"Old Man Below" CD Release Show!

Hello everybody,

  Look out for the Dust Busters' brand new album, "Old Man Below" on the Smithsonian Folkways record label.  We are very proud of it!  We've been working hard on this album which we recorded with our friend John Cohen of the New Lost City Ramblers and are very pleased to see it due out for release on August 14th.  Making a guest appearance on several tracks is another one of our favorite musicians, Frank Fairfield.

  We are playing a CD release concert at the Jalopy Theatre in Brooklyn, NY on Thursday Sept. 6th.  8pm showtime, opening band TBD!  Look out for more details on that show comin' up soon...

  Hope to see ya there,

- The Dust Busters

P.S. for the next few days you can listen to the album for free as a promotion on the No Depression magazine's website:
http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/exclusive-listen-the-dust-busters-with-john-cohen-on-smithsonian

Hope you will enjoy!

Folk Alliance + Tour Dates in NC and TN

Hello everybody,

Well The Dust Busters are taking a drive down through North Carolina and across Tennessee, playing shows and making our way to the yearly Folk Alliance Conference in Memphis. Once there we will be playing a bunch of showcases including our official show case on the evening of Friday the 24th.... All the information is below. See ya down the road....

Thursday Feb. 16th
All Day Records

112a E. Main Carrboro 27510
Shows starts 8pm
$$ by donation
Opening band: Ezekiel Graves

Friday Feb. 17th

House concert, potluck and old timey dance party...
33 Carolina Lane, Asheville, NC 28801.
$$ by donation
Show starts at 8pm

Sugarfoot Seranaders will be opening (http://sugarfootserenaders.com) 

Dust Busters at 9pm

Sweet-treats and snacks will be provided from Firestorm Cafe.

Saturday Feb. 18th
The Down Home
300 W. Main St. Johnson City, TN
Show starts at 9:00pm - 2 sets
http://www.downhome.com

Sunday Feb. 19th

Afternoon Brunch Concert

Details TBA

Monday Feb. 20th

11am-2pm Old Time String Band workshop at Eastern Tennessee State University

6-9pm “String-Band” class in Gate City

Folk Alliance Conference
Thursday Feb 22nd - Saturday Feb. 25th
Memphis Downtown Marriott, Memphis TN

Showcase Schedule:

Thursday
3:40pm Texas Sugarbaby Room
11:30pm 12x12 room #1928

Friday
Official Showcase is at 7:30pm in the Chattanooga room. 

11:30pm Hootenanny Hall First Timers showcase
12:30am Realistic Recordings room #1926

Saturday
12:30am Trad Room # 1905


More gigs:

Sunday Feb. 26 

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum 

The Museum is located between 4th and 5th Avenue on Demonbreun
Nashville, TN

1-2pm

Free Show**

This show will be a public program as part of the CMHFM instrument demonstration series

Opening for Steve Earle Feb. 6th...

Steve Earle & Allison Moorer w / The Dust Busters - Monday, February 6th.

"Join City Winery in welcoming the very talented Steve Earle for a Winter esidency this January and February. The five-week run will see Steve play a special series of shows, and will feature a roster of invited guest and friends."

We are very excited to be playing at the City Winery with Steve Earle, comin' up on Feb. 6th.  Check it out!

More info at:

http://citywinery.com/events/193329 

City Winery 

155 Varick Street

New York, NY

On Tour in the Pacific North West...

Hello Everybody -

  Here we are again, The Dust Busters - on tour in the Pacific North West!  This time we are very pleased indeed to be on the road with Peter Stampfel and Jeffrey Lewis. It's gonna be a big show!

Here's our dates:

Jan 19 Seattle, WA

The VERA project
Warren Ave N corner of Republican St. $11 all ages 

8 Dust Busters with Kristin Andreassen

8:45 Jeffrey Lewis

9:30 Peter Stampfel and the Ether Frolic Mob (2 Sets)

Feb 1 Cottage Grove, WA

The Arcade Theater 513 Main St. 7$ 

7 Holy Modal Rounders Sing-A-Long 

8:15 The Dust Busters 

9:15 Jeffrey Lewis

10 Peter Stampfel and the Ether Frolic Mob

Feb 2 Eugene, OR

The Last Stop Cafe 298 Blair Blvd $5 Suggested Donation

6pm Holy Modal Rounders Sing-A-Long 

Sam Bonds Garage 407 Blair Blvd $7

9pm Dust Busters

9:45pm Jeffrey Lewis

10:30pm Peter Stampfel and the Ether Frolic Mob (2 Sets!)

