Hayden taught some really great tunes this month. Islay Rant, The First Pint, and Farewell to Santa Ana are now up on contratunes.org/tune-archive...
Hayden taught some really great tunes this month. Islay Rant, The First Pint, and Farewell to Santa Ana are now up on contratunes.org/tune-archive...
Regardless of how one feels about the Catholic Church or about Pope Francis, now is a time to come together to claim that JD Vance killed him
Today I Saw 4/14/25
Session with the Scottish Fiddle Collective at Conor Byrne. Ezra Jane Landsman (guitar), Ryan McKasson (fiddle), Elise Snoey (fiddle), Hayden Stern (fiddle)
#musicsession #scottishfiddle #fiddle #todayisaw #dailyphoto
Cory Booker has broken Strom Thurmondβs record. βIβm here despite his speech,β Booker said.
TransTrad registration is open today!
too much darkness today please enjoy 54 seconds of my horse son enjoying one of his favorite hobbies, Zipper
honestly i love the look of expired film
Nobody's Business- Casey Murray, Helen Kuhar, Hayden Stern with caller Annie Kidwel at the Rehoboth Contra Dance 2/28/25
looking forward to kicking off tour with @helengracekuhar.bsky.social and @caseymurraymusic.bsky.social today in Rehoboth!
excited to play Rehoboth Contra dance this Friday!
Whenever Iβm in a car with my aunt, she has me navigate, but I have to give directions like a mediocre therapist. As in βtake the next left, youβll want to get in the left lane early, but remember that itβs never too late to change direction - YOU are in the driversβ seat of your life.β
getting ready for this East Coast tour is making me realize that, despite having lived in 5 states between then and now, I havenβt been to the East Coast since I was a teenager
was delighted to play fiddle for this very timely song
cannot wait to hit the road with this band! truly honored to get to tour with @helengracekuhar.bsky.social and @caseymurraymusic.bsky.social
hell yeah
had the pleasure of doing the cover art and design for this album! give it a preorder - this album is gonna be so good
thank you so much! just an impromptu ensemble, but I think itβs likely we will do some recording this year
vienne scheyer on pipes and patrick gunning on guitar!
a little clip from a jam session the other day. perpetually in love with weird little 16-bar bagpipe reels
thank you so much!
flyer for TransTrad, a music festival from June 6th through 8th in Olympia, Washington.
@alexsturbaum.com and I have been dreaming up a folk music festival, welcoming to all, thatβs designed to uplift trans and gender non-conforming talent in traditional music. We have a venue, we have a lineup (TBA soon!), and now we want to spread the word! Our website is transtradfest.org
@alexsturbaum.com and Rae and i named this band Anglerfish, and then a week ago i found this anglerfish mask (with a working rechargeable LED light!) in my local buy nothing group
definitely bots!
a small tabby cat with many extra toes curiously huffs the window frame
every day i am delighted that i get to share my home with this very small animal
Looking forward to being an instructor for this starting in Jan!
Please read this by @morganmpage.bsky.social on trans death
"Reframing our very real proximity to death as a fit of manipulative hysteria is one way to inure the public to our pain and ultimately make our destruction seem not only possible but necessary."