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I'll be playing with Papa John Kolstad & Friends at the Viking Bar, 1829
Riverside Ave tonight,
Sunday, April 23. Music starts at 7 pm. Come on down!

Greetings, Friends!

You may know that Ella and I have been going to the American Swedish Institute
on
Thursdays to learn Swedish fiddle tunes. This Thursday, however, there is a
special concert
we'll be going to. Bengt Jonsson and Örjan Hans-Ers, leaders of Hälsingland's
Bollnäs
Spelmanslag will be giving a concert Thursday, April 20, 7:30 pm at Good
Templar, 2922
Cedar Ave S, Minneapolis. The concert will be followed by an allspel (lots of
fiddlers) and
dance.
You can see a poster for this event at
http://www.spelmanslaget.nu/BENGT&ORJANPOSTER.pdf

You can see a video of the Bollnäs Spelmanslag at
http://www.spelmanslaget.nu/filmer/
AVSEQ03.mpg

You can explore the Bollnäs Spelmanslag website at http://www.spelmanslaget.nu

Please help us spread the word,

David Stenshoel

Hi everybody!

Next weekend I'll be playing with 3 different groups Friday, Saturday and Sunday
nights.
On Friday, March 31, I'll be with Felonious Bosch, opening for Reptile Palace
Orchestra at
the Cedar Cultural center. Then I will be playing with Boiled in Lead at the Oak
Center
General Store on Saturday April 1, and with Parisota Hot Club at the Kitty Cat
Club on
Sunday April 2.

David

Boiled in Lead: http://www.boiledinlead.com/
Cedar Cultural Center: http://beeftone.com/rpo/
Felonious Bosch: http://www.feloniousbosch.com/
Honeysuckle Rose: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/honeysucklerose/
Kitty Cat Club http://www.kittycatklub.net/photos.html
Oak Center General Store: http://www.oakcentergeneralstore.com/music.tab.html
Parisota Hot Club: http://parisota.com/index.html
Reptile Palace Orchestra: http://beeftone.com/rpo/

Friends,

Boiled in Lead played last night at First Avenue, and had a great time. Mark
Stillman and
Savage Aural Hotbed (check the links section in the box on the left) opened.
There was some
video taken and I'm eager to see that. SAH also accompanied us on a couple of
numbers: a
set of slipjigs and polkas, and a set of polskas. What fun! I hope we can do
more
collaberating with them.

Next week, I'll be playing with the Robb Henry trio ( guitar, bass, and violin)
at the Loring
Pasta Bar from 6 to 9:30. Very similar repertoire to Honeysuckle Rose: Django
Reinhardt/
Stephane Grapelli Hot Club tunes. A couple of years ago I played with Robb's
group Parisota
Hot Club when their violinist Raphael went home to Paris for the summer.

That's all for now,

David

I'll be playing with Boiled in Lead at First Avenue for the 24th annual St.
Patrick's Day show on
March 17, 2006. Doors open at 5 pm. Mark Stillman and Savage Aural Hotbed will
open, and
Boiled in Lead will be immediately preceded by the Minnesota Police Pipe Band.

On Friday, March 31, I will be playing with Felonious Bosch, opening for Reptile
Palace
Orchestra at the Cedar Cultural Center.

David

Boiled in Lead: http://www.boiledinlead.com/
Savage Aural Hotbed: http://www.savageinfo.com/
Mark Stillman: http://www.markstillman.com/
Felonious Bosch: http://www.feloniousbosch.com/
Reptile Palace Orchestra: http://beeftone.com/rpo/
Minnesota Police Band: http://www.mnpipesanddrums.org/

Happy Holidays! I will be playing tonight, 8 pm Friday, December 16 with Boiled
in Lead at
the Cedar Cultural Center. After that, I plan to join SunPlug'd at the Times Bar
for some West
African dance music. Then next Wednesday, December 21, on the Winter Solstice,
join
Honeysuckle Rose at the Riverview Cafe from 7-10 for seasonal songs and 30's and
40's
standards.

David

Hi everybody!

