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:+: If You Would Be Mine - a re-issue of LOVE SONGS :+:
Tom's Biography available here :+: Publicity photos of Tom available here

The Kath Bloom tribute album, "Loving Takes This Course", is available from www.chaptermusic.com.au and is getting fantastic reviews!
 
It is a double CD set.

Disc one consists of sixteen artists or bands including Devendra Benhart, Bill Callahan, Mark Kozolek, Josephine Foster, Tom Hanford and others performing Kath's songs.

Disc two presents Kath's own versions of her songs. Tom plays and sings on some of those cuts.

This long awaited album is a fitting tribute to one of our best contemporary songwriters. Go to the Chapter Music website or Google "Kath Bloom Tribute Loving Takes This Course" to find out more

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Sunday, June 28, 7 to 10 p.m.- Love at Work will appear at Kasbah Garden Cafe, 105 Howe Street, New Haven, CT. 203-777-5053, www.kasbahgarden.com

Saturday, July 4, noon to 5 p.m.: Clermont State Historic Site, 1 Clermont Avenue, Germantown, NY. Tom will perform as an 18th century strolling musician and perform "In The Good Old Colony Days". Performances start at 3 p.m. I will be performing a family show at 5:30 and will appear on the grounds as a strolling late 18th century musician between 7 and 8 p.m. For more information on a fun filled fourth at Clermont culminating with fireworks over the Hudson! Call 518-537-4240 or visit www.friendsofclermont.org

Saturday, July 11, 6:30 to 9:00 p.m.- Tom and Nancy Finlay will appear as strolling minstrels and present "Fill Every Glass", a 45 minute concert of 18th century and earlier drinking songs at the Fairfield Museum and History Center, 370 Beach Road, Fairfield, CT. Broadsides with choruses will be provided and liquid refreshment will be available to encourage hearty audience participation. Call 203-259-1598 or visit www.fairfieldhs.org for further information.

Wednesday, July 15, 11 to 11:45 a.m.: Tom will present "A Lyrical Life", songs and stories of 19th century New England at the Tapping Reeve Law School on South Main Street, Route 63, Litchfield, CT. The program is sponsored by the Litchfield Historical Society. Call 860-567-4501 for information. Admission is free. or visit www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org

Sunday, July 19, circa 9 p.m- Love at Work at BAR, 254 Crown Street, New Haven, CT. Call 203-495-8924 or visit www.barnightclub.com


Tuesday, July 28, 6 p.m.: In observation of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's sail on the Hudson River, Tom performs a family show, "The New World", 17th century songs and stories of the emerging thirteen colonies at the Woodstock Library, 5 Library Lane, Woodstock, New York. Call 845-657-5867 for information.

Saturday, September 2009- Love at Work will do a series of dates with Marianne Dissard in the Boston area. More information will be forthcoming.

September 12 - Tom will be performing on fiddle, guitar, and vocals with Marty Brennan's band, "Corn Bread" in a concert sponsored by The Branford Folk Society. For information, call 203-488-7715 or email branfordfolk@yahoo.com

October 7, 14, 28 and November 4 and 18, 3:45 p.m.- Tom will lead a series of singing and song making workshops for K-2 children at Burnham School in Bridgewater, CT. The program is sponsored by A.S.A.P. , www.afterschoolartsprogram.org. 860-868-0740



December 3, 10, and 17 evenings- Tom will present 19th century New England songs and stories at Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, MA. Exact times for the 45 minute shows are not known at the moment. Call 508-347-3362 or visit www.osv.org
 

Tom Hanford is now part of the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism

Tom is also a coordinator and host of the Kidstuff Series of children's events at Artwell Gallery, 19 Water St, Torrington, CT. 

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