We are thrilled to have booked the amazingly talented performer Don Evans, who many of you are already familiar with, as our featured performer for September on Monday 9/12/2022. This performance is for SJARMS members. If you are a member you should have already received an email with the specifics for the September meeting.
Don’s Bio:
Don Evans, guitarist, vocalist and recording engineer, has settled in the Philly area and is currently playing with Dirk Hamilton, Fuzzy Paradise and many others, along with fronting his own band. Formerly with Eric Burdon, Billy Joel and a list of performers that reads like a Who’s Who of Rock, his eclectic career has taken him many places musically, but he is now back playing his music influenced by the blues and Americana which inspired him to begin with.
You can often catch Don on his Facebook page on Sunday nights between 8-9 PM, doing Facebook livestream concerts.
Hi SJARMS members and friends,
Marybeth Johns is our featured performer for our July member meeting on Monday July 11, 2022 at 7 pm at the Medford Memorial Community Center at 21 South Main Street, Medford, NJ.
The meeting is free to current SJARMS members and is $10 at the door to guests and visitors. More information on SJARMS and membership can be found at sjarms.com.
Please park in the gravel lot behind the Center and enter the building through the back porch entrance.After Marybeth’s performance we will have time for an all-level acoustic jam until 9:25pm. As usual we can split up into rooms by genre of music: Song Circle, Old-Time, Bluegrass, etc.
Just a reminder, SJARMS is allowed to use the first floor only. We do not have access to the 2nd floor of the building.
Just a reminder, SJARMS is allowed to use the first floor only. We do not have access to the 2nd floor of the building.
Marybeth has performed all over the South Jersey area, including the Burlington County Amphitheater, Music By the Bay events, Lower Forge Brewery, many Farmer’s Markets, seasonal fairs, solo performances, and even busking. She has been a member of The Woodshop Band, Fiddlin’ Around, and The Song Sisters, in addition to her solo performances.
Marybeth recently shared her Bio with SJARMS:
“ Before learning to play guitar, I took piano lessons from age 7-14 I decided classical music wasn’t for me, so I started teaching myself guitar. I spent my early guitar-playing years listening to The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell and many others who influenced me. I couldn’t get enough of listening to the latest albums of my favorite artists or turning on FM radio and discovering new music. Over the years I found out through my dad that his paternal grandparents were both street musicians in Italy. My dad played piano by ear and my youngest sister became an accomplished pianist. Many thanks to the SJARMS board members for allowing me the opportunity to play for my fellow SJARMS musicians.”
Re: Covid Precautions:
Masks and other precautionary measures such as social distancing are now optional. We want to be transparent and let you know that we are not requiring proof of vaccination to attend the meeting. There may be some members present who are vaccinated and some members who are not vaccinated. We would like to urge you to assess your own level of risk: if you would like to wear a mask or take other precautionary measures such as social distancing you are welcome to do so.
You must not attend the event if there are any symptoms of illness such as cough, fever, chills, headache, sore throat, muscle aches, runny nose, nasal congestion or GI symptoms like diarrhea.
Hi SJARMS members and friends,
SJARMS is pleased to announce that we will host the duo So Inclined (Rich and Peggy Linke) on Monday, May 9, 2022 at 7 pm at our usual location, Medford Memorial Community Center, 21 South Main Street, Medford, NJ.
Guests and Visitors $10 at the door.
Admission is free to current SJARMS members.
Info on membership: please see the Membership tab at the top at www.sjarms.com
Please park in the gravel lot behind the Center and enter the building through the back porch entrance.
Of course we will have all-level acoustic jams after So Inclined performs until 9:25 pm.
As always, we can utilize the various rooms on the first floor of the Center for jamming. Just a reminder, SJARMS is allowed to use the first floor only. We do not have access to the 2nd floor of the building.
Masks and other precautionary measures such as social distancing are now optional. We want to be transparent and let you know that we are not requiring proof of vaccination to attend the meeting. There may be some members present who are vaccinated and some members who are not vaccinated. We would like to urge you to assess your own level of risk: if you would like to wear a mask or take other precautionary measures such as social distancing you are welcome to do so.
You must not attend the event if there are any symptoms of illness such as cough, fever, chills, headache, sore throat, muscle aches, runny nose, nasal congestion or GI symptoms like diarrhea.
We will not serve any refreshments at this meeting. Please provide your own water bottle if needed.
