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We need your help... Fidd's is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, and our coffeehouse engine needs volunteers to keep it running. Please consider helping out - greeting guests with a smile, making and pouring coffee and drinks, taking admission and even being an emcee. And you will get free admission for the night! What a deal!
To find out more about being a Fiddler's Dream Volunteer, contact our volunteer coordinator by SMS-texting your contact info to 602-997-9795. If you don't have a mobile phone, call and leave a message on our VMS at that same number. It's that easy!
The Dream Big CDs have arrived! All net proceeds to benefit Fiddler’s Dream!!! A minimum $10 is requested. If you’d like to purchase one but aren’t within driving distance for one of our pickup events at Fidd's (check our Fidd's Facebook page), let us know via FB message, or text message to or call 602-997-9795, or email nia@yellowdogs.com and we can figure out mailing details.
We love hosting this session and look forward to Zooming every Tuesday! (Contact Glen Gardner on Facebook @glengardnerphx for the exact schedule). If you have Zoom (free to download), you can join us! We will be live streaming on Facebook (Fiddler's Dream Facebook page) if you’d like to join in as part of the audience! Check the Fidd's Facebook page for last minute open stage time changes. Instructions below.
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Thank you for having fun with us!
Tuesday's STAY AT HOME Virtual Acoustic Open Stage International Version Via Zoom 10 am MST (Arizona Time), 12 pm Eastern, 5 pm UK, 7 pm Tel Aviv.
The Open Stage event uses the Zoom setup below:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/join
Meeting ID: 536 852 805
Password: 027023
We will be live streaming on Facebook if you’d like to join in as part of the audience!
Zoom Instructions
We have learned a lot over the past few weeks about the technical hurdles of the platform. Here a few suggestions to make it go smoother -
1. Access the room on a desktop or laptop. Secondarily a tablet and as a means of last resort, the phone.
2. If you don't have high-speed internet you will have problems.
3. If you plan on playing, it's best to have a USB mic at a minimum. More elaborate rigs include USB audio interfaces such as Scarlett Focusrite units that allow you to mix a mic and a guitar direct into the computer. If you just have what's standard on your computer, no worries, it should work ok.
4. There are two settings in the advanced audio settings that will improve your experience.There should be a small mic in the lower left of your screen. That takes you to audio settings, then advanced settings. Under audio processing disable the first two dropdowns. Suppress Persistent background Noise and Suppress Intermittent Background Noise. DISABLE BOTH. This avoids the guitar cutting out which the noise suppression would identify as background noise.
5. Unless it's your turn to play, please leave your audio muted. You will automatically be muted when you enter the room after being approved from admittance from the waiting room.
6. To start your video feed, click on the small video camera in the lower left when you are ready.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask.
Welcome to March, and to our Thursday Night Acoustic Open Stage Evenings, LIVE in our regular room! Admission is $10 at the door. Cash appreciated, as we have to upgrade our Square app and are not always able to take cards at this time.
We are opening to live events while keeping the safety of our audience and our performers in mind as our primary concern. The regular Fidd's room will have a capacity of 32 to begin, and masks will be required while in the room (N95 or KN95 for those with beards). Each performer may choose to remove their mask while on stage for their turn. We'll have hot coffee, hot water, cold water, and pop available for purchase for attendees to enjoy outside. Dress warmly as we have been leaving at least one of the south doors open to improve ventilation and fresh air flow!
Our Open Stage night is completely acoustic, and lots of fun whether you wish to play or simply enjoy the evening as part of the audience. Due to the limited seating of 32, we recommend arriving before 6:29pm (if you are a musician, that will get you in on the first rotation, and if you just want to enjoy the music, you'll be there from the start!). Admission is $10 at the door.
