details TBA

Sat. Ocober. 6th
Boulevard Music
The Down Hill Strugglers
with Jim Kweskin
4316 Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City
Los Angeles, CA
www.boulevardmusic.com

Monday, November 27, 2017

Winter Tour Dates

Sat. December 2nd
with Jerron Paxton
Fair Lawn Community Center
10-10 20th St.
Fair Lawn, NJ
www.hurdygurdyfolk.org


















Thurs. December 7th
Crown Finish Caves
925 Bergen St
Brooklyn, NY
Doors at 7:30
Eli Smith + John Cohen
with
Four O'Clock Flowers
Mamie Minch
Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3180539

Fri.  December 8th
Roots n Ruckus Festival
8pm
Jalopy Theatre
315 Columbia St.
Brooklyn, NY 

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Tour Dates


Wed. January 4th
Roots n Ruckus
The Jalopy Theatre
315 Columbia St.
Brooklyn, NY
www.Jalopy.biz

Sun. March 5th
7pm
Dump Trump Benefit Party
The Brooklyn Commons
388 Atlantic Ave
Brooklyn, NY


Sat. March 11th
7:30pm
Benefit Concert to Preserve St. Ann's ChurchSt. Ann's Church
157 Montague St, Brooklyn
With:
Eli Smith
Eva Salina & Peter Stan
Square Dance with Dave Harvey & The NYC Barn Dance
All proceeds benefit the much needed restoration of St. Ann's Church, home of the Brooklyn Folk Festival!
Buy Tickets

Wed. March 15th
11pm
Roots n Ruckus
The Jalopy Theatre
315 Columbia St.
Brooklyn, NY
www.Jalopy.biz

Sat. April 1st
7pm
Whitneyville Cultural Commons
1253 Whitney Ave
Hamden, Connecticut
www.whitneyvilleculturalcommons.org

Wed. April 19th
9pm
Roots n Ruckus
The Jalopy Theatre
315 Columbia St.
Brooklyn, NY
www.Jalopy.biz






















Fri. June 2nd
5:30pm
American Folk Art Museum
2, Lincoln Square, Columbus Avenue at 66th Street
New York, NY
www.folkartmuseum.org