(Last Updated December 18, 2009 )
Six String Cafe to Reopen!
We just found out that the Six String Café, formerly located at the MacGregor Village shopping center, will be reopening in a new location in 1040 Buck Jones Road, Raleigh, NC 27606 this December! This is very near to the Crossroad Shopping Mall at the intersection of 40 and 64/1. Personally, we've missed having a nice acoustic music hall like the Six String and are glad to hear it is coming back. Check out their performance schedule at: http://www.sixstringcafe.com/perform.html. Lots of good local acts are on the schedule including Mike Cross.
Opened for Carrie Newcomer!
Many thanks to our fans, family, and friends who attended Carrie Newcomer's Labor Day concert at the Sertoma Amphitheater in Bond Park, Cary. We had a wonderful time opening for Carrie and she gave a fantastic concert. She is as gracious as she is talented and we were thrilled to see how many folks were there to see this wonderful singer/songwriter. We would also like to express our gratitude to Carrie for giving us the opportunity to share the stage with her. If you were not able to attend and have not heard Carrie, by all means check out her beautiful website at http://www.carrienewcomer.com which has sound bites as well as bit of background on Carrie. She will have a new CD coming out in February which we look forward too! Check out our photos page for some wonderful pictures that our good friends Ken Spencer and Stuart Gordon took of the event for us. Thanks guys!!
New Ongoing Engagement
We will be playing monthly at Camille's Sidewalk Cafe starting on Sept 24th. Check our Performance Schedule page for details.
Swannanoa Gathering 2009
Jane and I spent a week at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC (near Asheville) to attend the Swannanoa Gathering music camps - Guitar Week and Contemporary Folk Week (they run concurrently). Jane attended classes taught by Grammy winner Kathy Mattea, her Grammy winning husband - singer/songwriter Jon Vezner, as well as the wonderful singer/songwriter Kate Campbell. Pete had the opportunity to take classes from blues and slide guitarist extraordinaire Scott Ainslie and the duke of funk, Adam Rafferty. It was an incredible, life-changing experience that we'd recommend to any musician. Check out our photos page for some pictures
New Photos Page
We have added a photos link to the main navigation bar where we have pictures of several of our recent performances. Check out Joanna's cool new Ned Steinberger WAV4 Electric Upright Bass!
Choral Concert
We were very happy to be part of a wonderful choral performance by the chamber choir of the Concert Singers of Cary (CSC). Pete was asked to play classical guitar accompaniment to one of the songs on the program, Rune of Hospitality. See our photo page for some pictures of the concert (thanks to our friend, Stuart Gordon, for the photos!). Select this link for a review of one of these concerts by the Classical Voice of North Carolina!
New Ongoing Engagement
Many thanks to those who supported us on Feb 5th at the Irregardless Cafe in downtown Raleigh. We are very honored to be asked back and to play on a more regular basis there. Our schedule now reflects the new dates we will be there. The Cafe is now running nightly music "themes" and Wednesday nights are now the folk and bluegrass theme when we will be playing. Check out our schedule page for details.