Artist Encounter Series Workshop: Jackson Pines
Thursday Oct 24, 4:30pm
Mabel Smith Douglass Room, Douglass Library
8 Chapel Dr, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Free and Open to the Public
Join musical duo Joe Makoviecki (guitar, vocals, harmonica), James Black (upright bass) and their band for an interactive performance workshop as they explore the journey of folksongs from archive to stage and discuss the creative process of working with traditional material in a contemporary context.
Combining minimalistic acoustic arrangements and taking cues from the ethos of folk, blues, and indie rock, Jackson Pines tells stories of hard times, overflowing love, disappointment, and hope in their original music. Their latest EPs Pine Barrens, Vol. 1 & 2 were released in 2023 and 2024, and consist of traditional Pine Barrens folksongs from the last two centuries. These songs, from the woods where they grew up, were found in books, long ago published academic journals, and a tape of Merce Ridgway and The Pine Hawkers, recorded by Dr. Angus Gillespie.
Introduction by Dr. Angus Gillespie, Professor of American Studies, who will share insights from his own ethnographic field recordings of music in the Pine Barrens.
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