dear friends!

it may be over due that we give you an update as to whats going on.  and, oh man! we've got some swirls..

'like what', you ask?

'well', i say;

we've been picked up by a record label called ropeadope who released us digitally on october 30th and is releasing us on vinyl right now! in fact, mike and i are anxiously awaiting a package to come in the mail by 6pm today of our first copies of LOVE on vinyl!
we will be celebrating the release of LOVE in Philadelphia on January 23rd at the Mar Bar with our friends Hezekiah Jones, The Great Unknown, and Cabinet.
we are also traveling a whole bunch to support the record... and, oh wow- we've got some pretty amazing travels coming up.  TOMORROW mike and i are leaving to tour russia! we come back on dec 21st.  2 weeks after that we leave to go to mike's old stomping grounds in kentucky.. in addition to some other places with our great friends The Great Unknown & Chris Kasper.  
we also plan to start playing in NY more in the upcoming months.
AND in addition to all of THIS stuff, we have started recording a new album! wait until you hear these new songs. im so proud to be a part of them..

swirls-a-spin,spin-a-swirl.. right?!

we are so blessed for all of these happenings and hope that our paths may cross with YOU in the not so distant future..

there are many ways now to put your ears on to our music.. in the event we cant meet you face to face.

you can go to all of the major online music distributors.. 
if you go to google and type in 'the spinning leaves' a few sites will come up where you can access our music digitally.

we also have some of our special handmade cd's available on our etsy page which there is a link to on our myspace page.

lastly, please be sure to check out our upcoming shows.  there are a bunch and we would LOVE love to see you face to face.


thats all for now. thanks for reading and feel free to type back and let us know how YOU are doing!

i love you.
very much.
love,
barbara

Dreams,

Merry December!
After many attempts, Barbara and I finally found a way to
sell our hand-made LOVE Albums individually in all their glow! We have opened up a
store on the internet and can sell them to anywhere in the world -

www. thespinningleaves. etsy. com

Each one is individually decorated by The Spinning Leaves (b and me) -
in editions - and the covers showcase everything from collages of old
pictures and magazines to paint and stencils to buttons to actual
leaves and twigs.
Barbara and I conceived, dreamed, wrote, felt,
recorded, mixed, produced, performed, and manufactured these CDs.
And
we take great joy in that we can send them straight from our doorstep
to yours. They make a great unique gift fo sho.


I have also listed in the store some acorn necklaces I made with
acorns from New Hampshire. For the Christmas squirrel in you.


Love to you,
Michael Michael Mc Baker Shake

www. myspace. com/thespinningleaves
thespinningleaves@gmail.com
excitedlightproductions@gmail.com
www. thespinningleaves. etsy. com

Friends,
A digital way for you to hear LOVE!

The AVIARY is working with a handful of amazing musicians making music available for dowload. Check out Yerbird's site to learn more!


http://www.yerbird.com/aviary/index.php


Thank you.
Love you.
be cozy,

~the spinning leaves

Geniuses,

We have finally mastered our record and successfully avoided selling our soul to a label to do it. And it sounds so great! We went to Delaware yesterday and hammered it out over some good banter with our friend Kyle Swartzwelder (he makes music too.
check it out - www. kyleswartz. com).
The colors are more vibrant now!

And now that everything has been rounded out, we have decided to post some songs that haven't been up previously. Lonely Firefly, Bad Dream, A Tale of the Northern Lights, and FIRE (complete with the long awaited campfire recordings) are all up now! Try, Try, Try, Try, Try, Try and Marigolds are up again as well but with newer versions. And you can download them all. And yes, share them with everyone who can hear and media that can spread.


soooo exciting fo sho. It's been a long time coming for the finish of this album and we were doing some big reflections last night as to how big it feels. At every step in this album, from recording to imagining and partnering with others and mixing and mastering, it has truly emanated a positive force.
We think that this has everything to do with the fact that so many people have had a hand in it, and we would like to extend our deepest thanks to those involved and list as many of them as we can think of out loud -

* Hezekiah Jones
* Carl Cheeseman (Boatload of Madmen, Joshua Park)
* Andy Keenan (Citizens Band Radio, Hezekiah Jones)
* Greg Morgan (Audible Eye)
* Jaron Olevsky (Amos Lee)
* Brian Nadav (Oudblues)
* Ryat (As Human)
* Jason Fraticelli (As Human, Oudblues, Matisyahu)
* Patrick Hughes (Melody Gardot, West Philadelphia Orchestra, Bobby Zenkel)
* Larry Toft (Philly trombone extraordinaire, WPO, Bobby Zenkel)
* Todd Henkin (The Great Unknown)
* Wes Mattheu (and the New Way Down)
* Bob Beach (Bob Beach trio, Harmonica extraordinaire)
* Alison Wadsworth (Unlikely Cowboy)
* Bevin Caulfield (Quintero)
* Annachristie (Sisters 3)
* Adrien Reju (The Lowlands)

Big thanks also to those that we've unintentionally left out who were involved in the recording parties both at Michael's house and Ryat's house.


Also, huge thanks to Rachel Russell for her crazy good energy and her immense tutelage and help in mixing. It made all the difference.


Thank you all.
There is immense beauty in moving together!

