. March 7, 2025 at 7pm

Free

Westbeth Community Room
155 Bank St
(enter through courtyard)
New York, NY 10014

A concert of songs from American, Anglo-American, English, Irish and Yiddish root. Join us for an evening of familiar unfamiliar songs.
Musicians:
Bob Malenky- Vocals/ Guitar
Marc Jacoby- Vocals/ Guitar/ Slide guitar
Jerry Marcus- Vocals/ Concertina/ Banjo/ Dulcimer
Jeff Eldredge- Keyboards/ Trumpet

Chelsea based Jeffrey Eldredge plays keyboard instruments and trumpet and loves music of all kinds. He has lived in NewYork for over 40 years.

Gerald (Jerry) Marcus is a singer of traditional songs from the Anglo-American and English traditions as well as from the Yiddish tradition. He accompanies himself on banjo and concertina and has performed at various venues including the Zlante Uste Golden Festival in New York, which concentrates on Balkan music. He is also a painter and printmaker and has exhibited widely nationally and internationally. His Yiddish translations are published by Syracuse University.

Bob Malenky is deeply involved with blues and other forms of roots music. He was one of the participants in Sunday sessions at Washington Square Park in the early ’60’s and has learned from and played with many blues legends such as Muddy Waters and Lightnin’ Hopkins. In 1974, he recorded and toured with the legendary harmonica player Sonny Terry.
Bob taught World Folk Music at CCNY for many years, and has remained active, playing at clubs, coffee houses, and festivals in this country and abroad.

With Bob will be guitarist and singer Marc Jacoby and keyboard artist Jeff Eldredge, who are fine players. Also on the program is Jerry Marcus, who is a great singer of traditional songs from America, the British Isles, and the Yiddish tradition. Jerry accompanies himself on concertina and banjo.

Marc Jacoby, https://westbeth.org/artist-page/marc-jacoby/ and www.marcthemusicman.com