Sing-a-longs resume the week of January 4th

I'm taking my regular holiday break from all my Brooklyn sing-a-longs. See you the week of January 4th. I'll be at all the same locations as in the fall.

Lloyd

Only one sing-a-long this Thanksgiving week

Tuesday's 10am sing at Nunu Chocolates Cafe & Tap Room is my only one this week. Wednesday at Elk, Thursday at Dean Street, and Friday at Lark are all canceled due to the Thanksgiving break.

I'll be back at all my regular sing-a-longs next week. And Saturday, December 5th, is my next Sing-a-long History event at Brooklyn Historical Society. It's a holiday sing-a-long featuring Christmas carols, Hanukkah songs, tunes from Lebanon, Kenya, and France, and new songs inspired by your holiday stories. Go to my PERFORMANCES page for more details on this show.

Lloyd

BAD NEWS (and a lot of good news) in the new Flying Newspaper

Three weekends of family concerts in a row... Read about them all in the Flying Newspaper

WANTED: Your stories of activism

Flying Newspaper Issue 28 needs your artwork

This year in the Flying Newspaper I'm going to be asking you to draw pictures of cool things that you see. You can draw them right onto the newsletter. 

I want to see what you draw! Send your pictures to lloydhmiller AT gmail DOT com. Here are some good ways to capture your drawings digitally:

- in an iPhone picture OR

- even better in an iPad picture OR

- if your drawing is plain black and white, use CamScanner or another scanning app to make a nice clean copy

Lloyd is back... and so is his newsletter, the Flying Newspaper

My newsletter returns this week. Here's issue 27 of the Flying Newsletter: 

Fall Sing-a-long Schedule

My Brooklyn sing-a-longs start up again on Tuesday, September 1st, at 10am at Nunu Chocolates on Fifth Avenue. Full weekly schedule below.

TUESDAYS AT 10
Nunu Chocolates and Tap Room in Park Slope

WEDNESDAYS AT 11
Elk Cafe in Windsor Terrace

THURSDAYS AT 10:30
Dean Street Restaurant in Prospect Heights

THURSDAYS AT 4pm (through the end of October)
Norman and Jules Toy Shop in Park Slope

FRIDAYS AT 10 and 11
Lark Cafe in Ditmas Park

New concert dates... and many more to come

Just put two August dates on the calendar. And fall dates for solo events and full band shows by the Deedle Deedle Dees are on their way (including my first-ever Kansas-Missouri tour!)

http://lloydhmiller.com/calendar/

No Knitting Factory Sing-a-long Weds, July 15

No sing-a-long tomorrow, Weds, July 15. The sing on Friday, July 17th will happen as usual. Wednesday sings will resume Weds, July 22.

In case you didn't know: all my sing-a-longs are being covered by wonderful friends of mine during July and August. I'll return to all / most of my regular events in September. I always add or subtract an event or two each fall.

Missing me?

- Check out my YouTube channel. I'm always putting new videos up there.

- Set up a live video singalong with me via FaceTime, Tango, Skype, or another medium of futuristic communication. Only $25 for a 25-minute sing-a-long. Invite some friends over for an all-request Lloyd show.

- Listen to my new podcast. Sing-a-long History with Lloyd H. Miller is on iTunes as of last week. It's mostly for older kids (elementary and up), parents, and educators, but I know kids of all ages are already listening. I think you'll like it. I play songs from songs from my albums, play other songs live, and get deep into the stories behind the songs I sing.

See you soon!

Lloyd

My Sing-a-long History Podcast is now on iTunes

I'm gonna be making new episodes all the time now. I have three up there now and more on the way. Subscribe now! Sing-a-long History with Lloyd H. Miller

Ukulele Songs - Classes One and Two

Hey Middlebury, VT, ukulelers (and friends around the country joining our class virtually):

Here's a PDF with all the songs from Classes One and Two.

Note: this guide is for educational purposes only. It's supplementary material to a free ukulele class at a local library.

Also: here's the playlist where I'll continue to add videos related to our class.

L

Learn Ukulele in Six Weeks

I'm teaching free ukulele classes at the Ilsley Public Library in Middlebury, VT, this summer. Want to learn with us? I'll be posting videos on this playlist for the next six weeks. And soon I'll put up PDFs to accompany these lessons. They should be up (right here on this blog) sometime this week.

Ukulele in Six Weeks YouTube playlist

Questions? Write me at lloydhmiller AT gmail DOT com.

Summer sing-a-longs -- in-person and on-line -- in this week's Flying Newspaper

A family bike club + a new sing-a-long in this week's Flying Newspaper

Zooglobble premieres the video for "Henry Box Brown" TODAY

Click this link immediately!

http://www.zooglobble.com/blog/2015/5/1/video-henry-box-brown-lloyd-h-miller-world-premiere

A "Henry Box Brown" video... and more in this week's Flying Newspaper

Episode I of Sing-a-long History: The Podcast

I'm still tinkering with where to house the RSS feed and all that technical podcast stuff but I just can't wait for you to hear the first episode of Sing-a-long History: The Podcast. I play songs from the new Civil War record, talk about the stories behind them, then play other related songs live. It's fun, it's info-packed, it's me doing what I love. Check it out.

