As a preview and guide to the journal I’m writing on NERFA, here is an exhausting (to make) not exhaustive (as it represents only a smathering of what appeared at the conference and what I saw in shared showcases, main-stage appearances, song circles, etc.) hitlist of songs I plan to reference. You can just about make the disc on itunes for between 10-15 dollars and the videos of songs too new to be recorded are free. There are two that are phantom songs, so rare I will have to beg the artists to grant me some lyrics, just so I can try to explain their greatness to you.
Immediately purchase/download/listen online:
- Connor Garvey: The Bird (off Where Ocean Meets Land, on itunes)
- Lois Morton: The Diet is Cast (off As I See It, on itunes)
- Anthony da Costa: Ain’t Much of a Soldier (off Typical American Tragedy, on itunes)
- Caleb Hawley: Call Me Crazy (off We All Got Problems, on itunes)
- Rebecca Loebe: Married Man (off Mystery Prize, on itunes)
- LJ Booth: Box Elder (off The Ox that Pulls the Cart, on itunes)
- The Sea, The Sea: Restless Heart (demo, on soundcloud)
- Layah Jane: Dandelion (off Honey, on itunes)
- Louise Mosrie: Leave Your Gun (live at Kerrville, on itunes)
- Zoe Mulford: Life is To Short to Fold Underwear (off Traveling Moon, on itunes)
- Beggar’s Ride: Making A List (off self-titled, on itunes)
Watch immediately on youtube:
- Brad Yoder: Somewhere in the Constellation (live at NERFA)
- Babik: Rhythm Futura (live)
- We’re About 9: The Hardest Thing to Prove (live)
- Lois Morton: The Diet is Cast (live)
- Matt Nakoa: Light in the Dark (live at NERFA)
- Gathering Time: Sweet Judy Blue Eyes (live cover)
- Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen: July, You’re a Woman (live)
- Shaw Brothers: Disease (live)
Where the hell are you on the internet, you ingenious song?
- Jean Rohe: Umbrella
- Brad Yoder: Went Away Sad
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We’re About 9 performing a Formal Showcase at NERFA. I KNOW they practice their banter, I know they know what they’re doing – and yet it never sounds canned, it always sounds fresh – even the stories I’ve heard half-a-dozen times before come across like they’re being told right off the top of their heads. They are always head and shoulders above the rest of anyone around them. -
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We’re About 9 performing at one of the myriad Guerrilla Showcases at NERFA in Kerhonksen, NY. I’m not sure that I see all of the comparisons, but I’m beyond flattered by the company -
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Amy Black performs at Zoe Mulford’s Folk Xing showcase -
the Divas perform at Jess Razzi’s “Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler” showcase -
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first I watch Rebecca Loebe perform, and then she returns the favour. -
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ilyAIMY performs at Jess Razzi’s “Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler” showcase. (photograph courtesy of the very talented Jake Jacobson as is…) Kristen and I went to bed at around 2am or so, knowing that otherwise we’d be dead the next day – Heather however showed admirable stamina and went to all the late night jam sessions. Listening to her tales afterwards, I should’ve manned up, drank a lot of coffee, and joined the party. Of course, looking at some of the roads we faced at 10am the next morning, I’m glad I was fully alert! -
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the Shaw Brothers were horrified to see that in the posters… they were the WRONG Shaw Brothers!!!
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