Pipeline is an exciting new duo with Dermot Hyde on uilleann pipes, whistles, vocals, and small pipes, and Tom Hake playing bouzouki, guitar, and harp. The two musicians offer a repertoire which comprises both traditional and brand new music from Ireland, Scotland, Galicia, and Brittany – not forgetting the tunes and songs of the typical "emigration-lands", America, Canada, and Australia. Pipeline appears to be the only duo in the business that is able to combine the real genuine article, – "frighteningly beautiful music", with what audiences call their "unrivalled and original sense of entertainment." The dance music and songs, as well as the moving airs of all the Celtic lands, are represented here, played innovatively on a vast battery of instruments. Celtic music at its best!

$14.50

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Dinner and a concert on Thursday night! 

We have a new Thursday combo deal:  Enjoy dinner across the street at the BridgeWorks Irish Pub & Grille before the concert, and receive 10% off your dinner check (not including tax and tip), AND $2 off your admission to the Pipeline concert at Godfrey’s. 

When you’re making your reservation at either Godfrey’s or the BridgeWorks, just mention that you’ll be attending the Pipeline concert and having dinner across the street.  Bring your dinner receipt to Godfrey’s, and you’ll be discounted on your admission at the door. 

BridgeWorks Irish Pub & Grille   610-868-1313

Godfrey Daniels Coffeehouse      610-867-2390

It’s great to see two old friends, both of Godfrey’s and each other, as we ease into our 31st year. Anne Hills and Michael Smith have been performing together for ages. Anne is such an exquisite singer that it’s understandable that people might be swept up in the pure beauty of her voice and thereby overlook her songwriting; songs like Follow That Road and many others. She is back here performing as a duo with her longtime friend and one of the best songwriters in the English language, Michael Smith, who has written many all-time classic folk songs such as The Dutchman and Spoon River. His award-winning work has been recorded by a plethora of other performers, from Steve Goodman to Claudia Schmidt to Trout Fishing in America. This is a show for those seeking a rare treat: an evening of true folk classics performed by the people who created them.

www.AnneHills.com/ -    Listen to sound clips - Click on Discography

www.MichaelSmithMusic.com/ 

Guy Davis has gone beyond recreating the rich tradition of Mississippi Delta Blues. He has become the living essence of acoustic blues. Guy plays down-and-dirty, hard-driving Delta, slide and stride styles on guitar, with old-time blues and rags, great storytelling and fabulous original tunes. Reminiscent of Robert Johnson and Mississippi John Hurt, some say, “He’s got a voice like Howlin’ Wolf dipped in honey.” His album Legacy was chosen by music critics on NPR as one of the best albums of the year. This is the good stuff!

www.GuyDavis.com/ -    Listen to sound clips

Zanmagical Lisa Facciponti from the Lehigh Valley Storytelling Guild will conclude our Children’s Storytelling Series. Join your children on this journey by coming to our storytelling sessions and let your sense of wonder wander through the landscapes of fantasy. Check out the LV Story Festival coming up later this month.

www.geocities.com/lvstorytellers

The spawning ground for new artists! Open Mike features a grab bag of regional talent. During each 3-song/15-minute set, you may hear anything from guitar pickers and budding singer-songwriters to pianists, fiddlers, comedians, poets, and storytellers. Many a notable act started here. Watch history in the making! Sign-up is just before 7:00 p.m.

Old-Time music is the real thing: music the way it is supposed to be, played for the sheer joy of swapping songs and having a good time. Come to our own back porch session and bring your guitar or banjo, fiddle or mando, bones, what have you. Just for the fun of it!

Born of the folk rock movement of the late sixties, Jonathan Edwards scored solid gold with his bouncy, feel-good hit “Sunshine (go away)”, but that’s only the tip of the musical iceberg. In his prolific 35-year songwriting career he has covered everything from love songs to children’s music, and he’s also known for creating “Cruising America’s Waterways” which was turned into a PBS special. He brings a sparkling country morning feel to every song and every performance. We all need some Sunshine in our lives today, and here’s where to find it.

www.JonathanEdwards.net/ -    Listen to sound clips

Paul Rishell learned his blues from the masters - Son House, Johnny Shines and Howlin' Wolf - and has been critically acclaimed for his own blues and folk tunes. Similarly, Annie Raines got the music bug early on, taking up the harmonica and absorbing the music of Chicago blues masters like Muddy Waters. The chemistry between these two versatile musicians has been evident since their first collaborative release, I Want You to Know, and they have taken their place among the most popular and respected acoustic blues acts on the circuit today. Paul and Annie don’t need no stinkin’ band! We're bringin' 'em back for your pleasure.

www.PaulAndAnnie.com/ -    Listen to sound clips

With both worldwide recognition and a slew of Lehigh Valley Music Awards, The Craig Thatcher Band has a well earned reputation for blending classic rock and blues standards with impressive original tunes, all with a joy of playing that is up front and bold. With Craig’s reputation he can pick and choose from the best musicians, and this time around he’s got a lineup that has to be heard to be believed. “Saxman” Pete Fluck, last seen here in the company of Zen for Primates, joins Craig Kastelnik on keyboard, and Brad Hill on drums. And the kicker? Sarah Ayers of The Girls on vocals…”And how!” A Martin Guitar Artist.

www.CraigThatcher.com/ -    Listen to sound clips

Learn the fundamentals of storytelling. Our workshops are meant for beginning adult tellers. This workshop is conducted by Lisa Facciponti using music for the amateur musician and dancing for the living room dancer in creating a story art piece.

www.geocities.com/lvstorytellers

Godfrey’s is pleased to present storytelling. Join us and the Lehigh Valley Story Telling Guild for this special night. Bring a story to tell.

