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THE GOOD STUFF and accompanying EP CHASER Tuesday the 27th of March marks the official street date for THE GOOD STUFF and its little sibling, the 6-song EP CHASER. The former is a collection of standards, if we lived in a strange country where Duke Ellington, Tom Waits, Jolie Holland, and Melvern Taylor were all considered writers of standards. The latter is a more traditional collection of swing tunes and ballads, though there's a curve or two thrown in as well. You can order both records (and Peter's extensive back catalogue) from either the Mighty Albert Store or the Signature Sounds store. We'll continue to stream a new song every day or so, here and on the Home page as well. Peter will also have them on tour from here on out, pretty much until mid-century. Here's his tune for today: Wednesday, 28 March. Thank you all for listening to all the tunes we streamed. Here's one I'm happy to leave up for a while: Thelonious Monk's cubist gem, “Ruby, My Dear”. Goody walked me through learning this: the melody I get, but the harmony is still beyond the reach of my ears. Still, I treasure our quiet, loving sketch of this tune. Two Thousand and Twelve Begins REDBIRD AT MEMORIAL HALL Yet another year begins with the continuation of the deeply occasional Redbird World Tour. This loose collective of four colleagues (Kris Delmhorst, David Goodrich, Jeffrey Foucault, and Peter Mulvey) will once again convene at Memorial Hall in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. If you don't live near this thriving metropolis, you will always have a chance to see them at the end of 2012 in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. Should auld acquaintance be forgot... End of October 2011 CLUB PASSIM RESIDENCY Peter is settling into the venerable Club Passim for the final four nights of October 2011, for a series of swaps with artists of all stripe. • Friday the 28th will feature Mulvey trading tunes and banter with pop chanteuse Carsie Blanton, long-time collaborator David Goodrich (no doubt featuring tunes from their new Nine Days Wonder instrumental CD), and Melvern Taylor, described as "The Sam Shepard of the Ukulele." • Saturday the 29th will be an evening with The Invisible Fiancees (formerly the Blind Jackdaws, formerly the One-Armed Dwarves, formerly the Skinny Millionaires), a band that conscripted Mulvey to sing the Tom Waits record "Rain Dogs" in bars around the Northeast. For the first set, they'll provide a new take on a collection of Peter's orignals, and for the second set, they'll bring the Waits classic to life. This should be a raucous night, difficult to remember. Costumes tolerated. • Sunday the 30th will be an in-the-round with the indescribable Suitcase Junket (one of the many Invisible Fiancees) and avant-cellist Lindsay Mac. Expect to find yourself in terra incognita. • Monday the 31st will be a swap with local hero (and legend in Peter's own mind) Tim Gearan, the funky mandolinist Sean Staples, and, up from NYC, Margaret Glaspy. They won't even need to dress like the Wizard of Oz characters they so obviously resemble. 21 September 2001 NEW ACOUSTIC DUO CD Peter Mulvey and David Goodrich are pleased to announce the release of their first ever instrumental duets record. NINE DAYS WONDER (released on Signature Sounds) captures a moment in the decades-long musical dialogue between these two artists. Over the years, their relationship as co-writers, accompanists, and performers has centered on presence, spontaneity, and good humor, and all those are on ample display here. Eight original tunes, two traditional bits of Americana, two Hoagy Carmichael classics, and a Tom Waits tune. Available now through the discography page. 1 September, 2011 Tri-State Bicycle Tour For the fifth year running, Peter and Brianna Lane will be traveling from town to town entirely by bicycle, playing shows in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. There's no support vehicle, just the riders and their cycles and whatever gear they can carry. The route takes them down to the Chicago area, through Rockford, Madison, over to LaCrosse, and up the Mississippi to the Twin Cities. The tour is sponsored this year by Artisinal Imports, Banjo Brothers panniers, with thanks as ever to the good people at Wheel and Sprocket, Calhoun Cycle, and TerraTrike. Here's hoping the rain holds off. 22 April, 2011 East Coast Tour with Po' Girl From April 29th to May 10th, Peter will be traveling in the company of Po Girl, a trans-Canadian band of accordion-squeezing, clarinet-wielding, banjo-flailing miscreants. After meeting in Oregon last September, there was mutual agreement that some kind of epic adventure needed arranging, and this tour is the first leg. Their respective sets will blend into each other as the tour goes on, until each is fully conscripted into the other’s camp. As they say, come to the party. 15 January, 2011 Mighty Albert Songwriting Workshop Nestled in the hills of western Massachusetts, The Mighty Albert is where small groups of people can gather to study, think, practice, and create in a fun and intimate setting. And from March 11-13, 2011, Peter will host a guitar & songwriting workshop at The Mighty Albert. The weekend will be an opportunity to spend time with Peter, his songs, and his guitar. Peter will begin the weekend by examining a handful of his own songs; playing and then deconstructing them to illustrate the moving parts, pistons, gears and mice on little wheels. Then, for the bulk of the workshop, the focus will be on the participants’ own songs (including that disassembling process – so be ready!). From there, Peter will cover various techniques: alternate tunings as inspiration, single string theory for intuitive play, use of the back of the notebook as the back of the mind, etc. All the techniques are brought back inevitably to each student’s own composing process. Accomodations are at gorgeous New England inns with specially prepared meals included. For more information or to register, visit www.mightyalbert.com 12 December, 2010 New Redbird Record Available Redbird is both the name of the album and the loose affiliation of three acclaimed American songwriters- Kris Delmhorst, Jeffrey Foucault and Peter Mulvey. Since the release of their 2003 album, Redbird’s enormously popular annual 4 night stands at Café Carpe in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin have been a highly anticipated event for fans. Redbird Live At The Café Carpe is culled from their stellar December 2008 and 2009 concerts. David Goodrich, the fourth member of the trio is once again a vital part of this new record, contributing his song‚ ‘‘Snowed In.“ The fourteen track CD includes four originals along with covers of artists as diverse as Rickie Lee Jones, Mississippi John Hurt, Neil Young, Merle Haggard, and Greg Brown. Redbird Live is everything a live album should be- the performers‘ collaborative spark and energy are exquisitely captured, and the material is completely inspired by three songwriters whose musical relationship has only deepened over time and is now on full joyful display. |
