We're hosting the evening. Featured artist TBD.
Seabold Second Saturdays is an almost all-acoustic open stage venue on Bainbridge Island, WA. We perform with minimal or no amplification in the sweetest, most resonant little one room schoolhouse you've ever seen. The setting is perfect for our special blend of folk, blues, Celtic, jazz, and original material.
Free for kids under 12 and performers!
We'll provide music for the regular Unity of North Kitsap Sunday service.
Well, this is going to be grand fun! We're taking the stage for the whole evening at the Guitar Café (one of the best things to happen to Silverdale since the first traffic light was installed in town back in the 20th century). You get not only an evening of memorable songs from yours truly, but very very delicious entrees and desserts, plus delightful hosts Ray and Paola. Have you noticed that the counter is actually the shape of a curvaceous guitar? This place was created as a place where music-lovers of ALL ages can gather and share their talents. And have a tasty bite to eat, browse the instruments for sale, and generally celebrate community. One of our favorite venues in Kitsap County!
Make it a memorable weekend - come join the fun!
Time for a real "hoot." Hank and Claire share their love of live music-making and folk songs in an hour of community singing, complete with back stories and all the chorus words. Songs that you may already love, like "Freight Train" and "Last Thing on My Mind," plus some from today's creative folkies. Raise your voices with your neighbors in celebration of life, love, rivers, trains, and who knows what else? Come prepared to SING!
Onstage at the Farmer's Market! Join Pacific Northwest Folk Duo, Hank and Claire, for music-making and folk songs in a lively community sing! The songs span over a hundred years of folk tradition, from the 1910 classic "Freight Train" to one written within this decade. Chorus words will be projected for each song, and our instruments will be clearly visible and in use: 6- and 12-string guitars, banjo, Appalachian dulcimer and bowed psaltery. You are welcome to try playing dulcimer and bowed psaltery after the program!
The public is welcome to attend our concert on Saturday evening August 3rd. Hank and I will be singing songs of endurance and love, giving participants a short break from their intense activism on this weekend commemorating Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The 3-day event is organized and led by Ground Zero for Nonviolent Action. If you are interested in joining the nonviolent action event, please get details on their website: Never Again!
If you'd like to come just for the music, you are very welcome! Donations to the work of Ground Zero are also welcome.
Our annual appearance at this delightful waterfront arts festival in our beautiful home town! We'll be on the pavilion from 3:00 to 4:00 and again from 4:30-5:30, entertaining you with an eclectic two sets of our favorite upbeat songs!
We bring our Seeger program BACK to the Everett area. Spread the word!
Come celebrate the advent of Spring and filing your taxes early! Or come let us cheer you up while you procrastinate! We'll sing lots of heart-felt and silly songs, and throw in some drama for fun...ventriloquism, yodeling, a little psaltery dancing. If you're in the neighborhood for this concert, you might want to join us at the Florence Library on Friday, April 12 for our "Hootenanny, Then and Now" program. It's the listing just above this one.
In June of 2017, we (Hank and Claire) presented a program at the Florence Public Library about the legendary folk activist Pete Seeger. In response to requests that we develop another one-hour folk music-related program, we developed a rollicking community sing, and each song is given just a little historical context. The chorus words are projected to encourage participation.
The songs themselves span over a hundred years of folk tradition, from the 1910 classic "Freight Train" to a great folksong written a couple of years ago. Our goals are to encourage group singing, reveal the origin of the Folk Revival, and llustrate that this genre, though not mainstream, is very much alive and well in the 21st century.
2019 marks the 100th anniversary of legendary activist/folksinger Pete Seeger. We take you back in time with banjo and 12-string guitar to tell stories and sing songs from his activist life. Historic photos, rousing singalongs, and backstories of songs Pete wrote or made famous.
The Seeger program is one hour. After a break, we'll do a short set of lively tunes from our multi-genre playlist.