www.geocities.com/lvstorytellers

Vaudevillian ragtime blues, hillbilly swing, and old-time blues are the specialty of this hot new trio consisting of Joebass, Michael Farkas, and Parrish Ellis, who have bounced along jubilantly thumbing their noses at musical convention and having a great time doing so. With doghouse bass, guitar, mandolin, washboard, kazoo, and anything else they have along for the ride, this is silly, fun music with a beat and killer licks. And what is a Wiyo? I know, but you will have to find out for yourself!

www.TruthFaceRecordings.com/wiyos -    Listen to sound clips

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8:00 pm

Blackwater is a five-piece band presenting the rich diversity of traditional and contemporary Celtic music. As guitarist Seán Hennessy says, “The Blackwater is a river that flows through parts of Ireland, near to where my family is from. Through the cycle of nature, the water that flows today is in part the same water that flowed generations ago. Our goal as a group is to travel this ‘cultural river’ and bring you the stories we find along the way.” We’re proud to have Blackwater as part of our Lehigh Valley community, and the focus of our St. Patrick’s celebration. They will be recording a live DVD tonight, so be part of the action! We will run two shows with seating limited to 85 per show to give the camera folks some room to move.

www.BlackwaterMusic.com/ -    Listen to sound clips

Magzanical Kristin Pedemonti from the Lehigh Valley Storytelling Guild will delight our family audience with her favorite tales. There may be no greater gift to children than a good story that sparks imagination and carries them to times and places they could visit no other way. Come share some stories on a Sunday afternoon with Lisa and her stories. Check out the LV Story Festival coming up later this month.

www.geocities.com/lvstorytellers

The spawning ground for new artists! Open Mike features a grab bag of regional talent. During each 3-song/15-minute set, you may hear anything from guitar pickers and budding singer-songwriters to pianists, fiddlers, comedians, poets, and storytellers. Many a notable act started here. Watch history in the making! Sign-up is just before 7:00 p.m.

Swing is back - big! This is the night: Western swing, big band Dixieland, and more. Bring sheet music. All instruments welcome.

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10:00 pm

Steve Forbert takes his Southern drawl, boyish innocence and poet’s eye across America. A natural storyteller and one of our best songwriters, his characters are so real, you see yourself. His music hovers between wistful beauty and passionate rock ’n’ roll. And it’s all just him, his guitar, and his harmonica; 30 years of writing, recording, and performing; his talent; and his sincerity that makes for another memorable night at Godfrey’s as Steve returns to our humble stage! His CD, “Solo Live in Bethlehem” was recorded right here at Godfrey’s when Steve came by a few years ago. Steve obviously loves this place, and you will love seeing him here, up close and personal.

www.SteveForbert.com/ -    Listen to sound clips

$20.50 Advance Sale - 8:00 pm - Sold Out!

Show at 8:00 pm

What a night! Bill and Livia Vanaver, from the acclaimed Vanaver Caravan, return to Godfrey’s with their brilliant integration of folk music and dance. And there’s also the inevitable return of Dave Fry, rising from the basement Brigadoon-like, once again with his irrepressible take on folk music and the Lehigh Valley.

www.DaveFryMusic.com/ -    Listen to sound clips

Bill and Livia are revolutionary with their melding of folk music and dance, Bill with his banjo and guitar, and Livia with her fabulous feet. Together, they have opened up the world’s treasure of joyous and entertaining folk dance music. Their recent Pastures of Plenty celebrates the life and times of Woody Guthrie, with America’s hot-footin’ and music combined. It’s a lush feat for the senses, to say the least. "You'll have to see the Vanavers to believe the high professional skills they have developed to bring out the old folk traditions - and then to see how they make the audience feel part of the show. In the end, everyone is on their feet cheering!" Pete Seeger.

www.VanaverCaravan.org/ -    Listen to sound clips

A low-volume get-together for swapping songs and riffs with other blues players. Hosted by Tavern Tan featuring Doug Ashby, Tom Axcel, Andrew Brubaker, and Dave Joachim.

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Godfrey Daniels is proud to offer the Lehigh Valley Story Festival 2007, presented by The Lehigh Valley Storytelling Guild, featuring locally and nationally acclaimed storytellers.

Fri. 30th

Twain (Charles Kiernan) is wont to ramble about his memories, life on the Mississippi and Jumping Frogs.

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8:30 pm

7:30 P.M. – Emerging Teller - To Be Announced.
8:30 P.M. – Bill Harley
“If Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes fame were to grow up, he’d be Bill Harley…can be falling-down funny or catch-in-the-throat touching, are the work of a master wordsmith.” BILLBOARD MAGAZINE

David Joe Miller will lead participants through a step-by-step process, emphasizing building a business within a 150-mile radius of your home base.

There will be five shows by Guild members and friends. These shows will venture into unusual subjects. Come witness.

Toting an ample supply of vintage instruments and a sound that brings listeners back to the days of old-time radio, Steppin’ In It is determined to make a dent in the roots community. Combining old-time country, swing and blues and playing what Performing Songwriter Magazine calls "some of the liveliest and most rocking acoustic roots music around", this group is knee deep in the future of bluegrass. We booked these guys too late to make the March Newsletter, but they are too good to miss.

www.SteppinInIt.com/ -   Listen to sound clips - Click on Gallery/Sounds tab

Sunday morning Sacred Stories is a tradition at storytelling festivals; ours is an open mike. We define Sacred Stories very widely. Even humor is not excluded; it need only touch the heart in some way.

Come listen to some of the Valley's best storytellers tell their favorite Noodlehead and Trickster Tale in a nod to April Fool’s Day.