A Philly based folk project
guided by the following ideas
Any music that speaks to the human condition is folk music
Passion is foundational to art
Music is best when shared
THE JOINTS
The Ballads of Bessie & Lou: A Story Telling Project
Solo Shows: Voice & Guitar, Stories & Songs
The Gibby's Joint Band: More People, More Music
Busking: Voice & Drum/Guitar, Anyhere@Anytime
Gather(in) Memory
I am humbled to appear in the opening credits for the forthcoming film, Gather(in) Memory, by Hosaena Tilahun. Hosaena is a photographer, documentarian, and geographer-in-training born in Jimma, ET and based in the DMV/Philly. They are currently a Ph.D student in Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. The film, produced in collaboration with Germantown InfoHub and the Center for Experimental Ethnography at UPenn, captures hyperlocal heritage programming at the J.E. Coleman Library in Germantown. Amidst top-down celebrations of 250th, Philly residents redefine what it means to co-archive, preserve, and strengthen our community memory institutions. Below is an excerpt from the film, which is currently in post-production.
Performance
Calendar
(*busking anywhere@anytime)
The Players
Brian Z London: a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, story teller and educator, Brian has performed in iconic venues ranging from the Painted Bride to CBGBs in a career spanning over fifty years and is the founder of Gibby's Joint. He is also a proud member of AFM Local 77-274.
Mike Beaujeste: plays guitar in the old way…with his hands. You can also hear him singing and picking with The Jody Drive Band, a bluegrass and old-time stringband.
Eliot Duhan: has been playing music for about 50 years, 36 of them in Philly. World famous in Philadelphia as Kappelmeister for legendary Marx Brothers tribute band, EDO, he also appears on banjo with the Schist Creek Stompers Jug Band, on upright bass with The Kramblers and the Murder Hornets (f/k/a “Fluffy Kitten”), and typewriter with TYRB. He is also the co-founder of RoxYunk.Org and N.U.M.P. (Normalize (informal) Unamplified Music (in) Public.)
Tom Krumm: Throughout his childhood, Tom was exposed to music of all types including Classical, Gypsy Jazz, Swing, Old Time, Celtic and much more. Continuing his education at the Berklee College of Music, Tom had the opportunity to expand his musical horizons even further. Tom is currently based in the Philadelphia area teaching and performing.