tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88731137218742684982024-02-20T00:51:48.736-08:00Bird in the Treewords, music & actionBird in the Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350824606791543578noreply@blogger.comBlogger992125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873113721874268498.post-92118130069079484262020-01-05T07:45:00.000-08:002020-01-06T07:38:27.710-08:00"The Other Side" Live at Amado's<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Deborah Crooks record release show for <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4eNAkk0nELmakOezozccaP" target="_blank"><i>The Department of the West</i>.</a><br />
Deborah Crooks, vocals & guitar; Maurice Tani, backing vocals; Danny
Allen, electric guitar; Kwame Copeland, acoustic guitar; Andrew
Griffin, drums and Kevin White, bass.
Amado's, San Francisco, CA <br />
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Bird in the Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350824606791543578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873113721874268498.post-85850248475755562492020-01-03T07:30:00.000-08:002020-01-06T07:34:52.693-08:00Bay Station's Love the Bay 2019 Recap<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YjXCNXQ2E6U" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>Bird in the Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350824606791543578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873113721874268498.post-89210919283818888192019-03-22T11:01:00.000-07:002019-03-22T11:02:15.257-07:00Saturday, March 23 Record Preview at The Lost Church<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span aria-hidden="false"><span>When you have the opportunity to do a show with the same great
band you are recording new tunes with, you do it! Tomorrow, I’ll return
to <a href="https://lnkd.in/gQBuX7q">The Lost Church</a> to play the songs from my in-progress record backed
by a powerhouse group: Danny Allen, Mike Stevens and Kevin T White.
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own great material. <br />And today is the last day to get advance tickets to the show for an easy <a href="https://lnkd.in/gQBuX7q">$10 ($15 day of show online & at door</a>)—<br />Real live music at one of SF’s coolest (& increasingly rare) listening venues. Come on out! </span></span><br />
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Bird in the Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350824606791543578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873113721874268498.post-60510432680956675752019-03-04T11:51:00.000-08:002019-03-06T11:53:47.585-08:00Bay Station Love the Bay 2019: Episode Two featuring Yours Truly, Michele<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Bay Station welcomes chanteuse and drummer Yours Truly, Michele aka Michele Kappel to the sailboat Espresso, for an afternoon conversation and concert on the Oakland Estuary of San Francisco Bay.
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Bird in the Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350824606791543578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873113721874268498.post-29464529135347751282019-02-02T11:49:00.000-08:002019-03-06T11:50:46.029-08:00Bay Station Loves the Bay Video Series Launch! Episode 1 with Penny Opry<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Bay Station welcomed nautical music duo Penny Opry to the sailboat Espresso for a later morning conversation and concert on the Oakland Estuary of San Francisco Bay.
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Bird in the Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350824606791543578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873113721874268498.post-68560089405979797642019-01-24T11:45:00.000-08:002019-03-06T11:47:54.520-08:00Bay Station - "Trickster Moon" (Super Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
ay Station Love the Bay Full Moon Sail -January 2019. Filmed on the Alameda-Oakland estuary during the Super Full Moon Lunar Eclipse 1/20/19
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Bird in the Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350824606791543578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873113721874268498.post-37452541852369157402018-07-12T08:27:00.000-07:002018-07-13T08:28:26.815-07:00Postcard: Bay Station's Love the Bay Day 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://baystationband.com/">Bay Station </a>spent a long Memorial Day weekend, sailing around the San Francisco Bay, playing music with a bunch of area songwriters. Check out highlights from Day 1 when they say from Alameda to San Francisco and meet up with SF songwriters Nina Jo Smith and Peter Whitehead.
