August 2008
9 posts
one man's everyman recap
Last night was my first time at a relatively new venue, Everyman (the proper name may or may not be Everyman Bistro, depending on the signage). Everyman is a restaurant with an inviting menu and a nice design: art on the walls, intentionally exposed pipes for the re-purposed warehouse feel. Best of all, they actually have a stage for musical performances, which is not always a given in venues in...
Toga! Toga! Toga!
I spent Sunday and Monday in (and driving to and from ) Saratoga Springs, New York for the Saratoga Music Festival (a.k.a Saratoga Folk Festival). Sadly, I wasn’t playing there; fortunately, plenty of great people were. Even more fortunately, the whole thing (almost) has been documented in photographs right over here. And now, the rundown:
Raul Malo: I had never seen the former Mavericks...
Falcon Ridge Benefit Show
For those who have not heard, the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival sustained major damage and losses when a tornado touched down on the grounds during the last day of this year’s festival. They have been accepting donations since shortly after the festival ended, but Club Passim and a few festival favorites have decided to pitch in further. On September 23, Club Passim will hold A Benefit for...
Newport Something Festival
Given the shift in programming at the Newport Folk Festival this year, I’ve been thinking about how to define folk music and whether or not those in the lineup that seemed so far outside that definition (however loose it might be) on first glance really deserved my suspicion. I have, however, suspended my consideration of what constitutes folk music, at least in this context: from what I...
Newport round-up
I wasn’t able to attend/didn’t want to see Jimmy Buffett and the Black Crowes headlining (not together) the Newport Folk festival this year. Despite some odd choices for a “folk” festival, including the previously mentioned headliners as well as Brian Wilson and Trey Anastasio among others, the festival organizers did manage to infuse some new blood into the lineup...
Musical Hodge Podge/Potpourri/other Jeopardy!...
While I’ve been busy learning a total of four songs for three shows (prolific, I know), there has been plenty happening elsewhere in the music world. Some of the highlights:
-Columbia has announced the release of the eighth volume of Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series, Tell Tale Signs. An early report of the potential tracklisting (06.12.08 here) primed the pump and, of course, Dylan...
WatchCourtesy of Catherine Maldonado, we now have video evidence from Falcon Ridge (also currently viewable on the main page) along with the previously posted photos.
I’d also like to encourage everyone to donate to the Falcon Ridge 2008 Tornado Fund to help ensure that there will be a 2009 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival.
