Goodbye woods and hello jungle. Back to the concrete trails and sounds of city life, the buzzing and beeping of the urban hive. Goodbye bunkhouse studios and hello road. After a night of sushi in the city, I took the greyhound from the new terminal at Winnipeg International Airport up to Onanole, MB for the closeout jam from the "Sonics and Sojourns" art and ecology festival. On stage were Murray D. Evans from the Dust Poets, Kelwood native Alana Levandoski, and the Manitoba band The Farmers, trading stories and songs. It's a beautiful time of year in Manitoba, the golds of the newly harvested fields, the yellows and reds of turning poplar, birch and maple, the deep blue of the vast prairie sky.
Back in Winnipeg last night for a jam session with contributor Dan Simpson. Dan is currently playing mandolin with the Bluegrass ensemble Pepper Laing & the Lonestar killers, and brewing up batches of wonderfully well balanced craft beer. We ran his mando through a delay and jammed out some tracks for the Freed the Puppet project. Later we hooked up with the crew at the 1 year anniversary hoe down at The Lift, a warehouse art space set up for rehearsal or performance. With comfy couches and room to dance, pool and fusball tables and a functional 2nd floor garage door, The Lift makes for a hip place to throw a party.
The footage is from a farm in Riding Mountain. The music is from a jam with Dan Simpson 09/09.