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Bird in the Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350824606791543578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873113721874268498.post-50915738886763553112018-05-30T07:00:00.000-07:002018-05-30T07:00:11.387-07:00J.C. Hyke's Songwriter Serenade: Live Music Showcase in Arcadia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I love the <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=578432985855671&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/TheSongwriterSerenade/?fref=mentions">The Songwriter Serenade</a> in Arcadia! And I'm happy to play another round, Tuesday, June 5, with yet another great group of artists curated by <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=608099310&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/JCHyke?fref=mentions">JC Hyke</a>. If you're in the greater LA area next week, come on out!</div>
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Wow, what a ride the past weekend has been. <a href="http://baystationband.com/">Bay Station </a>completed its mission on Memorial Day, sailing from Richmond to Alameda after a music-filled few days with some of our favorite friends in music. Below is just a sampling of some of the tiny boat concerts staged on <i>Espresso</i>. Check out the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BayStationBand/">Bay Station Facebook </a>page for full videos! Thanks to all those who participated!<br />
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Bird in the Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350824606791543578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873113721874268498.post-57828020862999758372018-05-25T15:00:00.000-07:002018-05-25T15:00:06.981-07:00Love the Bay v.2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://baystationband.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Bay Station</a> has sail from Alameda on our second Love the Bay multi-day sailing trip/tour of the San Francisco Bay. Follow along on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/baystationband" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #222222; font-weight: normal; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and/ <a href="https://www.instagram.com/baystationband/" target="_blank">Instagram </a>this Memorial Day Weekend for live broadcasts from our various ports of call.
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<a href="http://www.worldmigratorybirdday.org/">World Migratory Bird Day</a> is an annual, UN-backed global awareness-raising and environmental education campaign focused on migratory birds and the need for international cooperation to conserve them.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 32px;">A <a href="https://baystationband.bandcamp.com/album/other-desert-cities" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #00add8; font-weight: normal; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">new record</a> with Bay Station</span></div>
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I'm more a periodic than routine co-writer, I love collaborating and
making something that simply wouldn't exist otherwise. While we started
co-writing as part of a challenge, Kwame Copeland and I have since made
it an annual undertaking, resulting in a bunch of songs and the
Americana band <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=550631465111910&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/BayStationBand/?fref=mentions" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #00add8; font-weight: normal; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-decoration: underline;">Bay Station</a>.
For the past several years, we've spent a lot of time in Joshua Tree
writing together, and two years ago, we ended our cross-country tour
there...and began a new batch of tunes. When it was time to record the
keepers, we decided to record the songs near their source, took the band
to Gatos Trail Studio outside of Joshua Tree and recorded the basics
(We also played a gig and took a sound bath at The Integratron while we
were at it!). Over the next months, we completed the 10 tracks at Lost
Monkey Studio in Hayward. We’re pleased with how all those good
vibrations added up, and, almost exactly a year after starting the
record, we're excited to release<i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B9R9F7M/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_4t13AbFMDHKZG" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #00add8; font-weight: normal; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"> Other Deserts Cities</a></i> this coming Sunday, April 29 at <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=116723313091&extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/StarryPlough/?fref=mentions" style="-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #00add8; font-weight: normal; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; text-decoration: underline;">The Starry Plough</a>
in Berkeley. It’s a double record-release show with our Bay Station
bandmate Steve Waters. If you're in the Bay Area this weekend, please
join us!<br />
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Bird in the Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350824606791543578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873113721874268498.post-57690299822597877592018-03-07T19:29:00.000-08:002018-03-07T19:30:19.344-08:00Alameda House Concert with Bay Station, Nate Jones Sloe Sippers, Joan Wilson Rueter & Yours Truly, Michele <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdFn2uy-st2IBtvFsnh77DLB4dBt7rN2Hvv3KSM6JqDBq9LmROOCZe1qsQ7YipSKEvDZYMU4dj5kpXhMY5p-IgmhbyJcEmB558Di5QKdDpjL5vfZ56hy8izIlxIBx_r8YhW2zuc06C-cM/s1600/houseconcert.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdFn2uy-st2IBtvFsnh77DLB4dBt7rN2Hvv3KSM6JqDBq9LmROOCZe1qsQ7YipSKEvDZYMU4dj5kpXhMY5p-IgmhbyJcEmB558Di5QKdDpjL5vfZ56hy8izIlxIBx_r8YhW2zuc06C-cM/s320/houseconcert.jpg" width="320" /></a> Spring forward this Sunday March 11 for this fun house concert/mini-local-music fest featuring Alameda Island acts:<br />
