August 2009
Blowing in the Wind (Old Time Brass Instrument)
5 August 2009, 08:49
Can you imagine what this old time brass instrument must of sounded like? I think I can, but decency keeps me silent! What a funny cartoon from the past as well as a bit of promotion for another Music Stuff t-shirt store…
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
8 August 2009, 18:35
While in New York about three years ago I was very fortunate to have stumbled on the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble near Union Square…
Harmonica Blues & Tongue Roll Experts
10 August 2009, 11:02
So I’ve finally come to grips as to how to evolve Rattlebrained Designs and a lot of work it will be to get there…
Tonatem Time Tomorrow
19 August 2009, 09:03
To present the 2009 – 2010 program, the Heure Bleue, one of the city’s theater and music organisms has organises an “open market” presentation tomorrow at 18h00. For around 45 min. the public is invited to browse among the theaters chairs where all 36 projects will have their own information display spread out on the ground floor.
Meanwhile on the balcony, yours truly…
Blues Infection
19 August 2009, 09:55
The other day I checked out Skreened, a relatively new POD company based in Ohio…
The Stripey Brothers
20 August 2009, 09:27
Last, was the first week of the Buskers Festival in Neuchâtel that is celebrating their 20th anniversary; this week being the second with a different batch of street performers. E & I went down to check it out, all the more since the fact that one duo had a washboard player had caught my attention.
The festival was fun, too many clown musical acts for my taste and far to much amplification, but groups like the Mongolian Egschiglen ensemble…
Tonatem Ethno Beats
22 August 2009, 09:26
Thursday’s concert was a mixed bag and a bit frustrating, but that’s nothing new. Basically the crowd had a few speeches to listen to before making there way into the concert hall, the plan was that we start playing once the speeches ended… Whoever among the organizers thought that the speeches would only take 1/2 an hour was pretty naif, especially in this area where folks take their speeches very seriously.
We were ready and all hypered up on scheduled at 18h30. At 18h45 it became clear that the speeches would last another 45min at least. Not wanting to stay in the over hot and stuffy theater, this week’s heatwave had made its way inside so off we went to have a beer…
From May's Jam Session @ The Vully Blues Club's
23 August 2009, 09:27
Woody Guthrie, This Machine Kills Fascists T-Shirt!
31 August 2009, 13:14
Woody Guthrie, This Machine Kills Fascists!