And as soon as I have it up on iTunes for subscription I'll let you know.

https://soundcloud.com/lloydhmiller/sing-a-long-history-the-podcast-episode-i-solider-songs-of-the-civil-war-4-20-15-526-pm

A springtime bird quiz... in this week's Flying Newspaper

I want your input on the curriculum guide for Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!

I just posted the first draft of the curriculum guide for Sing-a-long History Vol I: Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Click the link below to download a PDF. Please share with your educator friends. I want lots of feedback. I consider this a living document, one that will evolve based on how you use it.


Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! curriculum guide (first draft)

Lloyd

Mom by Day, Novelist by Night (or is it the other way around?) This week's Flying Newspaper...

A Brooklyn gardener tells her story in this week's Flying Newspaper

Meet a sing-a-long all star and read about my CD release party in this week's Flying Newspaper

Jazzy Ash guest stars at my Williamsburg sing-a-long this week

Don't miss my Wednesday sing-a-long at the Knitting Factory this week. Jazzy Ash, an incredible singer and performer for families specializing in New Orleans-style jazz, is to be my special guest.

This is Jazzy's only NYC performance on this East Coast swing. She lives all the way out in a place called Los Angeles so this is a rare opportunity to catch her. We'll be making this week's sing more of concert -- I'll be playing my upright bass, Jazzy will have her uke, and we're going to turn that room into a real party. Rest up!

As usual, the sing-a-long is at 11am. The Knitting Factory is at 361 Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg. bk.knittingfactory.com

In case you missed it... Here's the KindieComm edition of the Flying Newspaper

The debut of my Civil War record + a sing-a-long guest star in this week's Flying Newspaper

Take a Women's History quiz in this week's Flying Newspaper

Big kids welcome today at all my sing-a-longs this week

Today I'm back at Dean Street restaurant (Dean and Underhill in Prospect Hts). Big kids home for school break are welcome -- as they always are. 10:30am

Tomorrow I'm at Lark. Two sings at 10 and 11. Bring everybody!

L

No Knit sing-a-long today, Feb 18

Just a reminder that there's no sing-a-long at the Knitting Factory today, February 18th.

Occasionally we get bumped last-minute for a big-ticket event or rental. It's a bummer but part of the deal with this one venue because they're letting me use the space when the business is officially.

All my other sing-a-longs are very much ON. See you at Dean Street tomorrow or Lark on Friday.

Lloyd

This week: WINTER SURVIVAL TIPS (just thought I'd try to make it exciting like other newspapers)

Big kids welcome at all my Brooklyn sings this week

I'm back at all my Brooklyn sing-a-longs this week (see links to the right for full details). As always, big kids out of school for winter break are welcome. Bring the whole family!

L

I'm in Portland this week

I'm visiting beautiful Portland, Oregon this week and playing shows with a bunch of local artists. This morning I played with Dan Elliott AKA Pointed Man Band at Warehouse Cafe. This afternoon at 5, Dan is going to play with me again at Mississippi Pizza where Matt Lynch AKA Tallullah's Daddy has graciously asked me to join his gig.

Also:
- Wednesday I'm gonna play with Red Yarn at Village Ballroom
- Friday Mo Phillips and I are jamming at Treehouse Boutique
- Saturday I'm the featured artist at Lil' Lentils.

Yeah, it's a busy week here in the Pacific Northwest. Full schedule, addresses, websites, etc. here: http://lloydhmiller.com/calendar/

Btw, all my regular Brooklyn sing-a-longs are going on as usual with some great subs. Thanks, Chris Johnson (of The Deedle Deedle Dees), Hopalong Andrew, Lucy Kalantari, and Heidi Siegell for helping me out!

L

Bicycles & baritone ukes in this week's Flying Newspaper

Knit is on!

Today's sing-a-long at the Knitting Factory is on. 11am. I'll be there by 10:45 -- or maybe even earlier --so you don't have to wait in the cold.

Check my Twitter (at right) or my Facebook for this week's newsletter. I'll have it up on this blog by tonight.

L

One of you, my sing-a-longers, will be featured in the Flying Newspaper starting this week

A new sing-a-long and online uke lessons in this week's Flying Newspaper

Flying Newspaper #12 has your MLK sing-a-long to-learn list

Celebrate MLK's birthday month with me at Brooklyn Historical Society tomorrow

I'll be singing songs of freedom and civil rights. And so will you. Rest up so you can sing loud.

11am. Free.

Reserve your spot here.

All my sing-a-longs are back on their normal schedule next week. So if I don't see you tomorrow...


L