Doors will open at 6pm, and we start playing at 6:30pm. We do a one-song rotation and a time limit of no more than 4 minutes per turn. Play your turn - please no substitutions or giving your turn to another performer. Give the performer their time: unless you are invited to play with the performer, please don’t play-along with your instrument. Join the audience and listen! And please don’t play music outside, except to tune your instrument or quietly warm up a bit. Since we are all acoustic, sound does carry inside! Thank you for having fun with us as we celebrate 2023, our return to live music, and our 36th Anniversary!
8pm: We are doing a fun 'round robin' night, not a songwriters in the round (as there will be plenty of originals but also a mélange of delightful music and storytelling happening). Some favorites, some singalongs, some singer/songwriter originals, and there will most definitely be a bit of the Irish in there somewhere! Don Cook will be there, he has a vast library of songs from every corner of the world, and is a marvelous fellow. Will Collins is joining in the evening, and his performances can be solo, or with a guitar or piano accompaniment. And more! We will try to have some shamrock cookies, and coffee so strong you'll think it's Guinness...
Admission $10 at door, shared with the performers and the venue. Doors open at 6:30pm. N95 masks (or KN95 for the bearded!) are required inside the music room. We will have masks available at the door for your use too, if needed. Thanks for supporting the music as we carefully and safely reopen, we are very grateful to our audience and musicians!
We will have seriously strong, hot brewed coffee and other beverages available at the show. We try to always have oat milk as well as other options for folks who do not or cannot use dairy products. Limited beverages are okay inside the room, please check with our volunteers at the event. We ask that you ensure that your sips are short and delightfully sweet, to minimize aerosols in the room.
This evening is extra special, as these performers played at the last live show at Fidd's pre-quarantine shutdown, on Saturday, 3/14/2020. So happy to have them back to share their music again, three years later!
☘️8pm: Begged and Borrowed with a set of Irish, Celtic, traditional, and Americana music for this special celebration! ☘️ Rick Boyle and Shannon Schumann will be sure to delight tonight with a variety of instruments and favorite songs!
☘️9:15pm: Irish Balladeer Paul Carroll brings a set of Irish and Scottish tunes to help us celebrate St. Patrick's Day weekend! ☘️
Paul grew up in Dublin during the ballad boom of the sixties where the pubs were packed with folk singers and ballad groups. It is there that he found a love for the music and songs that were to be part of his life. He credits his mother for giving him the gift of song. She was a fine singer in her own right and he remembers fondly the “hooleys” in the house.
Paul emigrated to Australia in the early 70’s but he never strayed very far from the music, singing in the folk clubs of Sydney, Perth and Melbourne. During his time in Melbourne he was a founding member of the Celtic band, Poteen, who were Australia’s premiere Celtic band, sharing the stage with icons like Eric Bogle, The Dubliners, The Furey’s and Boys of the Lough.
N95 masks (KN95 for those with beards and so on!) are required inside the music room for the audience.
Doors open at 7:30pm. Admission is $10, shared between the musicians and Fiddler's Dream. Beverages enjoyed outside prior to the show and during intermission, please. Dress warmly, as we sometimes leave a door open to allow for ventilation.
New England Americana band, the Fretbenders, have a sound based in blues, roots music, with a dash of folk and country for good measure.
Featuring Diane & Bob Kordas, “Fun, toe tapping tunes served with humor and fantastic musicianship”, where a "down-home barbecue meets a speakeasy."
Diane provides lead & harmony vocals, guitars and is songwriter for the band; Bob Kordas contributes lead vocals, dobro, National guitar, lap steel, and banjo.
Their long awaited album released in September of 2022, appropriately named "Long Overdue", turned out to be a pandemic project on steroids. 15 songs in all, including 12 originals written by Diane. Some songs freshly written for the project, others that had been kicking around for years that just needed some polishing up. It features 12 guest musicians, contributing fiddle, banjo, piano, mandolin, accordion, percussion, bass, and additional harmonies.
The Fretbenders have appeared on NHPR, festivals and concert venues throughout New England.
