It’s not often you get multiple double basses in a room. More often than not one is sufficient. So it’s a treat to park Antoinette with a group of similar beauties. Rumour has it they might all meet up for a big, fat bass session tonight.
I love seeing really good musicians who play with smiles. The members of Good Behavior are all top musicians and also really excellent humans who outwardly love what they do.
It may not look fancy but a spread of messy camping food hits the spot on the first day away. The long drive is over, tents are up, and the weather forecast looks good. Now we toast a fun weekend to come at the National Folk Festival.
Good live music is so good. Scott Cook’s gig tonight at the Ararat Town Hall was quietly wonderful at every level. Great venue, beautiful sound, excellent songs, and two warm-hearted, skilled musicians sharing their music generously with the audience. It’s like having your heart tucked up in a big, warm blanket.
(And now I
This is not really a tiny pleasure. It’s a very big pleasure. My kids are both good musicians, which makes me happy, and when I get to make music with them it’s very special. Today my daughter, Lucie and I hopped up on stage for the first time as a duo and sang
This week opened the door, quite literally, to a something new and full of possibility. A new space to play in and a new person to play with. I’m all bubbly excited about what walking through this door might produce. No doubt some of it will be the subject of a Tiny Pleasure
A nice photo of oneself is a nice thing. Thanks to Ed for taking this one this afternoon just out my back gate.
I don’t normally listen to music while I’m doing things, but the building site next door has forced me to buy a pair of noise-cancelling headphones and wear them most of the day. I find it quite difficult to choose music – if it’s interesting I don’t get anything done because I listen
You might recognise Rhiannon Giddens from the HBO series ‘Nashville’ where she played a gospel singing social worker. But that’s the least of her story. She is quite a remarkable musician from North Carolina who started off with a degree in opera at about the same time I was doing my degree in
In preparation for my first ukulele class of the year, I tuned all of my ukuleles. They say that a house of tuned instruments makes a house in tune. I’m not sure that’s the only requirement, but it certainly makes my ears and heart happy to have them all in tune and ready
