We’re back from the Folk Alliance Region West conference in Mesa, AZ, where two floors of the Marriott were transformed into a miniature Sixth Street, beds shoved aside to make every room its own little unplugged concert venue. (Lots of other important stuff happened, like panels and workshops, but it’s the “guerrilla showcases” that are [...]
Our friend Geoff from orchestra6 just posted videos of our own Dave Allender singing From Galway to Graceland and The Galway Girl, with Geoff on Dobro, at the Red Rock Coffee open mike. I’ve been collecting live videos of us and our friends over on YouTube. All the ones I know about are here. Let [...]
1. In Bellingham I had the best coffee of the tour, at The Black Drop. Tom bought records at Aladdin’s Lamp – we had to drag him out. Dave looked for a belt, but left unfulfilled. The show at the Green Frog might have been the first time on the tour that people we didn’t [...]
1. The window’s not… fixed, exactly. There’s a part we couldn’t get. It’s fine as long as Dave doesn’t roll the window down. Which he keeps doing. 2. We didn’t have a show in Portland. The show’s coming up on Saturday. Tuesday night we played an open mike at Albina Green, a restaurant with a [...]
Let’s see how long this lasts. 1. We didn’t actually put together the CDs in the truck. We unbundled at a sweltering rest stop and, after berries and peanut butter, formed a loose assembly line at a picnic table. 2. When we got to the Kat Wok, the maitre d’ led us along a narrow [...]
That’s one (1) CD. All the recording is done. It’s been mixed, it’s been mastered. The art and design are done, except the label has to be revised. I picked out some cardstock options at Kelly Paper, printed some samples at Kinko’s, burned some CDs at home, and put them all together. After we all [...]
… is finally mixed just the way we want it. I am just jumping for the chance to get it out into other people’s hands, but first we have to get it mastered and, you know, make a bunch of copies. But still: EXCITING. I went to see Peter Mulvey last night at Don Quixote’s. [...]
Hey, the new Vermillion Lies CD is out! Or at least they’re taking preorders. Of course I went and listened to all the tracks I played accordion on. (I’m so vain, I probably think this album is about me.) But my favorite track is actually “Bone Yard”–what are those spooky bells? You, too, can listen [...]
Well, no, but we did get our name in the paper! Paul Freeman wrote a MySpace roundup for a bunch of Bay Area newspapers, and we’re in there right between Kristin Andreassen and Samantha Preis. The big time! He also said we have “a bit of a Barenaked Ladies vibe,” which we thought was cool [...]
You’re probably wondering what Tin Cat’s been up to lately. The answer is, finally recording a full-length album!