Violet Folk Sings
I host social folk singing events with my friend Annaleah Ernst under the name Violet Folk Sings. Singing together in community is such a joy. Annaleah and I are passionate about creating welcoming and friendly singing spaces.
Recurring events
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Violet Pub Sing at The Sea Hag Violet Folk Sings
The Sea Hag Restaurant & Bar, 49 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Join us for an afternoon of traditional a capella folk singing over brunch!
This pub sing at The Sea Hag is a welcoming social folk sing—we are excited about building community and singing songs that are easy for everyone to join in on. Pub sings are all about enthusiastically raising our voices together.
In the spirit of purposeful and deliberate singing, think about and prepare your songs ahead of time; write down the words if you haven't learned them by heart!
Folk songs (work songs, pub songs, chanteys, sea songs, union songs, etc.) are the main type of song we'll be singing - we find that songs with catchy choruses, repeated lines, call and response, or general join-y in-y bits are well suited to this joyous joining of voices! We sing these songs a capella, so no need to pack an instrument. If you haven't prepared a song to share, come and join in on songs others are excited to lead.
If something in your song could hurt or exclude others or perpetuate sexism, racism, or other gross stuff, please change the words or choose another song. Let's build a space that's comfortable for everyone in our community!
Here's a pep talk on group singing from Bennet Konesni: https://www.worksongs.org/start-here/manifesto
Here's a resource from Youth Traditional Song Weekend for thinking about challenging topics in traditional song: https://www.youthtradsong.org/facing-and-challenging-racism-in-the-trad-song-community.html