Festival of Carols Dec. 8
Celebrate the holidays with the Family Folk Machine at the Englert’s annual Festival of Carols, hosted on Tuesday, December 8th at 6:30 p.m. Read more
Celebrate the holidays with the Family Folk Machine at the Englert’s annual Festival of Carols, hosted on Tuesday, December 8th at 6:30 p.m. Read more
“The Traveling Kind” on November 15th at the Senior Center and November 22nd at the Old Capitol building in the Senate chamber!
One of the purposes of our intergenerational, non-auditioned choir is to explore American culture and history through song, and this fall we will reflect on the joys of rambling around and the importance placed on transportation in American life.
Our set list this time around:
Erie Canal
City of New Orleans
Urge for Going
I Am a Wanderer
Dixie
Skunk
Airplane
Wait for the Wagon
–Intermission–
Long Time Traveler
Wabash Cannonball
Hobo’s Lullaby
Hard Travelin’
Ramblin’ Boy
500 Miles
Rock Island
The Traveling Kind
by Aprille Clark and Miles Crall
“The Wabash Cannonball,” originally published in 1882, is the oldest song in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Read more
by Ed Flaherty
“Ridin’ on the City of New Orleans, Illinois Central, Monday mornin’ rail… Good Mornin’ America How Are Ya?” Written by Steve Goodman (rip), famously performed by Arlo Guthrie, now to be wonderfully performed by the FAMILY FOLK MACHINE on Nov 15th and 22nd!