About So Inclined:
Peggy and Rich Linke perform under the stage name “So Inclined.” Their song selection includes traditional as well as contemporary folk, country, bluegrass, and even a little early rock-and-roll from a wide range of songwriters including Peggy herself. Their interpretations feature tight vocal harmonies and tasteful acoustic accompaniment on guitar and Dobro and, occasionally, bass. Their harmony singing is inspired by the tight Bluegrass sound of the great brother-acts of bluegrass and early rock and roll, including Jim & Jesse McReynolds, the Delmore Brothers, the Louvin Brothers, and the Everly Brothers.
The duo chose the name “So Inclined” in the 1980s when it became clear to them that their music could not be lumped into any one genre. So, if you hear an old English ballad followed by a bluegrass version of a Ricky Nelson tune, it’s because the performers are “So Inclined.”
You can find a recent sample of So Inclined performing live at:
and lots more on their YouTube channel “So Inclined Music” at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWp2h6vifNqBfg6GxnCKGow
as well as on their Facebook page at:
ww.facebook.com/Rich.and.Peggy.are.So.Inclined/videos/
Happy New Year to everyone,
The South Jersey Acoustic Roots Music Society (SJARMS) Board of Trustees would like to let you know WE ARE STILL HERE! The members have been meeting monthly online via ZOOM for online Open Mic Nights since August of 2020 and we began in-person meetings, for members only, in November and December 2021 at the Medford Memorial Community Center. With the current COVID surge of cases due to the Omicron variant, the Board of Trustees met recently and decided it is prudent to temporarily stop meeting in-person and go back to online ZOOM meetings until it is determined to be safe to meet again in-person.
We would like to direct you to our Facebook page: South Jersey Acoustic Roots Music Society (SJARMS.) https://www.facebook.com/South-Jersey-Acoustic-Roots-Music-Society-SJARMS-119558664768638/ We have been posting current news and musical offerings from members and prior SJARMS performers.
If you would like to become a member of SJARMS you can click on the Membership tab above and join by credit card or PayPal. You can also join by mailing a check to: SJARMS, PO Box 243, Lumberton NJ 08048. Our membership fee is still the same: $45 for a single membership and $60 for a couple/family membership. Upon joining, we will add your email address to our member list and send you our member emails.
We look forward to getting together again in-person for our monthly member meetings with music jams, featured performers, and Open Mic Nights as soon as it is safe to do so. Stay well and enjoy music,
The SJARMS Board of Trustees
Hi everyone,
All of the SJARMS Board members emailed back and forth last night and today and decided that, in light of the COVID-19 Pandemic public health mandates set forth by Governor Murphy, we will need to cancel the April 13, 2020 SJARMS meeting.
We are monitoring the recommendations daily and will make a decision in early April regarding the safety of holding the Compton/Newberry performance and the SJARMS meeting in May, 2020.
Thank you, and stay safe,
Karen
For SJARMS
Hi SJARMS members and friends,
Our next meeting will be on Monday, October 14, 2019 at 7 pm at our usual location, Medford Memorial Community Center, 21 South Main Street, Medford, NJ.
Guests and Visitors $10 at the door.
Admission is free to current SJARMS members.
Info on membership: please see the Membership tab at the top at www.sjarms.com
Please park in the gravel lot behind the Center and enter the building through the back porch entrance.
Of course we will have all-level acoustic jams after The Groggy Pine Boys perform until 9:25 pm.
As always, we can utilize the various rooms on the first floor of the Center for jamming.
Just a reminder, SJARMS is allowed to use the first floor only. We do not have access to the 2nd floor of the building.
Our featured performers for the meeting will be The Groggy Pine Boys, AKA Joe Wills and Martin Kavanagh.
About Martin Kavanagh:
Martin Kavanagh hails from Dublin, Ireland. He grew up during the culture of the Irish folk scene and the American folk and old-time country music revival. He has been singing Irish ballads since he was a young lad but has also grown up loving the American Bluegrass, Country and Folk music. He sings and plays guitar and has performed at various venues throughout New Jersey including the Albert Hall in Waretown, the Bluegrass Old-time Musicians Association (BOTMA) in Little Silver, the Ocean County Arts Guild in Island Heights, and various music events and cafes throughout NJ.