NEW DATE! Pacific Northwest tight-harmony duo Hank and Claire sing in love and about love - love of life, music, friends, trains, rivers, and more. It's dark and it's cold outside, so come on in for an evening of warmth, community, and joy. Hank and Claire accompany their voices with guitars, dulcimer, and bowed psalteries. Cookies and punch to whet your whistle and take the edge off the chill. Suggested donation $15; no one turned away. This concert is being held at the local Episcopal Church and organized by Tall Timbers Concerts in the Pines (Lois Jerden). NEW DATE!!
The Seeger program is one hour. After a break, Hank and Claire will entertain with a short set of lively tunes from their own multi-genre playlist.
As the year draws to a close, we alternating 1/2 hour sets with Mick and Laura McCartney (Rhythm and Sass) at the marvelous Guitar Café, a community gem. Join us for dinner or snack and some seasonal (but mostly not) tunes and songs from lots of different genres - swing, standards, Americana, folk. Looking forward to seeing you there!
We're hosting the evening. Featured artist will be Bill Corral. Check out his site.
We'll be doing our Seeger program for the first hour. Details here. After a break for desserts, we'll be back with a short set of Hank and Claire favorites. This is in a private home in Bellevue with limited seating. Reservations are required. Please call us at 360-434-1818 to find out more.
We are delighted to return to our favorite music festival and this year we will be on the North Stage on Sunday from 2:45 to 3:25pm. We'll also be singing in the Sunday night concert on the South Stage. That starts at 6:30pm. Details about the entire festival weekend online at Tumbleweed Music Festival. The venue can't be beat - right along the Columbia River under huge shade trees and all free to the public. Doesn't get better.
Back by popular demand, we're doing a repeat appearance with Rhythm and Sass at the marvelous Guitar Café! Come enjoy both duos alternating 1/2 hour sets. It was lots of fun the first time. Will be fun again!
Our annual appearance at the Poulsbo Arts Festival. Love this event.
Musicians Hank and Claire share their love of music and folk singing in an hour of audience sing along, complete with back stories and all the chorus words. Come ready to sing old favorites and a few new songs, but no instruments please. Sponsored by the Friends of the North Mason Timberland Library, this event is part of "20 for 20," a year-long celebration of our building's 20th year.
Stories – yours, mine, ours – sung in harmony. Hank and Claire from Poulsbo, WA beautifully arrange traditional and popular folk songs from John Prine, Tom Paxton, Chuck Pyle, Lou and Peter Berryman, and others. Award-winning original songs round out an enjoyable evening of voice, guitars, dulcimer, and bowed psaltery. Enjoy sweet harmonies, a bit of sentiment, some fun, and a big dose of heart? You'll love Hank and Claire. In choosing Hank and Claire to include in his "River City Folk Best of 2017," Tom May says, "Hank and Claire epitomize the beauty and simplicity of two people who love the music so deeply and who love working together."
Before there were Riverkeepers, there was Pete Seeger. Most commonly associated with American folk music, Pete's passion for the Hudson River helped spawn not only the cleanup of that industrialized river but a whole organization to protect and restore rivers around the globe. Pete lived along the Hudson River with his wife, Toshi. Outraged by the pollution in river, the couple built a boat named the Clearwater. The Clearwater served as hub of the Hudson River revival and it caught the attention of John Cronin, who became the first Riverkeeper. The connection to water, music, and organizing runs strong in the Waterkeeper movement. We owe a part of our existence to the passion, dedication and creatively of Pete Seeger. We hope you join us to celebrate his birthday and our Columbia River.
This event raised $1500 for local Columbia River cleanup projects. We were honored to be included with 10 other artists in the concert donating our music and time.
We'll provide music for Unity NK regular Sunday service.
This time our program is sponsored by the Cultural Arts Foundation Northwest.
We'll share the stage with Rhythm and Sass (Mick and Laura McCartney). We'll trade off 1/2 hour sets from 7pm to 9pm. Guitar Café in Silverdale is fulfilling its mission to be a public venue for acoustic musicians that doesn't require ID for entry, AND the food is exceptionally yummy! Come enjoy the warmth of Ray and Paola's hospitality, the pleasure of fine food, and an evening of tight-harmony duo music.
