Austin, Texas - February 10th & 11th, 2006 Publicity for Canadian 'Sweet Beaver Suite', one of the best-run and best-publicized independent showcase rooms at the conference.  Carolyn Mark and her Pickup Band, with members of Po' Girl and The Shiftless Rounders. In the Sweet Beaver Suite.  The inimitable Ms. Mark belts one out in the Sweet Beaver Suite.  Where's Jack? The Festival Distribution / Mainstage Management / Jericho Beach Records booth. Note hyper-active Jill using both her cel phones simultaneously. Or perhaps she's talking to herself on them.  Elana Fremerton and the Continental Two.  DiggingRoots - part of the official Canada Showcase.  DiggingRoots - part of the official Canada Showcase.  The Duhks - part of the official Canada Showcase.  The nine women who make up Mariachi Las Altenas from San Antonio.  Lynn Miles in the Sweet Beaver Suite. (Ask me to tell you my Lynn Miles story.)  Houston Jones from San Francisco. Featuring three former Waybacks members. Highly recommended!  Madraigia in the Manitoba room. They were banging those big sticks really hard on the floor for percussion, and I kept wondering what the people in the room below them must have thought about that.  Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem.  Rani Arbo and Daisy Mayhem.  Rani's drummer used a cardboard box for a snare, tin cans for cymbals and a tambourine for a kick drum. Very cool. Sounded great too.  Ad hoc swing dance in the lobby of the Hilton at 2:30 am.  Walking 'home' down 6th Street. That's the 'Wild About Music,' store. More about them on the Feb 15th/16th page.  Walking 'home' down 6th Street. The Oslo Club. |
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