Rothenberg suggests that the birds he records with listen and respond to the human musicians. It's an interspecies jam session of sorts.

I will sing until the last day of my life.

Lost Beethoven Manuscript Rediscovered
This piece by Beethoven has been missing for 115 years and was found in a cabinet in a library. I can only imagine how excited the librarian must have been when she realized what she had found.

We had an incredible house concert thanks to Incendio.

Incendio's WebsiteFolks were very excited about this one. One guest said that this was our best one yet and he has been to virtually all our previous house concerts. They set the bar pretty high. I was glad that AzurDragon was able to (sort of)attend ( Read more... )

Wow, I actually found one of their cds on eBay. I can't believe they classified this group as folk, obviously they've never seen them in person. Folk is definitely an influence and part of their style, but they are a bit more energetic than you usually would find in folk music.

Tempest Music

House Concert

My parents have joined LJ under the username: waynesue to create a place to post things about our house concerts and discuss local musicians with folks. Welcome!

James picked me up from my art classes and we rushed over to BART so we could try to be at a bookstore in San Francisco at seven. They Might Be Giants were doing an in store performance at A Clean Well Lit Place for their new/first book "BED! BED! BED!" The place was packed and definitely breaking fire regulations for maximum occupancy. It was ( Read more... )