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Legend of the Ear by Maeve Gilchrist

April 2012

Happy Spring everyone! I love this time of year and feel full of optimism as we head towards the warmth of summer. I’m back in Boston, winding down after a crazy March. My trio and I did a tour with a whole new set of new material and it was wonderful to feel it come together for shows in New England and all the way down to Virginia. I spent the first week of April in Savannah GA, taking part in their Music Festival’s first Acoustic Music Seminar. It was an inspiring time, collaborating with some good friends and fine musicians under the watchful eyes of Mike Marshall, Bruce Molsky, Tony Trishka, Julian Lage and Zakir Hussain among others. Wonderful music in the atmospheric surroundings of Spanish Moss-covered trees and un-even paving stones. I felt like I was in a Robert Louis Stevenson novel. Here’s a clip from the final concert.



The Summer’s starting to fill up and it looks like I’ll be spending a lot of time on the West Coast, doing a run of dates from Seattle down to Shasta CA where I’ll be teaching at the Mnt Shasta Camp run by Tristan and Tashina Clarridge. I’ll be back in August with the Darol Anger ALLstar’s for String Summit and then touring South. The trio and I shall be up as North as Maine to play at the Salt Water Celtic Music Festival before we return to Michigan for some shows. There will the usual run of Harp Festivals and workshop inlcuding the Somerset Folk Harp Festival in New Jersey and my annual camps in Leyden MA and Acton ME. Do keep in touch, it’s always a pleasure hearing from you. Love, Maeve x