On Tuesday, August 2, from 6-8 pm, I will be playing with Saharan Nights at
Cedar Ave. &
5th St., the site of the old Dania Hall, as part of National Night Out. On
Saturday Aug. 6, I
will be with Voices of Sepharad at the Duluth Cultural Festival in Duluth. On
Friday Aug. 19
I will be at the Times Cafe with SunPlug'd. On August 20 and 21 I will be
performing with
Saharan Nights as they accompany the Jawaahir Dancers at the Renaissance
Festival's Mid-
East Mirage. As always, I will be playing with Honeysuckle Rose at Molly Quinn's
on Fridays
from 6-9 pm.

David

Duluth Cultural Festival: http://www.ywca.org/site/pp.asp?c=crLSK5PFLqF&b=475401
Honeysuckle Rose: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/honeysucklerose/
Jawaahir Dancers: http://www.jawaahir.org/index.htm
Minnesota Rennaissance Festival: http://renaissancefest.com/MRF/homeframeset.htm
Molly Quinn's: http://www.mollyquinnsirishpub.com/
The Times Bar and Cafe: http://www.timesbarandcafe.com/index.htm
Voices of Sepharad: http://www.voicesofsepharad.com/

Hi everybody!

I've got a few more gigs this month. On Saturday, June 11, I'll be
playing with Rass Kwame
and Ananse at the Blue Nile. On Tuesday, June 14, I'll be playing
with Papa John Kolstad at
the Washington Square Bar and Grill, 4736 Washington Square, in White
Bear Lake, and on
June 11, I'll be playing with Todd Menton at The Liffey in St. Paul.
If you missed the Boiled
in Lead interview on The Morning Show, it's archived at the link
below.
I won't be with Honeysuckle Rose at Molly Quinn's  tonight, but
Reynold Phillipsek and
Gary Schulte will be, so check that out for a treat. Also, on Sunday
June 12, at the
Cabooze, there will be a benefit for John Hanson, who used to play
bass in the Radio
Rangers western swing band with me back in the 1970's.

David

Reynold Philipsek http://www.reynold.com/
Honeysuckle Rose: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/g
roup/honeysucklerose/
The Morning Show: http://minnesota.publicradio.org
/radio/programs/morning_show/
Todd Menton: http://www.toddmenton.com/
The Liffey: http://www.theliffey.com/

Hi everybody!

On Wednesday, June 1 I'll be playing with Cafe Accordian Orchestra at
the Medina
Entertainment Center. Music goes from 8-11 pm with dance lessons
beforehand.

On Friday, June 3, Boiled in Lead will appear on the Morning Show on
89.3 The Current,
playing a few tunes and chatting with Jim Ed Poole and Dale Connelly.
Friday evening,
Honeysuckle Rose will be at Molly Quinn's Irish Pub from 6-9 pm,  as
we are every Friday.

On Sunday, June 5 Boiled in Lead will be playing at the Cedar
Cultural Center with our new
lineup of Dean Magraw on guitar, Todd Menton, vocals and various
instruments, Drew
Miller on bass, Robin Anders on drums, and myself on violin.

Boiled in Lead: http://www.boiledinlead.com/
Cafe Accordion Orchestra: http://www.cafeaccordion.com/
Cedar Cultural Center: http://www.thecedar.org/
Dean Magraw: http://www.deanmagraw.com/
Honeysuckle Rose: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/g
roup/honeysucklerose/
The Morning Show: http://minnesota.publicradio.org
/radio/programs/morning_show/
Todd Menton: http://www.toddmenton.com/

Hi, Folks,

Besides regular Honeysuckle Rose Friday nights at Molly Quinn's, I've got a few
other gigs
in April.This Wednesday, April 6, I will be playing with Cafe Accordion
Orchestra at the
Medina Ballroom from 8-11 pm.(Come at 7 pm for a dance lesson.)  On Saturday,
April 16,
I'll be playing with Rass Kwame at the Blue Nile.  On Monday April 18 
Honeysuckle Rose
will be joining a host of other Hot Club style musicians at the Dakota. Here's
the info:

Monday, April 18, 7pm -12am
The Dakota Jazz Club and Restaurant
1010 Nicollet Mall (612) 332-1010

   "April in Paris" - An Evening of music with a French flavor,
featuring
the
Parisota, Clearwater and Twin Cities Hot Clubs, Cafe Accordion
Orchestra, The
Creole Four and Honeysuckle Rose!  Plus, a special appearance by
Michael
Dregni, author of "Django, The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend".
Proceeds for
tonight's event will help defray medical expenses for Hot Club
violinist Raphael
Fraisse,  a beloved member of the Twin Cities music community who is
battling
leukemia.  Admission: $10.  Add'l donations accepted.

