I have four cool things to tell you about, so I’ll try to be brief
One: My Christmas Show
The 2nd Annual
Butch Ross Xmas Xtravaganza
Sat. Dec 6th
9:30 to 1am
Market Street Tavern
850 Market Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402
(423) 634-0260
A celebration of Christmas and local music hosted by Butch Ross and
Featuring Amanda Cagle, Steve Brehm, Shannessy Cargile, Noah Collins,
Lon Eldridge, Billy Hopkins, Dan Landrum, Mike McDade, Gabriel Newell,
Casey Phillips, Dana Rogers and Tiffany Taylor.
This event is free.
Just like last year's extravaganza, it will feature me playing Christmas songs (loosely defined of course) along with Christmas and original music by all my guests. With everyone from singer-songwriters, traditional and Irish musicians to jazz and rock musicians playing, there’s sure to be a lot of pleasant surprises.
If you’re in Chattanooga, you can get a taste of what it’s gonna sound like if you tune into wutc 88.1 FM around 3:30 today. You can listen online at wutc.org
Two: The Christmas Card CD
Don't forget that the Butch Ross Christmas Card CD is still available in the Christmas card package for just $10, or in a Jewel-boxed version for $15. They make great Pollyanna gifts.
Three: A new dulcimer book
The Dulcimer Christmas Book is here.
15 transcriptions of all the songs on Butch's "Christmas Card" CD. Most tunes are suitable for novice to intermediate players, with the occasional knuckle-buster thrown in for good measure. The book is available without the CD for $15 (for those of you who already have it) or with for $25.
Four: Christie and Butch on hiatus
After 5 wonderful years of performing and touring the world, Christie and I have decided to take a break from performing together to pursue other projects. You can keep track of what Christie is up to through her blog at www.christieburns.com For a limited time our debut CD "Here to Play" is available for just $10.00 plus shipping.
That's all I hope all of you have a safe and wonderful holiday season
C-ya out there
-Br
www.butchross.com
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Noogapalooza tonight, plus the Heartland Dulcimer Festival this weekend.
6 Nov. 08 - Thurs. 6pm - $10
Noogapalooza benefit for Re:Sound
Rhythm and Brews
Chattanooga, TN
website
Nov 7-8 2008
Heartland Dulcimer Club Fall Festival
First Presbyterian Church,
1016 Pear Orchard Rd
Elizabethtown, KY
website
with Christie Burns and Heidi and John Cerrigione. See web site for schedule and costs.
Okay, so my friend Jen has decided to start an organization called Re:Sound to help musicians learn do the stuff that musicians are terrible at: like balancing their checkbook. So she's formed an organization that will help them learn to do that stuff. Thursday night at Rhythm and Brews, 'Noogapalooza will be a benefit for that organization. It will also be a full-on musical Bacchanal with most (but not all) of the city's best in attendance to see, be seen, and RTFO. It starts at 7, doors are at 6, it's $10 bucks, or $8 if you have a T-shirt from thenoog.com, of course they will be selling T-shirts outside the venue, so you can actually by a t-shirt specifically to get the $2 off (Although, if that kind of financial planning makes fiscal sense to you, you could probably use Re:Sounds services too). Anyway, a great time, a great cause, if you live in town, you should be there.
This weekend I'll be up at the Heartland Dulcimer Festival in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. I've never been to this one, but I've heard great things and I know Lorinda Jones, the organizer, is wonderful. Christie will be there, as well as Heidi and John Cerrigione. Check the website for costs, schedules and lodging options.
"Alright, enough" This is how my dad signs off his emails. But wait, there's a few more things.
Big thanks to everybody that came out to Jerry's festival last weekend, I've always had a soft spot in my heart for that festival and it was nice to see such enthusiastic folks. Special thanks to those of you that took the master classes on Sunday too, that was a hoot.
But I must of hit the button on the Mapquest page that says "mess with me" because it gave me the most discombobulated directions ever, back roads small towns, i swear i had to drive through a cola-fired electricity plant... ridiculous.
Christmas card CDs are back in stock, those of you who ordered should be getting yours any time now. I hope to have some new stuff for the holiday season as well, watch this space, as they say.
okay, enough, for real.
C-ya out there.
