Mike Agranoff (Special Event)

The very model of a modern folk musician. Kathie Mack invites you all to the living room of her Craftsman bungalow in historic Takoma Park for an evening with Mike Agranoff, a true troubadour from New Jersey.What Mike Agranoff does as a folk musician is a rather difficult question to answer. He plays a superb fingerstyle guitar in idioms ranging from ancient harp tunes to obscure Tin-Pan-Alley compositions. His concertina arrangements of music by anyone from Bach to Berrymans may be haunting, complex, exciting, but are, above all, musical.Of course, if you've been around the folk scene at all in the Northeast, you've probably seen him. He's that tall lanky guy with the once-reddish beard gone greyer than he'd like to admit. And when the music starts, he's in the middle, adding to the chorus and probably knowing all the lines. His repertoire is not only varied, but vast.Mike is not only a collector of songs and a master at arranging them, but is also a writer of songs and recitations. He has a keen ear for the best of the best, and this only enhances his own writing. If you're sick of the endless stream of singer songwriters who write for the market, you will find Mike to be a refreshing alternative. He makes us laugh, cry and think, all the while entertaining us long into any evening of music.Because one of the few things Mike likes to do more than sing is to get other people to share their songs, the concert portion of the evening will be followed by a sing-around. Bring songs to share!To reserve yourself a seat (it can get pretty crowded)--contact Kathie Mack at 301.270.5367 or e-mail Kathie Mack . She'll also give you directions to her place, either by car or by Metro--it's a short three-block walk from the Takoma station on the Red Line.