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 It’s still early Spring
here
in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The
pine trees are just starting to turn fresh green with new needles. The oak,
elm, birch and maple are just
beginning to bud. Some very early
flowers are pushing up through the soil, but even at this season of transition,
the Northland is incomparably lovely!
A highlight this month is a concert with Cleveland's Folknet concert series. It will be good to be back at this
wonderful series in person!
We’ve rescheduled our April online in the round concert with Julie Henigan (https://www.facebook.com/JulieHeniganMusic/). We have not changed the
theme, since it’s still Spring!
After the May Zoom concert, we will take a break from our online concerts until
September. There are so many concert
venues and outdoor festivals going on, and we know that people will want to be out
and about in the fine weather, rather than sitting in front of a screen. Not
to mention that we ourselves will be
performing at a number of these venues and festivals this Summer, and they will
be keeping us busy! But not to worry,
when the air turns cool and crisp, and the leaves begin to turn, we will be
back with more online shared concerts.
February Sky lives in the town of Trout Lake in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. We are full time touring musicians. Although the
pandemic is over, 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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