* Bay Station<br />
* Nate Jones & The Sloe Sippers<br />
* Yours Truly, Michele<br />
* Joan Wilson Rueter<br />
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March 11, 2018 in Alameda<br />
4-7pm
$10 tickets in advance via <a href="https://deborah-crooks-music.ticketleap.com/alameda-house-concert/" target="_blank">TICKETLEAP</a><br />
$15-20 at door<br />
RSVP to baystationband @ gmail for more information</div>
Bird in the Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350824606791543578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873113721874268498.post-71918435603185313662017-06-29T15:00:00.000-07:002017-07-01T18:15:46.110-07:00Deborah Crooks "Record of a Day" (Pint of Soul Video)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Back in January, I spent an afternoon shooting a couple videos with <a href="http://www.pintofsoul.com/">Pint of Soul </a>at Amado's in San Francisco. This live version of"Record of a Day" (from the <i><a href="https://deborahcrooks.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Beauty Everywhere</a> </i>CD) features Art Khu on piano, Kwame Copeland on guitar, and Kim Xuan Nguyen on bass. Enjoy!</div>
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Bird in the Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350824606791543578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873113721874268498.post-2319709498334392142017-06-15T13:03:00.000-07:002017-06-19T06:20:15.621-07:00Songwriter Showcase at The Octopus Literary Salon - June 21 in Oakland<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: medium;">Nothing like hopscotching across the country over the past couple weeks to appreciate the Bay Area and all it's amazingness that much more. I love travel and I love the return ...and I love love love that I'm sharing a show with three FABULOUS SF Bay-based songwriters - <a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/aireenee/"><b>Aireene Espiritu, Claudia Russel</b> </a>and <b><a class="notranslate" href="https://www.instagram.com/mamapaige/">Paige Clem</a></b>- next <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1672225529754056/?ti=i">Wednesday June 21 at The Octopus Literary Salon</a></b> in Oakland. These women are all on fire creatively (and there will likely be a special guest or two sitting in). Mark your calendars and join us. </span><br />
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Bird in the Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350824606791543578noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873113721874268498.post-59826324889583967412017-05-17T14:38:00.002-07:002017-05-17T14:38:24.628-07:00Hot Water Sessions/ #FolkFightsBack Benefit for Women in San Francisc May 18<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Tomorrow, Thursday, May 18, The Hot Water Sessions 2017 travel to San Francisco, for a Hot Water/#FolkFightsBack for Women benefit performance at <a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1459109?utm_source=fbTfly&utm_medium=ampOfficialEvent" target="_blank">The Lost Church </a>at 8pm (doors 7:30pm). <br />
Today is the last day to get adv. ticket prices - only $10. Jump in! <br />
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<b>What are the Hot Water Sessions? </b></div>
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It's a luxurious soak in the sultry sounds of Americana brought to you by the combined forces of songwriters and sirens Aireene Espiritu, Deborah Crooks, and Yours Truly, Michele and features mighty man friend Kwame Copeland. </div>
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<b><a href="http://www.aireeneespiritu.com/" target="_blank">Aireene Espiritu </a></b></div>
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<i>"Folk singer-songwriter Aireene Espiritu works in the elemental substance of vernacular American music with an uncanny ease. Whether blues, hillbilly, soul, folk or R&B...[she] demonstrates masterly command of each."- Jonny Whiteside, Los Angeles Times </i></div>
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<b><a href="http://deborahcrooks.com/" target="_blank">Deborah Crook</a></b>s </div>
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<i>"California songwriter Deborah Crooks’ is simply too original to be a singer who will be known as someone who sings like…like no one. She changes gears seamlessly and in regards to Lucinda [Williams], Deborah may have a wider pallet of styles than even Lucinda." - John Apice, No Depression </i></div>
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<b><a href="http://michelekappelstone.com/" target="_blank">Yours Truly, Michele </a></b> </div>
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"She’s a celebration. No matter your mood, you’ll walk away with a smile. It’s cheaper than therapy." Tony DuShane, San Francisco Chronicle
With a sound infused with 60s pop, shadowy torch songs, and touched by by Americana Roots-Rock, it is truly Michele Kappel’s own brand of music. </div>
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Folk Fights Back is a musician led organization that seeks to raise money and awareness for critical issues during the Trump presidency.
