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OBLIGATORY BIO BLURB Hugh Blumenfeld is a NYC-born singer-songwriter who has been based in Connecticut for the past 20 years. Hugh has toured across the US and in Europe and has released 6 CDs of original songs ranging from quiet ballads to political satire. As part of the Greenwich Village music scene in the 1980s, he played legendary clubs like Speak Easy, Folk City and The Bottom Line. He was also associate editor of the pivotal Fast Folk Musical Magazine for many years. As Connecticut's official State Troubadour from 1999-2000, he played for everyone from legislators on up to kindergarteners. He's kicked off the Kerrville Folk Festival, closed the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, and performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. Along the way, he has performed with Suzanne Vega, Richie Havens, Ani DiFranco, Greg Brown, John Mayer, Dar Williams, Christine Lavin, the Nields and others. Over the years, Hugh's interest in the healing power of music led him to become involved in numerous medically-related music projects including The Hole In The Wall Gang Camp, the American Cancer Society's Camp Rising Sun, and the CT Dept of Mental Retardation. He worked with traumatic brain injury patients through Hartford Hospital's Integrative Medicine department and conducted research on the effects of mothers singing to their premature babies at Connecticut Children's Medical Center. In 2003, he enrolled in the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and got his MD in the spring of 2007. He is currently a resident in UConn's Family Medicine program in Hartford, taking a special interest in patient education and communication. Upcoming Performances: August 16, Sunday 1pm - $5
The following MP3s are available as free downloads. If you like them, please consider buying the CDs. Politics - from the CD Mr Jekyll & Dr Hyde: Favorites - from the CD Big Red: All songs © 2000-2004 Hugh Blumenfeld
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FOLK MUSIC ONLINE The Ballad Tree is a comprehensive folk music resource Hugh created and maintained for About.com from 1999-2001. The thousands of links and hundreds of articles and reviews remain available through this site.
FEATURED ARTISTS Annie Gallup . No one tells a story like Annie, half singing, half chanting. A kind of musical sorcery. These other favorite songwriters are more well known: Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, Richard Shindell, Dar WIlliams, The Nields, Jack Hardy, J.P. Jones. And if you like the sound of Hugh's albums, music production is an art all its own. Producer
David Seitz has worked on albums by Dar Williams, Jeff Buckley, Aztec Two-Step, Richard Shindell, Pete Seeger and many others. From arranging, recording, mixing and mastering to drawing out a singer's best performances, each album bears the mark of his behind-the-scenes genius. Check out some of Dave's other work at his new website.
GREAT WEBSITES Across
the Pond Music - Paul
Castle's view of the international folk scene from England - originated
as a Ballad Tree feature.
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On A Winter's Night has been re-released yet again with new songs and performers. This seasonal compilation produced by Christine Lavin includes Hugh's duet with Lucy Kaplansky,"Let Me Fall In Love Before the Spring Comes," as well as songs by Shawn Colvin, Patty Larkin, John Gorka, Cheryl Wheeler, Cliff Eberhardt, Dave Van Ronk, Judy Collins, Bill Morrissey and more. Look for it on 
Smithsonian/Folkways now houses the 
Also available - Hugh still has a box of Big League Babe Vol. II - the Christine Lavin tribute album that includes his duet with Dar Williams on "The Kind of Love You Never Recover From." Other performers include Sara Hickman, Patty Larkin, Sally Fingerett and Buskin & Batteau. For you, $6 including shipping!
To purchase CDs online, Order
online at Fifty-Fifty Music. You can also purchase them directly from Hugh by mail order. Send $13 (postage included) for each disc ($10 for Jekyll & Hyde); make checks out to Hugh Blumenfeld and send to:
PO Box 304, Coventry CT 06238.
