One more example of how encouraged we feel by the community that extends beyond the horizon - good friends like Sonja and Shalom. Shalom is a great visual artist, and Sonja has a world-class Balkan and Middle Eastern group called Stellamara. Our brief time in the area was packed with good stuff like seeing them, […]
This is the view from the house of Ben, Cristina, and Siana, the amazing people we shared laughter and a lovely roof with Monday night in Applegate, after a great time playing at the lodge there. We were starting to get a bit frazzled around the edges, but their house and Ben's amazing sourdough pancake […]
This was a fun show we did with the great Balkan band Kef - nothing nicer to play music for than a circle of people in motion. Char played some amazing taqsims with these guys, I got to chime in on cajon with their rockin’ tupan player Ken. Sweet people.
It's been a really affirming trip so far. The (wildly) good graces of our hosts, Keni and Esther in Seattle and Rebecca and Ji in Portland, allow us to witness the great communities we perform for, and to feel like a small part of them. That makes it all feel worth doing.A sweet house concert […]
The smell of slaughterhouses and Fox news playing in an empty lobby makes me feel like the figure in this photo - lonely - in the face of it all. Onward to the sea!
This was the view out our motel door this morning. Fancy a little jaunt to the farthest Northwest reaches of the country, anyone? I'm not always quite in the mood, but today it just seems like a perfect idea! Things are looking up now, though, as the sun shines on clear roads around Moab. We […]
We've had the greatest time at home we could imagine, such a great flipside to the hardship of being gone - REALLY BEING HOME. It's been great to see the kids with the closeness of the last two months, as well as the little bit of added perspective that being away can bring. Emmet, I'm […]