Hayden Stern
@haydenstern.bsky.social
Scottish fiddler, contra dance musician, sometimes painter and textile artist
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Hayden taught some really great tunes this month. Islay Rant, The First Pint, and Farewell to Santa Ana are now up on contratunes.org/tune-archive...
Contra Tunes
Seattle Contra Tune Repertoire Builder Sessions are free teaching workshops where Hayden Stern and Sarah Comer teach some contra tunes by ear to anyone who would like to attend. Sessions are open to...
contratunes.org
May 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Hayden taught some really great tunes this month. Islay Rant, The First Pint, and Farewell to Santa Ana are now up on contratunes.org/tune-archive...
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Regardless of how one feels about the Catholic Church or about Pope Francis, now is a time to come together to claim that JD Vance killed him
April 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Regardless of how one feels about the Catholic Church or about Pope Francis, now is a time to come together to claim that JD Vance killed him
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Today I Saw 4/14/25
Session with the Scottish Fiddle Collective at Conor Byrne. Ezra Jane Landsman (guitar), Ryan McKasson (fiddle), Elise Snoey (fiddle), Hayden Stern (fiddle)
#musicsession #scottishfiddle #fiddle #todayisaw #dailyphoto
Session with the Scottish Fiddle Collective at Conor Byrne. Ezra Jane Landsman (guitar), Ryan McKasson (fiddle), Elise Snoey (fiddle), Hayden Stern (fiddle)
#musicsession #scottishfiddle #fiddle #todayisaw #dailyphoto
April 15, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Today I Saw 4/14/25
Session with the Scottish Fiddle Collective at Conor Byrne. Ezra Jane Landsman (guitar), Ryan McKasson (fiddle), Elise Snoey (fiddle), Hayden Stern (fiddle)
#musicsession #scottishfiddle #fiddle #todayisaw #dailyphoto
Session with the Scottish Fiddle Collective at Conor Byrne. Ezra Jane Landsman (guitar), Ryan McKasson (fiddle), Elise Snoey (fiddle), Hayden Stern (fiddle)
#musicsession #scottishfiddle #fiddle #todayisaw #dailyphoto
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Cory Booker has broken Strom Thurmond’s record. “I’m here despite his speech,” Booker said.
April 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Cory Booker has broken Strom Thurmond’s record. “I’m here despite his speech,” Booker said.
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TransTrad registration is open today!
March 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
TransTrad registration is open today!
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too much darkness today please enjoy 54 seconds of my horse son enjoying one of his favorite hobbies, Zipper
March 4, 2025 at 3:21 AM
too much darkness today please enjoy 54 seconds of my horse son enjoying one of his favorite hobbies, Zipper
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Nobody's Business- Casey Murray, Helen Kuhar, Hayden Stern with caller Annie Kidwel at the Rehoboth Contra Dance 2/28/25
March 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Nobody's Business- Casey Murray, Helen Kuhar, Hayden Stern with caller Annie Kidwel at the Rehoboth Contra Dance 2/28/25
looking forward to kicking off tour with @helengracekuhar.bsky.social and @caseymurraymusic.bsky.social today in Rehoboth!
We're honored to have Nobody's Business starting their tour with us at the Rehoboth Contra Dance tomorrow night! See you there.
February 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
looking forward to kicking off tour with @helengracekuhar.bsky.social and @caseymurraymusic.bsky.social today in Rehoboth!
excited to play Rehoboth Contra dance this Friday!
Next Rehoboth Contra Dance This Friday, 7:15 at Blanding Public Library, Historic Goff Hall!
February 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
excited to play Rehoboth Contra dance this Friday!
getting ready for this East Coast tour is making me realize that, despite having lived in 5 states between then and now, I haven’t been to the East Coast since I was a teenager
February 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
getting ready for this East Coast tour is making me realize that, despite having lived in 5 states between then and now, I haven’t been to the East Coast since I was a teenager
was delighted to play fiddle for this very timely song
New song out today!
Alex Sturbaum // Turning of the Year
YouTube video by Alex Sturbaum
youtu.be
February 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
was delighted to play fiddle for this very timely song
cannot wait to hit the road with this band! truly honored to get to tour with @helengracekuhar.bsky.social and @caseymurraymusic.bsky.social
East Coast!!! Get ready for this powerhouse with @haydenstern.bsky.social and @caseymurraymusic.bsky.social !!!
