While tracing the history of Jug Band Music, Sing Out Radio Magazine has just placed us on this prestigious list of jug bands. We’re humbled to be featured on a list with many of our idols including Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Mississippi Sheiks, Memphis Jug Band, Cannon’s Jug Stompers and many others!

Sing Out’s “Pass the Jug Around” Podcast

On May 23rd, we celebrated the Rafe & Clelia Stefanini DVD Release Party! Rafe & Clelia flew in from Philly and Nashville to teach fiddle and banjo workshops, jam, and perform a grand house concert with a wonderful community potluck! Thanks to all who have supported us and helped Old-Time Tiki Parlour Recordings become a dream old-time label. We are proud to present new and upcoming releases from Dan Gellert, Eric & Suzy Thompson, Bruce Molsky, Rains & Spencer, The Stuart Brothers and many more! Thanks for supporting us and special thanks to Rafe and Clelia for being the first artists to kick off our new label and studio with their awesome DVD! Here are some highlights from the epic week they spent at the Parlour!

Clelia Stefanini teaching Lyman Enloe’s “Rugged Road” in the Fiddle Workshop.

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Clelia’s Workshop Fiddlers

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Rafe teaching “Darling Nellie Gray” in the Banjo Workshop

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Rafe’s Banjo Workshop Pickers

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Rafe & Clelia Stefanini Concert

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Stefanini Concert with special guests Tom & Patrick Sauber and David Bragger

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Actress/Violinist Lucia Micarelli from HBO’s “Treme” visits the Parlour!

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Master Latin Musician and Violinist Jesus Florido

performs the Indian Dilruba during the Tiki Parlour after-party!

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Patrick Sauber entertains us during the Stefanini after-party

with stories of music and conspiracy.

Workshop-Potluck-Concert-Old-Time Jam!!!!!!

Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller perform country and old-time music, singing close harmony with Jesse’s unique finger-picked guitar style and a healthy dose of old-time fiddling.  Emily was raised playing and singing Louvin Brothers and Stanley Brothers songs with her parents while they traveled the world as journalists. She is now a lead singer and twin fiddler in the country band, the Sweetback Sisters, and spends much of her time on the road. Jesse grew up in the world of West Virginia old-time music, learning from masters like Melvin Wine and Ernie Carpenter as well as his father, Gerry Milnes. He also toured for many years with the Sweetback Sisters, but now primarily plays fiddle for square dancing. Jesse and Emily live in central West Virginia.

Here are some New Releases (mostly) that will make great holiday gifts and really support dedicated old-time lovers and players. I’ve also included some old standbys! Enjoy and I’ll even update as I’m able!

Sweetback Sisters Country Christmas Sing-A-Long

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LEAD KINDLY LIGHT-PHOTOGRAPHS AND RECORDINGS OF THE RURAL SOUTH

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FIELD RECORDER’S COLLECTIVE SET: HOWARD MILLER, ALBERT HASH, LEE STONEKING AND RECTOR HICKS

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RAFE & CLELIA STEFANINI DVD–17 FIDDLE & BANJO TUNES SHOT IN STUNNING VIDEO

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PARCHMAN FARM: PHOTOGRAPHS AND FIELD RECORDINGS, 1947-1959

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ARKANSAS AT 78 RPM: CORN DODGERS AND HOSS HAIR PULLERS

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RALPH PEER AND THE MAKING OF POPULAR ROOTS MUSIC

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SPENCER & RAINS ‘The Old Man and the Old Woman’

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NARMOUR & SMITH–VOLUME 1

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NARMOUR & SMITH–VOLUME 2

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Bruce Molsky- If It Ain’t Here When I Get Back

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Old-Time Backup Guitar: Learn from the Masters

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Sutphin & Levy–Two Peas in a Pod

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Do Not Sell At Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World’s Rarest 78rpm Records

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Joe Newberry-Two Hands

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Dance of Death: The Life of John Fahey, American Guitarist

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THEY ALL PLAYED FOR US: ARHOOLIE RECORDS 50TH ANNIVERSARY BOX SET

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LONGING FOR THE PAST: THE 78 RPM ERA IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

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ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC: EDITED BY HARRY SMITH

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A Weekend of Duets

Sing your heart out with Joe Newberry and Val Mindel!

On November 15–16 Joe Newberry and Val Mindel are bringing their popular weekend duets workshop to the Old-Time Tiki Parlour in Los Angeles. Over the course of two days, participants will work on both the basics and the finer points of creating that buzzy, close harmony sound that defines the music of the rural American South. We’ll draw repertory from traditional mountain and old-time music through to bluegrass, classic country and beyond.

Attention All Old-Time Music Lovers and Players!
The Rafe & Clelia Stefanini DVD is now AVAILABLE at County Sales! This is a dream come true for us and we hope you love it!
Please Share, Spread the Word and support Old-Time Tiki Parlour Films! This is just the beginning….