-Br
6 Nov. 08 - Thurs. 6pm - $10
Noogapalooza benefit for Re:Sound
Rhythm and Brews
Chattanooga, TN
website
Nov 7-8 2008
Heartland Dulcimer Club Fall Festival
First Presbyterian Church,
1016 Pear Orchard Rd
Elizabethtown, KY
website
with Christie Burns and Heidi and John Cerrigione. See web site for schedule and costs.
Noogapalooza benefit for Re:Sound
Rhythm and Brews
Chattanooga, TN
website
Nov 7-8 2008
Heartland Dulcimer Club Fall Festival
First Presbyterian Church,
1016 Pear Orchard Rd
Elizabethtown, KY
website
with Christie Burns and Heidi and John Cerrigione. See web site for schedule and costs.
Okay, so my friend Jen has decided to start an organization called Re:Sound to help musicians learn do the stuff that musicians are terrible at: like balancing their checkbook. So she's formed an organization that will help them learn to do that stuff. Thursday night at Rhythm and Brews, 'Noogapalooza will be a benefit for that organization. It will also be a full-on musical Bacchanal with most (but not all) of the city's best in attendance to see, be seen, and RTFO. It starts at 7, doors are at 6, it's $10 bucks, or $8 if you have a T-shirt from thenoog.com, of course they will be selling T-shirts outside the venue, so you can actually by a t-shirt specifically to get the $2 off (Although, if that kind of financial planning makes fiscal sense to you, you could probably use Re:Sounds services too). Anyway, a great time, a great cause, if you live in town, you should be there.
This weekend I'll be up at the Heartland Dulcimer Festival in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. I've never been to this one, but I've heard great things and I know Lorinda Jones, the organizer, is wonderful. Christie will be there, as well as Heidi and John Cerrigione. Check the website for costs, schedules and lodging options.
"Alright, enough" This is how my dad signs off his emails. But wait, there's a few more things.
Big thanks to everybody that came out to Jerry's festival last weekend, I've always had a soft spot in my heart for that festival and it was nice to see such enthusiastic folks. Special thanks to those of you that took the master classes on Sunday too, that was a hoot.
But I must of hit the button on the Mapquest page that says "mess with me" because it gave me the most discombobulated directions ever, back roads small towns, i swear i had to drive through a cola-fired electricity plant... ridiculous.
Christmas card CDs are back in stock, those of you who ordered should be getting yours any time now. I hope to have some new stuff for the holiday season as well, watch this space, as they say.
okay, enough, for real.
C-ya out there.
-Br
6 Nov. 08 - Thurs. 6pm - $10
Noogapalooza benefit for Re:Sound
Rhythm and Brews
Chattanooga, TN
website
Nov 7-8 2008
Heartland Dulcimer Club Fall Festival
First Presbyterian Church,
1016 Pear Orchard Rd
Elizabethtown, KY
website
with Christie Burns and Heidi and John Cerrigione. See web site for schedule and costs.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Shows and Workshops this weekend in Louisville, Chicago and Evansville.
Friday, Oct. 24 - 9pm
Jenicca's
Café and Wine Bar
636 E. Market Street
Louisville, KY 40202
502-457-1487
myspace. com/jeniccas
Saturday, Oct 25 - 9pm
Uncommon Ground
3800 N. Clark St,.
Chicago, Il
773-929-3680
www. uncommonground. com
Sunday, Oct 26 - 4pm
Dulcimer Workshop: If you like one tune, you'll like 'em both.
Camp Reveal
Evansville, IN.
England was an amazing, amazing time. The shows all went really well, and the badn i was touring—the Matt O'Ree Band— were a great bunch of guys, as well as being really excellent musicians (sadly, there are few bands who are both) If you like Blue-Rock a la the Allman Brothers, I strongly urge you to check them out. http://mattoree.com/ It looks like we'll be going back over to England again real soon. I'll keep you posted.
I'll also put up a longer blog post with pics and stuff from the trip real soon. I just need to find some long boring conference to sit through, hey!...
This week in Louisville is the annual meeting of the American Folklore Society, it's the must-see event for those who share my "side job" as Folklorist. Since most of my professors and classmates will be there asking "so what have you done with your degree?" I decided to show 'em, and booked myself into a jenicca's, A hip little wine bar in downtown Louisville. I like Louisville, even started to write a song about it, 'cause i just hate that "8 more miles to Louisville" song. It's been too long since I've been there, it'll be good to be back.
