Euphonia concert in the local paper

The Auburn Jounal followed up on their interview done a few months ago with a nice piece about the Euphonia concert.

Classics with a twist served at Euphonia show.

Melanie O'Reilly Concert Report

Way cool.

Frank and Melanie made music that brought a tear to my eye it was so beautiful. They made music together as jazz is supposed to be: spontaneous, interactive and full of joy.

Our new Zoom H2 digital recorder provided a marked improvement in the sound recording. Look for a couple of videos from the concert on the AHC website in May.

Paddy Keenan and Tommy O'Sullivan Concert

The Paddy Keenan and Tommy O'Sullivan Concert on Friday night was incredible. The concert was sold out so we started a waiting/SRO list. As expected there were unexpected events in people's lives that prevented them from attending, and consequently, all the folks on the waiting list were able to find a seat.

Pete Grant joined Tommy and Paddy for most of the sets. Usually Pete plays the dobro in our sessions so it was a special treat to hear some of his pedal steel guitar music. At Paddy's request, Pete and Phyllis Grant did a song for the crowd. Then Bo Bowen, whistle, from Nine-8ths Irish was asked to join in for a set as well.

Sharon shot several videos that we hope to publish on the concerts website after the artists have reviewed and approved their release. The MP3 recorder did a fine job capturing a great performance so we don't foresee any problems getting a couple up in the next few weeks.

After the concert we had a nice short session. Paddy played his low D whistle and Tommy played the bar man, leaning on the kitchen counter enjoying the music.

Legacy Concert

The Auburn House Concert staring Legacy was smokin'. (Remember, that is when we couldn't go outside because of the fires.) Once again the largest attendance to date. Many people had never heard of Legacy before and were delighted they took a chance. We overheard someone say that they knew Legacy from their recordings and were very impressed how great and tight they sounded at the concert.

We have posted two videos from the concert; Old Hag You’ve Killed Me / The Killavil Jig / The Killarney Boys of Pleasure / The Curlew and a song sung by Justin, Mary and the Solder.

Pictures of the concert are in the Auburn House Concerts Legacy Photo Album.

Notorious Concert

The Auburn House Concert staring Notorious was fantastic. The largest attendance to date and everyone loved it.

We have posted two videos from the concert; Bei Mir Bist Du Schön and We'll to the Woods No More.

Pictures of the concert are in the Auburn House Concerts Notorious Photo Album.

Melanie O'Reilly Concert

The Melanie O'Reilly Concert on Saturday evening was magical.

Melanie was joined by Sean O'Nuallain (guitar) and Richard Tibbitts (flute, whistle, percussion).

Since Richard lives in the San Diego area they haven't had much time to rehearse. That afternoon they practiced in our living room. Sharon had things to do but I had taken the day off and was able to just sit their and listen, my own private concert. A pleasure to observe good musicians listening and adapting to each other's performance.

We recorded the concert with our MP3 recorder. The audio quality was ok and I will be able to create a private CD of the performance for the musicians using GarageBand (the Mac rocks). I regret that we forgot to preserve Stevie Coyle's concert but we'll make a point of recording all the house concerts from now on.

Melanie and Sean were able to stay overnight and we all enjoyed a very nice leisurely breakfast on Sunday.

Stevie Coyle Concert

The Stevie Coyle house concert was that first in what we hope will be a frackin' amazing venue for artists in and around the Celtic traditional music world.

We submitted the concert announcement to the community calendar on KVMR radio. In spite of the fact that the announcement didn't get aired until the morning of the concert, a few people called to make reservations. The KVMR listeners all knew Stevie's music from The Waybacks.

I knew we were experiencing something very special when Stevie sang a Waybacks song that had backup vocals and the audience spontaneously sang backup.

We were so excited about having Stevie play in our house we made a whole bunch of food for the potluck. We ate during the intermission which seemed more like a party then anything else. After a half hour or so we went back into the living room and listened to more great fingerpicked guitar and entertaining songs.