We had a wonderful time with Joe Jencks and Zoe Mulford, celebrating Llouise and Jim Altes and the Friendship House Concert Series.
You can see the recorded livestream here.
And here is a listing of all of the “official” concerts in the Friendship house Concert series. There were many more than this, since Llouise and Jim welcomed into their home many artists just passing through town, and these also often turned into house concerts!
Hey, we wanted to let you know of two special treats for our Saturday show with Joe Jencks celebrating Llouise and Jim Altes and the Friendship House Concert series!
See you there!
We’re looking forward to Joe’s show this Saturday March 13, 7:30pm, to help celebrate Llouise & Jim Altes and the Friendship House Concert Series!
Getting ready to join the show? You can hear Joe’s interview last week with Mando Richard of Whiskey Before Breakfast (WRCT 88.3FM Pittsburgh):
And this Saturday at 11am you can hear live with Larry Berger on the Saturday Light Brigade (WRCT 88.3FM Pittsburgh):
The Zoom show with Cello Fury was a blast! Great music, great comradery, and great interaction with the audience during and after the show.
We don’t have a recording of the show for you but to give you some flavor of it, check out the interview Cello Fury did earlier in the day on the Saturday Light Brigade!
SongSpace Streams! with Cello Fury is SOLD OUT — all online spots are taken (there may be a couple spots held back at Eventbrite for listeners of the Saturday Light Brigade)!
If you got a ticket, we’re looking forward to seeing you tomorrow night, 7:30pm, with the link that Cello Fury sends you! The band will be answering some questions in the chat during the show, and they’ll stick around after the show for a little more online conversation.
Whether or not you got a spot for the show, you can hear a live interview and some music with Cello Fury tomorrow morning (Jan 30) at 11am on the Saturday Light Brigade.
Any last minute changes will be announced at uusongspace.com
Cello Fury
SongSpace Streams!
Saturday, January 30 7:30pm
Last-minute details at uusongspace.com.
Stream will open shortly before 7:30pm
Show at 7:30pm
Free admission, tips to the performers strongly encouraged.
For an interview with Cello Fury and a preview of the show, tune in to the Saturday Light Brigade at 11am Saturday January 30, on WRCT 88.3FM or online. See (hear!?) you there!
And don’t forget the concert Saturday night, 7:30pm. Sign up to get a link for the show at Eventbrite!
Our pre-Christmas show with Buffalo Rose was so much fun! You can re-live it here:
Our second livestream with Geña y Peña and the Uptown Quartet was really fun! If you missed it or you want to re-live it, here it is:
Don’t forget to tip the artists if you watch!
Geña y Peña: PayPal.Me/genhaboricua and Venmo @Maria-Nieves-43
Jon Banuelos / Uptown Quartet: Venmo @Jon-Banuelos-2
You can see many of our other livestreamed shows here!
We had a blast doing our first livestream concert with Brad Yoder, Morgan Erina & Jason Rafalak! If you’d like to re-live or see it for the first time, here it is (the music starts at about 6:30 or so):
…and feel free to donate something so that these guys can continue to play for you!
Venmo: @BradKYoder
PayPal: brad@bradyoder.com
You can see many of our other livestreamed shows here!
You are who make SongSpace possible. We, and the artists, are so grateful that you support live music in Pittsburgh.
We are so sad to cancel both our April 3 show with The Early Mays and our May 2 show with Joe Crookston, in the interest of doing what we can to slow the coronavirus pandemic.
We are in discussion with both the Mays and Joe about rescheduling their shows, but we do not expect to be able to announce new dates until well into May or even later. If you are holding advance tickets for either show, you can get a full refund by emailing refunds@brownpapertickets.com. Be sure to include your confirmation number. Or, if you prefer, you can hold on to your tickets and we will honor them at the rescheduled show.
In the meantime we wanted to share this feature on the Early Mays done by WQED in Pittsburgh
and this live-streamed concert that Joe Crookston recently did from his own back porch in Ithaca.
A good summary of epidemiological data on the spread of the novel coronavirus and the positive effects of mitigation strategies like social distancing, limiting unnecessary travel, good hygiene, etc., can be found in this Medium post. Some of the most digestible advice on taking care of ourselves and our community is available from the World Health Organization.
This is a difficult time for all of us. Anger, disappointment, uncertainty, fear, and more, are all natural and healthy reactions to this time in history. As human beings, we need each other, and the social distancing required to combat the coronavirus pandemic makes that more difficult. Patience with ourselves and each other, and extra kindness toward ourselves and each other, is so important now.
Tracy Grammer writes in her weekly “Good News Tuesday” post on Facebook,
Times are kooky and self care is especially important right now. I mean, it’s important every day, but right now i think it’s critical we each take it up a notch. Hydrate, eat healthy, see your friends, get some sunshine and exercise, love big, forgive, stretch, and sleep deeply. Oh yes, and wash your hands. I think if you sing the alphabet song, that’s 20 seconds 🙂
A friend who is unable to travel from Italy to the United States at the moment shared these words of Lao Tzu:
“Do you have the patience to wait
Till your mud settles and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving
Till the right action arises by itself?”
And, of course, music can heal even in these trying times. Music is ringing out in the deserted streets of Italy. Let it ring out in your heart and on your lips now too.
We’re booking for the 2020-2021 Season, and we hope to have announcements for you soon!
First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh, Shadyside, 605 Morewood
Avenue, Pgh., 15213. All ages; wheelchair accessible. For more
information, 412.621.8008 or uusongspace@gmail.com or uusongspace.com.