It's also been way too long since I've been at the awesome Uncommon Ground coffee shop in Chicago, 2218 days to be exact. I know this because the Uncommon Ground web site maintains a page where they list how longs it's been since you've played there. They also stream their shows on their web page, so even if you're not in the Chicago area, you can still listen online. I play at 9pm (central time)
Finally, I'll be back at Camp Reveal in Evansville giving a dulcimer workshop and a mini-concert at 4pm that Sunday. The workshop will is called "if you like one song, you'll like 'em both." The title is a joke about old-time music, but the workshop will dwell on how to find similar musical phrases in different tunes, we'll learn three tunes over the course of the hour and a half workshop. The workshop is $20.
There you go, since success in this business depends on keeping the overhead low, I'm hoping to avoid booking into a hotel in Chicago, so if any of you would like to put up a slightly disheveled folksinger for a night, drop me an email at butch@butchross.com (don't reply to this address, it just goes into a spam-filter neverland).
c-ya out there.
-Br
Friday, Oct. 24 - 9pm
Jenicca's
Café and Wine Bar
636 E. Market Street
Louisville, KY 40202
502-457-1487
myspace. com/jeniccas
Saturday, Oct 25 - 9pm
Uncommon Ground
3800 N. Clark St,.
Chicago, Il
773-929-3680
www. uncommonground. com
Sunday, Oct 26 - 4pm
Dulcimer Workshop: If you like one tune, you'll like 'em both.
Camp Reveal
Evansville, IN.
Jenicca's
Café and Wine Bar
636 E. Market Street
Louisville, KY 40202
502-457-1487
myspace. com/jeniccas
Saturday, Oct 25 - 9pm
Uncommon Ground
3800 N. Clark St,.
Chicago, Il
773-929-3680
www. uncommonground. com
Sunday, Oct 26 - 4pm
Dulcimer Workshop: If you like one tune, you'll like 'em both.
Camp Reveal
Evansville, IN.
England was an amazing, amazing time. The shows all went really well, and the badn i was touring—the Matt O'Ree Band— were a great bunch of guys, as well as being really excellent musicians (sadly, there are few bands who are both) If you like Blue-Rock a la the Allman Brothers, I strongly urge you to check them out. http://mattoree.com/ It looks like we'll be going back over to England again real soon. I'll keep you posted.
I'll also put up a longer blog post with pics and stuff from the trip real soon. I just need to find some long boring conference to sit through, hey!...
This week in Louisville is the annual meeting of the American Folklore Society, it's the must-see event for those who share my "side job" as Folklorist. Since most of my professors and classmates will be there asking "so what have you done with your degree?" I decided to show 'em, and booked myself into a jenicca's, A hip little wine bar in downtown Louisville. I like Louisville, even started to write a song about it, 'cause i just hate that "8 more miles to Louisville" song. It's been too long since I've been there, it'll be good to be back.
It's also been way too long since I've been at the awesome Uncommon Ground coffee shop in Chicago, 2218 days to be exact. I know this because the Uncommon Ground web site maintains a page where they list how longs it's been since you've played there. They also stream their shows on their web page, so even if you're not in the Chicago area, you can still listen online. I play at 9pm (central time)
Finally, I'll be back at Camp Reveal in Evansville giving a dulcimer workshop and a mini-concert at 4pm that Sunday. The workshop will is called "if you like one song, you'll like 'em both." The title is a joke about old-time music, but the workshop will dwell on how to find similar musical phrases in different tunes, we'll learn three tunes over the course of the hour and a half workshop. The workshop is $20.
There you go, since success in this business depends on keeping the overhead low, I'm hoping to avoid booking into a hotel in Chicago, so if any of you would like to put up a slightly disheveled folksinger for a night, drop me an email at butch@butchross.com (don't reply to this address, it just goes into a spam-filter neverland).
c-ya out there.
-Br
Friday, Oct. 24 - 9pm
Jenicca's
Café and Wine Bar
636 E. Market Street
Louisville, KY 40202
502-457-1487
myspace. com/jeniccas
Saturday, Oct 25 - 9pm
Uncommon Ground
3800 N. Clark St,.
Chicago, Il
773-929-3680
www. uncommonground. com
Sunday, Oct 26 - 4pm
Dulcimer Workshop: If you like one tune, you'll like 'em both.
