New Friends Are My Silver Lining The silver lining of this pandemic for me has been ZOOM! I live in a small town with few opportunities to meet other folk singers and writers. My husband and life-long singing/writing partner passed away in April 2018. I was just starting to venture out into the world on […]
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FAR-West Weekly Update, Monday, August 30th, 2021
Topics in this post: Register for our 2021 FAR-West Virtual Conference / FAR-West Town Hall TOMORROW, Tuesday, August 31st / Lockdown Lemonade #45 / FAR-West Community: She’s Speaking TONIGHT (August 30th) + Archives / FAR-West Teaches with Steve Postell and Tariqh Akoni THIS Thursday, Sept 2nd+ Archives / Call for Spotify Submissions / Where to […]
Read moreMore TagWeekly Update, Monday, August 23rd, 2021
Topics in this post: Register for our 2021 Virtual Conference / Lockdown Lemonade #44 / FAR-West Campfire TOMORROW August 24th: CRaZy Hats! / Community ‘She’s Speaking’ August 30th + Archives / FAR-West Teaches Sept 2nd + Archives / Where to Post your Events / The 18th annual FAR-West conference will take place October 14-16th and […]
Read moreMore TagFAR-West Year-Round Online News, Monday, August 16th, 2021
Topics in this post: Registration Now Open for the 2021 FAR-West Virtual Conference / Lockdown Lemonade #43 / Community: TONIGHT! August 16th and August 30th + Archives / FAR-West Campfire August 24th: CRaZy Hats! / FAR-West Teaches Sept 2nd + Archives / Where to Post your Shows / The 18th annual FAR-West conference will take […]
Read moreMore TagLockdown Lemonade #43 by Duff Ferguson
FOR WHEN FRIENDS RETURN Instruments don’t know what is happening Who is winning and what is getting worse Guitars still sound the same, still Gush their waterfalls of melody. Everything collapses, they still need dusting Still need tuning That doesn’t change The instruments don’t feel what is happening Though friends no longer gather The guitars […]
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FAR-West Campfire: Autumn
Tuesday, Sept 21st at 7 PM PDT is our next Campfire Song Circle: Autumn Songs. Songs about Autumn or Fall. Listeners and performers all Welcome! Register for the Zoom Link at found.ee/farwestcampfire
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FAR-West News, Monday, July 26th, 2021
Topics in this post: Lockdown Lemonade #40 / FAR-West Campfire goes Electric! Tomorrow, July 27th / Community Archives & Upcoming / FAR-West Teaches DIY Video July 29th + Archives / A ‘Now See Hear’ Milestone / Best of the West & Beyond Archives / Where to Post your Gigs / JUST PUBLISHED Today! Monday, July […]
Read moreMore TagLockdown Lemonade #40 by Jackie Morris
A TIME TO REPAIR I typically look to laughter for solace, so at the end of last year, I wrote a song recounting my very practical, if somewhat obsessive attempts to make lemonade out of isolation. […]
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Reconstituted Lemonade “Now my question is, why are there always lessons? And what if we never learn them, do they return again? Is there magic that keeps us moving forward like a tide that pulls us shoreward? And will these lessons end?” –Severin Browne, Lessons With all his wisdom, our dear friend Severin probably never […]
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FAR-West News Just for You, Monday, July 12th, 2021
Topics in this post: Lockdown Lemonade #38 / Campfire: Camp Songs TOMORROW, Tuesday, July 13 / Community July 19th & Archives & Upcoming / FAR-West Teaches DIY Video July 29th + Archives / Best of the West & Beyond Archives / Where to Post your Gigs / JUST PUBLISHED Today! Monday, July 12th Lockdown Lemonade […]
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