Admission $10 at door, shared with the performers and the venue. Doors open at 6:30pm. N95 masks (or KN95 for the bearded!) are required inside the music room. We will have masks available at the door for your use too, if needed. Thanks for supporting the music as we carefully and safely reopen, we are very grateful to our audience and musicians!
Our previous scheduled event has been cancelled.
8pm: Ed Skibbe, aka Eddy Roswell, is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and audio engineer, based in Cave Creek, AZ. A native of Roswell, NM (yes, THAT Roswell), Ed has been a touring musician, session musician, producer-engineer, and a Music Row staff-writer. Once called “the most underappreciated songwriter in America,” Ed has written or co-written a huge catalog of songs, and has had more than 150 cuts. A masterful storyteller, his songs chronicle the challenges, joys, sorrows and triumphs of an indomitable, romantic spirit living a modern life in America’s Great Southwest.
Ed has also been a music publishing executive; founded a non-profit music mentoring program for at-risk kids; headed an international songwriting workshop series; and promoted songwriting events and showcases in Nashville, Colorado and Arizona. He also hosts the weekly internet live stream, now in its third year, Hooks At My House. Ed will launch the v-podcast series “Continuing Tales of Phantom Ranch” this winter.
Performing on vocals, guitar and piano, Ed is sometimes likened to James McMurtry, Steve Earle, and Jason Isbell for his unflinching willingness to tackle contemporary American themes; and to John Hiatt, and Jackson Browne for his sound and melodies.
9:05pm: A set of Folk, Bluegrass, and Americana with Jonathan Thomas and The Little Room Band! Jonathan Thomas is an Americana/folk singer-songwriter from Phoenix, AZ. Jonathan has always been drawn to the integrity, honesty and timelessness of folk music. Performing with The Little Room Band, Jonathan writes vulnerable, relevant songs while maintaining the traditional forms of folk, bluegrass & Americana. Check out his music at www.jonathanthomasmusic.com
Doors open at 7:30pm. Admission $10 at the door. N95 masks (or KN95 for the bearded!) are required inside the music room. We will have masks available at the door for your use too, if needed. Beverages enjoyed outside prior to the show and during intermission, please. Thanks for supporting the music as we slowly and safely reopen, we are very grateful to our audience and musicians!
Couched in the context of a songwriting workshop, Dan will lead you through an exploration of the foundations of creativity, the essence of verbal and musical expression, the dynamic of connected performance, and the deceptive allure of success and its various disguises. Through collaboration exercises, critiques (if you wish), monologue and dialogue, you will run through your creative paces with positivity and support, to ideally take home concepts that will facilitate creativity on whatever level you choose. A workshop covering creativity in general and songwriting in particular, and individual attention is possible. Critiques upon request. Bring a guitar, a recording or a song to share.
Dan Navarros long and eclectic resume includes songwriter, recording artist, singer, voice actor, road warrior and arts advocate in its range of credits.
His former acoustic duo, Lowen & Navarro, released 13 albums, enjoyed widespread Triple A radio airplay and performed 1500 gigs before Eric Lowens retirement in 2008 and passing from ALS in 2012. Dan set out solo in 2007, and tours constantly.
Dan's new album, "Horizon Line", released in August, reuniting with Grammy® winning producer Jim Scott, who helmed six L&N albums. The album features performances from Chris Stills, Steve Postell (David Crosby, The Immediate Family), Doug Pettibone (Lucinda Williams), Brian Whelan (Dwight Yoakum), Jimmy Paxson (Lindsay Buckingham), Mai Leisz (David Crosby, Jackson Browne), Sebastian Steinberg (Soul Coughing), Taras Prodaniuk & Michael Jerome (The Richard Thompson Trio), Phil Parlapiano (John Prine), Peter Adams, Aubrey Richmond (Shooter Jennings), Carlos Murguia, Leyla Hoyle and Derek Nakamoto. The album charted Top Ten at NACC Folk TWICE, and reviews have been the best of Dan's career.