In other quick news, The Spinning Leaves have just been featured on the television for a Tuned In segment on ABC -
http://abclocal. go. com/wpvi/story?section=news/entertainment&id=6457134

...and when we were up in New Hampshire last week, we had the good fortune of stopping by The Folk Show w/Kate McNally on NHPR(New Hampshire Public Radio) for a nice interview and some live singing ringing. you can stream it here - http://www.nhpr.org/node/18269

Check it out.


And let us know any thoughts or impressions of the new stuff, we would love to hear it!

Oh, what a season of the year this is for the spinning leaves!

do your best,
the leaves







http://abclocal. go. com/wpvi/story?section=news/entertainment&id=6457134

Next Sunday, October 12th on Kate McNally's Fok Alley we will be guests on NHPR!
We are so excited to get some first-hand insight to what goes on in Public Radio!
Time we will be on will be announced very soon!

More details to be announced, but this is from an event we did at The General Lafayette for and AIDS Benefit this past summer. You can also expect to see John Francis, Hezekiah Jones, Kelly Mcrae, and Sarah Fullen!

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dear friends!

greetings from the rockingham public library in bellows falls, vt! we miss you very very much and love you very very much. the farm has been amazing. the music has also been amazing. we have been eating really good food. helping to harvest all sorts of fruits and veggies.. and helping in a bakery! Really learning so much. we have been sleeping in a yurt and when inside in the night it feels like a UFO. Its amazing. there is a 'tea garden' outside of our door filled with all sorts of herbs for teas and oils.. The people that we have been meeting through the farm in East Alstead are beautiful, and the people who we have been meeting in at this point Bellows Falls and Saxtons River Vt have been amazing. If youre ever passing through the area make sure to stop off at PK's in Bellows Falls and Pleasent Valley Brewery in Saxtons River. PK's has no sound system but is filled with very nice people and the space is tiny. Patrick, the owner from Pleasent Valley Brewery which is a new-er establishment is planning on getting a sound system. He's the coolest and you can contact him through myspace. We are about to go play a barn concert at Harlow's Farm and thankfully the sun is finally peaking through. I have to get going, but LOVE LOVE LOVE to you. Be Safe, sound, and happy..

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The Spinning Leaves have been chosen with 7 other bands from Philadelphia and 8 bands from Minneapolis to be part of the music exchange! All details can be seen here;

http://www.xpn.org/xpn-programs/music-exchange


The Spinning Leaves will also be the morning download and the Local pick of the Day (Helen Leicht's show) on July 22nd! So be sure to tune in!


LOVE LOVE,

and thanks so much for all the smiles we have seen in past week of touring and to the incredible city of Philadelphia who welcomed us home right!

Philadelphia Independent Craft Market
Buy Fresh Buy Local, White Dog Cafe
Philadelphia Brewing Company
and of course, The Fire..
thanks for letting us play with you!

Berklee College, PK's in Bellows Falls, Harlow's Farm, Arlene's Grocery, Montague Bookmill..
hope to see you soon!

The Spinning Leaves and The Great Unknown kick off our week tour tomorrow morning to Upstate NY and New England, and then back down to NYC, and then a great show in Philly with HEZEKIAH JONES, O'DEATH, and NICOLE ATKINS AND THE SEA on the July 12th for ours and Hezekiah Jones' 'welcome back to philly / XPN Xponential Fest!

In addition to this bulletin containing our tour schedule we wanted to give you a heads up that starting on July 7th through the rest of the month of July we have been chosen to be part of the 'Local Music Exchange Program'
That means our music will be played on two radio stations. WXPN, 88.5 in Philly and the equivalent station in Minneapolis, MN called the Current.

As of now we know that on The Current's website our song 'Try Try Try Try Try' will be played twice a day on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the hours of 11AM and 9pm.
'Try Try Try Try Try' will also be available to download for the month of July for FREE off of the Current's website;
http://www. thecurrent. org

That's all we know for now, but as we get more details, we will be sharing them with you of course!

Hope you are all happy and filled with happiness and health and lots of good beverages in this night!

LOVE to you, and of course here's the big ol' tour schedule:

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july 3 & 4th; the one half party with The Great Unknown in the catskills, ny

july 5th; keene music series with The Great Unknown, at the railroad crossings in keene, nh

july 6th; the weathervane with The Great Unknown in brattelboro, vt

july 7th; camping and relaxing with The Great Unknown.. care tp join us?

july 8th; the bookmill with The Great Unknown in montague, mass (near northampton)

july 9th; Berklee with The Great Unknown in Boston

july 10th; Arelene's Grocery with The Great Unknown in NYC

July 12th; Philadelphia Independent Craft Market at the 941 Theatre with Chris Kasper! This is a great event to check out in the day.. come to see the great crafts, hear music, and then join us for an incredible night of music at the fire!

July 12th; WXPN after party at the Fire with Hezekiah Jones, O'death, and Nicole Atkins and the Sea!

July 13th: Buy Fresh Buy Local kick-off party at the Philadelphia brewing company.




July 18th; General Lafayette with John Francis and Hezekiah Jones in Lafayette Hill, PA.


This is an AIDS benefit and will be aired on television!