Strung Out String Band — Old Time Music from New York City

Clog Dancing On The Porch

by Nathaniel Landau on February 2, 2010

Following up on the recent video we posted of an old-timey house party we found this video from 1964 featuring Bascom Lunsford dancing and playing music on the porch of a friend. Great music and great clogging.

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Robby’s Video Interview

by Nathaniel Landau

The Strung Out String Band’s very own banjo player Robby O’Sullivan is a YouTube star! He was recently interviewed about playing Soldier’s Joy on the banjo and how he got involved in New York City’s Old Time Music scene.

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We love clogging!

by Nathaniel Landau

If this doesn’t seem like one of the best house parties you’ve ever seen you probably shouldn’t be visiting the Strung Out String Band’s website. Many of the people in this documentary footage are related to one of our band members. Can you guess which one?

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Freddy’s Old Time Jam

by Nathaniel Landau

[ February 4, 2010; 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] Once a month we host a jam filled with musicians, hipsters, alcoholics and ethno-musicologists who attempt to play music together using acoustic instruments and generally staying somewhere near the key of G (or A, or something). We gather at Freddy’s on the first Thursday of every month to beat back the ever encroaching arms of [...]

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Shakin’ the Blues Away

by Nathaniel Landau

Gotta love all girl banjo orchestras from the twenties! Well, we do anyway.

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Strung Out String Band CD Available

by Nathaniel Landau

It’s been years since we last hurled our best musical ideas against a wall and recorded the aftermath. We spent hours swilling cheap beer and whiskey in a subterranean studio buried deep within New York’s Lower East Side and emerged with a record that we are proud to call our own.

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Live on the radio

by Nathaniel Landau

On October, 20th we were invited to the WKCR studios to perform live on the air as part of the weekly Honky Tonkin’ show. We had a blast. Give it a listen below.
Strung Out String Band Live on WKCR

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Live on WKCR

by Nathaniel Landau

[ October 20, 2009; 10:00 pm to 11:30 pm. ] We are honored to be playing live on WKCR from 10 to 11:30pm on Tuesday October 20th. If you’re in the New York metro region you can tune in to 89.9FM or you can stream it live to your computer anywhere in the world by going to WKCR’s website.

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Strung Out String Band at the CMJ Festival

by Nathaniel Landau

[ October 24, 2009; 9:30 pm to 10:30 pm. ] We are excited to be playing the CMJ Festival this year at Googies Lounge on October 24th at 9:30pm. There is no cover for this gig but there is a 1 drink minimum. Honestly, were you going to go to a bar to hear music and not buy at least one drink?

We’re being [...]

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Sunnyside Gardens Park Annual Oktoberfest

by Nathaniel Landau

[ October 10, 2009; 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] A yearly family friendly festival in a lovely park in Sunnyside, Queens. Stop by for a craft fair featuring handcrafted items including jewelry, eco-friendly products, and clothing for kids and adults, live music, a pumpkin patch, BEER and food.

The festival runs from Noon until dusk and The Strung Out String Band playing [...]

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