Feb 3 Olympia, WA

The West Bay
1325 West Bay Drive.
Show starts at 9pm
The Dust Busters
Jeffrey Lewis
Peter Stampfel and the Ether Frolic Mob

Feb 4 Bellingham, WA

Pickford Cinema 1318 Bay St. $12, Members $10

9pm The Dust Busters

9:40pm Peter Stampfel and the Ether Frolic Mob 

On Tour Through OH, KY and TN...

Hello everybody,

The Dust Busters are heading out on tour again, this time to the great states of Ohio and Kentucky! We will be on tour from Nov. 15th - Nov. 20th, all the dates are below. We are pleased and honored to be performing at To Sing With You Once More: A musical memorial benefiting the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation and the Mike Seeger Scholarship Fund. This concert was organized my Michael Oberst of The Tillers, one of our very favorite bands! It is a tribute to the music and work of Mike Seeger.

The concert will feature:
John Cohen with The Dust Busters, Tracy Schwarz and Ginny Hawker, The Tillers with Uncle Mike Carr, Magnolia Mountain, Clifton Hicks, Rabbit Hash String Band, Ma Crow, Andru Bemis, The Comet Bluegrass Allstars, The Williams Family Band, Davy Jay Sparrow and His Well-Known Famous Drovers, Al Scorch's Country Soul Ensemble, Whiskey Bent Valley Boys, Gerle Haggard, Lee Sexton with John Haywood and Brett Ratliff, Ryan Spearman, Calamity Rain.

Sat, November 19, 2011
Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:00 pm

The Southgate House
Newport, KY
$12.00 - $15.00

[Mike Seeger with some of his instruments]

Here's all of our November tour dates:

Sunday Nov. 13th - Occupy Wall St. benefit concert
The Jalopy Theater
315 Columbia St.
Brooklyn, NY
7pm
$10, all proceeds go to the Occupy Wall St. movement.

Tuesday Nov. 15th - Hiram College, Hiram, OH.
Frohring Recital Hall
11764 Dean St., Hiram
7:30pm

Wednesday Nov. 16th - Gone to the country...

Thursday Nov. 17th - Gerstle's Place - Louisville, KY
3801 Frankfort Ave.  Louisville, KY
9pm
Seth Folsom will play an opening set.

Friday Nov. 18th - Morelock Music, Knoxville, TN
411 S. Gay St.
Knoxville, TN 37902
...a little after 8pm

Saturday Nov. 19th - To Sing With You Once More benefit, Newport, Kentucky
Doors: 7:30 pm / Show: 8:00 pm
The Southgate House
Newport, KY
 $12.00 - $15.00

Sunday Nov. 20th - House Concert with John Cohen
2911 South Park Blvd
Shaker Heights, Cleveland, OH

A Halloween Puppet Show and Costume Squaredance...

The Fabulous Jalopy Theater presents:

A Halloween Puppet Show

and

Costume Squaredance

  

To benefit Occupy Wall St.

  

Monday Oct 31st 7pm 

@ The Jalopy Theater

315 Columbia St.

BROOKLYN

Hosted by The Dust Busters

Featuring music by:

Jesse Lenat (NY),

The Crow Quill Night Owls (Port Townsend, WA)

Blind Boy Chocolate and The Milk Sheiks (Asheville, NC)

99 'cent Stringband (OWS)

The Dolly Wagglers (Vermont)

and more.

Show starts at 7pm with an hour of short puppet shows by various local puppeters and will go till about 1am. Dance from 9-11pm, called by David Harvey of the Dolly Wagglers.

www.dustbustersmusic.com

www.jalopy.biz                  

About The show and Occupy Movement...

The money from the door will go to buying sleeping pads, coats, blankets and flowers for wall st. This event (like OWS) has no political affiliations. It is simply a way to bring the community together in celebration and support of those putting their lives on the line to remind the goverment that its job is to execute the will of the PEOPLE, not CORPORATIONS!

Prohibition...

For all you fans of the new Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, "Prohibition" documentary, you might also like The Dust Busters, "Prohibition is a Failure" album featuring a great selection of old time songs from that golden era of American history!

CLICK HERE to hear the music and order your copy!

On Tour Through VA, NC and MD

The Dust Busters are taking to the road in early/mid September for a tour through the Upper South, look out!  We'll be playing Saturday Sept. 10th at the Dock Boggs Festival in Norton, VA and have a number of other dates on the way there and the way back, gonna be a bunch of great shows... This will be our second appearance at the Dock Boggs Festival and we're proud to have been invited back!

