Arden Fair Returns With Free Music Stage

Arden Fair returns with our great FREE music stage featuring The Tall Pines, Sarah Koon, Blues Reincarnation Project and more! The Tall Pines brings the return of a Wilmo local making music in NYC for many years.

The Arden Fair - Our 111th year - is on September 1! As always, the Shady Grove will have a full day of FREE music for your enjoyment. 10 am to 6 pm!

The 111th Arden Fair (details here) is (as always) the Saturday of Labor Day weekend, September 1. And we have a great lineup of music FREE for your enjoyment. Our popular kettle corn, rides, games, dancing, baked goods, art, meals are joined by top notch area bands include The Blues Reincarnation Project, Sarah Koon and our special headliner visiting from New York, The Tall Pines (Christmas Davis, the band's guitarist/ songwriter/ singer grew up in North Wilmington, and went to Mt. Pleasant High School). See below for details on all of the bands!
The Tall Pines - 5 PM

The Tall Pines are a shack-shakin', foot-stompin' folk-rock band featuring Connie Lynn Petruk, singing her heart out, playing drums on her alligator skin suitcase, and shaking her tambourine. Her partner Christmas Davis, plays guitar, writes the songs and howls along. The Tall Pines originate from the spirits of the late 1960s and early 1970s Country-Soul, and Swamp-Rock scenes, while working hard to take the sounds they love beyond history and into the next wave of North American Music. Their first self-titled album was voted one of the top ten best records of the year by NPR's Meredith Ochs. They've performed live with Country music great Charlie Louvin (RIP) at the CMJ music festival, with Norah Jones and Puss N Boots, Justin Townes Earl, Kevn Kinny of Drivn' and Cryin', Amy Ray of The Indigo Girls, and many more great folks. They produce a monthly live music series in New York City called The Tall Pines Revue. The Tall Pines were dubbed a buzz band by American Songwriter Magazine for their performances at the 30A Songwriter's Festival, and they have received critical praise from many blogs and magazines. Their most recent EP is "Fear Is The Devil." You can stream it HERE. A new LP is currently being recorded with Grammy nominated Producer Joel Hamilton at Studio G, Brooklyn. The Tall Pines are on a mission to remind a world increasingly made of concrete, glass and steel that some music still burns like raw timber.

Sarah Koon, 4:00 pm

Sarah Koon is a pianist and singer-songwriter from Newark, DE. Current mem- bers of her band include Melissa Forsythe on bass, Myke Glessner on drums and Brian Bard on guitar. Both Sarah and Brian have classical music backgrounds and interweave harmonies and melodies using classical style techniques. Melissa and Myke have eclectic musical backgrounds and have been performing in bands in the area for several years. They work together on stage to support the drama and delicacies of these dynamic, linear and instrumentally focused songs. This band has been described as 'piano-based progressive rock, art rock, freak folk rock, or experimental pop'. Look for Sarah Koon's 2018 album release online or at the merch table.

Sarah Koon - Vocals, Piano; Melissa Forsythe - Bass; Myke Glessner - Drums; Brian Bard - Guitar

The Blues Reincarnation Project 3:00 pm

This blues-rock, British blues, and new age blues influenced band consist of an up and coming guitarist from the Newark, Delaware area, Jeffrey Attakorah, a guitarist whose influences are based in blues, classic rock, and modern R&B. Joined by two former members of Newark, Delaware-based punk band, 'The Checkered heroes, Ryan Gorman on bass & vocals, and Charlie Greaves on drums. Recently, Ryan has stepped down and the great Isaac Moore will be filling in for the mean time. They "just play whatever, with a hint of Blues", with the goal of bringing the blues back to the younger generation.

Jeffrey Attakorah - Guitar and Vocals
Charlie Greaves - Drummer
Ryan Gorman - Bass

Music/Website: https://officialthebluesrp.wixsite.com/home/music
Videos: https://officialthebluesrp.wixsite.com/home/videos
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheBluesRP
Instagram: www.instagram.com/TheBluesRP

Cure for Pain, 2:00 pm

Here's the story. Morphine, from the word 'Morpheus,' the Roman god of dreams, was an American alternative rock group formed by Mark Sandman and Dana Col- ley out of Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1989. They disbanded in 1999 after frontman Sandman suddenly died of a heart attack on stage in Rome, Italy.

