feast of august
Hello from the back half of August - it’s warm, there’s crazy rain, every fruit is at the farmer’s market and I am making jam.
Photo: Derrick Alexander
postock
My month kicked off with a drive up to Wisconsin, to Post Farm, to play Postock, or “Chicago music family reunion” as Viv referred to it. A lot of folks work extremely hard to put on this weekend camping fest, it was so fun and restorative and engaging in a way that I didn’t even know I needed. I went on a prairie walk led by Marina Post; the farm includes 65 acres of rewilded prairie land and it is filled with native plants and animals. My neighbor Jess Galli made five amazing meals, I made camp next to sweet Andrew Sa, I saw so many friends and incredible bands, and the stars were insanely bright. It was perfect.
lake jump
The weekend after Postock, my friend Markie and I got lunch and went to Hollywood Beach. It was hot, it was windy, I surrendered to the horrible texture of sand. But when we jumped in the lake I forgot about all that. So cool! So fresh! May you all jump into a body of water before summer’s end.
tiger bomb showcase + sonido fest + big rain
This past weekend was very fun and also filled with lightning! Friday night trio (me + Brenden Cabrera and Quin Kirchner) played the Tiger Bomb showcase at Schubas. I adore TB, I’ve worked with them as my radio promoters for my last three releases and they’re super supportive of independent artists. Saturday trio went Pilsen to play Sonido Fest, a free festival put on by the National Museum of Mexican Art. We got two songs into the set before Ferni the stage manager tapped me on the shoulder - we’d been told we would probably need to hold for a storm. I felt the temperature drop about ten degrees while we played “The Kármán Line” and unfortunately, that was not just the last song we played, but in fact the last song of the whole festival. It poured rain for the rest of the evening. We were bummed, the audience and staff were bummed. But that’s how it goes outside in Chicago summer sometimes. Thanks to everyone who waited out in the rain, and to the Sonido Fest staff for being so kind and taking great care of us. Hasta la próxima.
and now: presenting the First Church sessions
The week after we played the Cosmovisión release show at Schubas, we went to First Presbyterian Church in Woodlawn to film a few songs with Bob., aka my friend Robert Salazar (who made the video for “Miranda” with me). Nick Broste recorded the audio and Lucy was in town and able to take part. It was so fun, please enjoy and share!