February 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
cannot wait to hit the road with this band! truly honored to get to tour with @helengracekuhar.bsky.social and @caseymurraymusic.bsky.social
had the pleasure of doing the cover art and design for this album! give it a preorder - this album is gonna be so good
My band, Countercurrent, has a brand new record up for pre-order! You can find it at www.countercurrentmusic.bandcamp.com/album/flow
February 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
had the pleasure of doing the cover art and design for this album! give it a preorder - this album is gonna be so good
a little clip from a jam session the other day. perpetually in love with weird little 16-bar bagpipe reels
February 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
a little clip from a jam session the other day. perpetually in love with weird little 16-bar bagpipe reels
@alexsturbaum.com and I have been dreaming up a folk music festival, welcoming to all, that’s designed to uplift trans and gender non-conforming talent in traditional music. We have a venue, we have a lineup (TBA soon!), and now we want to spread the word! Our website is transtradfest.org
January 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
@alexsturbaum.com and I have been dreaming up a folk music festival, welcoming to all, that’s designed to uplift trans and gender non-conforming talent in traditional music. We have a venue, we have a lineup (TBA soon!), and now we want to spread the word! Our website is transtradfest.org
@alexsturbaum.com and Rae and i named this band Anglerfish, and then a week ago i found this anglerfish mask (with a working rechargeable LED light!) in my local buy nothing group
January 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
@alexsturbaum.com and Rae and i named this band Anglerfish, and then a week ago i found this anglerfish mask (with a working rechargeable LED light!) in my local buy nothing group
every day i am delighted that i get to share my home with this very small animal
December 19, 2024 at 6:37 PM
every day i am delighted that i get to share my home with this very small animal
Looking forward to being an instructor for this starting in Jan!
Come learn some tunes at the Seattle Contra Tune Repertoire Builder, starting in Jan 2025! Hayden Stern and Sarah Comer will teach a few of their favorite contra tunes every month. All instruments and levels are welcome to attend. Visit contra-tunes.notion.site for more info.
Seattle Contra Tune Repertoire Builder
If you are interested in learning to play some of the tunes that you dance to each week, you should come join us! We’re learning tunes by ear, practicing playing together in a group, and building and ...
contra-tunes.notion.site
December 18, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Looking forward to being an instructor for this starting in Jan!
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Please read this by @morganmpage.bsky.social on trans death
"Reframing our very real proximity to death as a fit of manipulative hysteria is one way to inure the public to our pain and ultimately make our destruction seem not only possible but necessary."
"Reframing our very real proximity to death as a fit of manipulative hysteria is one way to inure the public to our pain and ultimately make our destruction seem not only possible but necessary."
Shroud Waving
On trans death, callousness, ancestors
open.substack.com
December 16, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Please read this by @morganmpage.bsky.social on trans death
"Reframing our very real proximity to death as a fit of manipulative hysteria is one way to inure the public to our pain and ultimately make our destruction seem not only possible but necessary."
"Reframing our very real proximity to death as a fit of manipulative hysteria is one way to inure the public to our pain and ultimately make our destruction seem not only possible but necessary."
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🏳️⚧️▫️Transmasc Minotaur ▫️🏳️⚧️
cone 5.5 stoneware, underglaze, glaze.
Finally made another trans Minotaur! Available at the Jonathon Bamcroft-Snell Gallery for $600cad. :)
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cone 5.5 stoneware, underglaze, glaze.
Finally made another trans Minotaur! Available at the Jonathon Bamcroft-Snell Gallery for $600cad. :)
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December 14, 2024 at 9:34 PM
🏳️⚧️▫️Transmasc Minotaur ▫️🏳️⚧️
cone 5.5 stoneware, underglaze, glaze.
Finally made another trans Minotaur! Available at the Jonathon Bamcroft-Snell Gallery for $600cad. :)
1/2
cone 5.5 stoneware, underglaze, glaze.
Finally made another trans Minotaur! Available at the Jonathon Bamcroft-Snell Gallery for $600cad. :)
1/2
“landscape of a haunted house”, watercolor 9”x12” 2024
part of an ongoing collaboration/documentary project with my critically ill best friend
part of an ongoing collaboration/documentary project with my critically ill best friend
November 25, 2024 at 9:32 PM
“landscape of a haunted house”, watercolor 9”x12” 2024
part of an ongoing collaboration/documentary project with my critically ill best friend
part of an ongoing collaboration/documentary project with my critically ill best friend