Morphine combined blues and jazz elements with more traditional rock arrange- ments, giving the band a very unusual sound. Sandman's distinctive singing was described as a "deep, laid-back croon" and his songwriting featured a prominent Beat influence. When asked by reporters to describe their music, the band created the label "low rock". One critical appraisal suggests that "Morphine immediately established a minimalist, low-end sound that could have easily become a gimmick: a 'power trio' not built around the sound of an electric guitar. Instead, with sly intelligence, Morphine expanded its offbeat vocabulary on each album."

Stone Shakers, 1:00 pm

The Wilmington, Delaware based Stone Shakers plays unique versions of classic and new covers as well as originals. With Samantha's vocals and a jammin' band, the Shakers' show is always a fun time!

Samantha Desper Poole - Vocals, Kevin Walsh - Guitar, Mandolin Tony Cappella - Bass, Ritchie Rubini - Drums

https://www.facebook.com/stoneshakersband/videos/141155306577296/

https://www.facebook.com/stoneshakersband/videos/141157629910397/

Mtn. Lion String Band, 12:00 noon

Mtn Lion String Band, excellent and exciting local musicians, draws its inspiration from the acoustic instrumentation of Appalachian Americana and its roots in the Celtic music of Ireland. With added energy and the folk/rock spirit of early Dylan, this band will be the best thing you've had for lunch in a while.

Pat Kane - guitar and vocals, Dalton Gills - upright bass, Richard Todd - percussion Michael Durkan - fiddle

Live at Belfonte Cafe? - https://youtu.be/hIprPPMMfNs and https://youtu.be/0AltQMlQ3E8

Crazy Chester & the Space Farmers, 11:10 am

Jake Rashkind and Scott Proud met at a party at Jake's house where instruments and musicians are always in the mix. Almost immediately, the two started playing out as Crazy Chester, featuring a mix of Americana and originals. Jake recommended the addition of Jenks Whittenburg, adding his steady bass and vocals. Jake and Jenks had formed the acoustic duo Hoss/Boggs at a time when they were teaching in adjoining classrooms, playing fiddle tunes and bluegrass standards with Jake on mandolin and Jenks on guitar.

Steve Axt - Percussion, Bass, and Vocals
Scott Proud - Guitar and Vocals
Jake Rashkind - Mandolin, Guitar, Harmonica, and Vocals Kenn Snyder - Guitar and Vocals
Jenks Whittenburg - Bass, Keyboards, and Vocals

Live at the Bellefonte Cafe?

Starting Gun - https://www.facebook.com/TheSpaceFarmers/videos/616312548723479/
Come on Mable - https://www.facebook.com/TheSpaceFarmers/videos/395096930845043/

Diamond State Concert Band (DSCB), 10:00 am

Oh, what a beautiful musical morning, community band. The DSCB has opened the Fair with their rousing set of hardy standards and medleys for many, many years. Conducted by Fred Litcofsky, the Diamond State Concert Band is a community band in Wilmington, Delaware that provides music for the community and a community for musicians. They are open to band musicians from middle school age and up. Music played includes marches, show tunes, big band music, and other exultant music, great for the start of a wonderful Fair day. The Band was founded in 1976 by Alfred J. Belak as the 'Mt. Pleasant Community Band'. In 1984, the band changed its name to the Diamond State Concert Band (DSCB) to reflect the regional nature of its membership and audience.

For more info on The Arden Fair please go to our website here!
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Arden Fair, Music in the Shady Grove! - produced by Allan Kleban

Saturday, September 1st, 2018, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm

This is the 13th year that, as part of the Concert Gild, I've produced music for the Arden Fair. The Arden Fair is the Arden Club's annual, major fundraising event along with the wonderful concerts the Concert Gild produces each season. The Fair is great fun with the Shady Grove concert stage showcasing mostly local bands of note. Music styles range from the Diamond State Concert Band's marches, show tunes, and big band music, to folkrock/bluegrass, to jazz, jazz fu- sion, to blues, to 'experimental progressive folk rock', and "...'shack-shakin', foot-stompin' fuzz-folk-soul- and-rock & roll". I try to provide some variety dur- ing Fair day; there is always something for everyone. Folks visit the Shady Grove to listen, but also to eat and drink, and to hang with friends and family throughout the day. The following is my line-up for this year's Arden Fair 2018 with descrip- tions, band personnel, and links to examples of their music. See you in the Shady Grove! -Allan Kleban.

10 am - Diamond State Concert Band
11:10 am - Crazy Chester and the Space Farmers
12 NOON - Mtn. Lion String Band
1 PM - Stone Shakers
2 PM - Cure for Pain
3 PM - The Blues Reincarnation Project
4 PM - Sarah Koon
5 PM - The Tall Pine