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Americana Independence Day
July 1st, 2008Come celebrate the birthday of this fine country proper at this fantastic festival I’m proud to be a part of:
4th of July Folk Festival!
Fort Gallery (34th and Hollis, Oakland)
BBQ (BYO BBQ)
POOL PARTY!
Music Starts at 1pm
featuring:
Homesick Elephant (LA)
The Tea Set (Oakland)
Tall Grass (SF)
Moomaw (SF)
The Hobbyists (SF)
Anteatereatsant (Oakland)
Bo Bear (Santa Cruz)
Lonesome Architects (LA)
Shelby Sifers (Portland)
The Sarcastic Dharma Society (Portland)
Jordaan Mason (Ontario)
At Night (Bay Area)
Toby Foster (Chicago)
A Drum and an Open Window (Boston)
Please come and have a great time. It’s a pool party! What’s groovier than that?
Other upcoming fun:
Wed July 16 - COLORING @ Outta Sight (Edinburgh Castle) w/ Ruthann Friedman and Helene Renaut
Sat July 19 - Moomaw @ The Upstairs Art Gallery (Placerville, CA) w/ Ruthann Friedman
Outta Sight Tomorrow Night, Insound and Sweden
June 17th, 2008Yes, once again, tomorrow night, Wed June 18, is going to be a fantastic Outta Sight. We have Matt Baldwin, Family Trea, Wymond & The Spirit Children and Lazarus. As always, the show will start at 9pm and be at the lovely Edinburgh Castle (950 Geary St).
In other news, you can finally buy my album from InSound. It’s great, so you should go there and buy it now!
And a heads up to those people in Sweden. I’m coming over there to share your sunny summer solstice nights this week and I’m playing a show at the end of next week. Here’s the details:
9pm
Breathless @ Bonden Bar (Bondeg. 1 C, Stockholm, SE)
CDs releasing, bumble-bees flirting, time and time today
May 30th, 2008
First of all, I would like to invite everyone I’ve ever met to the spectacular cd-release extravaganza that is happening this coming Wednesday, June 4. I’m am honored to be releasing it at Penny Arcade’s 3 Year Anniversary at the Makeout Room. I needn’t say much about Penny Arcade, hosted by Raul Sanchez, as it has become a staple for excellent music in the Bay Area. I’ve been lucky enough to somehow score a spot on every anniversary show(!) and I can only hope to continue in this tradition in the following years. This year I will be sharing the stage with local indie hero Bart Davenport and The Mumlers a wonderfully gypsy-styled group from San Jose. I actually shared last year’s bill with The Mumlers and The Dodos, and this year looks to be no less of a beautiful show:
Penny Arcade 3 Year Anniversary!
Wed June 4, 9pm @ The Makeout Room, San Francisco
The Mumlers
Bart Davenport
Moomaw
(Note: Alina Harding is no longer playing)
I go on first so be sure to GET THERE AT 9pm!
Aside from my own loops and toys, on stage with me at various intervals, playing various instruments will be Dusty DiMercurio and Raul Sanchez. And, to make things even more exciting, I will also be accompanied by an amazing tablas player named Dale Means for the entire show. It’s not to be missed!
Please come by and pick up a copy of my CD, “26″, directly from me. You can also find it on CD Baby or iTunes and it is now available to San Franciscans at Aquarius Records!
And while you wait with baited breath for that show, please check out the Bay Bridged. The Bay Bridged is a wonderful source of indie music in the Bay Area, providing amazing podcasts of local artists and really supporting our scene. I am happy to be featured in their May Monthly Mix episode alongside some other really great artists. You can listen to our songs on the podcast here:
Bay Bridged May 2008 Monthly Mix
Aside from that I’ve been warming up my collection of instruments and my beat-up condenser mics and started recording a new record. In a similar vein I also just finished a small long-distance collaboration on a wonderful song of my buddy Ryan Moya, or Autopilot. Please check out the song, entitled “To The Sea”, featured on his Myspace, here:
Outta Sight, Wednesday May 21
May 20th, 2008If you’re anywhere near the Bay Area tomorrow night please come by Outta Sight at The Edinburgh Castle for the usual, wonderful, musical libations and friendly fun. The beautifully earnest Joseph Childress will be opening the night and I know I’m excited to see him play. Next, The Clouds will be playing their first official show with a full lineup and that’s really something because they played Outta Sight as a duo a little while ago and absolutely killed it. Finally, The Aerosols will be closing the night with their inventive psychedelic rock triosity.
Outta Sight
Wed May 21, 9pm @ The Edinburgh Castle (950 Geary St, SF)
The Aerosols
The Clouds
Joseph Childress
“26″ is now available to every boy and girl!
May 13th, 2008
Today is a beautiful day (in San Francisco, at least). The sun is shining, no fog in sight, people smiling AND my album, Moomaw - “26″, is finally OFFICIALLY RELEASED! Yes, that means you can now purchase “26″ in all of its glory.
One song for every month that I was 26 all written and recorded by the end of their respective month, accompanied by journal entry lyrics and artwork. 12 songs, 12 months, 12 pieces of original artwork, 12 journal entries of lyrics, all tied neatly into a nice little package with a CD and 28 pages of full-color bookletage.
I’m still waiting for a few of the distributors to catchup with their cataloging (InSound, mostly), but for now, here’s how you can get your hands on this wonderful relic of my time:
Buy the CD from CDBaby
Or, if you’d rather just own a digital copy, you can purchase it from the iTunes Music Store (search for “Moomaw 26″).
It will make me so happy if you get one of these and listen to it.
CD Release?: Please plan on coming to my CD Release Show on Wed June 4 @ Penny Arcade (3 year anniversary) @ The Makeout Room, San Francisco. I will be sharing the stage with Alina Harding, Bart Davenport and The Mumlers! More info on that to come.
Also, be sure to checkout IndieSolo.com this Friday May 16. Moomaw is going to be the featured artist of that day.
And as always, the May Outta Sight is going to be another wonderful show. This time we have The Aerosols, Joseph Childress and The Clouds. More info on that soon, as well.
Thanks for your support!