Dakota: http://www.dakotacooks.com/calendar.htm
Parisota Hot Club: http://parisota.com/
Clearwater Hot Club: http://www.clearwaterhotclub.com/
Twin Cities Hot Club: http://www.twincitieshotclub.com/
Cafe Accordion Orchestra: http://www.cafeaccordion.com/
Medina Ballroom: http://www.medinaentertainment.com/
Rass Kwame: http://www.rasskwame.com/
Blue Nile: http://www.bluenilempls.com/

Thanks!

David

Greetings!

This February, besides the regular 6-9 pm Molly Quinn's Friday Nights,
Honeysuckle
Rose will be playing a special Valentine's Dedication show 6-9 pm at Molly
Quinn's on
Monday, February 14.  Also I'll be doing a few gigs with Todd Menton; Fri. &
Sat. Feb. 18
& 19 at Kieran's Pub in downtown Minneapolis, and Fri. Feb. 25 at the Blarney
Pub in
Dinkeytown, across the street from Espresso Royale. Those all start at 10 pm.

Regards,

David

Greetings, everyone! Please join me tonight as I play with SUNplug'd in The
Tuesday
January 25, 2005
Showcase at the Times Cafe.
Start Time: 8.00pm
Host: Lori Dokken

Please find below, info on how to get to the Times:

http://www.timesbarandcafe.com/htm/entertainment.htm

201 East Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55414

The Times Bar and Café is located at the corner of
2nd Street N.E. and E. Hennepin Avenue, in Northeast
Minneapolis.

Minutes from downtown, take the Hennepin Avenue Bridge
across the river ...
The Times is located on the left corner at 2nd Street
N.E. (across the street from Nye's Polanaise).

For directions and reservations call: 612-617-8098.

Sincerely,

David

Hi everybody!

After our regular Honeysuckle Rose gig Friday from 6-9pm at Molly Quinn's,
follow me to
Kieran's Pub, 330 2nd Av S in Minneapolis, where I'll be playing with Todd
Menton from
10pm to 2am. Todd and I will also be there Saturday night, same time. Jigs,
reels, traditional ballads and the inimitable Menton wit!

Thanks!

David

http://toddmenton.com/
http://www.kierans.com/index.html

Hi Folks!

Sunday, December 5, I will be playing with Boiled in Lead at their annual Cedar
Cultural
Center gig.

I am also playing every Friday from 6-9 pm with Honeysuckle Rose at Molly
Quinn's,
3300 E. Lake St. in Minneapolis. Molly Quinn's is an Irish pub and family
restaraunt
serving burgers, etc. Honeysuckle Rose is vocalist Rose Oyamot, guitarists Mike
Valentiner, and Dean Harrington, and myself on violin, doing Gypsy Jazz in the
tradition
of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli.

Then, on Saturday, December 11, David will be playing with the Cafe Accordion
Orchestra at The Times Bar and Cafe at 201 E. Hennepin Av.

http://www.boiledinlead.com/
http://www.cafeaccordion.com/
http://www.thecedar.org/
http://www.timesbarandcafe.com/

Honeysuckle Rose, with Rose Oyamot on vocals, Michael Valentiner and Dean
Harrington
on guitars, and David Stenshoel on violin, has started playing Fridays 6-9 pm at
Molly
Quinn's, an Irish pub and family restaurant at 3300 E. Lake St. Come check us
out some
Friday!

Regards,

David

Hi! I've got two Gypsy Jazz gigs at the Times with Robert Bell this month:
Sunday Oct.
10 and 17 from 8:30-11pm. http://www.timesbarandcafe.com/entertainment.htm

Then, from Oct  21-Oct 24 I'll be playing in Peace in the House at the Southern
Theater: http://voicesofsepharad.com/peacehouse.html

Hope you can make it to one of these!

Regards,

David

Hi Everyone!

I am saddenned to announce that the Marilyn Sellars concert scheduled for
tommorrow
at the Old Log Theater has been cancelled due to lack of ticket sales. I'll let
you know
if it is rescheduled for a later date. Other than that, I hope you've all been
keeping
busy, what with all of the events going on around here. I wasn't able to catch
Sethu at
the Walker Sculpture Garden, because I had a Margo show those nights, but Anne
got it
on video for me, and it looked great!

