Before I misplace it, I’d like to include this video of one of my favorite songs by one of my favorite singers in one of my most favorite bands: The Night Visiting Song sung by the Dubliners’ Luke Kelly, who is standing next to another of my favorite singers, Ronnie Drew (the one with the beard), who is now dead, just as Luke is: I don’t feel like writing now. I just wanted to preserve that […]
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Good Times
Who knew that this past weekend would turn out to be so much fun. Michael had invited me to the Strawberry Music Festival in Grass Valley. I hadn’t wanted to go, and declined his offer. The lineup was uninteresting, and the drive long and dull. I’m glad I reconsidered. Michael footed the bill for my two nights at the Northern Queen Motel and one day at the festival, because I have been unemployed for nine months […]
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Lulu + fella + Peetee + Jen + I went to hear Cheryl Wheeler. Some of her beautiful songs made me feel like a snail crawling through diatomaceous earth. I suppose stranger things have come to pass, Many’s the forest I can’t see. I was so down and lost and fading fast. How did you find your way to me? Here is a picture of me telling Cheryl about the emotional effect her lyrics had […]
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My ex-husband just sent an e-mail to tell me that Jean Ritchie, one of my all-time idols, has had a serious stroke. She must be in her eighties by now. For those of you who don’t know Jean Ritchie: she’s one of the earliest Appalachian singer-songwriters to emerge from the hollers into the eyes and ears of the rest of the world during the folk revival. Her music is political, courageous and moving: ballads about […]
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