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new large format RUS!
"Meet Me by the Moonlight"
including live recordings of his Solstice celebrations heard on NPR
NY Times article on "Shared Song - Communal Memory".
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 Annie has sung for over 20 years with a voal Swing trio that also includes Wendi Bourne and Lauren Jansen (prev. Bono). The band was first known as Big Nite Out and later became Girls from Mars. They have performed widely at swing dances, music festivals, weddings, clubs and Augusta Heritage Festival.
Hep Cat Holiday is the trio's first recording. It is more acoustic than The Savage In Me, and contains more of the Cats N the Fiddle songs featured on Planet Swing. There are 2 original swing tunes on this recording, as well as a Carribean number! Personel includes: Wendi, Annie, and Lauren, Jeff Sarli on bass, Tom Mitchell on guitar, plus a few side musicians on trumpet and piano. A very energetic, fun recording! Available on cassette only.
The recording is available on cassette. $5.00.
Song list
1. Hep Cat Holiday - Herbie Miles
2. Vote for Mister Rhythm - Ella Fitzgerald
3. Gumbe - from Ronny Butler
4. When I Get Low, I Get High - Marion Sunsine
5. Chasing Shadows -
6. I'm Singin' - Tiny Grimes
7. Everybody Loves My Baby - from Fats Waller
8. Nothin' - from Cat's & the Fiddle
9. Rhythm Town - Wendi Bourne
10. Tell Me Where It Is - June Drucker
11. Caffine - Weindi Bourne
For more information on Girls from Mars / Big Nite Out, see their website.
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20th Anniversary (yes - Rise Up Singing is 20 years old!) Singalong Concerts & Workshops
June 22-28, Barnesville OH Quakercamp at Stillwater.
June 28-July 5 FGC Gathering, Johnstown PA. Annie will lead a singing workshop for women, noon sings & a closing sing on Friday.
Aug. 10, Berkeley CA Evening concert at the Berkeley Friends Meeting at 1600 Sacramento St.. For more iinformation, contact Bryan Uhlenbrock.
Aug. 15, Ben Lomond CA Afternoon workshop on songleading at Quaker Center.
Aug. 15-17, Ben Lomond CA Group singing weekend workshop at Quaker Center.
Sun., Aug. 17th, Santa Cruz CA Sing-along concert at Santa Cruz Friends Meetinghouse at 225 Rooney St. For details contact Gretta & Jacob Stone, (831) 336-8333 or go to the Meeting website for directions.
Swing performances Annie is doing with the
We urge you to check out the new website
promoting efforts to secure a Nobel Peace Prize for legendary folk singer & environmental & peace activist, Pete Seeger. A new edition of Seeger's autobiography (which Peter edited) is coming out this spring.
There are some great quotes from Pete on the power of group singing in the recent New York Times article on community sings around the country, many of which use Rise Up Singing.
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