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Category: Music
Brand New Solo CD:
"Northern Roots Live in Namest"
Available at my shows now and through my website as of September
AMERICAN FOLK FESTIVALS
The Newport Folk Festival aka George Wein’s Folk Festival 50 was a lot of fun- Mavis Staples, Balfa Toujours, Elvis Perkins and a bunch of shape note singers sounds to me like the beginnings of an interesting weekend. If they’d had Esma Redzepova and Motorhead I might have even considered buying a ticket. As it was I was working so I didn’t get to see any music, but it was still great to be there.
A highlight for me was singing from the Sacred Harp with a bunch of friends and former students. Elene Stovall came up from Alabama to sing with us, which was great. She’s a wonderful singer and one of the few remaining Sacred Harpers Bob Jones and George Wein brought up to sing at the festival in 1964. It’s really interesting to hear her talk about the experience, especially in tandem with the perspective of the festival people.
Another great moment was performing an impromptu rave up of the Old Ship of Zion with Elvis Perkins in Dearland. The youtube video doesn’t quite capture the ecstatic rock and roll moment, but it’s fun to see it anyway. Check out a better recording of my set, the Sacred Harp singing, Elvis’ set and, I believe, the entire festival, available as a free download on NPR’s website.
The Champlain Valley Folk Festival was also a lot of fun. My thanks to Pete Sutherland and everyone who came out! I got to hang out with my old friend and musical collaborator Laura Risk, a one time Cordelia’s Dad member and fabulous fiddle player, in case you didn’t know. A very welcome surprise was some exceptionally good Bosnian food from a restaurant in Essex Junction, VT. Go figure.
So Newport was Sunday, the two days before that I was in northern Vermont, the two days before that I moved house, and the night before that I got back from three weeks in Europe. By the time Pete Seeger finished singing Kumbaya or whatever on Sunday I was already asleep in a box of kitchen utensils.
Hiking in Southern Moravia before the Namest Festival
FINALLY, THE MOUSE
Rolling back the tape a little further, two weeks ago, while I was still in Namest nad Oslavou, I was defeated by a 12 inch mouse...
Read more and see more photos on my blog.
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