Join us for an evening of new and old songs on the theme of love: love of place, love of each other, love of community. Oh, and love of joyful singing!! Saturday, February 10th at 7pm in Port Townsend, WA. This is a limited-seating event, so reservations are required. Contact Laurie at laurie@laurieriley.com for reservations and specific directions to the venue.
Limited seating, so call Lois at 360-877-5862 or email her at letloisdoit@juno.com for specific street address and reservations. Potluck in the Pines at 6:00 pm. This will be our third Valentine's Day show in this delightful venue. A great Valentine's Day gift for your sweetie and a super date-night idea!
We'll provide music to complement the regular Unity Sunday service.
We're coming to YOUR town, Everett, WA, with our Pete Seeger program.
Musical duo Hank & Claire take listeners back in time with their banjo and 12-string guitar as they sketch the line from Pete's passion for social justice issues (labor, war, civil rights, and the environment) to the music he inspired.
This is a great venue and we'll be doing a two-for-one: Our Seeger program and then a short set of Hank and Claire favorites.
"Our beautiful center is a former church that was built in 1895. It is the most prominent landmark in Cathlamet. The uniquely designed church sits in the middle of town and its tall tower peeks above the rooftops. It is used for weddings, art shows, musical revues and other occasions, and is a common photo opportunity for tourists."
This festival on the banks of the Columbia River is one of our favorite annual events. Our own set is Sunday evening 5:45-6:30 on the West stage. Then Sunday night we're in the concert that rounds out the festival. Stay at one of the hotels that border the park and join us to enjoy the fantastic acoustic music on 4 stages all day Saturday and Sunday.
Our annual gig at the pavilion on the waterfront in beautiful downtown Poulsbo. Always a treat for us and we hope for you as well!! There are benches in addition to the "tree stumps" to sit on. Lounge, snack on ice cream and Sluy's pastries, and enjoy! This year we'll do a set from 1:30-2:30, take a 30 min break, and do a second set from 3 to 4pm.
We'll be presenting our fabulous Pete Seeger show at the annual gathering of the good folks at Ground Zero for Nonviolent Action. This meeting is open to the public and there will be plenty of space, so come learn about the legendary activist Pete Seeger and sing along with lots of songs he made famous. The program is just over an hour in length so you can still get home before dark!
If you live in Kitsap County and haven't yet been able to come to our Pete Seeger show, we encourage you to use this chance to do so.
We'll be one of four acts performing in support of funds for local palliative care initiative. Website for the event: PeaceHealth Palliative Care Concert and on Facebook.
The day's speaker will be talking about non-violent communications strategies, so we'll be singing songs about speaking truth in love.
Guitar Café has opened in Silverdale to rave reviews and is filling a niche for local acoustic musicians who also happen to enjoy eating and even want to take the occasional lesson from our area's best instructors. Their open mic nights on Friday evenings are beginning to attract more people than can fit in the café. Saturday nights are gig night, and we've been invited to do an hour set on Saturday June 3. We'll be sharing the evening with someone TBD and don't know the order yet. Check back for details.
House Concert - SOLD OUT!!!
We'll be hosted in this house concert by Hal and Beverly Weiner in Eugene, OR. Space limited. Contact Hal and Beverly to reserve your seat, get the exact location of the concert, and find out about the optional potluck beforehand.
This is a much-beloved community venue, with 80+seats, and not a bad one in the house, lots of free parking, and fantastic restaurants nearby for a delicious meal before or after the show. Grab a cherished friend or two (or more!) and come for a lovely night out on the town.
Watch a 5-minute video about the Seeger program here. Watch more Hank and Claire videos here.
Watch the 4 minute video trailer for this program.