About Joe Wills:
Joe Wills has had a life-long love of the banjo. Beginning in 1990 his interest in bluegrass banjo was sparked by the Seldom Scene. Joe learned to play and formed a bluegrass band, Cedar Crick, with Nancy Longenecker. In 1994 the opportunity presented itself to go on the air when Burlington County College began broadcasting on WBZC FM. Joe’s program, Burlington County Bluegrass went on the air and is now in its 25th year on the Internet at RCBC Radio. Currently Joe plays banjo and Dobro with his bluegrass band the BAD DOGZ and also performs with Martin Kavanagh as the Groggy Pine Boys. MC-ing gigs have had Joe introduce top bands like the Seldom Scene, Becky Buller, Rhonda Vincent, Darrell Webb, Ronnie Reno and others.
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The format for the November, 2019 meeting is Open Mic.
The format for the December, 2019 meeting is Open Mic. (holiday songs okay to perform if you’d like)
Hope to see you on October 14th,
Karen
For SJARMS
Our next meeting will be on Monday September 9, 2019 at 7 pm at our usual location, Medford Memorial Community Center, 21 South Main Street, Medford, NJ.
Our featured performers for the meeting will be the incredibly talented M-Town Jazz Jam Band.
Members of Medford’s own M-Town Jazz Jam will perform for us as well as give us a primer on jazz, including a brief history of the evolution of jazz from ragtime to blues to bebop and beyond. Common jazz forms and styles will be discussed and demonstrated. The band will feature Charlie Megules on Trumpet, Dave Bermingham on Guitar, Link Hansen on Piano, Dale Storer on bass and Dave Bermingham, Jr. on drum kit.
Guests and Visitors $10 at the door.
Admission is free to current SJARMS members.
Please park in the gravel lot behind the Center and enter the building through the back porch entrance.
Of course we will have all-level acoustic jams after M-Town performs until 9:25 pm.
As always, we can utilize the various rooms on the first floor of the Center for jamming.
Just a reminder, SJARMS is allowed to use the first floor only. We do not have access to the 2nd floor of the building.
Hope to see you at the meeting on September 9th!
Thanks,
Karen
For SJARMS
SJARMS is very excited to have singer, songwriter, guitarist Terry Rivel perform for our July, 2019 meeting.
He will perform for us on Monday, July 8, 2019 at 7 pm at the Medford Memorial Community Center, 21 South Main Street, Medford, NJ.
Guests and Visitors $10 at the door.
Admission is free to current SJARMS members.
Info on membership: please see the membership tab at the top at www.sjarms.com
Please park in the gravel lot behind the Center and enter the building through the back porch entrance.
Of course we will have an all-level acoustic jam after Terry performs until 9:25 pm.
As always, we can utilize the various rooms on the first floor of the Center for jamming.
Just a reminder, SJARMS is allowed to use the first floor only. We do not have access to the 2nd floor of the building.
About Terry:
Terry Rivel grew up in South Philadelphia. One of his favorite things to do as a child, after playing monsters and dinosaurs, was to listen to his parents’ records, which included the likes of “Guitar Boogie” by Arthur Smith. His mother and father both had a love of popular music. After turning eleven, there was Ricky Nelson, with James Burton on guitar, and Duane Eddy. So it’s a wonder he didn’t turn out to be a proficient lead guitarist! But learning guitar seemed too intimidating at the time.
Later, after his family moved to South Jersey, there would be Beatles, Rolling Stones, the Byrds and Creedence. Then he heard Bob Dylan. It was easy to emulate that style, plus the songs of Dylan were so powerful. And his mother started bringing home country music records, and there was no turning back. He was literally introduced to both artists at the same time with a Sun record titled “Johnny Cash Sings Hank Williams”. And then Bob Dylan goes country, and there’s REALLY no turning back!
One of Terry’s first performances was the Perimeter Coffeehouse at Rutgers, Camden. He made many friends there who sang and played instruments, including Bob Andrews, one of the many local artists who were an influence on Terry. Throughout the 70’s and 80’s, along with raising a family with three sons, Terry performed mostly solo, and also started a country music band that lasted four years. Heavy influences along the way were Jerry Jeff Walker, Kris Kristofferson, John Prine, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and Emmylou Harris. In 1985 Terry began writing songs and, with another band around 1989, opened for Willie Nelson on the Jersey shore at a venue called Cowboys.