Camp Reveal
Evansville, IN.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Back in the U.S.S.A
I spent a most luxurious day doing absolutely nothing. Shaking off the soreness of the tour. I think it's pretentious to talk about being tired or beat up for doing what you love for ten days in another country, but i am--as they say--positively knackered.
Save the hour and a half I waited for my bags, the Atlanta airport was surprisingly fast and efficient. And the shuttle driver stopped at a Burger King/truck stop on the ride up to Chatt', allowing me to stumble half-awake and road weary through the aisles looking for salt and vinegar chips one last time.
The tour was fabulous. The Matt O'Ree Band is a fantastically talented blues band who are also really great guys, a lot of fun to be around. I made five good friends on this tour. Saw some of the most remote yet cool parts of the UK and had a number of life changing experiences.
I had hoped to keep a running blog of it all, but internet access was actually devilishly hard to obtain. I've journaled the whole thing, took a ton of pictures and will post highlights here soon. I just wanted to drop a quick note to say thanks to all that came out to the shows, bought CDs and otherwise made my this trip less of a financial bath than it could've been.
SPeaking of financial baths, I'm fairly grateful for the lack of access to the outside world as it's seemed to have gone to hell well I'm gone. I can't leave you people alone for a minute!
-Br
Save the hour and a half I waited for my bags, the Atlanta airport was surprisingly fast and efficient. And the shuttle driver stopped at a Burger King/truck stop on the ride up to Chatt', allowing me to stumble half-awake and road weary through the aisles looking for salt and vinegar chips one last time.
The tour was fabulous. The Matt O'Ree Band is a fantastically talented blues band who are also really great guys, a lot of fun to be around. I made five good friends on this tour. Saw some of the most remote yet cool parts of the UK and had a number of life changing experiences.
I had hoped to keep a running blog of it all, but internet access was actually devilishly hard to obtain. I've journaled the whole thing, took a ton of pictures and will post highlights here soon. I just wanted to drop a quick note to say thanks to all that came out to the shows, bought CDs and otherwise made my this trip less of a financial bath than it could've been.
SPeaking of financial baths, I'm fairly grateful for the lack of access to the outside world as it's seemed to have gone to hell well I'm gone. I can't leave you people alone for a minute!
-Br
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Cool shows this weekend and UK dates posted.
Saturday, Sept. 13th — All Day
White House Dulcimer DaysMunicipal Auditorium
White House, TN
with Steve Seifert$3.00 for the show
$20.00 for the workshop
Sunday, Sept. 14th — 7pm
Leo Coffeehouse
Zion United Church of Christ in Norwood
w/Providence Hunt and Lines and Spaces.
$3.00 Cover.
Just a quick note to let you know about a couple of fun shows this weekend.
Dulcimer Days in WHite House is an all day affair, I'll be doing with the
inimitable and unpredictable Steve Seifert (I'll be imitating him and trying
to predict his next move). Then it's onto the Leo Coffeehouse in Cincinnati,
one of my favorite places to play. I suppose I say that a lot, but the Leo
has been in operation since 1963! Like the Postcrypt and the Minstrel, it's
a true-blue folk club and I love those places.
Also, I've posted my tour dates for England up on my web site. If you know
anyone who lives near them, or you yourself are gonna be nearby (I know some
folks who are coming in from Ireland for a few shows) spread the word and
come on down!
Okay, that's all for now.
C-ya out there.
-Br
Saturday, Sept. 13th — All Day
White House Dulcimer Days
Saturday, Sept. 13th — All Day
White House Dulcimer Days
White House, TN
with Steve Seifert
$3.00 for the show
$20.00 for the workshop
Sunday, Sept. 14th — 7pm
Leo Coffeehouse
Zion United Church of Christ in Norwood
w/Providence Hunt and Lines and Spaces.
$3.00 Cover.
White House Dulcimer DaysMunicipal Auditorium
White House, TN
with Steve Seifert$3.00 for the show
$20.00 for the workshop
Sunday, Sept. 14th — 7pm
Leo Coffeehouse
Zion United Church of Christ in Norwood
w/Providence Hunt and Lines and Spaces.