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Bird in the Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350824606791543578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873113721874268498.post-37477125793877483272017-04-17T12:30:00.000-07:002017-05-15T11:33:07.006-07:00Hot Water Tour 2017: Soak in the Sounds of Sultry Americana withAireene Espiritu, Deborah Crooks and "Yours Truly, Michele"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Excited about the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/422569208106322/?ti=icl" target="_blank">"Hot Water Sessions"</a> I'm doing with <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-obj-id="122944617779684" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=122944617779684" href="https://www.facebook.com/aireenemusic/">Aireene Espiritu</a> and <a class="profileLink" data-hovercard-obj-id="1464197997180911" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=1464197997180911" href="https://www.facebook.com/YoursTrulyMichele/">Yours Truly, Michele</a> in May! Join us in some great venues in Niles, San Francisco, Suisun City and/or Alameda: </div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Mudpuddle Shop</span></div>
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<a href="http://thelostchurch.com/" target="_blank"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Lost Church</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a dir="ltr" href="x-apple-data-detectors://10" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(69, 69, 69, 0.258824);" x-apple-data-detectors-result="10" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors="true">Friday, May 19th</a> </span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.barkissimo.com/" target="_blank"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Barkissimo: A Floating Oasis</span></a></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Barkissimo is located in the heart of downtown Suisun City, across the grand plaza from Main Street. Bring a home made dish to share with the community.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ALAMEDA, CA</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Aireene Espiritu </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Folk singer-songwriter Aireene Espiritu works in the elemental substance of vernacular American music with an uncanny ease. Whether blues, hillbilly, soul, folk or R&B...[she] demonstrates masterly command of each."- Jonny Whiteside, Los Angeles Times</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Deborah Crooks</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"California songwriter Deborah Crooks’ is simply too original to be a singer who will be known as someone who sings like…like no one. She changes gears seamlessly and in regards to Lucinda [Williams], Deborah may have a wider pallet of styles than even Lucinda." - John Apice, No Depression </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Yours Truly, Michele <a href="http://michelekappelstone.com/">http://michelekappelstone.com/</a></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"She’s a celebration. No matter your mood, you’ll walk away with a smile. It’s cheaper than therapy." Tony DuShane, San Francisco Chronicle</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">With a sound infused with 60s pop, shadowy torch songs, and touched by by Americana Roots-Rock, it is truly Michele Kappel’s own brand of music.</span></div>
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San Francisco's <a href="http://welcomemattsf.com/index" target="_blank">The Welcome Matt</a> is releasing a new album! Check out the video for the first single, the title track "More Empire Days":<br />
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Then go get yourself a ticket for his album-release show at<a href="http://docslabsf.com/event/1427040" target="_blank"> Doc's Lab on May 13. </a><span class="_4n-j _fbReactionComponent__eventDetailsContentTags fsl" data-testid="event-permalink-details"><br /> <a data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=214867658535814&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A1272950509467927%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/kcturnerpresents/">KC Turner Presents</a> <br /> <a data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=109987522368794&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A1272950509467927%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/thewelcomematt/">The Welcome Matt</a> <br /> Special Guests- Guinevere Q / Seth & Erma<br /> Saturday, May 13 - 8pm<br /> at <a data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show="1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=159371260940628&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A1272950509467927%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/docslabsf/">Doc's Lab</a> San Francisco<br /> $15 ADV / All Ages</span></div>
Bird in the Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350824606791543578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873113721874268498.post-30927949333610993712017-04-03T10:19:00.001-07:002017-04-03T10:19:40.334-07:00Osprey Nest Cam Awesomeness from Golden Gate Audubon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Whether you're an avid birder or just in need of some faith renewal, the new <a href="http://sfbayospreys.org/" target="_blank">Osprey nest cam </a>installed by <a href="https://goldengateaudubon.org/" target="_blank">Golden Gate Audubon</a> last week offers a quick fix. Not only do you get a veritable birds-eye view, you get a great gander at the beautiful bay and city skyline. <br />
