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Happy New Year!
We're starting a bit sooner than in several
previous Januaries, since Bittersweet Christmas Band season ended early. However,
it was a spectacular season, and we’re
looking forward to the next one. In the
meantime, we’re enjoying the beauty of winter in the Northland.
We are very happy to report that our annual January concert sponsored by the Geneva
Park District will be back at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva, and
will be in person! For our monthly in-the-round
Zoom house concert, we are very pleased to once again share the virtual stage with guitar
and songwriting legend Joel Mabus.
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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