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Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Thanks to everyone who made it to the CD release - it was a joyous night, and we were so happy.

A real treat to see our first official review of Bright Light from KBCS DJ and blogger, Iaan Hughes.

Tom and I had a little duo afternoon show yesterday at Le Pichet, and it was a lovely afternoon of butter lettuce, watermelon/falafel salad, crisp white wine, olives, and more coffee. It was a date gig. Those are rare, but when they happen, they're sweet moments.

A few shows left this month as we plan to head out on tour September 8th...should be a fun one! Canyons, mountain rivers, New Mexico, hot springs, LA rooftops, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival (as spectators/buskers!), the Redwoods, the wild Pacific coast. A buncha gigs that enable us to make these forays into majestic natural worlds. We have a send-off show at Conor Byrne September 3rd, with the Blackberry Bushes for their CD release. Enjoy the rest of summer!

Happy 60th Birthday today to my dad.

Bright Light now available!

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Bright Light is now available! And how!

Check out our new video for "Bright Light."

Shot at Jack Straw Productions, while recording our fourth album, and our favorite watering hole Conor Byrne Pub in Ballard. Big,big thanks to the Saturday Ballard Chorus for audio/video participation. Produced by The Starlings; co-directed by Aimee Zoe; edited, co-directed & beautified by Sherri Jerome.

You can purchase the album at local, independent Seattle record stores Sonic Boom and Silver Platters.

See you at the CD Release show for Bright Light on Saturday, July 31st at The Big House in Ballard. All ages, bring your own beverage, doors open at 8pm. Mark your calendars!

Also available at the below links, or other digital outlets.

Seattle CD Release for Bright Light is July 31!

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Happy to announce our Seattle CD Release show for Bright Light on Saturday, July 31st at The Big House in Ballard. All ages, bring your own beverage, doors at 8pm. Mark your calendars!

Bright Light pre-order packages now available

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

June 2010 - Thanks to everyone who donated!! We really are so thankful.

The new album, Bright Light is in the final stages of tracking, and slated for a July 2010 release. We're very excited about it, and we can't wait to share it. We are offering album pre-sales packages, as listed on the home page. This is a great way to get your CD early, along with a few other perks, and help us knock out some of the upfront CD expenses. It's always quite an undertaking with each aspect: studio time, hired musicians, engineers, mixing, mastering, manufacturing, artwork, and on and on. We do it all ourselves. We've come up with a few levels of giving, matched with the new CD/poster and other swag. We appreciate any support you can contribute. Thank you!

Mid-winter report

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Back from the winter tour. It was full of great fun and adventure. We did film a video in Jerome, AZ. We drove and we sang and we chased the sun. We avoided inclement weather, saw friends in every place we went. We loved Austin. We love Datri Bean. We returned to favorite venues. We had too much fun. Thanks to everyone. We're finishing up the album in the next couple months, more news to come as it's fit for the page.

NWxSW Winter Snowbird Tour and Album update!

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Hey folks - it's been a little quiet from our corner of the world lately. But things have been busy behind the scenes, as they say. We're getting closer to finished with our next album due out in 2010. The songs are sounding great, it's always awesome to be in the studio. We'll pick it up again in February, and hope to announce it's release date soon after that.

We've also been resting up, rehearsing, and getting fit to the task of an upcoming winter tour and a little junket to Costa Rica for the winter months. Yee haw. Joining Tom, Aimee and I will be Moe Provencher on bass/mandolin and a box of Gravity EPs. We'll be kicking off the tour in fair Portland on Friday, November 27 at The Woods.
Take a look at the tour itinerary and I hope we'll see some of you at the shows. You can also follow our blog.

But first! Seattle folks, we have one more show in our fair city before we hit the road. Saturday, Nov 21st we'll be playing at The Big House in Ballard. It's a former church that now features a performance space. It'll be a neat show, not your usual club show, it's an all-ages show as well. Show show show. Hope to see you before we embark on the next trip.

If you haven't checked our our recent EP, Gravity, don't worry! They're still available.

Thanks for checking in and be swell.

New video for "Silver Thread"

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Check out the new video for "Silver Thread!" By Aimee Zoe Tubbs!

Gravity is now available

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Our New EP, Gravity, is here! It's a sneak peek of our full-length we're working on. Seven songs with mostly new material, a reprise oldie and a traditional tune. It's a limited release, so get 'em while they're here. $10, includes shipping.

Also, we're having an EP release at the Conor Byrne show this Friday, July 10th. It's a co-bill with the Moe Provencher Project, celebrating a bon voyage for Moe and Aimee as they get ready to embark on their Euro-bicycling tour for 10 weeks. Openers are Brooklyn folk duo The Ericksons. Check out the poster Aimee Zoe put together.

Birds, horses, swillers, swizzlers

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Greetings - we're 2 weeks out from our recording session at Jack Straw Studios, and we're very excited. We'll be working with Moe Provencher in the control room, and we'll be taking a very live approach to the album. Updates to come. Right after the recording, on June 20th, We'll be playing at Conor Byrne for a special show with One Horse Shy. (we'll also be at The Fremont Fair that same day!)

Hello Willie...

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Hey folks! We've got a fun tribute night coming up this Thursday, April 30 at ye olde Conor Byrne in Ballard. We'll be playing some great Willie tunes, as willie several other musicians that evening. Willie's repertoire is long and impressive, and so are his decades-old braids.