COOPER-MOORE/BARNES DUO IN NEW MEXICO

       THE GREAT IMPROVISING MUSICIAN/COMPOSER/INSTRUMENT BUILDER COOPER-MOORE WILL BE IN NEW MEXICO FOR THREE DATES IN A DUO SETTING WITH JEREMY BARNES- 

      FRIDAY FEBUARY 26TH, 7:30 PM  AT THE UNM ARTS LAB- 131 PINE ST. N.E. (ARTSLAB.UNM.EDU) SATURDAY

      FEBUARY 27TH  8PM AT THE SANTA FE COMPLEX- 632 AGUA FRIA (SF COMPLEX.ORG) W/ SPECIAL GUESTS PAGAN HOLIDAYS

      FEBUARY 28 3PM AT THE EL RITO LIBARY IN EL RITO (I82 PLACITAS RD) ELRITOLIBRARY.ORG

RECORDINGS

OUR FIFTH FULL LENGTH ALBUM, PROVISIONALLY TITLED "NO REST FOR THE WICKED" IS ALMOST DONE. 

PAPALAZERESCU INJURY

WE ARE SAD TO REPORT THAT ACE SAZ/BOUZOUKI/BAGLAMA MUSICIAN KRYSTOF PAPALAZERESCU HLADOWSKI OF A HAWK AND A HACKSAW/NALLE/THE FAMILY ELAN HAS BROKEN HIS WRIST IN A GNARLY SLEDDING ACCIDENT.   HE IS RECOVERING AT HOME AND SEEMS TO BE DOING FINE.  PLEASE SEND GOOD WISHES FOR A SWIFT RETURN TO FORM TO HIS FAMILY ELAN MYSPACE PAGE. 

WE WOULD HOLD A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR HIM BUT HE IS ENGLISH, AND THEREFORE HAS HEALTHCARE THROUGH HIS GOVERNMENT. 

NEW MEXICO SHOWS 3RD AND 5TH OF DECEMBER

WE WILL BE PLAYING AT THE OPENING PARTY OF THE SANTA FE FILM FESTIVAL ALONG WITH RUSALKI ON DEC. 3RD, AT FUSION IN SANTA FE.  WE WILL PLAY IN ALBUQUERQUE AT THE WONDERFUL WONDERKIND THEATRE OF THE ARTS  ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5TH, ALONG WITH THE GROUPS "NORTH AMERICA" AND REIGHNBEAU. YES.  

SUMMER 2009 EUROPEAN TOUR PHOTOS

                                                

WE ARE BACK FROM A U.S. TOUR WHERE WE  MANAGED TO VISIT QUITE A FEW GOOD RECORD STORES.  THE BEST OF WHICH WERE MISSISSIPPI RECORDS IN PORTLAND, OREGON, AND BOP STREET RECORDS IN SEATTLE.    THE TONY KLEIN REMBETIKA COMPILATION RELEASED BY MISSISSIPPI  IS FANTASTIC.  I ALSO FOUND SOME FAIRLY OBSCURE ROMANIAN/MACEDONIAN/SERBIAN/BULGARIAN RECORDS AT BOTH STORES, INCLUDING "RUMANIAN SONGS AND DANCES" RELEASED BY THE ETHNIC FOLKWAYS LIBRARIES WITH NOTES BY A.L. LLOYD. 

THE TOP 10 RECORDS STORES OF THE TOUR WOULD BE

1. MISSISSIPPI (PORTLAND, OR.)

2. BOP STREET (SEATTLE, WASH.)

3. MECCA (ALBQ, NM)

4. ENCORE RECORDS (ANN ARBOR, MICH.)

5. RECKLESS (BROADWAY LOCATION, CHICAGO, ILL.)

6.  JACKPOT RECORDS (PORTLAND, OR.)

6. WUXTRY (ATHENS, GA.)

7. WE BUY MUSIC (ALBQ, NM.)

8. FESTIVAL RECORDS (L.A., CAL.)

9. AMOEBA (SAN FRAN. CAL.)

10. SONIC BOOM (SEATTLE, WASH)

THIS IS OUR  GOOD FRIEND FERENC KOVACS, OF BUDAPEST- 

TRUMPETER, VIOLINIST, PALINKA AND WINE MAKER,  MASTER CHEF, AND LAWN MOWER. 

WE FIRST MET HIM IN 2005 AT A FOLK CLUB  CALLED FONO, IN BUDAPEST, AND WE SOON FOUND OURSELVES SITTING IN HIS KITCHEN EATING  BONE MARROW ON TOAST AND GOOSE HEART STEW.  DEFINITELY THE BEST GOOSE HEART STEW I HAVE EVER HAD.   WE ALSO DRANK QUITE A LOT OF WINE FROM HIS CELLAR.  HE HAS  RELEASED A LOAD OF GREAT RECORDS, OF WHICH I WOULD SAY THE BEST IS "BELI BUBA."  HE   PLAYS WITH KALMAN BALOGH'S BAND AND ALSO  PLAYED ON THE LAST TWO AHAAH RECORDINGS.  WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU LISTEN TO HIS  RECORDS.   THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN ITALY WHILE WE WERE ON TOUR WITH PORTISHEAD.  WE STOPPED BY THE LAKE GARDA FOR LUNCH, AND HE LOVES THE ITALIAN CUISINE ALMOST AS MUCH AS HUNGARIAN.

Oxford Encore

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER TOUR 2009

WE WILL BE ON THE ROAD WITH THE WONDERFUL DAMON AND NAOMI THIS FALL. 

THE DATES ARE:

09.12.09 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle (Adventures in Modern Music)
09.13.09 Oberlin, OH @ The Dionysius Club, Oberlin College
09.14.09 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern
09.15.09 Pittsburgh, PA @ Your Inner Vagabond
09.16.09 Toronto, Ontario @ The Drake Hotel
09.17.09 Montreal, Quebec @ Il Motore*
09.18.09 Cambridge, MA @ YMCA Theatre*
09.19.09 New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge*
09.20.09 Washington, DC @ Rock N’ Roll Hotel*
09.22.09 Chapel Hill, NC @ Nighlight
09.23.09 Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle Tavern and Music Hall*
09.24.09 Athens, GA @ Melting Point*
09.25.09 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
09.26.09 Knoxville, TN @ The Pilot Light*
10.03.09 Albuquerque, NM @ Outpost Performance Post
10.06.09 Tucson, AZ @ Solar Culture
10.07.09 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
10.08.09 Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland*
10.09.09 San Francisco, CA @ The Independent*
10.10.09 Eureka, CA @ Nocturnum*
10.11.09 Eugene, OR @ Cozmic Pizza*
10.12.09 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir*
10.13.09 Seattle, WA @ The Tractor*
10.15.09 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge*
10.16.09 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive*

*with Damon & Naomi