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GGA installed two high-definition cameras focused on a nest on a 75-foot-high inactive
WW2 maritime crane on the Richmond shoreline. The cameras have infrared ability
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We've taken to leaving it on full-screen at random when we're home to view the beautiful birds in repose as well as feeding, preparing the nest, and mating (!). This weekend, the female laid its first egg so the action's just starting: Check it out at: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://sfbayospreys.org&source=gmail&ust=1491325500447000&usg=AFQjCNHRJeJtWjGm8vpmd5MghO3WSgRTGw" href="http://sfbayospreys.org/" target="_blank">http://sfbayospreys.org</a><br />
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<i>Golden Gate Audubon is a founding member of the Bay Area Osprey Coalition, which includes organizations committed to helping this amazing raptor thrive! Other members of the coalition include the <a href="http://www.parksconservancy.org/programs/ggro/" target="_blank">Golden Gate Raptor Observatory</a> (a project of the <a href="http://www.parksconservancy.org/" target="_blank">Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy</a>) and M<a href="http://www.mareislandpreserve.org/MareIslandPreserve/Homepage.html" target="_blank">are Island Preserve</a>, which hosts our signature S.F. Bay Ospreys Days festival each June.</i></div>
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Bird in the Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350824606791543578noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8873113721874268498.post-27084640545234901112017-03-27T07:21:00.000-07:002017-03-31T12:02:55.134-07:00"Be Kind" on WOS Radio<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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recording artist, and a relentlessly touring performer. She's also a
writer covered by Mary Chapin Carpenter (Passionate Kisses), Tom Petty
(Change the Locks) and Emmylou Harris (Sweet Old World). We'll cover her
hits, bluesy rockers and ballads in this night of joyous, righteous
Americana. The all-star lineup includes L.A.'s Mick Rhodes, Deborah
Crooks from the Bay Area, and local favorites Girls & Boys, Kristen
Black, Noach Tangeras, John Sandoval, Amie Richie, Holly Ann Lewis, and
Lauren Riffle. Your host Steve Key kicks it off at 6:30pm.</span></span></span>
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tip bucket, shared by all of the performers. 21 & Over Only. Come
early for a good seat (OK to bring your own food, but the venue does
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<span style="font-size: small;">Announcing the release of the video for one of my newest songs<a href="https://youtu.be/_8CB6Jyi1zI" target="_blank">,"<b>Wishing Tree!</b>"</a> I wrote "Wishing Tree" after coming upon several such trees in the Bay Area (like this one in Port Costa, left). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>"A wish tree is an individual tree, usually distinguished by species, position or appearance, which is used as an object of wishes and offerings. Such trees are identified as possessing a special religious or spiritual value. By tradition, believers make votive offerings in order to gain from that nature spirit, saint or goddess fulfillment of a wish."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>"Wishing Tree"</b> is part autobiography and part wish for everyone to breakthrough oppression, be happy and <i>free. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Shot by Pint of Soul at Amado's in San Francisco in January, the song features Art Khu on piano, Kwame Copeland on dobro, and Kim Xuan Nguyen on bass.
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<span style="font-size: small;">A bright spot on the calendar this Friday, <span style="font-size: 14px;"><b>February 17, 2017</b>, </span>when I'll be doing a show at <a href="http://thelostchurch.com/">The Lost Church in San Francisco<b>, </b>with<b> </b></a>my friend, the imitable, and great, songwriter <a href="https://youtu.be/KnHN-uCSOEg?t=5s">Michael McNevin</a>. <span style="font-size: 14px;">The show is also a celebration of our respective February birthdays</span>, so we'll be playing songs covering the spectrum of our songwriting lives. We'll even have cake or pie (or both!) to celebrate that much more, and <span style="font-size: 14px;">I'll be playing with a full band (yay!)</span>. Finally, we LOVE The Lost Church, one of San Francisco's best, intimate listening venues, and we LOVE <i>YOU.</i> Please join us (and save $5) by picking up tickets in advance! Your presence completes the evening. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Tickets for $15 <a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/event/1411089-deborah-crooks-birthday-san-francisco/">via tickefly HERE</a>/$20 at the door.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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