North Country
November! After eleven Autumns in the Upper Peninsula
of Michigan, we still have not tired of the beauty of the our long Autumn seasons.
Yes, we had a little bit of snow a few days
ago, but it‘s gone now, with the last of the colored leaves and the flaming
tamarack trees still here to enjoy.
On Sunday, November 17th, we will present the next in our series of Zoom “house
concerts,” with wonderful singer, songwriter and dulcimer player Heidi Muller.
We love working with Heidi and Bob, they are
two of our favorite people as well as two of our favorite musicians.
Since the holidays are late this year, Bittersweet Christmas Band season begins
on December 1st. We have a wonderful new
band member named Patty Peace. The
schedule is posted at http://uuwisewoman.tripod.com/bittersweetband
February Sky lives in the town of Trout Lake in Michigan's Upper Peninsula,
We are full time touring musicians. Apparently the pandemic is largely over, but we are still live-streaming concerts with
geographically distant artists, as well as playing live concerts. Please check out our appearances for details.
"I've had the delight of
watching two long time friends and musicians grow a duo. I've listened to Phil
Cooper for years as part of a duo/trio/ensemble, with singing partner Margaret
Nelson as the constant through all those years. Phil's darlin’ Susan wrote
wonderful songs, sang wacky and ribald songs she'd found elsewhere and became
an ever more deft musician through those years. Now they're a duo - February
Sky - and the combination of Phil's incredible repertoire of very traditional
song and tune and Susan's singer-songwriter orientation and addition of her
skill with other instruments have been blended into something very different
than what either had done before. Same songs, or tunes from previous
repertoires... but whole different flavor. Each time I see them, what they do
gets tighter, deeper, more distinctive. 'Course it helps that both are
thoughtful,
generous people who like each other lots. --Joanne Laessig, Folknet,
Cleveland, OH
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