Science! Psuedo-science! Nature! Art! Nonsense!
March 19, 2024
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Though we arrived at 9:45, the line for the 10pm show snaked around the block. The show started well after 10:30. It was great. We were right up front, dancing and singing for most of the show.
Lebanese Blond
Thievery brought along all the singers. Sadly, David Byrne didn’t make an appearance.
The Heart’s a Lonely Hunter
Lights
Reggea
Ghetto Matrix
Random
February 23, 2024
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Heading into DC for a show is always fun. This time, Romey and I headed to Lincoln Theater to see someone named Cat play a bunch of songs written and performed almost 60 years earlier by someone named Bob.
The songs, by now, have become quite famous. Rhine and I play a bunch of them together and have done for years.
Here is a snippet of Like a Rolling Stone (the last song)
But before that, we made a highly-recommended stop at Busboys and Poets for some food and drink. Delicious and socially conscious at the same time.
The cocktail was named after Langston Hughes. The pie was absolutely completely unnecessary.
The band was quite fantastic, that is really what I think. Finally, electric! Tell me, momma.
And that was after a kind of longish acoustic set. Harmonica thresholds may have been exceeded.
Baby let me follow you down.
The interlude.
All in all, a great show. Sure would be great if DC learned how to dance though.
February 14, 2024
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I mean how can you top that? Incredible musician in the absolute best place to experience a band in LA—McCabe’s Guitar Shop.
And not just Jorma, Jack Cassady too!
Lots of blues was had. Those 12 bars ringin.
Time to reflect.
There are no bad seats in the house. But there are a couple of excellent ones.
If you go, plan to buy an instrument or two.
Baby needs new shoes.
And maybe a digeridoo too.
January 15, 2024
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Presented with no further commentary.
Australian one
Australian two
I believe your hotel may be over that way…
November 15, 2023
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Where’s Aubrey’s ninth record is also available on many streaming services including spotify, apple music, and youtube music. Click the cover to launch spotify. Each song also linked to spotify.
The record was released November 11, 2023 (double spinal tap day) during a show at the Barns of Rose Hill.
November 15, 2023
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Thanks to you, the Where’s Aubrey show Saturday 11/11 was a smashing success. We played to an enthusiastic full house, missing a sell out of the venue by only four tickets. JOBIE’s opening set was excellent. An all around evening of great music performed for a good cause.
Speaking of which, together we raised $3305 on Saturday evening with $1983 going to the Shenandoah Riverkeeper to protect our local river.
We also released our ninth record, Hole, which is now available on most streaming services including spotify. If you would like to join the 18 people who bought a physical copy of the CD for old time’s sake, just get in touch.
Where’s Aubrey before the show: Rhine Singleton, Charles Arthur, Gary McGraw, and Nick Schrenk.
Here are some pictures and videos of the show in approximate chronological order arranged by set lists. What a night!
The band on stage: Nick on Drums, McGraw on fiddle, Rhine on Guitar, and Charles on everything else.
BORH 11/11: Set One
Your Lies Are Gone
Ghosts on the Farm
The Miles Roll By
Snippet only
Dirty Blond Haired Girl
Brown Like Your Cinnamon
*** (stage lighting changed as we performed the entire new record)
All songs linked below to spotify tracks from the record.
Snippet only
BORH 11/11: Set Two
Snippet only
Ham Bone (during a broken string changing exercise)
*** (record over, we ended the concert with full band)
Irish Goodbye (JOBIE cover)
Full video
Full video (different angle)
Devlish Situation
Into a Cloud
Snippet only
Has it Ever Been this Good
JOBIE opening set
Special thanks to Jen Lee for photographs and show publicity. April Claggett also provided photos and videos. Romey Michael provided video of Irish Goodbye. Some images above are Copyrighted.
November 6, 2023
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The set of sonatas played by Fenella Humphreys & Leah Broad at the barbican was impressive and moving. Excellent Sunday concert featuring a quartet of overlooked female composers.
The shoes!
October 28, 2023
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Nick Schrenk, the consumate Winchester-based jazz drummer, and Gary McGraw, lifetime fiddle player (or is that violin?), will be performing together on stage again during the Where’s Aubrey benefit concert for the Barns of Rose Hill. They will be joined by Richmond-based multi-instrumentalist and professional-musician, Charles Arthur, and Where’s Aubrey frontman, New-Hampshire-based Rhine Singleton.
Tickets are on sale now. We recommend getting your tickets in advance, soon. Use this link –> https://bit.ly/WA-BORH23 (or call the box office directly at (540) 955-2003).
See details on the poster below.
October 22, 2023
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Production studio work (setting levels, sound for each instrument, balance, stereo targeting, effects, and choosing tracks) took a couple of days. Jeff Reid’s studio console looks like this.
Day 2…same scene.
Moonshine came along and he was mostly bored.
Here is what happens during production in three snapshots using the song “One More Roadhouse” as an example.
Raw from the studio tracks, unproduced, arbitrary balance and no targeting
Final studio production, unmastered
Final mastered cut
October 4, 2023
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Where’s Aubrey has completed work on a new record (now in duplication pre-release) called Hole. The last track on the record is a Where’s Aubrey classic called “one more roadhouse.” Here is a pre-release version of that song all mastered and ready to go,
The Ulluh and his sister created the art for the new record, about which more later. Here’s the cover.
Hole will be released on November 11th (veterans day) at the Barns of Rose Hill in Berryville. We hope you will come join us.