Later,

David

Hi, Folks!

I have some interesting gigs this month. Thursday through Sunday at Intermedia
Arts,2822 Lyndale Ave. S. in Minneapolis, I am part of an ensemble playing
Arabic,
Persian and Turkish music for a dance performance by Margo Abdo O'Dell called
Evolutions.
more information at http://www.margo1.com/evolutions.html

On Sunday, September 12, from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m. at St. Thomas University, I am
playing with Sunplug'd at the Saint Paul Classic Bike Tour.
More info at http://www.spnec.org/bike_classic/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004YW6V/ref=m_art_li_1/102-49
09579-4354564?v=glance&s=music

On Monday September 20, I am playing with Et Cetera, backing Marilyn Sellars of
"One
Day at a Time" fame at the Old Log Theater in Wayzata.
More info at http://www.oldlog.com/MarilynSellars.htm
http://members.aol.com/mastersart/msellars.html

On Friday, September 24, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. I am playing with Robert Bell's
Twin
Cities Hot Club at Coffman Union at the U of M as part of the Ultimate Lindy Hop
Showdown.
More info at http://www.rhythmpursuits.com/ulhs/music.php
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/robertbell

Regards,

David

Yesterday's jam was small but fun. My brother Peter played keyboards, I played
violin
and dumbek, Stuart Mathews played electric bass, and Russ Rayfield played banjo.
Some
of the tunes I remember doing were Trotto, Soba Bomba, and Impressions. Also a
lot of
free and metered improvisation. We played from about 4:30 until 6:30 and then
went
over to Dunn Brothers for the Secondhand Rose / Honeysuckle Rose gig. It was the
first time we had fused the two trios to make a sextet, and it worked very
nicely.

On Saturday night, we had a dinner and meeting with the participants in a future
show
by Voices of Sepharad called Peace in the House, looking at commonalities and
neighborliness in the various cultures of the Middle East. More on that later.

Musically Yours,

David

Greetings!

Good news for Honeysuckle Rose fans. Michael Valentiner is recovering from his
carpal
tunnell surgery, and should be joining Rose, Dean, and I at Mapps this Friday,
June 4.
The Friday after that, they will have to do it without me, because I have a
Monkey
Chant rehearsal. More on that in a few paragraphs.

The showing of the silent film classic, "Grass" with live Turkish and Persian
music was a
big success. Anne and the other volunteers had to put up extra chairs as the
long lines
of eager film/music fans delayed the starting time. As he viewed the teeming
throngs,
Bill Kubeczko's wheels were spinning in his head with other possible film/music
teamings. Keep your eyes on the Cedar.

As I was listening to the news yesterday I was surprised and delighted to hear
the
sound of my violin accompanying the voice of local African music legend Yawo
Attivor in
a story about his music and his commitment to peaceful political revolution in
his native
Togo. You can read and hear the story at
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2004/05/28_feidta_yawo/

You can hear the tune, Via de los Tesoros at: http://www.yawo.com/music.shtml

On Sunday, June 6, when we would normally be doing our Moon/Sun Gesture or
first-sunday-of-the-month-jam, we are postponing that a week because my daughter
Ella
is performing with the Youth Ensemble of the IPAAM Gamelan at Ella's Gamelan
concert
Sunday June 6 3pm at the Como Park Pavilion at 1360 Lexington Parkway N. in St.
Paul.

More info at http://www.ipaam.org/performances.html

Later that night, from 7-10 pm my group Honeysuckle Rose will be performing at
the
Dunn Brothers coffeehouse at Grand @ Snelling in St. Paul.

If you, like like I, have always had a secret desire to do the Balinese Monkey
Chant,
now's your chance (if you're male and over 15). Ragamala is looking for men to
perform
the Cecak in the Walker Sculpture garden next September 11 and 12 as part of
their
multicultural presentation inspired by the Ramayana. I attended the training
sessions in
May, and find it to be a stimulating and satisfying experience. It puts you into
the
middle of a syncopated chatter, and when everybody is in locking in correctly,
it's
exhilarating. There will be 3 pick-up rehearsals for newcomers:
Friday, June 11, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Sunday, June 27, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Wednesday, August 4, 7:00 - 9:00

More info: http://www.ragamala.net/sethuchorus.html

David

Hi! I've got just three gigs to report this month. Besides the
regular Friday night
Honeysuckle Rose at Mapp's, I'm involved in a project providing live
music for a silent
film Saturday, May 22.