Pete Seeger (1919-2014) is an iconic presence in the 20th Century American music landscape, revered by some and reviled by others for his activism on issues of labor, war, civil rights, and the environment. Pacific Northwest musical duo Hank and Claire sketch the line from Pete Seeger's personal story to the social justice issues that inspired him. In addition to stories about his life, each phase of Seeger's activism will be illustrated with songs he wrote and/or popularized. You will learn the context for such iconic songs as "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" and "Turn, Turn, Turn." Of course you are invited to sing along!
This presentation is part of the Annual Meeting of the Friends of the North Mason Timberland Library who are sponsoring the event and will conduct a brief business meeting (at 7pm) prior to the performance.
Community UU Church 2819 w. Sylvester St.
We'll be double-heading our own show: the first part will be "Pete Seeger: The Man and the Music"
The second part of the evening will be a set of popular Hank and Claire songs and instrumentals. Some covers, some originals and some contemporary singer/songwriter favorites.
Limited seating, so call Lois at 360-877-5862 or email her at letloisdoit@juno.com for specific street address and reservations. Potluck in the Pines at 6:00 pm. This will be our second Valentine's Day show in this delightful venue. A great Valentine's Day gift for your sweetie and a super date night idea!
A Thanksgiving leftover potluck and sing-along. We'll be providing lyrics and leading songs of gratitude and joy with everyone who shows up. Come with s dish to share and a song in your heart!
Three consummate musicians, good friends, and innovative jamming partners are going to play solo, in duos, and trios right before our very eyes! Various combinations of harp, guitar, banjo, mandolin, and who knows what else??!!!
Laura Silverstein, Laura Smith, and Laurie Riley will come together from their corners of the Pacific Northwest in a house concert in Poulsbo WA on October 1st, 2016. Includes optional potluck at 5:30pm.
Contact us for reservations at hanknclaire@gmail.com or 360-434-1818. Location provided when reservations are made.
As you listen to debates and the media coverage of this year's presidential campaigns, do you ever wonder, "What in the world is going on and how can I possibly stay centered in Spirit during all of it?" These are great questions to ask and today we will explore them from a Unity perspective. While we may not have all the answers, we will at least create a new way of moving through the final months leading up to November and a way to make a clear, conscious personal choice on Election Day.
We'll wrap up our lesson reviewing a powerful prayer technology and how it helps us in living the life we were sent here to live!
This festival on the banks of the Columbia River is one of our favorite annual events. Hank is a finalist in the songwriting contest this year, so we'll be performing Saturday around 5pm for the contest. Our own set is Sunday morning 11-11:45. We'll be there even if we stay up jamming till midnight the night before. We're on the Far West stage. Then Sunday night we're in the concert that rounds out the festival. Stay at one of the hotels that border the park and join us to enjoy the fantastic acoustic music on 5 stages all day Saturday and Sunday.
Note time change from 3-5 to 2:30-4:30! Our annual gig at the pavilion on the waterfront in beautiful downtown Poulsbo. Always a treat for us and we hope for you as well!! New benches in addition to the "tree stumps" to sit on. Lounge and listen!
studios over the course of the 3-day weekend.
Limited seating, so call Lois at 360-877-5862 or email her at letloisdoit@juno.com for specific street address and reservations. Potluck in the Pines at 5:30 pm.
Listen to 10 min. podcast interview with Joanna Pyle of Bainbridge Community Broadcasting about our Seeger program.
Pete Seeger (1919-2014) is an iconic presence in the 20th Century American music landscape, revered by some and reviled by others for his activism on issues of labor, war, civil rights, and the environment. Pacific Northwest musical duo Hank and Claire explore how Seeger's activism inspired his music. In addition to stories about his life, each phase of Seeger's activism is illustrated with songs he wrote and/or popularized. You will learn the context for such iconic songs as "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" and "Turn, Turn, Turn." Of course you are invited to sing along!
Golden Rule Peace Boat to Arrive in Poulsbo. The story of the Golden Rule and its current mission will be the subject of a program at the Poulsbo branch of Kitsap Regional Library on Tuesday, June 28, from 7-9pm. The event will include a video, a talk by crew members, one of whom, Tom Rogers, of Keyport, is a retired nuclear submarine commander, and music by the folk duo Hank and Claire.