In July 2021, he released a special duo album with James Lee Stanley, "All Wood and Led", with acoustic "Laurel Canyon" re-imaginations of Led Zeppelin tunes. He is presently recording his next solo studio album (and 18th album overall) with Grammy-winning producer Jim Scott, slated for release in early 2022.
As a songwriter, Dan wrote or co-wrote heartfelt songs for Pat Benatar (the Grammy nominated We Belong), The Bangles, Japanese girl group Wink (the #1 hit One Night in Heaven), Dutch superstar Marco Borsato (the Top Ten Je Hoeft Niet Naar Huis Vannacht), Dave Edmunds, The Temptations, Dionne Warwick, and Austin outlaw country legend Rusty Weir.
His songs have appeared in the films Deadpool 2, Pitch Perfect 2 and Talladega Nights, TV series This Is Us, Mare of Easttown, Halt and Catch Fire, American Idol, The Voice, American Dad and The Office and national commercials for Pepsi, Sheraton, Chase Bank and the United Way.
As a bilingual singer and voice actor, he sang in Oscar® winners Encanto (including the #1 hit "We Don't Talk About Bruno"), Coco and Happy Feet. the upcoming Puss In Boots 2: The Last Wish, and the new Latin-themed Father of the Bride, plus Sing 2, The Addams Family, Dora and the City of Lost Gold, The Lorax, and two Ice Age films; TV series The Simpsons, Prison Break and American Dad; voiced characters in Pirates of the Caribbean 5, The Book Of Life, The Playmobil Movie, We Bare Bears, Invincible, The Boys: Diabolical, Pantheon, Ultra City Smiths and over 400 episodes of Family Guy and American Dad; sung on albums by Luis Miguel, Andrea Bocelli, Jose Feliciano and Neil Young; voiced video games Red Dead Redemption II, Fallout 4 and Uncharted 4, and vocals and voice-overs in literally hundreds of commercials for Toyota, Coca-Cola, McDonalds, Honda and more.
During the 2020 Covid pandemic lockdown, Dan launched his "Songs From the CoronaZone" live stream series, running almost daily for five months, and ultimately doing over 250 2-hour+ live streams in 13 months, on Facebook Live, YouTube Live, Twitch and the now-defunct Periscope platforms. Then he gave back, teaching others live stream techniques in workshops for SAG-AFTRA and Folk Alliance's "FAR-West" region (earning FAR-West's 2021 Humanitarian Award in the process), as well as several rounds of online songwriting classes dubbed "Songwriting and the Creative Muse".
In his spare time, Dan serves on the Board of SAG-AFTRA, the actor-performer-broadcasters union; is a Trustee on the AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Fund; serves on a committee of the Mechanical Licensing Collective and is a past president of Folk Alliance International. He has been a vocal activist in Washington DC for intellectual property rights for over 20 years, having testified before the US Senate Judiciary Committee and the Copyright Royalty Board.
Dan Navarro's music probes life at its most resonant. In his rich baritone, he sings songs of heart and insight, steeped in experience, soulful tales from a long road well-traveled.
He is the proud father of a 26-year old filmmaker son, thinks music is food, art is love, and sleep is for babies.
Join Dan on this fine Sunday morning for a workshop that is sure to impart some lovely bits of wisdom about songwriting, the importance of creativity in that process (and your life in general!), and connected performance. Dan may also discuss issues of intellectual property and performer's rights, as noted above, if there is interest from the attendees...if you ask him nicely!
8pm: The Odd Birds are a vocal duo, playing a blend of folk, rock, and country, with a focus on tight harmonies. Our set list includes songs by Gram Parsons / Emmylou Harris, First Aid Kit, Neko Case, Bobbie Gentry, The Animals, Elvis Costello, Elton John, George Jones, Patsy Cline, Of Monsters and Men, Tom Petty, the Everly Brothers, Robert Plant/Allison Krauss, and Steve Earle among others. We focus on strong harmonies and great duet songs. They are also frequent contributors to the Outlaws of Folk Music Series...