Terry has been writing songs ever since, and at the end of the 90’s, Terry had the pleasure of being one of several acts (a booked open stage) to open for the late great Dave Van Ronk. Along the way he has developed his stage presence , incorporating humor into his performances, even to the point of doing impressions, as well as presenting humorous stories. In 2006 Terry released an EP titled LOOKING FOR JUNE, and in 2011 a full-length CD titled BROKEN PEOPLE, which was produced by Jimmy Heffernan, who also did some of the instrumental work.
Through the years Terry has played at numerous venues as a solo performer, with the bands Rodeo Wind, the Ghostriders and lost Highway, and in a duo called Silver Wings. Venues have included the Albert Music Hall in Waretown, NJ; the Mermaid Inn in Phila., PA; Circlewood Coffeehouse in Cherry Hill, NJ; Barrington Coffeehouse in Barrington, NJ; Bus Stop Cafe in Pitman, NJ; Malelani Cafe in Phila., PA; Iron Plow Winery in Columbus, NJ; and Time Out Entertainment & Sports Bar in Barrington, NJ. And then there were performances at the Philadelphia Folk Festival and at the Sundown Music Series at Haddon Lake Park, Haddon Heights, NJ. He also played several times at Glenside House Concerts, and has been a guest on many radio and internet shows, including Ray Naylor’s THE PERFORMING SONGWRITER and Lance Fingles’ Gashouseradio.com. There’s been a little traveling involved, too! Performances at the People’s Voice Cafe in NYC, and in Potter County, PA, most frequently at Olga Gallery, Cafe & Bistro.
Terry has been described as having soothing vocals, but he sometimes gets a little bluesy and bluegrassy (now that’s a word!), and definitely countrified! His guitar playing on his Martin HD-28 goes from country flatpicking to crisp fingerpicking. His performances are quite fun, and he’s even been told that one can easily understand the lyrics!
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Our August meeting will be on Monday August 12th and the format is an Open Mic Night.
Our June, 2019 performer is a fabulous entertainer: Marc Sengin.
He will perform for us on Monday, June 10, 2019 at 7 pm at the Medford Memorial Community Center, 21 South Main Street, Medford, NJ.
Guests and Visitors $10 at the door.
Admission is free to current SJARMS members.
Info on membership: please see the membership tab at the top at www.sjarms.com
Please park in the gravel lot behind the Center and enter the building through the back porch entrance.
Of course we will have an all-level acoustic jam after Marc performs until 9:25 pm.
As always, we can utilize the various rooms on the first floor of the Center for jamming.
Just a reminder, SJARMS is allowed to use the first floor only. We do not have access to the 2nd floor of the building.
Some information about Marc:
In 1974 Marc Sengin graduated from the University of Hartford HARTT COLLEGE OF MUSIC (now The Hartt School) with a degree in Music Ed, as a clarinet major. After graduating, he performed full-time in nightclub & disco bands on sax, flute, clarinet, and vocals, later followed by years of performing in “wedding” bands while maintaining a day job.
Following a revelation in 1987, Marc became passionately involved with fine wine. His quest for knowledge and experience was insatiable. In 1999 he began to recork “Old & Rare” wines for collectors. His tasting experience includes several thousand bottles of these wines, some dating back as far as the mid-19th century. This experience is unique and unequaled and his knowledge is extensive. For over ten years, he represented importers & distributors of very high quality small-production wineries from France, Italy, Australia, Germany, Austria, Portugal, and the US. He has visited many of these wineries, frequently staying at the homes of winemakers. He is available for consultation.
Marc’s love of musical performance was re-initiated in 1995 after years of absence, only now it was something different altogether. He combined his eternal love for singing with self-taught acoustic guitar accompaniment. The selections are the “Folk & Pop Songs of the 60′s & 70′s”, some of the greatest songs ever written in this genre. You know… the songs of Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell, Beatles, John Denver, Crosby-Stills-and Nash, etc. The addition of a vocal harmony pedal in 2016 has produced extraordinary results, sounding more like an acoustic group with very tight vocals than a soloist.
These songs need to remembered and kept alive through performance. In addition to the music, the messages can be profound.
Marc now performs as a solo artist and his musical services are available for private parties, restaurants, events of every kind, concert performances, background music, retirement communities, coffee houses, etc.
For those interested tonight @ SJARMS…
SPECS:
Martin HD-28V (“V”intage Series structurally unique) with factory Fishman Ellipse Matrix Blend electronics.
Bose L1 Compact PA
Mackie ProFX8v2 mixing board
Sennheiser e935 mic
TC Helicon “Harmony Singer”