Wednesday Sept. 7th - Ashland Coffee & Tea - 8pm
100 N. Railroad Avenue
Ashland, VA 23005 - Near Richmond.
http://ashlandcoffeeandtea.com

Thursday Sept. 8th - Sitting in with Frank Fairfield at the Hopscotch Music Festival - 11:30pm at:
Five Star
511 W. Hargett St.
Raleigh, NC 27603
(919) 833-3311
Age limit: 18+

Friday Sept. 9th - House concert, Asheville, NC.  8pm.   $5 suggested donation, food will be served.
33 Carolina Lane
Asheville, NC 28801

Saturday Sept. 10th - The Dock Boggs Festival - 5pm

Appalachian Traditions Village
6034 Kent Junction Road
Norton, VA 24273
Phone: (276) 431-3338
Phone: (276) 679-0961

Sunday Sept. 11th - The Bywater, playing with The Chocolate Milk Sheiks- 5pm
796 Riverside Drive
Asheville, NC

Monday Sept. 12th - off


Tuesday Sept. 13th - Metro Gallery - 8pm.

1700 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21218

Hello everybody,

Just letting you know that The Dust Busters will be appearing at the Racoon County Music Festival in Ohio this weekend, Saturday August 13th at 5pm.  And be sure to check out our friends, The Little Brothers - and amazing country blues string band at 4pm!  Looking forward to it!

Upcoming Concerts

Here's information on what's comin' up...

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Thursday Sept. 6th, 2012: 

The Dust Busters with John Cohen CD release concert for our brand new album, "Old Man Below" on the Smithsonian Folkways label.

Details:
The Jalopy Theatre
315 Columbia St.
Brooklyn, NY
www.Jalopy.biz
718.395.3214Showtime - 8pm
Cover - $10

Opening band TBA...

Saturday Sept. 22nd, 2012:

The Dust Busters and John Cohen are playing a Woody Guthrie 100th birthday tribute show at Brooklyn College on Saturday Sept. 22nd.  The show is organized by Woody's daughter Nora Guthrie.  Also on the bill that night are Arlo Guthrie, Billy Bragg, Steve Earle and Judy Collins. Should be really cool.  Specific details on the show to follow...

Ireland and England Tour June 20th - July 3rd!

Hello everybody, The Dust Busters are on the road again, this time in Ireland and England.  Here’s the dates!  Come say hi if you’re in the area!

•  Jun 20
  Kenny's Pub
  Lahinch, Co Clare, IRELAND
• Jun 21
  The Old Oak
  Cork, Co Cork, IRELAND
• Jun 22
  Cleere's Pub, Kilkenny
  Kilkenny, IRELAND
  
• Jun 23
  The Crane Bar
  Galway, IRELAND
• Jun 24
  JJ Harlows
  Roscommon, IRELAND
• Jun 25
  WYATT HOTEL
  WESTPORT, CO MAYO, IRELAND
  
• Jun 26
  Mannion's Piub
  Balla, Co Mayo, IRELAND
• Jun 28
  Scout Hut
  Bristol, UNITED KINGDOM
  
• Jun 30
  The Hope
  Brighton, GB
• Jul 1
  Maverick Music Festival
  Suffolk, UK
• Jul 2
  The Deptford Arms
  London, UNITED KINGDOM
  
• Jul 3
  The Masons Arms
  London, UNITED KINGDOM

The Dust Busters to Appear at The Brooklyn Folk Festival!

The Dust Busters will be making their 3rd appearance at The Brooklyn Folk Festival on Saturday June 11th and 9:45pm.  Its gonna be great!  

Here's some more info on the festival:

Brooklyn Folk Festival:

Friday, June 10th- Sunday, June 12th, 2011 at the Jalopy Theater and Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition- Brooklyn, New York.

  Down Home Radio host Eli Smith is proud to announce the 3rd annual Brooklyn Folk Festival, to be held at the Jalopy Theater and Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition in Brooklyn, NY – Friday, June 10th- Sunday, June 12th, 2011.  The festival will feature the best young talent from Brooklyn’s exploding folk music scene as well as luminaries from the generation that made the 1960’s New York City folk music revival.  The music featured will include traditional styles such as old-time string band music, blues, jug band music, traditional music of Mexico, the Balkans and West Africa, North Indian classical music, local songwriters and more!  There will be concerts throughout the day as well as workshops on various musical styles, film screenings and a Sunday afternoon square dance!  This year will also inaugurate the Brooklyn Folk Festival “Banjo Toss.”  The person who throws a banjo the farthest will win a free banjo!

