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.

Melanie O'Reilly, March 20

We are pleased to announce that Melanie O'Reilly will be making her second Auburn House Concerts (AHC) appearance on Friday, March 20th.

Melanie's first AHC performance back in 2007 was a grand success and we expect to have a full house this year.

Make your reservations early.

Jim Malcolm, Feb. 1

House Concert
Sunday Afternoon, February 1, 3:00 pm

One of Scotland’s finest singer/songwriters, Jim Malcolm was the lead singer of the Scottish band Old Blind Dogs for seven years. He is now focusing on his solo singer-songwriter music. With Jim Malcolm you can expect to hear traditional songs and ballads, his own compositions, and compelling stories, told both through singing and on their own. This concert will include a tribute to Robert Burns, in this 250th anniversary year of his birth.

“One of those pure, warm Scottish folk voices one never tires of listening to.”
–Dirty Linen

“Given the right song, Jim Malcolm will just melt you in your seat.”
–The Scotsman

Reservations recommended. Your $20 contribution goes to the artist. For directions & reservations, email Tickets@AuburnHouseConcerts.org or call 530-885-4292. Doors open at 2:30pm, music starts at 3:00pm. Arrive early for good seats. Please reply ASAP. For links to the music, go to www.AuburnHouseConcerts.org

Read more about Jim Malcolm at Auburn House Concerts.

Stevie Coyle, Jan. 17

Stevie Coyle launched Auburn House Concerts on September 7th, 2007. Now that we have built an audience we are having Stevie back so more of our friends will have a chance to experience this dynamite performer.

Stevie is the co-founder of the whiz-bang newgrass string band The Waybacks. He's gone solo now, and he'll be appearing live at Auburn House Concerts on the evening of Saturday, January 17th, 2009 at 8:00PM.

One astute music reviewer described Stevie's act as "like watching Leo Kottke, Jorma Kaukonen and David Lindley play mumbledy-peg with Garrison Keillor, Dan Hicks, John Hartford and Rene Descartes in Dave Barry's back yard."

Whatever it is, it's hot fingerstyle acoustic guitar and a rather oblique lyrical and personal view of life in modern times.

Reservations and information at tickets@AuburnHouseConcerts.org. Don't miss it. All the cool kids will be here.

Email List

We have been inviting artists into our house to perform for over a year now. Many people have been able to come and share this wonderful musical experience with us. Recently we installed some software, GroupMail, to enable us to manage the email addresses you have given us to keep you informed.

The software allows us to send individual emails as opposed to bulk mailings. This will help the messages get past some spam filters because it is addressed to you and only you.

To insure that all the emails from Auburn House Concerts make it to your Inbox please add info@AuburnHouseConcerts.org to your addressbook.

In an effort to reduce the number of emails we send, the people who reply to concert announcement emails will be excluded from the follow-on "reminder concert announcement" emails.

If you would like to get onto the Auburn House Concerts email list please send your request to info@AuburnHouseConcerts.org. Send your removal requests to this address as well.

Myra Joy to join Caswell

Joining Chris Caswell tomorrow night will be special guest Myra Joy on violoncello. She and Chris just played a well received concert at the Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse in Berkeley.

Myra also performs regularly with singers including The Black Brothers and Hans York, and has collaborated with Kitka, Melanie O’Reilly (AHC Nov. 2007) and Aisling.

Harps without Borders Workshop

Chris Caswell is going to present his workshop Harps without Borders the afternoon of his concert. This hour and a half workshop will allow you to explore the sounds and vibrations of the harp. No harp experience expected, just a love of listening to music.

Pictured is the prototype of the new Fairy Harp by Caswell Harps. It comes in different princess colors as well as a natural finish. It has the same effective range as a Soprano recorder, and the same stringing and spacing as the top end of the big harps. Chris promises to bring a couple up to Auburn for you to borrow and/or buy at the workshop.

For more information go the the Caswell Workshops webpage.