GRASS: A Nation's Battle for Life
A 1925 Silent film from the makers of King Kong
Set in Iran, with live Turkish and Persian music

Filmed in 1925 (by the makers of King Kong), Cooper and Schoedsack's
masterpiece and one of the greatest documentaries of all time, GRASS
chronicles
the migration of 50,000 Bakhtiari nomads across snow-covered mountains
and
raging rivers in Southern Iran. This incredible evening includes a
continuous
Turkish & Persian musical score.

The music directors for the live music this evening are area
musicians:
Maryam
Yusefzadeh Keer, Tim O'Keefe of the Persian ensemble Robayat & Miriam
Gerberg of
the Turkish ensemble Sultani Yegah. Joining them are musicians
Zekeriya
Yargici, Dave Stenshoel, Pat O'Keefe, Bob Hale, Dawn Doering, Fatih
Celicker and
Dave Burk

Saturday, May 22, 2004 - 7:30 pm
Tickets $15 in advance, $18 at door, $10 children & seniors

at The CEDAR CULTURAL CENTER
416 Cedar Ave., Mpls 612-338-2674
Produced by Minnesota Global Arts

Regards,

David

Hi!

Here are my gigs this April.  This Friday, April 2, and subsequent
Fridays (except for
April 16) I'll be playing with Honeysuckle Rose from 6-9 pm at Mapps
Coffee & Tea,
1810 Riverside Ave. We will also be at North Country Coop on
Saturday, April 3 from
1-3 pm. Later that night, from 9:30 to 12:30 I'll be playing in a
Tribute to Django
Reinhardt at the Times Bar & Restaurant at 201 East Hennepin Ave. On
Saturday, April
17, I'll be with the Parisota Hot Club at the Loring Pasta Bar from
6-10 pm. Finally, on
Saturday April 24, Honeysuckle Rose will be at Black's Ford in
Wayzata from 6-9 pm.

Regards,
David

We had a fun jam at Mapps yesterday. Rik Svien brought his oud and guitar, Gary
Schulte played violin, and we started by reading some classical Arabic tunes.
John
Rosenow joined us on guitar and dumbek. When Matt Woodling came with his guitar,
we
switched to Beatles tunes and standards. David Barbour added percussion and
vocals,
and finally Steve Spaise joined with percussion. Some of the tunes I remember
doing are
Daphne, Yesterday, For All We Know, Boil Them Cabbage Down, Dream, Round
Midnight,
On the Sunny Side of the Street.

Earlier yesterday, I played Persian music with Maryam Yusefzadeh at Plymouth
Congregational Church. We hadn't worked as a duo before, but it worked nicely,
and the
people attending were very attentive and appreciative.

After that performance I played Malaysian music with Tim O'Keefe and Miriam
Gerberg
at Mount Olive Lutheran Church, for their Taste of Malaysia banquet. That also
went
well. I was happy to have finally had a chance to use some of the music I had
collected
when Anne, Ella and I went to  Malaysia in 2002.

All in all, it was a long, but musical day.

Regards,

David

Hi, everyone!

Here are the events this March. Friday, March 5, Rose Oyamot, fresh
from her trip to
London and Paris joins Michael Valentiner and myself in our new trio
Honeysuckle Rose,
playing from 6-9 pm at Mapps Coffehouse, 1810 Riverside Ave (in the
Bailey Building
with the bif KFAI sign sticking out of it). We'll be there every
Friday, except for
March 26, when Mapps has a special event. On Saturday, March 6, I'll
be playing with
Cafe Accordian Orchestra at the Times Bar at 9:30 pm. On Sunday,
March 7, at noon,
I'll be playing Malaysian music with accordianist Miriam Gerberg and
percussionist Tim
O'Keefe at Mount Olive Church, 3045 Chicago Ave South, Minneapolis.
Then join us for
our March Jam at Mapps, Sunday March 7, between 3 and 8 pm. Bring
instruments and
tunes and friends. On March 17, join Boiled in Lead at First Avenue
for our annual St.
Patrick's Day show. Contact me if you want comps for the show. Then,
on Saturday,
March 27, from 6-9 pm, Honeysuckle Rose will be at Black's Ford, 862
E Lake St,
Wayzata.