I'm writing this update from Brooklyn, NY, where just this morning I had breakfast with friends and then made my seasonal pilgrimage to
Gorilla Coffee, where I stocked up on their sublime dark roast beans. This was after rolling into town fresh off the ferry from Fire Island, where I ate lobster rolls and drank pints of Blue Moon after long afternoons of lying in the sand with my feet in the frigid Atlantic. You might say that this sounds relaxing.
The truth is, it really, really is. We've had a blast over the past six months or so, but we've also been incredibly busy (hence the long stretch in between blog posts). There's been a lot of road time, interspersed with writing, recording, mixing, and manufacturing our new CD, 'Everything's Easy." We just mailed out the pre-orders last week and are getting excited for the official release parties, starting with a big bash in Atlanta on August 1, where we're playing TWO shows and are featuring a guest so special we can't even use her name in our announcements. Imagine being that special! (See
showdates for details.)
In between all this we've also started a new website called
Girlyman Live, where we're offering full-length, high quality, unedited recordings of our live shows. We've got a few up there now and are hoping to make more available soon.
What an incredible year it's been so far! We've had an amazing festival season and are about to head up to Hillsdale, NY for the
Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, one of our absolute favorites. In the fall we'll be doing TWO tours with our new best friends, Canadian supergroup
Po' Girl - one in Canada and one on the east coast of the U.S. Stay tuned for updates about that.
Speaking of updates, if you want to be alerted that we're playing near you, go ahead and sign up on our mailing list using the handy little box on our
home page. I write the updates my own self, and usually there is at least one thing in them that makes Doris laugh. And they're extremely informative.
We've had so much support from so many people in our latest CD-making journey - from the folks who contributed to our microphone fund so that we could buy the perfect mic (the Brauner VMA!), to the thousand-plus folks who pre-ordered the CD, to our many angels who just seem to know exactly when to swoop in with exactly the right kind of help at the perfect moment. We are so very blessed and we hope that you enjoy the fruits of our labor. Everything's easy, indeed!
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by Toller, January 25, 2007
Aw Nate, i hope you are ok!