$3.00 Cover.
Just a quick note to let you know about a couple of fun shows this weekend.
Dulcimer Days in WHite House is an all day affair, I'll be doing with the
inimitable and unpredictable Steve Seifert (I'll be imitating him and trying
to predict his next move). Then it's onto the Leo Coffeehouse in Cincinnati,
one of my favorite places to play. I suppose I say that a lot, but the Leo
has been in operation since 1963! Like the Postcrypt and the Minstrel, it's
a true-blue folk club and I love those places.
Also, I've posted my tour dates for England up on my web site. If you know
anyone who lives near them, or you yourself are gonna be nearby (I know some
folks who are coming in from Ireland for a few shows) spread the word and
come on down!
Okay, that's all for now.
C-ya out there.
-Br
Saturday, Sept. 13th — All Day
White House Dulcimer Days
Saturday, Sept. 13th — All Day
White House Dulcimer Days
White House, TN
with Steve Seifert
$3.00 for the show
$20.00 for the workshop
Sunday, Sept. 14th — 7pm
Leo Coffeehouse
Zion United Church of Christ in Norwood
w/Providence Hunt and Lines and Spaces.
$3.00 Cover.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Great Show in NJ this weekend and exciting news!
1. Great Show
2. Great News
3. Help me save the Post Office.
1. GREAT SHOW!
Friday, August 22nd
Minstrel Coffeehouse
co-bill with Randall Williams
Morristown Unitarian Fellowship,
21 Normandy Heights Road,
Morristown, NJ.
http://www.folkproject.org/fp_minstrel.html
That's right my first co-bill here. The Minstrel has always been one of my favorite places to play, and they have my favorite cover charge ($7 to get in, plus what you thought it was REALLY WORTH on the way out). Mike Agranoff and the gang have been trying to set up the right bill to split for literally years. So, I'm splitting it with right guy Randall Williams,(http://www.whereisrandall.com/) who is the king of the partial capo (or something like that) and an all-round nice guy.
This is will be my ONLY show in the northeast between now and the end of the year. Sure love to see you there.
For those of you who are dulcimer players, I will be teaching a workshop at the Off the Wall's dulcimer club picnic near Mechanicsburg, PA on Sunday the 24th at 2pm. Contact me butch@butchross.com if you want to go and I'll get you in touch with those folks.
2. GREAT NEWS!
The other great news is that I've been invited to the UK to do ten days of shows! I'll be doing a full-on Pub/Festival tour with two other bands. Dates and other info will be posted on my site (and elsewhere) soon enough, but I just wanted to let you all know the good news. Honestly, I can't believe it.
3. Help Me Save The Post Office
Way back in the day (the nineties) everybody used to send out postcards with upcoming shows. It made for a great way to clutter up your refrigerator. Then this thing called the internet came along and everybody could send emails to everybody for free. No stamps, no postcards, no overhead.
Well I think it's time to bring it back so I'm going to. Any of you who are on this list and would like to get old-fashion mail updates in a schmancy postcard form can get yourself on that list by going here: http://www.butchross.com/members.html and scrolling to the bottom. I probably won't send out more than a couple a year. But having a snail-mail address will also allow me to send you free stuff should it strike my fancy (like last year's Xmas card CD)
Okay that's all the news. Great sow this weekend. I'm looking forward to being back in the northeast ever so briefly. Flying in just for the weekend, just for this gig. Makes me feel like a rockstar. An unfocused, spendthrift rockstar who's not all that bright, but a rockstar nonetheless.
C-ya out there.
-Br
Here's that show again.
Friday, August 22nd
Minstrel Coffeehouse
co-bill with Randall Williams
Morristown Unitarian Fellowship,
21 Normandy Heights Road,
Morristown, NJ.
http://www.folkproject.org/fp_minstrel.html
2. Great News
3. Help me save the Post Office.
1. GREAT SHOW!
Friday, August 22nd
Minstrel Coffeehouse
co-bill with Randall Williams
Morristown Unitarian Fellowship,
21 Normandy Heights Road,
Morristown, NJ.
http://www.folkproject.org/fp_minstrel.html
That's right my first co-bill here. The Minstrel has always been one of my favorite places to play, and they have my favorite cover charge ($7 to get in, plus what you thought it was REALLY WORTH on the way out). Mike Agranoff and the gang have been trying to set up the right bill to split for literally years. So, I'm splitting it with right guy Randall Williams,(http://www.whereisrandall.com/) who is the king of the partial capo (or something like that) and an all-round nice guy.
