27th Annual Benefit Concert for Central America at MUUF (1-26-13) : Mike...

(Donaldson & Kahn) / http://www.mikeagranoff.com/
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What does Mike Agranoff do?

What he 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 Berryman's may be haunting, complex, exciting, but are, above all, musical. A performance might include a song of heart-stopping emotional impact, a Scott Joplin piano rag, an acapella Irish patter song sung to the melody of a mile-a-minute fiddle tune, a rivetting recitation in the style of Robert Service, and some of the most horrible parodies in the English speaking world. Whatever else he does, Mike puts a lie to the notion that folk music is boring.

Of course, if you've been around the folk scene at all in the Northeast, you've probably seen him. He's that tall guy with the red beard and funny hat with the light in it. And when the music starts, he's in the middle, adding to the chorus and probably knowing all the lines. His repertoire is vast and varied.

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.

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SERVICE COMMITTEE ACTION NETWORK (SCAN) of the Morristown Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Morristown, NJ, presented their 27th Benefit Concert for Central America at MUUF on Saturday, January 26, 2013. Mike MC'd the event which included Christine Lavin, Jean Rohe & Ilyusha Tsinadze.

SCAN provides information for the Fellowship regarding humanitarian concerns in Central America. It runs an annual Benefit Coffee House each January to raise funds to be sent to the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Peace Works and other charitable organizations.

For more on the work of SCAN, you can contact Karen Burns karenburns@casaessex.org or Michelle Kunz mbkunz@gmail.com

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For more on the amazing work which Peaceworks is doing in Central America &/or to donate to their relief and development work, look here:

http://peaceworks.ning.com/
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