Dreamboat and Lara Ewen And The Unstrung Orchestra performed at Spike Hill in Williamsburg on November 1, and it’s been a couple of days since I saw them and I am supposed to be cleaning my apartment, so what better thing to do than to sit down and write.
Dreamboat is Kelli Rae Powell and Craig […]
Elizabeth Cotten
I am desperately and eternally in love with Elizabeth Cotten.
This video shows her with Pete Seeger from his Rainbow Quest television program. I don’t remember seeing this show when I was a kid. I can’t imagine I would have sat still for it, though.
This song is back in my head thanks to a local […]
Saturday, October 27, 2007
I saw this poster on Al. Duvall’s MySpace profile and I decided to pass it along.
Sounds like a good time.
Filed in Al. Duvall, Williamsburg, Leila Adu, Gilbert and Sullivan, Craig Chesler, Kelli Rae Powell, Brooklyn, Sweet Soubrette, Sound Fix, Bliss Blood, Music
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Saturday, October 27, 2007
Hope Nunnery, Me, and Devon Sproule
Back on October 7, I took the LIRR out to Stony Brook University to see Devon Sproule for the third time in a week. This might sound a bit obsessive, but it was nothing pathological or odd. Until you’ve seen Devon Sproule perform her music, you have no idea why […]
Music has been a steady companion lately. I should emphasize that it’s been good music. Moving to Williamsburg last month was a good excuse to get out more often. I’d fallen into a rut of work and not much else, but once I was living within a few minutes of Pete’s Candy Store and other […]
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Well, I saw a band named after one of this country’s highly underrated writers. I went to college with Oakley Hall’s daughter, and while I haven’t seen her since college, I haven’t forgotten her; she was one of those lovely souls you meet in life, if you’re lucky.
Oakley Hall (the band) played a dynamite set […]
Today I received the bad news that my crashed external hard drive is probably damaged beyond repair. I used the drive as my back-up drive, so I have lost a lot of material. I’ve also lost the storage of all of my music. Damn.
I wrote a song to help along the healing process. I strive […]
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Last night I went to Jimmy’s No. 43 in the East Village. It’s a pretty cool little place. It’s got the rathskeller thing working pretty well, and tucked around a corner is a cool little performance space. Bliss Blood, Heather Lev, and Dan “Cool Hand Uke” Scanlan were gathering for an evening of ukulele and […]
I saw a good set by The Cave Singers at Sound Fix Records here in Williamsburg. The lounge is a good room. I’d like to see the stage lighting improved, but otherwise it’s a good place to catch a show.
The Cave Singers are from my native Seattle. They are in NYC for a couple more […]
The last few months have found me more immersed in music than I have been in two decades. One key reason is that I have much more time on my hands than I have had at any time during that stretch. I’m not dating, I don’t watch TV, and I have grown increasingly bored with […]
