January 12, 2019 | Leave a comment

Early Winter 2018-19 A review and what to expect in the new year

After a hectic fall butting up against the holiday season and the added adventure of a plumbing flood in our house just before Christmas, it is finally time to catch up with fans and readers….. The November 30 concert with Sidestep (pictured above) at the Woodfords Meloon Chapel in Portland, ME was a delight. We had a wonderful house filled with new and old friends and some who just came because it looked interesting. Our…
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August 26, 2018 | Leave a comment

Scene & Heard – Music For American Theatre 1999 – 2002

Leave it to Barbara Truex to create more musical havoc in America. First it was turning hide-bound, feather strumming dulcimer players on their collective ears by introducing jazz nomenclature and outrageous ensemble arrangements into the folk vernacular. You could almost see the frost forming on their shoulders while they listened to her play. And now this: Scene & Heard: Music for American Theatre. Not music for American musicals…that’s been done already, thank you. Not music…
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