This is will be my ONLY show in the northeast between now and the end of the year. Sure love to see you there.
For those of you who are dulcimer players, I will be teaching a workshop at the Off the Wall's dulcimer club picnic near Mechanicsburg, PA on Sunday the 24th at 2pm. Contact me butch@butchross.com if you want to go and I'll get you in touch with those folks.
2. GREAT NEWS!
The other great news is that I've been invited to the UK to do ten days of shows! I'll be doing a full-on Pub/Festival tour with two other bands. Dates and other info will be posted on my site (and elsewhere) soon enough, but I just wanted to let you all know the good news. Honestly, I can't believe it.
3. Help Me Save The Post Office
Way back in the day (the nineties) everybody used to send out postcards with upcoming shows. It made for a great way to clutter up your refrigerator. Then this thing called the internet came along and everybody could send emails to everybody for free. No stamps, no postcards, no overhead.
Well I think it's time to bring it back so I'm going to. Any of you who are on this list and would like to get old-fashion mail updates in a schmancy postcard form can get yourself on that list by going here: http://www.butchross.com/members.html and scrolling to the bottom. I probably won't send out more than a couple a year. But having a snail-mail address will also allow me to send you free stuff should it strike my fancy (like last year's Xmas card CD)
Okay that's all the news. Great sow this weekend. I'm looking forward to being back in the northeast ever so briefly. Flying in just for the weekend, just for this gig. Makes me feel like a rockstar. An unfocused, spendthrift rockstar who's not all that bright, but a rockstar nonetheless.
C-ya out there.
-Br
Here's that show again.
Friday, August 22nd
Minstrel Coffeehouse
co-bill with Randall Williams
Morristown Unitarian Fellowship,
21 Normandy Heights Road,
Morristown, NJ.
http://www.folkproject.org/fp_minstrel.html
Sunday, June 15, 2008
THAT is why I do this.
So yesterday, I'm performing at the Louie Bluey festival in La Follate, TN. After the set, a guy asks to buy a CD from me. He introduces himself and says, "I play guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle and dobro. My wife has had a dulcimer hanging on the wall for years, and I've never once thought of taking it down. But after seeing you perform, soon as I get home I'm gonna give it a try."
Yeah man, that's the whole point.
Yeah man, that's the whole point.
Friday, June 13, 2008
so... got lunch plans?
June 13th - 12:00pm
Rhythm and Noon
Lunchtime Music Series
Miller Plaza
Chattanooga, TN
Today at noon
June 14th - 2pm
Louie Bluey Festival
Community Stage
La Follatte, TN
June 14th - 10pm
Tremont Tavern
1203 Hixson Pike
Chattanooga, TN
June 17th - 10:00pm
JJ's Bohemia
o/f Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade
Mlk. Blvd.
Chattanooga, TN
June 20-22
Chattanooga Dulcimer Festival
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium
Chattanooga, TN
www.chattanoogadulcimerfestival.com
June 22-29
Kentucky Music Week
Bardstown Kentucky
www.kentuckymusicweek.com
Yeah. I'm playing Miller Plaza in my hometown in less than an hour. Unless
you work downtown and have one of those jobs where you can surf the web all
day, you ain't gonna make it. BUT it's a perfectly acceptable excuse to plug
all the other shows that i got coming up in the next few days.
I know I say this all the time, but these shows and festivals are all great.
I guess I'm realizing that I'm lucky enough to only do cool shows anymore.
More sun through the clouds I suppose. I'll talk a little bit more about the
Chatt' fest and KMW next week. but I gotta go, soundcheck awaits!
BTW new favorite song title "you can't tell which way the train went, by
looking at the tracks."
again with the shows...
RIGHT NOW!
Rhythm and Noon
Lunchtime Music Series
Miller Plaza
Chattanooga, TN
Today at noon
June 14th - 2pm
Louie Bluey Festival
Community Stage
La Follatte, TN
June 14th - 10pm
Tremont Tavern
1203 Hixson Pike
Chattanooga, TN
June 17th - 10:00pm
JJ's Bohemia
o/f Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade
Mlk. Blvd.
