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We arrived in New Orleans for the 2020 Folk Alliance International Conference and drove straight to the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Big Easy. We brought a lot of stuff with us, which we got out of the car and onto one of those hotel carts, as well as having our own cart full of stuff. I left Kristi with all the “stuff” and drove off to find parking. It took me awhile, but I found a place that was $20 a day cheaper than the hotel parking and walked back to the Sheraton. These first minutes were spent soaking in the fact that we were in New Orleans where we had never been before but ..read more
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Interview with Jon Ramm, A Professional New O...
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Interview with Jon Ramm, A Professional New Orleans Traditional Jazz Trombonist By Kristi Nebel I chose to interview Jon Ramm because he’s a local Tacoma person who moved to New Orleans, having graduated from Stadium High School and performed in the well-known jazz band there.   Back then he went by the name of Jon Ramm-Gramenz.  I had the pleasure of watching him play trombone with a crack band in a packed house on Frenchman Street in the heart of the French Quarter in New Orleans.   He’s making his way along with others in this elite clique of traditional New Orleans jazz players who ..read more
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Hosting a PGS (Private Guerilla Showcase) at Folk Alliance International Conference
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PGS – aka Private Guerilla Showcase. Symbio, a Swedish duo getting ready to showcase. We hosted a PGS (private guerilla showcase) room for Folk Alliance International Conference in New Orleans this year (2020).  For those of you who don’t know, the conference is a chance for music presenters to get to know performers and vice versa.  There are official showcases, but not nearly enough stages for everyone to present on the official stages.  The official showcases are juried, the standards are very high, and if you get an official showcase you are very lucky. We have attended 4 FAI Con ..read more
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The New New Orleans Traditional Jazz
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(From Kristi:)      Ray Benson is at it again and won’t quit teasing me with that blissful tune, “Miles and Miles of Texas”.   We’ve crossed that border again from Louisiana to Texas.  Steve is snoring gently in the reclined passenger seat as I drive, making me happy because he is so comfortable in the safety of my skills.   I don’t ever sleep, no matter who may be driving.   Since infancy I can remember this.  I’ve always been keenly aware of my position as a passenger in a car.  I always feel I’m encased in a fragile metal bullet hurtling through space in search of a target.  But a few h ..read more
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What is Creole? (From Kristi):      Today I...
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What is Creole? (From Kristi):      Today I attended a panel presentation on the subject of Creole, in the heart of its lifeline, New Orleans, with esteemed local hosts to provide context and clarity.  The moderator was Herman Fuselier, who projected his own perspective from being a park ranger at the local Atchafalaya National Heritage Center, as well as a radio host of locally-sourced music.  Also in attendance were three musicians on accordion and banjo, each with very impressive credentials both in the spheres of academia and their own local Creole family histories.   And I got some ..read more
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           They are a proudly amateur band f...
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           They are a proudly amateur band from Manhattan, Kansas.  I love that they are amateur, and the professional attitude that they play with.  They go where they need to go to be seen, and to be  known.  They are a very original, and entertaining ensemble with a great three part vocal sound (female voices), and two fine instrumentalists playing over a solid rhythm section of guitar and string bass.      She is 3rd to perform in the song critique seminar at FAI.  She told me that she always does that particular event when she is at a Folk Alliance Conference.   I’m excited to see ..read more
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The Party is Over
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FAI 2020 is over.  We'll be writing about it here for the next couple of weeks.  Last night the party didn't end until after 5 am.  We went to bed around 4 am.  The above picture is our room just after we got it set up.  This is Eric of Nefesh Mountain in the picture. This is how it looks this morning.  The party is over.  We have a few days to enjoy New Orleans, so that's what we're gonna do.  To everyone who played in our room . . . you were awesome!  It was great to meet all of you and we look forward to meeting again somewhere down the trail ..read more
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Folk Alliance International New Orleans 2020
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High feathered headpieces adorning mannequins I pass on Peter Street in New Orleans seem to tease and tickle me through the shop windows.  Elaborate glittery beaded costumes remind me that Mardi Gras is a year-round industry in the tourist areas of New Orleans.  Steve and I make our way back to the  Sheraton and I feel the need to remind myself of the wealth in the white bubble we’ve chosen here.  That means getting out of the Sheraton to walk around a bit during the precious few moments we have free from the conference.  The turquoise and purple shine and glitter in the shop windows are mor ..read more
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Day Seven . . . Driving to Opelousas - - Louisiana
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It has been a momentous week.  We have already been included in the Top 25 Folk Music Blogs and we have only resumed writing this week.  Check them out if you haven’t already seen their list. https://blog.feedspot.com/folk_music_blogs/ It’s day seven since leaving Tacoma and we’re within sneezing distance of the Big Easy.  It has been easy weather for driving since that first wet, icy, snowy, windy day.  We did a lot of driving long straight stretches today too.      I don’t mind going straight, as I previously mentioned.  Once again it gave rise to song lyrics as the states rolled ..read more
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Driving driving driving 2020
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We’re on day seven of our trip from Tacoma to New Orleans.  Yesterday I took the wheel for four of our ten hours from Layton, Utah to Albuquerque, New Mexico.   Today I drove just two of the six hours from Albuquerque to Wichita Falls, Texas.   My mind drifted with the scenery to the act of driving, with scenes and roads of the past visiting my memories.  We followed from southern Utah into New Mexico with the worst winter weather thankfully behind us.  The clouds parted on a hazy day making the best of the pinnacle rocks not worth stopping to photograph yesterday.  Gradually as the Rocky Mo ..read more
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