Past Events

7:30 p.m. Saturday June 4, 2022 Timbre Folk and Baroque 801 Bancroft Way Berkeley, CA Tickets $20 at the door. Reserve a space by emailing mark@timbrefolk.com or call 510-545-9901   Mark and Cindy marklemaire.com Mark Lemaire is known for his unique guitar style: he incorporates masterful fingerpicking, slap-and-tap harmonics, hand percussion, and a delicate touch that goes straight to your heart. While Mark's solo guitar pieces stand as complete statements, his harmonies with Cindy Lemaire are so perfectly matched that they…

Mark Lemaire and Claudia Russell are “California Calling”. What happens when Mark Lemaire, (of Mark and Cindy Lemaire) joins forces with Claudia Russell (of Claudia Russell and Bruce Kaplan)?  The audacious duo “California Calling” is born!  When Claudia’s songs are audaciously joined and adapted to fit with Mark’s, unique talents are mingled in new ways. Favorites from both groups' repertoires are reimagined in surprising configurations, becoming greater than the sum of their original parts. California Calling is now poised to…

PEGHEAD NATION presents: Irish Music Plucked-String Instruments Workshop with Marla Fibish, Flynn Cohen, and Dave Cory–hosted by Timbre Folk This three-hour intensive participatory workshop is focused on the adaptation of Irish traditional music to plucked string instruments, namely acoustic guitar, mandolin, tenor banjo, and bouzouki. The hosts (two of whom are Peghead Nation teachers) are all nationally-known musicians who will guide you through the fine points of adapting traditional melodies, including right hand technique, ornamentation, and phrasing. The workshop will…

Shira Kammen(violin, vielle, rebec, harp), Robin Petrie(Hammer dulcimer) and Peter Maund (percussion), three amazing Bay Area musicians play international folk, classical and traditional music. $20 donation at the door.

Grammy-Winning Guitarist  Mark Hanson & Nat’l Artist of the Year Vocalist Greta Pedersen ___ Mark won a Grammy in 2005 for the Henry Mancini-Pink Guitar album. Greta was Young Audiences’ National Artist of the Year in 2009. Teja is well known as a brilliant fingerstyle guitarist, music jounalist and co-founder of the guitar site PegheadNation.com. Mark & Greta played for President Obama in SF in 2009. www.MarkHansonGuitar.com ___ Saturday, February 3 7:30 p.m. ___ Timbre Folk & Baroque 810 Bancroft…

Coming up in March at the Timbre Folk and Baroque in Berkeley--Rebecca Richman (fiddle, concertina) and Kyle Alden (guitar and vocals). They play traditional Irish, Scottish and Welsh folk tunes, in a lively and soulful style, plus a few original and folk songs. Kyle Alden and Rebecca Richman fiddle, concertina, guitar and song Saturday March 9, 2024, 7:30pm to 9:30pm Timbre Folk & Baroque 801 Bancroft Way, Berkeley 94710 $20 donation at the door; reservations: mark@timbrefolk.com or 510-545-9901 https://timbrefolk.com/ kylealdenmusic@gmail.com