
Vance Gilbert 8.19.2011 Folks Festival, Planet Bluegrass Ranch, Lyons, CO Source: MBHO KA200N [DINa] (A81WS screens) > Active Cables > MBP 603A > GAKables Interconnect > Lunatec V3 > Oade Mod Edirol R44 @ 24/48 > SDHC > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Resample to 16/44.1 > CDWave Taped by: Lance Stack Setlist: 1. intro 2. Boy On A Train 3. Dragonfly Wings 4. Castles Made of Sand > Little Wing [...]
Running a music festival in this economy is a real challenge, but after a weekend with friends and co-coordinators of the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival , I'm proud to announce that once again we're rarin' to go for yet another wild weekend of singer-songwriter, folk rock, world music, and folk-pop. Add in the proverbial mix of friends, vendors, kid-friendly fare, hilltop up-and-comers in the label and coffeehouse-sponsored tents all night long, and dancing 'til the wee hours, and as always, Falcon Ridge 2010 is shaping up to be the best time I'm planning on having all [...]
Sure, there are things that scare me - plenty of 'em. I'm just not sure how many have been summed up in songs that haven't already been claimed by my fellow Uncles. But there are things that scare me - death, dismemberment and loss being the big three. I try not to let fear rule my life and daily existence. Imagine me, a person who loves to ski down rock chutes, through tight stands of trees, off of cliffs into steep, snow-laden bowls, being so overcome by fear that I hesitate during a crucial point [...]
Songs about real people, take 1.5: "Dear Amelia" - Vance Gilbert Vance Gilbert, fellow alumnus of Connecticut College , wrote this lovely ode to Amelia Earhart , pioneer of women's aviation. The song asks many open questions of the fallen pilot, asking if she was aware of her fate, if it was all some cruel joke, and informs her (in the present day) of all that has happened since she went down in the south Pacific all those years ago. "John Sinclair" - John [...]
Weekend time!First, the shows we already hipped you to...Tonight, there's Marcia Ball at the Granada, Dale Watson at the Pearl Dancehall and Saloon in Fort Worth, Lou Gramm at the House of Blues, and,... Continue reading "Good Friday: Vance Gilbert, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, Patrice Pike, Eleven Hundred Springs, Salim Nourallah, Hendrick, John Lewis Band" >