In 1958, the Golden Rule and her crew of Quaker peace activists attempted to sail into the U.S. nuclear bomb test zone in the Marshall Islands. They were stopped by the U.S. Coast Guard in Honolulu, where they were arrested and jailed. Another American family carried on their mission and successfully sailed the Phoenix of Hiroshima into the Marshall Islands nuclear test zone. Worldwide publicity helped spur international opposition to atmospheric nuclear testing and led to the 1963 signing of Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty by the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union.
Six years ago the Golden Rule was pulled up from the bottom of Humboldt Bay on the northern California coast. After five years of renovation by Veterans For Peace and scores of volunteers, the 34-foot wooden ketch is sailing once more. With her burnt red sails emblazed with a large white peace sign and the Veterans For Peace logo, the Golden Rule is sailing throughout the Pacific Northwest this summer, sounding the alarm about the continuing dangers posed by nuclear weapons, nuclear power, and fossil fuels.
For more information on the Poulsbo event call 360 265 1589 or 206-499-1220.
For more information on the Veterans For Peace Golden Rule Project, check out www.vfpgoldenruleproject.org, or on Facebook, VFP Golden Rule Project.
Dana Lyons plays at KUUF and Hank and Claire open for him with a 20-25 minute set.
We'll be singing in two gardens as part of the Bainbridge in Bloom open garden tour. Details TBA.
April - taking a month off - see you in May!
Potluck at 5:30pm Concert begins at 7pm.Message Janet Mudge on Facebook or email her at janetbonice@hotmail.com for reservations and specific directions to the concert location.
Potluck at 5:30pm. Concert begins at 7pm. Contact us at hanknclaire@gmail.com or 360-434-1818 to make reservations and get directions to the concert venue. Space is limited so reserve early.
Providing love songs for the Valentine's Day service at PUUF.
Pete Seeger (1919-2014) is an iconic presence in the 20th Century American music landscape, revered by some and reviled by others for his activism on issues of labor, war, civil rights, and the environment. Pacific Northwest musical duo Hank and Claire sketch the line from Pete Seeger's personal story to the social justice issues that inspired him. In addition to stories about his life, each phase of Seeger's activism will be illustrated with songs he wrote and/or popularized. You will learn the context for such iconic songs as "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" and "Turn, Turn, Turn." Of course you are invited to sing along! Read the blurb in the Bainbridge Island Magazine.
An evening of the freshest tight-harmony duo work to be seen in the Pacific Northwest. Hank and Claire charm audiences with their choice of songs and the way they draw the audience into the experience. A warm and pleasant evening is guaranteed! There's street parking on Greenwood and a lot just two doors down that fills with early arrivals. Plan to be one of them!
Taking risks is always...well, risky. But as Rabindranath Tagoree wrote, "You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water." Claire Favro, with assistance from Hank Payne, recounts her own journey into crisis, community, and the healing power of music which led her to Hank and the new life they are creating together. Hank and Claire come to us from Poulsbo, where they live with two cats, guitars, dulcimers, bowed psaltery, and a great deal of music-making, some of which they will share with us during the service. Through words and songs, they invite us to reflect upon the risks we have taken that opened possibilities, and the risks and possibilities that are still to come.
This is one of our favorite musical events every year. One of Hank's original songs is a finalist in the songwriting contest, so we'll be performing for that on Saturday close to 5pm. We'll be singing on the Far West stage on Sunday morning from 11-11:45am...yes, we'll be there even if we stay up till midnight jamming the night before. Then on Sunday evening, we're singing in the final concert of the weekend. There are 5 stages and all kinds of marvelous acoustic live music both Saturday and Sunday. Jams pop up in hotel lobbies and in the park. All of this on the banks of the Columbia River under magnificent shade trees. Come stay in one of the hotels right on the edge of the park and share this fantastic event with us!