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Happy
Autumn! Outdoor gigs are at an end for this year, and
the rest have either been cancelled or transmuted into live-streamed
events. October, the month of Celtic New
Year/Halloween is important to us. For a
number of years we’ve played October concerts observing the spirit of this time
of year. We are certain that this year this
observance will be even more needed and welcome. We are doing two shows this
year, one on
Saturday, October 10, for Folknet in Cleveland, and another show that we will
self-produce by Zoom on Halloween itself, Saturday, October 31. We have decided
that, since we have so much
material for these events, we will not do many of the same songs for both shows
– much of the variety that would come from a full two hour live concert. Please
feel free to attend one or both.
February Sky lives in the town of Trout Lake in Michigan's Upper Peninsula,
We are full time touring musicians - or we will be once the pandemic is over. In the meantime, we will be live-streaming
a number of events. 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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