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Charming Country Rock That Could Be From Townes Van Zandt’s Front Porch." "[The] couple haven’t totally strayed away from their Folk roots; but the welcome addition of occasional electric guitar and buoyant melodies means to me that the finished article is genuinely genre-bending as the couple and their enigmatic producer Bobbo Byrnes, add smidgens of Country, Americana and especially Country Rock to the recipe and the end result is very easy on the ear."
--The Rocking Magpie
9:05pm: The Fallen Stars Aspect of Bobbo Byrnes, who finishes out the evening with a set of Americana and much more! After moving from Boston to SoCal, he founded one of Orange County’s leading Americana Rock bands, The Fallen Stars. He tours solo now, blending rock and roll energy, country flavored instrumentation and folk inspired storytelling. He’s a throwback to a bygone era of mix tapes and AM Gold! Bobbo read too much Kerouac as a youth, and though he no longer hitchhikes, he is still a vagabond at heart, seeking to continue on his path: singing and strumming, learning and sharing stories, connecting with people and leaving a wake of happiness behind him.
“Whether the wider world recognizes it or not, he ought to be considered an essential Americana master.”
— Lee Zimmerman, Goldmine Magazine, Author of "Americana Music"
During the Covid-19 lockdown, Bobbo organized online shows for the OC Food Bank raising enough money for over 7,000 meals; organized abenefit for WTLC.org (Women’s Transitional Living Center in OrangebCounty, CA); and released an EP of music inspired by John Lewis and donated the proceeds to the John and Lillian Miles Lewis Foundation for voting rights. He has also organized benefits for Stacey Abrams/Fair Fight, BEAM (Black Emotional And Mental Health in L.A.) Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, Harbor Homes (New Hampshire homeless), LA/OC Food Banks, Quilts for Empowerment (Obstetric Fistula in Kenya) and Equality Now (Fighting violence against women around the world). Always the vagabond and troubadour, Bobbo is on his way to the Tucson Folk Festival!
Doors open at 7:30pm. Admission $10 at the door. N95 masks (or KN95 for the bearded!) are required inside the music room. We will have masks available at the door for your use too, if needed. Thanks for supporting the music as we slowly and safely reopen, we are very grateful to our audience and musicians!
7pm: Join us for a night of poetry! Three poets, thirty minutes each - come and be inspired! Tonight's poets are B-Jam, Darian, and Atlas St Cloud, local artists who are involved in the poetry community here in Phoenix.
This show will contain adult content.
From Enlightio: Poetry is a form of literature that uses language for its beauty and expressive power to convey emotions, ideas, and experiences. The word “poetry” comes from the Greek word “poiesis,” which means “making.” Poetry has been around since ancient times. It has been used in many cultures all over the world as a staple part of their history and culture. Poets often use their own life experiences as inspiration for their work—they write about what they know best.
Admission is $8 at the door. Doors open at 6:30pm, and the evening begins at 7pm. This is a poetry night - no music, but poetry and spoken word. We'd love to have more poetry nights, hope to see you! Do remember that this show will contain adult content!
N95 masks inside Fidd's, KN95 for the bearded. Beverages enjoyed outside prior to the show and during breaks, please. Thank you for your support and having fun with us as we celebrate 2023, our return to live music, and our 36th Anniversary year!
Fiddler's Dream is BACK! And we're here to help 'em out in this special benefit concert featuring Deb Seymour, Glen Gardner & Mark Bishop Evans. Songwriters In The Round Format! At Fiddler's Dream Coffeehouse. Additional details will be posted closer to the event.
8pm: TBA
9:05pm: BrettLynn with a set of Folk, Blues, and other hues.... BrettLynn has been playing the four corners region for years. He tends to captivate audiences with his soft and sweet songs and gets them moving with his upbeat “stomp & holler” style tunes. St Louis born, currently based in Nashville, his music with fill you up!