  The festival will feature luminaries such as Grammy Award winner Peter Stampfel of the Holy Modal Rounders and Pat Conte of the Canebrake Rattlers and Secret Museum of Mankind, two of the main creators of the 1960’s folk music scene in Greenwhich Village, but will also feature young Brooklyn based talents such as acclaimed blues musician Blind Boy Paxton, ballad singer Elizabeth Butters, old time string band The Dust Busters, Country singer Alex Battles, songster Feral Foster, and many more.  Radio Jarocho, a Mexican folk music collective will perform a variety of styles of music and dance from across Mexico.  Clifton Hicks of Boone, North Carolina will be making a second appearance at the festival following his debut last year, playing his style of traditional banjo music of the Southern Appalachian mountains. The Brooklyn Folk Festival seeks to exhibit the cultural contributions from a diversity of Brooklyn communities, and in particular seeks to highlight the young talent emerging from those communities.

Come down to The Brooklyn Folk Festival in Redhook Brooklyn over the weekend Friday, June 10th- Sunday, June 12th to hear Brooklyn’s best traditional Folk musicians and song writers.  You will hear banjos, fiddles, mandolins, guitars, people blowing on jugs and harmonicas, a world champion whistler as well as great original songs.  If you want to learn how to play, come down to the afternoon instrumental workshops.  The festival costs $20 per day or $55 for 3 days, including the afternoon workshops and film screenings!  The Brooklyn Folk Festival is co-sponsored by Down Home Radio @ www.DownHomeRadioShow.com & The Jalopy Theater.

Web: www.BrooklynFolkFest.com

The Jalopy Theater is located at

315 Columbia Street

Brooklyn, New York 11231

(718) 395 3214

www.Jalopy.biz

The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition is located at:

499 Van Brunt Street

NY 11231-1048

(718) 596 2507

www.bwac.org

Dust Buster Eli Smith Interviewed on Brooklyn Independent Television

I was lucky enough recently to be interviewed by Jon Gerberg for the program “Caught in the Act” on Brooklyn Independent Television, and here is the result!  Thanks Jon!
I talk about what I do here in Brooklyn with my old time string band The Dust Busters, with Down Home Radio and with the upcoming Brooklyn Folk Festival, scheduled to take place June 10th – 12th of this year.  Its right around the corner!
Here’s a bit more about the “Caught in the Act” program.

“Brooklyn’s art scene is one of the most vibrant and diverse in the world. Each month, Caught in the Act: Art in Brooklyn profiles a cross-section of key Brooklyn professionals in fine art, dance, music, theatre—and new forms of expression combining all of the above. From established institutions of international stature, to the emerging artists and companies that have long made our borough’s arts scene so exciting, Caught in the Act catches them in the act of creating, displaying, interpreting—and enriching—the cultural life of Brooklyn.”

Mud Season Tour: April 30th - May 7th. Look Out!

Spring is in the air and The Dust Busters are taking to the road.  Look out!

Fri. April 29th - New York, NY. We're very happy to be doing a New York show with our friend Andy Cohen.  Andy's an amazing blues and ragtime guitarist and the one and only dolceola player you will ever see anywhere.  Check it out!  No Cover!
9pm Andy Cohen
10pm The Dust Busters
@ Banjo Jim's located at 9th St. and Ave. C in Manhattan

Sat. April 30th - Washington D.C.

Presented by The Folklore Society of Greater Washington

Show time: 8 pm
Washington Ethical Society Auditorium
7750 16th St., NW
Washington, DC 20012.

The Polka Dots will open the show.

Sun. May 1st - Woodcrest Farm, Hillsborough, NC.
7pm. $15 suggested donation.
5604 Dairyland Road
Hillsborough, NC 27278
info@woodcrestfarmnc.com

And at 4pm an instore appearance at:
All Day Records
112a east main st

Carrboro, NC 27510

Goin' to South by Southwest with Peter Stampfel

Well here we are again, The Dust Busters, just back from a successful tour of the Pacific Northwest! But we're not done yet!  We're heading down to Austin, TX to play at South by Southwest, the huge annual music and film festival they have there.  Gonna be fun!  We'll be playing together with our good friend Peter Stampfel of The Holy Modal Rounders. Peter Stampfel + The Dust Busters (with a few other friends thrown in, including John Cohen) = The Ether Frolic Mob.  We often play around New York as Ether Frolic and it'll be fun taking the show on the road.

We'll be out and around town busking and raising a ruckus on Friday the 18th.  Then catch us at our showcase concert at Creekside at the Hilton Garden Inn, Sat. March 19th 1AM- 1:50AM (which is the 20th by then).

Austin Hilton Garden Inn
500 North IH 35
Austin, TX 78753
(512) 480-8181

We have a new album with Peter Stampfel and the Ether Frolic mob coming out over the Summer.  So look out for that... See ya down South.