FAR-West Community A series of virtually hosted events celebrating the rich cultural musical diversity of FAR-West Monday, August 30th at 7 PM PDT FAR-West Community Presents “She’s Speaking“ Songs about women, by women, for everyone. FAR-West Board Emcee: Auntmama Moorman Hosted by Beth Wood Featuring Kristen Grainger, Bre Gregg, Shireen Amini, Gabrielle Louise, Aireene Espiritu, […]
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FAR-West Community: Slack Key Hawaiian
Monday, August 16th, 2021, 7-9 PM PDT / 4-6 PM HST FAR-West Community Presents a Slack Key Hawaiian Spotlight Hosted by Jim “Kimo” West Featuring Ken Emerson, Stephen Inglis, and Kimo at youtube.com/farwestconference
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FAR-West Community A series of virtually hosted events celebrating the rich cultural musical diversity of FAR-West. Slack-key guitar (kī hōʻalu in Hawaiian which means “loosen the key”) is a fingerstyle guitar genre that originated in Hawaii after Mexican cowboys introduced Spanish guitars there in the late 19th century. The Hawaiians did not like the traditional […]
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Lockdown Lemonade #41 by Lee Penn Sky
The Evening Spoon Report So, what did I do to feel better during the Pandemic other than baking and eating literally hundreds of pounds of bread? Spoon carving. What?! Yes, my friends. Hand carving wooden spoons. It was a hobby I had picked up somewhere along the way. I start with a log which I […]
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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 […]
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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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Lockdown Lemonade #38 by Penelope Salinger
While I Stayed Home, My Songs Went Traveling One of my most satisfying musical activities is singing at the bedsides of the dying, through the Threshold Choir, an international service organization whose motto is “kindness made audible.” We sing softly, a cappella, usually in trios. Of course, the pandemic eliminated bedside singing, as well as […]
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FAR-West News for You, Monday, July 5th, 2021
Topics in this post: Lockdown Lemonade #37 / Community July 19th & Archives & Upcoming / Campfire July 13th / FAR-West Teaches Archives / Best of the West & Beyond Archives / Where to Post your Gigs / JUST PUBLISHED! Monday, July 5th Lockdown Lemonade #37- Learning to Love Lemons by James Kahn You […]
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FAR-West Community Spotlight on KC Cafe Radio
FAR-West Community A series of virtually hosted events celebrating the rich cultural musical diversity of FAR-West. Monday, July 19th, 2021, 7-9 PM PDT FAR-West Community Spotlight on KC Cafe Radio Hosted by Kathy Forste Featuring Josie Bello, David G Smith, Kerry Patrick Clark and Kathy Forste https://youtu.be/gkftLs0AgRY KC Café Radio has been brewing original […]
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