I am Kiki's Dad, I work in wood metal paint & stone, alternative media, I shoot a lot of pictures/video & both for the love of image making and for hire. I have been on both sides of the glass in making media. I listen to a lot of Music of all genres, primarily acoustic although I have soul funk & jazz of the shelf with a lot of world music too. I host a once weekly radio program here in Portland, Maine on Community radio WMPG. entitled Us Folk, the primary focus is live in studio performance & the ever expanding body of new music of the 'folk' genre.
Hard working Bluegrass musicians from Portland Maine, Tricky Britches have just 6 days to raise the rest of the $5,000.oo for their van to get to New Orleans.
So they have until Saturday to get their Kickstarter. Consider helping these guys out!
Enjoy the Street recording from October 7th's First Friday Art Walk in front of the Portland Museum of Art in the sound file above. Definitely checkout their Kick Starter video below.
When I first saw the posting about Eric Taylor in Maine, I could not believe it!,,, that (Eric Taylor) Texan all the way up here !?! Well yes it is true and he's not playing the Merrill or One Longfellow, no, not this time, he's playing a long running Peaks Island Songwriter's series! Certainly a treat for Mainers to have Texas artist Eric Taylor in the state & just a short boat ride away playing on Peaks Island at 5th Maine Museum hosted by Phil Daligan one in a series of Phil's Songwriters By The Sea concert presentations ("Summer Musical Odyssey"). Phil has brought many an artist to the island introducing artists to Maine & introducing Maine to many songwriters who have rarely if ever set foot into the state. Having a veteran songwriter, exquisite guitarist & performer like Eric Taylor stop in for a show is certainly a coup for Maine , Peaks Island, this series, acoustic music lovers & upcoming songwriters as well.. If you have never been to this series consider this Show in particular, It is definitely the show to get to. The venue is just a 10± minute walk up from the ferry landing & is certainly an intimate venue BYOB.
Thursday night August 11, 2011 Peaks Island 7:30 p.m. 5th Maine Museum, call for details; 207-766-4421.
Peaks Island is a 15 minute ferry ride from the Portland waterfront. Take the Peaks Island ferry from Casco Bay Lines, 45 Commercial Street, (207-774-7871 or www.cascobaylines.com).
From the Peaks wharf, go straight up the hill and turn right onto Island Avenue. Then turn right onto the second paved road - Whitehead Street. At the end of Whitehead, turn left onto
Avenue. The Fifth Maine is the large yellow building on your right. It's just a 10 minute walk from the wharf.
Saw these guys Saturday night, In a word ; Inspiring! The subject: Robby Rothschild half of the duo Round Mountain Performing in concert.
Second image; of Char Rothschild the other half of this duo. here blowing a balkan pipes made from Goat skin, all the while playing Accordion . I ran it thru Silver Effects which is a deep, and fascinating & image wise sometimes fitting to see these two gentlemen, profoundly gifted musicians appear to step out from another time as if from Vaudevillian times.
