Katie Henry: Calendar

What a delightful afternoon-- good weather, gentle listeners, creativity and clay! I made a clay quail in between sets of music.

Our first gig with CDs to sell of our very own!!! Dear friends and new faces mingled among the festive artworks. The world's best carrot cake was provided at no charge by Shaunie. We sang and played and chatted and beamed. Nice way to spend a Friday night!

Special thanks to all our patrons large and small who put money in our bin. We collected enough in one night to cover the CD manufacturing!

What a seamless and lovely service Rev. Beth Banks put together. Our music flowed among inspiring readings from John Muir and Severn Suzuki, and the room was full of deep listening and hearty singing-along. We debuted three new MudLark pieces: The Miller, Green Fields My Heart, and One Grain of Sand.

If you can ever find your way to Juneau in April, attend the Alaska Folk Festival. It is a phenomenon of musical community that defies description. We were thrilled to be part of this warm, inclusive and diverse event: playing concert sets, leading and attending workshops, dancing at contradances, jamming late at night, watching the snow melt and talking to the ravens...

A lovely evening in Katie's hometown: a friendly crowd, delicious homemade snacks, and a beautiful warm wood church. Many thanks to Katie's entire family for making it happen.

It was strange playing all in the same room with no headphones (we have been in the studio too much lately)! Great to see so many friendly faces from near and far. The distance record went to a friend of a friend who was out from Washington DC and managed to catch our little show.

This show was a blast! It was unlimited fun to sing old and new tunes with Laura Kemp for a full house that knew they would love every minute before walking in the door! Everyone was quiet and listening when they weren't laughing. TR Kelly was discovered in the crowd and hopped up to add her tattooed Babe flair. Jeremy Wegner of The Sugar Beets joined in with characteristic tasty mandolin. Chris Roth commented afterward: "Without exaggerating, I can say that Sunday night's concert was the best (to my tastes) that I've been to in a long time--in years probably. I would give almost anything (except maybe my Muck Boots--I need them) to have a recording of that concert."

What a lovely morning and a delightful crew working the Walker stage. Our diehard fans turned out for a short but sweet set that included a brand new bridge in Mountain Girl-- added in three days prior, and a rocking arrangement of Katie's mudslide anthem "Turkey Buzzard on a Thermal."