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Ragamuffins at the Hollerfest!
August 24, 2010 - I really enjoyed discovering these youngsters and their music last weekend. I'd wondered about them as they wandered the grounds with their pitbulls during the day, but they sprang to life as soon as the lights went out on the official show. It was fun staying up late around the bonfires. There were two fires. One ragamuffin, the... > Read
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The Singersongwriter Bonfire: Afterhours at Hollerfest
August 24, 2010 - There were two bonfires after the lights went out at Hollerfest. Both had great music spark up around 'em.
At the singersongwriter fire the fire was hardly alive but the music was fine. It was hard to see much, so my vid comes only in basic black. I blinded everyone with a couple flashes, so I merged in the pics to show where w... > Read
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Hollerfest 2010: My Personal Highlights
August 23, 2010 - Hollerfest is always a relaxing weekend where I learn some new things. Ya never can tell beforehand, though, which makes it fun that way.
The event, as I've posted before, is a Jackson-area weekend of music, food and related Frog Holler farm activities, like hilltop yoga in the mornings.
The food is always a nice big aspect ... > Read
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Hollerfest this Weekend! --SE Michigan's FarmFolkFest!
August 18, 2010 - If you live in SE Michigan, you gotta get over to Hollerfest this weekend! There's just something about it. Like, maybe, it's great?
We'll be there.
It's at Frog Holler, Michigan's first organic farm (I think).
It's smallish, at like 500 folks (just guessin). No wristbands (thank heavens!). One main stage in a natural am... > Read
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Songs of the Outdoor Life?
July 26, 2010 - Anyone know any good songs or singers of the Outdoor Life?
I'm thinking of...
*two-tracks ("Seasonal Road, Unplowed")
*bike riding ("King of the Big Ring... off the front!")
*xc skiing
*vintage travel trailers ("It's a Mighty Rig...")
*kayaking, canoeing, small boats of any kind...
Any variations or similar them... > Read
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Mr. B's Joybox Express: a PIANO band *bikes* across Michigan!
July 02, 2010 - From Mr. B's Facebook page:
"You gotta see this! ... On July 2, 2010 four musicians begin a 2 week tour across the State of Michigan on bicycles. They will ride from Saugatuck to Detroit (300 miles), hauling their instruments with them: string bass, a drum set, a guitar, and a 352-pound piano! The Joybox Express Quartet wi... > Read
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Your Soundtrack to Xmas?
December 15, 2009 - Here's our favorites for this time of year:
Christmas music from:
*Etta James
*Chet Atkins
*Johnny Mathis
*Bruce Cockburn
*Vince Guaraldi
*King's College Choir "Festival of Nine Lessons" -- Carols and Readings, boy sopranos included, since 1918, live recording of the BBC's annual Christmas Eve broadcast.
So, if w... > Read
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Contra Dance: Dance with Everyone!
December 04, 2009 - I'm sure glad that I bumped into the Contra scene back in the early 80's, basically as soon as I was old enough to appreciate it on my own. But we can all use a little help from time to time, so maybe this note will help you shorten your time-to-contact with this classically-radical social form!
Contra dancing means live musi... > Read
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Musical Bike Tour Visits Lansing
September 08, 2009 - Singer/songwriter Peter Mulvey is playing at Old Town Lansing's cozy Creole Gallery this Friday, Sept. 11, at 8pm.
But he's arriving by bicycle all the way from Milwaukee!
Bikes seem to be going with music more often all the time these days.
From Peter's website:
"From September 9-26, Milwaukee-based, internationa... > Read
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HollerFest 2009 Report
August 26, 2009 - UPDATE: I set up a Facebook Group so that anyone can upload pics, vids, etc., of this year's event. I put up a few already. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118566522935
Dang, this HollerFest just keeps getting better.
Or maybe it's just that I went and stayed for the whole 3 days this time and finally found my g... > Read
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Holler Fest!
August 21, 2009 - [BUMPED FROM 2008]
Update 2009: It's the Holler Fest weekend time of year again! I should've put up a notice sooner. Sorry! But for community music fun this is the place to be for SE Michiganders! Aug. 21-23. I'll have an OYB table AND Lazygal table. More at http://hollerfest.com.
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I posted a notice for Holler Fest 200... > Read
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Sweet New Songs, Thanks to Pandora.com
October 10, 2008 - I've mentioned Madeleine Peyroux here before, I think. She's a new Billy Holiday. Oh yeah, she's good! Bluesy, torchy, quirky. French. Well, I just heard on Pandora.com a super-duper song with OYB at its core: "Back in Your Own Back Yard." Here's a "free radio" site that offers direct links to songs. Gotta register after a couple... > Read
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Backwoods Song: "Billy from the Hills," Greg Brown
September 20, 2008 - Whoa, here's a song with some nifty backwoods lyrics, to give you a shiver, with some realistic content not usually in songs today.
Greg Brown is one a them fine singersongwriters who has a strong feel for upnorth Michigan. Keep an eye on him.
This song has come up for us a couple times now on Pandora. Open a "Greg Brown"... > Read
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A Rural Folk Fest for Lower Michigan!
August 16, 2008 - It's this weekend!
Frog Holler is a venerable old family hippy farm commune organic hang-out in the lush green hills east of Jackson, MI.
I suppose that not many of the 70's era farms are still around. This one is! And it's been going strong and steady the whole time, as far as I know. I'm always hearing about it in one way... > Read
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Time Travel with this wacky CD from the Ligon Brothers
February 11, 2008 - This is a story with some background.
For the past few years, we've been going to a retro music event in Chicago around Xmas-time called Chris & Heather's Country Calendar Show and Record Roundup.
Heather McAdams is a famous indy cartoonist who sketches a cartoon calendar every year of classic country stars and hosts this... > Read
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