Chattanooga, TN
June 20-22
Chattanooga Dulcimer Festival
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium
Chattanooga, TN
www.chattanoogadulcimerfestival.com
June 22-29
Kentucky Music Week
Bardstown Kentucky
www.kentuckymusicweek.com
Rhythm and Noon
Lunchtime Music Series
Miller Plaza
Chattanooga, TN
Today at noon
June 14th - 2pm
Louie Bluey Festival
Community Stage
La Follatte, TN
June 14th - 10pm
Tremont Tavern
1203 Hixson Pike
Chattanooga, TN
June 17th - 10:00pm
JJ's Bohemia
o/f Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade
Mlk. Blvd.
Chattanooga, TN
June 20-22
Chattanooga Dulcimer Festival
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium
Chattanooga, TN
www.chattanoogadulcimerfestival.com
June 22-29
Kentucky Music Week
Bardstown Kentucky
www.kentuckymusicweek.com
Yeah. I'm playing Miller Plaza in my hometown in less than an hour. Unless
you work downtown and have one of those jobs where you can surf the web all
day, you ain't gonna make it. BUT it's a perfectly acceptable excuse to plug
all the other shows that i got coming up in the next few days.
I know I say this all the time, but these shows and festivals are all great.
I guess I'm realizing that I'm lucky enough to only do cool shows anymore.
More sun through the clouds I suppose. I'll talk a little bit more about the
Chatt' fest and KMW next week. but I gotta go, soundcheck awaits!
BTW new favorite song title "you can't tell which way the train went, by
looking at the tracks."
again with the shows...
RIGHT NOW!
Rhythm and Noon
Lunchtime Music Series
Miller Plaza
Chattanooga, TN
Today at noon
June 14th - 2pm
Louie Bluey Festival
Community Stage
La Follatte, TN
June 14th - 10pm
Tremont Tavern
1203 Hixson Pike
Chattanooga, TN
June 17th - 10:00pm
JJ's Bohemia
o/f Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade
Mlk. Blvd.
Chattanooga, TN
June 20-22
Chattanooga Dulcimer Festival
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium
Chattanooga, TN
www.chattanoogadulcimerfestival.com
June 22-29
Kentucky Music Week
Bardstown Kentucky
www.kentuckymusicweek.com
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
the press in this town...
... seems to like me.
Chattanoogan today
times free press podcast
me braggin' 'bout my town
The pulse posted my picture with the local strings article, but they seem to be offline right now.
Not a bad week.
Chattanoogan today
times free press podcast
me braggin' 'bout my town
The pulse posted my picture with the local strings article, but they seem to be offline right now.
Not a bad week.
Hey, whaddya doing tonight?
Local Strings
Songwriter's in the round with Tiffany Taylor, Noah Collins and me.
Rhythm and Brews
221 Market St.
Chattanooga, TN
9pm—$5.00
This is a great show, one that I've been rehearsing with Tiff and Noah for a
while now.
Local strings is a cool concept in that the acts are chosen based one their
ability to connect musically.
Noah, Tiffany and I all have one foot in traditional music, so you can
expect old-time and bluegrass tunes as easily as you would original and
crazy covers. Our version of Rocky Top rules (no kidding!)
I know it's been since January that we last spoke, but I live a life where
no news is good news. I have been busy playing shows in exotic places like
Hungary and Missouri, collaborating with friends, doing many a dulcimer
festival and getting to the next step. it's been a year of truth and beauty,
and despite the Chinese curse "may you live in interesting times," this is
indeed the most interesting year I've had yet. Like an Irish summer sky even
the darkest clouds are shot through with sunlight.
So. I am firming up the rest of my year, continuing to collect snail mail
addresses so I can send out a proper newsletter (sudoko, ya!) and trying to
find time to record a follow up to Moonshiner's Atlas, it's time, I'm nearly
ready.
In the meantime, here I am in oppositetown, where my name seems to be in the
paper once a week, and my own voice taunts me from the NPR station, trying
to get you all to come on out and see us tonight. Rhythm and Brews rocks and
Local Strings is a brilliant idea. You should, like, totally come.
