Life Blues, Part 1
Molly Shanahan, artistic director of Mad Shak, and lecturer in the dance program at Northwestern University, will be part of the Alverno Presents production of Death Blues this November in Milwaukee, WI.
She’s also contributed a written piece, in hopefully an ongoing series of thoughts that were inspired by this project. You can view her first submission in the Artifacts section.
Death Blues at Hopscotch Festival
The Hopscotch Festival announced its lineup for 2012 this week and I’m pleased to report that Death Blues (band only) will be making an appearance. A nice preview by Grayson Currin can be found here. Details on exact show date and time are forthcoming.
We’ll also be playing a handful of shows on the way out to North Carolina, along with friends Altos, sharing some members, as well. Here are the musicians involved, and what they’ll be doing:
Jon Mueller: drums
Nathaniel Heuer: upright bass, vocals
Ken Palme: hammered acoustic guitar
Jim Warchol: hammered acoustic guitar
Marielle Allschwang: vocals
Aaron Schleicher: vocals, percussion
Erin Wolf: vocals
Dan Spack: vocals, percussion
What Will You Do?
A new text and image piece has been added to the Artifacts section. Titled Death Blues: What Will You Do? it addresses and reveals some of the information related to this project, while also serving as a contribution to a forthcoming project by a dear friend, Kate Mytty. Download and read the piece here.
New Artifacts
Jon Mueller comments on part of the impetus that started this project in a new video posted in the Artifacts section.
Writing
The Death Blues manifesto has been completed and will be published via ChangeThis sometime in 2012. Month to be announced in early 2012.
New Artifacts
Bryan Lewis Saunders has contributed a written piece over in the Artifacts section.
