The NEW SESSION of FFM begins this Sunday, January 10. Everyone should show up at 3:00. Kids will rehearse at 3:00, and adults will have time to get registered, acquainted, or reacquainted. Read more

JOIN US at Uptown Bill’s

Happy New Year, friends! It’s time to get together for some singing.

Join us this Saturday, January 9, from 3:00 to 4:30 for our monthly all-request sing-along. Bring instruments, friends, neighbors, and children. We’ll have Rise Up Singing books. Read more

Festival of Carols**Tuesday, December 8** 6:30 p.m.**Englert Theater

On Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 6:30 p.m. the Englert hosts the annual Festival of Carols. This fun, free event starts with a few songs by the Skipperlings (a trio of FFM girls), followed by a Family Folk Machine set. Read more

Community Folk Sing

Join us at Uptown Bill’s this Saturday from 3:00 to 4:30 for our monthly all-request sing-along. Bring instruments, friends, neighbors, and children. I’m hoping to bring copies of some of the FFM song arrangements from previous Festival of Carols performances, and we’ll have our usual Rise Up Singing books. Read more

Join us September 26, 1:00 to 2:30 p.m., for our video-release party! We’ll premiere the video at the Senior Center and then parade down to Chauncey Swan Park for refreshments, games, and singing.

Rehearsals for “The Traveling Kind” start this Sunday! I am so excited to see our new/old Folk Machine reassemble. It’s really fun for me to put together arrangements of our songs while thinking about what the notes are going to mean once real people are singing them. Read more

This article by Jean Littlejohn appeared in the Press Citizen on Monday, August 10, 2015.

The Family Folk Machine starts rehearsals on August 23 for our fall session, “The Traveling Kind.” Read more

Come by the Longfellow neighborhood on Saturday, June 20, to enjoy the Front Porch Music Festival! The Family Folk Machine will lead a sing-along at 426 Grant Street at 3:30. (Come at 3:00 to hear the Skipperlings!) Check out this explanatory story, which includes the festival line-up, from Little Village: Front Porch Music Festival to Serenade Iowa City Neighborhood

Last Sunday we had a fantastic time singing our food and gardening songs at the Old Capitol. Thanks to everyone who helped us set up that appearance! We can’t wait to give the songs another spin this coming Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Senior Center. Read more

The Iowa Music Showcase did a podcast on the recently-released “For Kids, By Kids” album, and one of the featured songs was “Rocky Road,” sung on the album by FFM’s Caleigh, Greta, and Claire. Here’s the link:

http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2015/04/episode-8-iowa-city-childrens-album.html

Thanks, Dan, for including our song!