I am very excited to announce this upcoming collaboration with dancer/choreographer Christy Funsch.

It will take place on two different Sundays in December, 12/6 and 12/13, at 4pm in the courtyard of the Legion of Honor. I will sing, they will dance.

Admission is free. Please join us and take advantage of the lovely surroundings - the Museum itself and the dramatic trails of Land's End.

Details are below, and I will post reminders as the dates draw close.

Have a wonderful holiday!

Hélène

Christy Funsch (Choreographer) is a dance maker, educator, and performer.  She presented her first full evening of choreography (Vinyl Garden) in 2001, and formed The Funsch Dance Experience in 2002.  She has shown her work in New York, Phoenix, Toronto, and throughout California.  Christy is currently a member of Stephen Pelton Dance Theater and collaborative partner of Sue Roginski.  She received her BA in Dance and English from Hamilton College, New York, and her MFA in Performance and Choreography from Arizona State University where she studied with Daniel Nagrin.  Funsch also holds a certification in Movement Analysis from the Laban Bartenieff Institute for Movement Studies in New York. She has been awarded residencies at the Djerassi Ranch, CounterPULSE Theater, and ODC Theater, as well as funding from Theatre Bay Area’s CASH program and the Zellerbach Family Fund.  She has just received her third nomination for Outstanding Performance Awards from the Isadora Duncan Dance Award Committee.

Hélène Renaut (Musician) was raised on the green and rocky coast of Brittany, France, and now claims another coast, that of San Francisco, home. Live and on records, Hélène's music oscillates between gentle folk, British-influenced pop, and compositions that come closer to a song-poem. Listen and you will be met by a unique harmonic flair, poetic lyrics, and melodies that have been compared to "a paintbrush on figure skates" for their beautiful shapes – all delivered in an accomplished, yet heartrending French accented voice. Recent recordings include ‘The Deer Convention’ (2009), ‘Perfection's somewhere near your bones’, (2005, and, as the leader of the group Beam, a self-titled album, released on Antenna Farm Records in 2003. She has also collaborated to quite a few varied projects: violin and string arrangement for folk-pop duo Willow Willow (Mod Lang Records) and Papercuts (Gnomonsong), piano, violin and vocals on Donovan Quinn’s latest opus (Soft Abuse), vocal appearance on soul indie funk act Honeycut’s ‘The day I Turned to Glass’ (Quannum), original music for theater productions of ‘The False Servant’ (Marivaux) and ‘The Green Bird’ (Carlo Gozzi), and others.

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Summer seems to be settling in the Bay- I'm writing in the morning with full sun outside, and I left my house without a sweater...amazing! Let's hear it for July. Here are a few other exciting things this month brings: a show in Fairfax this Tuesday, a KALX appearance on Thursday, the Mission Creek Music Festival with a show at Cafe du Nord a week from today, and a show in San Jose on the 25th. Also the 7" got some nice reviews, and was voted single of the week at Norman Records (with an 'ecstatic' review!) - links at the end of this message. So read on for details. I hope to see or hear you at one of these!

thanks for all your support,
Hélène

Tuesday, July 14th
(yes, also the French national holiday....)
The Sleeping Lady
23 Broadway, Fairfax, CA, 94930
9pm
with Chloe Makes Music and friends

Thursday, July 16th
KALX radio
90.7 FM
4pm
I will be talking about the 7" and other music related things and playing some records with DJ Fresh Pink.
You can listen on your dial or online here.

Monday, July 20th
Cafe du Nord
Miranda Lee Richards
Emily Jane White
Hélène Renaut
Chloe Makes Music
8pm - $10
I will be playing with bass and drums! and other special guests. Not to be missed! come early, we're going on second. And I will have some 7" for sale, in VERY LIMITED numbers....
Part of the Mission Creek Music & Arts Festival (give the website ample time to load, it will eventually...)
Also don't miss their day in the park, Saturday July 18th at McLaren Park. I'll be accompanying Xoel Lopez (from Spain) on violin and vocals at 3pm, Russ is also playing with him...fun!

Saturday, Juy 25th
On The Corner Music
530 E. Campbell Ave.
Campbell, CA
A N.U.G. party with Soft Shells and The Stars Misplaced


Some 7" reviews
Our split single was voted record of the week by Norman Records! - and it left them 'ecstatic'...
Two other nice reviews, one at Losing Today (after a long ramble, but it's fun to read) and another by Psyche van het folk in Belgium.
You can support the lovely Autumn Ferment records by ordering directly from them here. I will have some copies at the Du Nord show, but they might go fast. Did I mention it's yellow?


Thank you for reading, till next reminder,

love
Hélène

Today, Bumblebee is coming out on a split seven inch. Isn't the yellow vinyl pretty? like the rising sun of summer. And look at that cover...I can't wait to hold one in my hands (very soon!), let alone put it on the record player. You can go and get yourself a copy from the excellent folks at Autumn Ferment Records. I will celebrate in San Francisco on July 20th (an amazing bill at the Cafe du Nord)- and throughout California over the summer. Check the show listing for details - and let me know if you'd like me to play a town near you!

With love,

Hélène

Perfection's Somewhere Near Your Bones is now available at Insound.com.
Click on the link on the page to order the physical CD with the pretty cover...
And until April 20th you get 10% off with this code: perfection10

enjoy!

~h

new website: http://www.helenerenaut.com
new blog: http://helenerenaut.blogspot.com
new show announced:
Friday March 20th at Adobe Books (the best used bookstore in town!)
with Chloe Makes Music and the Woodlands (on tour form Portland)

...and: a split single planned for release in June, with Emily Scott, on Autumn Ferment Records (UK). I'm so very excited about that one.

best blessings

h

My self released album, "Perfection's Somewhere Near You Bones",  is now available for download, from iTunes, Amazon, and soon on Rhapsody.

Click here
for Amazon.

I'm not sure how to link to iTunes, but you can just do a search and find it easy.

I'm working on having it on CD Baby. For now you can still order a physical copy from the Antenna Farm Records Store

Stay tuned for news of new releases soon...

Enjoy!


Helene

Hello hello! and ring in the new!

to do so we will be playing in Oakland tomorrow night, saturday the 3rd day of 09 - at the Uptown!...see details on the page.

also a few novelties: first - and long overdue - a video of Bumblebee by James Patrick Briggs (of Pigeon Farm Media) courageously taken during a particularly noisy show. but he did a very nice job putting it all together...



then, as a token from the Holidays, a trace of the Outta Sight Holiday bash...this link takes you to the whole 'album', including drunken moments and approximate lyrics...I did one a capella number (The cherry tree carol) and a John Cale song (A child's Christmas in Wales). The backing vocals/piano/and drumming on that one are courtesy of the Mumlers, who can learn harmonies faster than most people I know. Thank you gentlemen! hat down.
http://www.gazebomusic.com/holiday08

that's all for tonight. Enjoy and have a splendid new year!


love

helene