(This story is an excerpt from Braeden’s book “Banjos in Babylon”, available here: https://jamalong.org/product/banjos-in-babylon) “Didgeri-dont” My first music fest after Covid was quite a rush. It seemed so surreal as we rolled in, set up camp, and began to pick. Two tunes in, we had a herd of admirers listening in awe. And it was only midnight! […]
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The Lemonade Stand #8 by Arend Lee Jessurun
Am I “folk enough?”—Towards a Genre-expansive Movement In Fall 2022, my partner Jessica Gerhardt and I were signing up to attend our first Folk Alliance International conference. She asked me, “Do you really think my music is ‘folk enough’ for Folk Alliance?” The thing about folk music is: it’s made by folks, for folks. Blues […]
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Note to the reader: The editors typically request a shorter piece from our bloggers, but because Laura has been away from FAR-West for a time, we have published her longer blog in its entirety. We hope you enjoy it. Hello my fellow FAR-Westians!!! It’s been a while- for so many things. But you’ve never been […]
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What’s New? What’s Old? What’s Confusing and Mysterious? I smiled as I read these words from the August, FAR West email. Feeling like it was just yesterday when we were singing in hallways and gathering to connect and be everything that I (we) have come to love about FAR West! Pandemic Paralysis! That’s where I’ve […]
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Winterize Your Voice: Voice Health in Winter Months By FAR-West President, Susie Glaze Happy New Year! I hope this month’s Lemonade Stand finds you all in good health, and that you’re getting out there to make music and engage in your community! I want to thank you all for your continued support of FAR-West, and […]
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The Lemonade Stand for December 15, 2022 From “Lockdown” to “Stand” By Diane Hubka & The Sun Canyon Band After playing during the lockdown with friends on live-stream Facebook and YouTube “shows” every week, by 2021 we were ready to play in front of a live audience! But Covid was still a presence in LA, […]
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LOCK DOWN LEMONADE – TWO YEARS LATER By Gary Stockdale The fabulously talented Susie Glaze asked me (and, I’m guessing, many of you as well) to write another Lockdown Lemonade column, about how we’re “transitioning (our) music and life out of pandemic world and being creative.” When the pandemic hit it was obvious that […]
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“Is it Possible to be a Visionary with No Plan at all?” By Bruce Hayden Dale Barcellos is a friend who asked a question on his Facebook page last week: “Is it Possible to be a visionary with no plan at all?” I wrote a reply which I haven’t as yet posted regarding one of […]
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LIVE Lemonade! By Gail Dreifus After two years of keeping my passion, Yosemite Songwriting Retreat, going on Zoom for four retreats, we will be LIVE in October! Although I was getting used to seeing and hearing people in their “Zoom box,” I am excited to be live (although a little cautious) for our tenth anniversary […]
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Welcome to the Lemonade Stand! Coming Soon! Watch this space for the upcoming launch of the new monthly blog from the FAR-West Community. This space will be the place for the reconstituted lemonade (formerly known as the “Lockdown Lemonade“) of ideas, trends and stories from our FAR-West membership and beyond, writing monthly pieces of 300 […]
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