C-ya out there.
-Br
Local Strings
Songwriter's in the round with Tiffany Taylor, Noah Collins and me.
Rhythm and Brews
221 Market St.
Chattanooga, TN
9pm—$5.00
Songwriter's in the round with Tiffany Taylor, Noah Collins and me.
Rhythm and Brews
221 Market St.
Chattanooga, TN
9pm—$5.00
This is a great show, one that I've been rehearsing with Tiff and Noah for a
while now.
Local strings is a cool concept in that the acts are chosen based one their
ability to connect musically.
Noah, Tiffany and I all have one foot in traditional music, so you can
expect old-time and bluegrass tunes as easily as you would original and
crazy covers. Our version of Rocky Top rules (no kidding!)
I know it's been since January that we last spoke, but I live a life where
no news is good news. I have been busy playing shows in exotic places like
Hungary and Missouri, collaborating with friends, doing many a dulcimer
festival and getting to the next step. it's been a year of truth and beauty,
and despite the Chinese curse "may you live in interesting times," this is
indeed the most interesting year I've had yet. Like an Irish summer sky even
the darkest clouds are shot through with sunlight.
So. I am firming up the rest of my year, continuing to collect snail mail
addresses so I can send out a proper newsletter (sudoko, ya!) and trying to
find time to record a follow up to Moonshiner's Atlas, it's time, I'm nearly
ready.
In the meantime, here I am in oppositetown, where my name seems to be in the
paper once a week, and my own voice taunts me from the NPR station, trying
to get you all to come on out and see us tonight. Rhythm and Brews rocks and
Local Strings is a brilliant idea. You should, like, totally come.
C-ya out there.
-Br
Local Strings
Songwriter's in the round with Tiffany Taylor, Noah Collins and me.
Rhythm and Brews
221 Market St.
Chattanooga, TN
9pm—$5.00
Monday, February 11, 2008
On my way back from Texas.
I'm a little shocked to find that it's been since Christmas that I've posted here. As usual, the busier we get the harder it is to find the time to write. Well, here's what's been going on.
We went to the awesome, awesome city of Budapest in the middle of January, to play some New Years concerts there. In Hungary the Cimbalom (their version of the hammered dulcimer) is a revered classical instrument. Why we were invited is beyond me but we were well received and we feel really lucky that we get to go.
I also bought a citera there, which is their version of the Mountain Dulcimer. IT's totally awesome but I haven't figured out any trad tunes on it yet. So far all I've gotten is parts of "Norwegian Wood," "Kashmir," and Bin Jovi's "Wanted: Dead or Alive."
I'll post video as soon as i can come up with something good.
We also played some great gigs in North East, MD and Baltimore. The last one with Ken Kolodner and Dan Landrum. Those were great shows too.
Finally we play the "Winter Festival of Acoustic Music" in Irving, Texas. It is one of the best-organized festivals I've ever been to. On Saturday, I sat in with No Strings Attached on the Duke Ellington song "O, Lady be Good."
But I would be remiss if i didn't point out that it was Aaron O'Rourke who did it first, and that was what drove me to learn it, can't have them whippersnappers nipping at my heels.
Here's the video
We went to the awesome, awesome city of Budapest in the middle of January, to play some New Years concerts there. In Hungary the Cimbalom (their version of the hammered dulcimer) is a revered classical instrument. Why we were invited is beyond me but we were well received and we feel really lucky that we get to go.
I also bought a citera there, which is their version of the Mountain Dulcimer. IT's totally awesome but I haven't figured out any trad tunes on it yet. So far all I've gotten is parts of "Norwegian Wood," "Kashmir," and Bin Jovi's "Wanted: Dead or Alive."
I'll post video as soon as i can come up with something good.
We also played some great gigs in North East, MD and Baltimore. The last one with Ken Kolodner and Dan Landrum. Those were great shows too.
Finally we play the "Winter Festival of Acoustic Music" in Irving, Texas. It is one of the best-organized festivals I've ever been to. On Saturday, I sat in with No Strings Attached on the Duke Ellington song "O, Lady be Good."
But I would be remiss if i didn't point out that it was Aaron O'Rourke who did it first, and that was what drove me to learn it, can't have them whippersnappers nipping at my heels.
Here's the video
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