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Spring 2005 SeriesConcerts are listed with the most recent at the top. Follow the links to visit the web sites of the performers or the organizations their concerts supportedJune 17:
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 | To hear a podcast interview and performance by Jan Seides, visit the Austin Connection website's January 2006 podcast listings. |
Texas-based
and Philadelphia-born artist Sharon Bousquet uses her extensive gifts
with a pen and a guitar to enlighten and inspire. This is contemporary acoustic
music that is both smart and earthy. Sharon uses the words of a poet and the
strength of her unique guitar style to build bridges between spiritual truths
and every day stories of life. Relationship songs are shaped into powerful tools
for change.
April 8Peter Mayer writes songs for a small planet—songs about interconnectedness and the human journey; songs about the beauty and the mystery of the world. Whimsical, humorous, and profound, his music takes you up mountains, across oceans, into space, and back home again. A native of Minnesota with a background in Theology, Peter is not big on love songs, but prefers delving into science, nature, and things spiritual. Peter started touring full-time in 1995 and has gradually amassed a dedicated, word-of-mouth following, selling out shows from Minnesota to Texas, New England to Colorado. His has six CDs to his credit, and has sold over 40,000 of them independently. His accolades include numerous nominations for Minnesota Music Awards, and selections as a finalist in several songwriting competitions including Telluride and the Rocky Mountain Folksfest, where he has been invited back to perform and teach songwriting at the highly regarded Rocky Mountain Songschool.
The
Isaacs-Bryant family bring youthful enthusiasm and beautifully crafted
harmonies to the Live Oak stage. They include Mary K Isaacs and her children
Kathleen, Mignon, Will, and Forrest Isaacs-Bryant. The family’s music is almost
always a capella – but is wide ranging included new sacred, Broadway, bluegrass,
rock/pop, jazz, barbershop, and classical styles. Their renditions of “UU
gospel” songs are particularly popular. Even the younger singers sing in five
part, independent harmony –extemporizing harmonies and performing difficult
choral works. Mary K. is often a featured performer and supports the group with
guitar and flutes. Original music is an important part of the
Isaacs-Bryant music, and many families contribute songs.
March 11A talented songwriter herself, Mary Catherine Reynolds is an acclaimed interpreter of the songs of Emily Kaitz, Linda Waterfall & Ilene Weiss among others, and she can call upon an eclectic repertoire of traditional material and American popular songs. She is a classically trained vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, bass or saxophone as required. Her compositions and interpretations were featured in the Fast Folk Musical Magazine when she lived in New York City in the early 80's, and she performed on several other selections as a side musician. While living in Austin, she was a frequent performer on the Austin scene and in October of 1996 was spotlighted in a solo "Live Set," the venerable live radio broadcast of KUT Radio. Mary's first solo CD, "Patience," was released in April 1998 to great enthusiasm from audiences and public radio, appearing on several "Recommended" and "Best of the Year" lists. Mary now lives in Oklahoma City, where she continues to play with the jazz band Miss Brown to You and the vocal group The Sisters of Swing, along with other projects in traditional, country, jazz & pop music. Louise Goldberg will be joining her on guitar.
Emily Kaitz, a Fayetteville Arkansas resident since 1998, cut her
musical teeth in the vibrant club scene of Austin, Texas where she lived for 21
years and played "every place that had original acoustic music and didn't pay
enough." Emily Kaitz writes songs recorded by Trout Fishing in America,
The Therapy Sisters,
and The Austin Lounge
Lizards. She's recorded six albums of her own songs, which she published
under her own label, Pingleblobber Music. With a name like Pingleblobber and
recording groups like The Therapy Sisters and The Austin Lounge Lizards seeking
out her work, it isn't too much of a stretch to guess that Emily's songs are
eccentric, intelligent, and strangely humorous. Middle Aged Rock and Rollers
Are So Damn Cute took its title from the song by the same name. The lyrics
claim that middle aged rock and rollers have bags under their eyes, double chins
and a bald spot under their cowboy hats–but damn cute!
February 11Says Freebo: "I've been known primarily as a bass and tuba player. For ten years, I recorded and toured with Bonnie Raitt. My fretless bass appears on her first seven albums (Warner Bros). I also toured and recorded with Maria Muldaur (Midnight at the Oasis), John Mayall (A Sense of Place), and The Bluesbusters. In addition, I have had the great honor to have played with many blues legends including Roy Buchanan, Buddy Guy, Arthur (Big Boy) Cruddup, Muddy Waters, and Mississippi Fred MacDowell."
Jim Photoglo's music has been expressed in Pop, R&B and Country music
through such diverse artists as James Ingram, Kenny Rogers,
Faith Hill, The Dirt Band, Alabama, Run C&W and, of
course, Photoglo himself. But, despite the wide stylistic range of his hits,
Photoglo's music really represents only one artistic voice - his own. He
combines a broad musical background with an equally broad range of emotions, and
the result is a unique artistry that transcends stylistic boundaries and appeals
to a universal audience. Now, with his new release Fly
Straight Home, Jim has broadened his scope even further.
January 14
CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER PROBLEMS--will rescheduleFor the last 10 years, Christine Kane’s performances and songs have been a compelling portrait of what’s real and what’s true. From her debut release, This Time Last Year which introduced an exceptional innocence and uncluttered lyricism, to her 2002 release, Rain & Mud & Wild & Green, Christine’s music continues to reveal the many facets of her artistry, personality and spirit. Now, with the release of Right Outta Nowhere, the upward momentum continues. Produced by Christine and Dave Pomeroy and featuring some of Nashville’s most prominent musicians, (Kenny Malone on drums, Michael Spriggs on guitar) Right Outta Nowhere is a convergence of lyrical poetry, song craft, and pure acoustic musicianship.
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With her guitar and CDs in tow,
Abi Tapia has been taking to stages all over the US and steadily building
a dedicated base of listeners.
Abi's songs are infused with tension--a tug-of-war between aching to leave in
"Precious Things" and wanting to stay in "Galesburg," or the longing for life to
slow down in "Motion Sickness" and then in "Chocolate," the euphoria of
"dancing, spinning, sweating." But these songs don't suggest indecisiveness or
insincerity, rather they tell a story of the desire to occupy each corner of
life. She is based in Austin, Texas and is a member of the
Singer/songwriter
Jan Seides's (pronounced Sigh-deez) songs combines down-home honesty with
up-town sophistication. Jan has an eclectic writing and performing style: folk
to pop to jazz. She has won major awards, regional to national songwriting
competitions. She is based in Austin, Texas and is a member of the