Admission $10 at door, shared with the performers and the venue. Doors open at 6:30pm. N95 masks (or KN95 for the bearded!) are required inside the music room. We will have masks available at the door for your use too, if needed. Thanks for supporting the music as we carefully and safely reopen, we are very grateful to our audience and musicians!
We will have seriously strong, hot brewed coffee and other beverages available at the show. Limited beverages are okay inside the room, please check with our volunteers at the event. We ask that you ensure that your sips are short and delightfully sweet, to minimize aerosols in the room.
Two fine musicians showcase their music as solo performers, and as a duo. They will be swapping songs the first hour, then playing as a duo the second set.
Eric is the Winner of the International Blues Challenge as well as the Memphis Cigar Box Guitar Award for the outstanding guitarist in the Solo/Duo Category. He's a three time Champion of the Phoenix Blues Society's Blues Showdown, a two time Finalist at the Telluride Blues Challenge. He's a Winner of the Stefan George Memorial Songwriting Contest sponsored by the Tucson Folk Festival, Winner of the Peoples' Choice Award at the Wildflower Arts and Music Festival, a Finalist in the Al Johnson Songwriting Competition, and has been tapped for the prestigious Songwriter's Showcase produced by Tempe Center for the Arts, filmed for PBS distribution. He's been a 4x featured performer at the Dripping Springs (TX) Songwriter's Festival, has garnered numerous accolades for his songwriting, and performs at concerts and festivals nationwide.
Eric is a perennial favorite on the Folk and Blues Festival circuits, not only for his dynamic, engaging performances but for his open tuning and slide guitar workshops as well.
With soaring vocals and organic arrangements, Eric's original compositions reflect his musical influences, but come from a place all their own. He writes from experience about the human condition - stark, at times sensitive, at times humorous, always thought-provoking. His arrangements and delivery encompass a spectrum of styles, from delicate fingerpicking to raucous, bluesy bottleneck slide.
Eric lives in the Phoenix area with his patient, long-suffering wife, three kids, and four dogs of indeterminate pedigree. He can often be found in the garage, where his family prefer he practice. Especially the banjo.
Robby Roberson sings original musical stories full of reality and imagination, happiness and sorrow – delivered through multiple stringed instruments, played skillfully and passionately. Robby’s songwriting and his vocal style are like that of an organic urban acoustic music vibe that is enhanced by dynamic rhythms and grooves. He uses the instrumentation as an equal, interconnected partner of his songs and not just for melodic accompaniment. His songwriting has not gone unnoticed across the valley and state – he is the winner of the Songwriter Contest at the Tucson Folk Festival and a finalist in the band contest at the Pickin in the Pines Music Festival. He has also performed at the Tempe Center for the Arts Songwriters Showcases III and VII, and Scottsdale Center for the Arts. Robby’s musical versatility makes it possible for him to be a solo act or to include other talented musician friends in various collaborative settings.
Robby lives in Tempe, Arizona and performs regularly at various venues, festivals, and benefits throughout Arizona.
Admission $10 at door, shared with the performers and the venue. Doors open at 6:30pm. N95 masks (or KN95 for the bearded!) are required inside the music room. We will have masks available at the door for your use too, if needed. Thanks for supporting the music as we carefully and safely reopen, we are very grateful to our audience and musicians!
We will have seriously strong, hot brewed coffee and other beverages available at the show. Limited beverages are okay inside the room, please check with our volunteers at the event. We ask that you ensure that your sips are short and delightfully sweet, to minimize aerosols in the room.
Fiddler's Dream is located one block north of Glendale Avenue on 17th Street, on the Southeast corner of 17th Street and Cactus Wren. Use the newly opened Sprouts grocery at 16th Street and Glendale as a landmark - we are one block further East on Glendale Ave, and when you reach 17th Street, turn North and go one block to Cactus Wren, turn right (East), and the next right takes you into the parking lot. We are on the grounds of the Phoenix Friends Meeting (Quakers).
1702 East Glendale Ave, Phoenix, AZ, 85020 is the street address to plug into your map app.
