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Updated: April 17, 2010
Photo by Gerry Urbanik
Hi everyone:Apologies for neglecting the web page somewhat; are in the throes of booking our second overseas tour; this one to UK, again in September. We are excited about being included in the prestigious festival at Ulster American Folk Park in Omagh (near Belfast), along with headliner and fellow Yank Dale Ann Bradley. We'll take a swing through Ireland proper, then over to southern England for the Cornwall Bluegrass Festival in Newquay, then up to Scotland to finish with the Moniaive Bluegrass Festival in Dumfires, now in its second year. Our good friend Wayne Taylor kicked off the festival last year and recommended it highly. We'll be there for a month.
On the home front, can hardly believe it's been just over a year since JD joined us full time on mandolin. He even moved down here from New Hampshire to be closer to the action, and dad Roger is very happy cause we get to see him lots! He's been penning his own tunes, and we think they are wonderful, complex, layered, nuanced. Keeps me on my toes on rhythm guitar. He's got some recording software in his little apartment and recorded the tunes playing every single instrument--mando, fiddle, guitar, bass, and bowed bass! We're working the tunes up and will be sure to have them ready for when we play JD's hometown in East Hampton, CT on July 1, almost a year to the day from when he moved down here.
We took a mid-February trip up to the little town of Dalhousie, New Brunswick, with cooperative weather, thank heavens. It seemed like the whole town, and surrounding environs, turned out for the show, and for the meet and greet and late picking session at Silly Billy's across the street. Thanks again to the fine folks of the Bon Ami Festival committee for having us up for this special show along with the Douthwrights from Canada.
After ten years, long-time ("long suffering") bassist John Urbanik finally made good on his threats to retire from the road and spend more time at home with his family. We miss him but have been busy working former Joe Val bassist Eric Levenson into the slot. We have a busy summer coming up here, including two trips to Canada, one to Evangeline Festival on Prince Edward Island, where we will be joined by our good friend Dave Shaw on banjo, and the Conestoga Trails festival in Kingston, Ontario, where we will be accompanied by our new "sometime" fiddler, Grand National Fiddle Champion Kimber Ludiker. She'll be performing with us a bunch this summer in preparation for this and the UK tour, so be sure to check out the gigs on the Concerts page.
Be well,
AmyG
Photo by J.D. Williams
Concerts:
The Concerts page is constantly
being updated with new performance dates. You can also get
updates after 2pm on those days when weather might be a factor
for outdoor summer shows...but call ahead anyway just to be safe.
Booking
Department:
Amy is currently
working on bookings for selective dates in 2010-2011 and would love to
hear from festival/concert promoters, coffeehouses, arts councils, house
concerts, etc.
If you're interested in
adding AG&S to your program...Amy's bio,
performance history, publicity photos, and more are on the
Promotion Page.
Hope we see you on the music trail...
...Amy
Gallatin
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