“This is a song for all the good singers”
– All the Good People, by Ken Hicks
We are sorry to have to say that we lost our friend Anne Jones on October 11, 2011. We are fans of the Jones Family String Band, and they have been very supportive of us. We will miss having Anne's beautiful voice joining us in song.
Folk duo Chris McIntosh & Alvin McGovern have been playing, singing, teaching, and mentoring in the greater Chicago area since the early 1980's. Folk Alliance Region Midwest (FARM) (FARMfolk.org) said as much when they honored Chris & Alvin with their 2008 Lantern Bearer Recognition award.
Although they typically perform alone, McIntosh & McGovern ocassionally have a bass player. Two of them have been Marilyn Cummins, who they met through the Old Town School of Folk Music, and Ellen Dassow, Alvin's goddaughter.
As of this writing, if you want to hear Chris McIntosh & Alvin McGovern, you're going to have to find them in concert because they don't have any recordings. Otherwise you or your organization can book them. They are happy to play for large and small groups, and are just as comfortble in a front room setting as they are on a stage. Contact them by phone or e-mail them through their website.
And thank you Doug Henkle for including us in your FolkLib.net list.
Jeff Krage/for Sun-Times - Jan. 17, 2010
© 2010 Heather Jackson
Individually
Chris McIntosh is a member of the Harrison Street Ukulele Players. If you're interested in playing ukulele, see our web page
Mcintosh-McGovern.com/hsup.htmlfor more information.In addition to being a performer in his own right, Alvin McGovern has been a teacher at the Old Town School of Folk Music since 1974. Since 2000 he has also been appearing and recording with Miss Carole's Macaroni Soup!, “Active Music for Kids!” Contact Miss Carole at
MacaroniSoup.comabout booking Macaroni Soup!, scheduling a workshop, or engaging her as a keynote speaker.
Website Note
McIntosh & McGovern have been online since the early 1990's, when the Internet became open to the public. They designed their first web page on-the-fly over the weekend that Chris gave Alvin his first ISP account as a birthday present, and she taught him what she knew about HTML. The design was tweaked now and then, but remained essentially the same until 2010. They acquired the McIntosh-McGovern.com domain in 2004. This redesign was done in 2010.
| Q: | How many folk musicians does it take to redesign a website? |
| A: | Three. One to redesign the site, and the other two to sing a song in harmony about how good the old design was. |