We hope you will join us for an impromptu barn concert featuring Where’s Aubrey on Friday July 22nd. We’ll be raising money for the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank. The concert itself is free with a $20 donation suggested for the Food Bank.
Who: Where’s Aubrey is Gary McGraw (fiddle, mando, vocals) and Rhine Singleton (guitar, vocals)
What: Benefit Barn Concert (BYOB/BYOC)
When: FRIDAY July 22nd, Parking 7:15pm, music 8:00pm
Where: White Post, VA
Tickets: RSVP and reserve yourself space (we are counting noses)
Leave it to our dear friend Cyn to get us out on a Wednesday night to see Robyn Hitchcock play a makeup show. The original date was snowed out way back before the flowers came up. As always, Robyn put on a superior show. Delicious and polka dotted.
Winter is here, and various holiday parties spring up, including a somewhat novel round of Krampus events. The walking mall in Winchester, VA is getting into the holiday spirit just as the cold sets in.
We dropped in at the Tin Top Handmade shop just after Krampus had chased everyone out. Oh so tardy.
Neil and the press
Krampus:supmarK
And what did we spot in front of the Bright Box?
Downtown walking mall Winchester
The Bitter Liberals Piggy
Come see the actual Bitter Liberals themselves at the Bright Box January 8! Get your tickets.
The good news is that the Brightbox is a fantastic place to see a show. Great sound. Really nice space. Good food and drinks. The bad news is that it’s pretty far from Where’s Aubrey’s Clarke County comfort zone (not to mention New Hampshire).
The stage at the Brightbox Theater (with the orange chair)
The enthusiastic but tiny crowd on Friday 7/17 did manage to raise $500 for Dakota’s Dream Animal Rescue, putting Where’s Aubrey’s fundraising total up to a respectable $13,928. Thanks to our concert goers for their generosity and kindness! We had serious competition from local favorite Robbie Limon (playing outside at the new amphitheater just down the street) and the Bluemont Concert Series performer just across the street. Dang. Special thanks to our bestest fans who made the trek out to Winchester. We love playing for you guys.
Where’s Aubrey live at the Brightbox
Rhine Singleton of Where’s Aubrey
Gary McGraw of Where’s Aubrey
Where’s Aubrey on stage
The show was good. Here’s some video. The first three are from the new CD Chaukori Blue. You can buy a copy of the new CD here.
Allen Kitselman, a fellow Bitter Liberal joined us for four songs, including Devlish Situation.
Where’s Aubrey in Winchester
Original art by April Claggett on the stage and on the CD cover
who: Where’s Aubrey is Gary McGraw, violin/mandolin/vocals, Rhine Singleton, guitar/vocals
what: CD release and benefit concert
where: Brightbox Theater, 15 North Loudoun Street, Winchester, VA
tickets: $12 in advance, $17 at the door (buy your tickets now)
when: Friday July 17, doors open at 7, music starts at 8
Monday night in college and the arts land it was Beethoven. We went to St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in San Francisco to hear the Elias String Quartet play three Beethoven Quartets. For more on what this fantastic quartet is doing, also see the beethoven project.
Jacob, Jonathan, and Eli enter a church
St Mark’s Lutheran Church
The Elias Quartet
The music was sublime and moving. Wow. Listen.
Sara Bitlloch, violin
Donald Grant, violin
Martin Saving, viola
Marie Bitlloch, cello
From Beethoven String Quartet in F minor, Opus 95 “Serioso” (3rd movement)
Beethoven String Quartet in F Major, Opus 135
Allegretto
Vivace
Assai lento, contante e traquillo
Grave, ma non toppo tratto; Allegro
Beethoven String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Opus 131
Playing the Where’s Aubrey show in Berryville on 1.3.15 for C Spout Run was a great joy. Performing in a room where you can hear a pin drop even though there are 80 people there actively listening is simply magical. We love living our music for you.
We had an absolute blast. Gary McGraw of Where’s Aubrey
Rhine Singleton of Where’s Aubrey
In the 22 song set list, 14 of the songs were brand new. We will be recording them in February. Michael Hobert shot a bunch of video (click on the song titles below).
The upcoming Where’s Aubrey concert Saturday 1.3.15 is a benefit for C Spout Run and the Downstream project (both working to clean up the Shenandoah and its tributaries). (See the Winchester Star article posted below.)
Where’s Aubrey on the Shenandoah River
who: Where’s Aubrey joined by special guests the Bitter Liberals
what: Benefit concert for C Spout Run and the downstream project
where: The Barns of Rose Hill, 95 Chalmers Court, Berryville, Va. 22611 * (540) 955-2004
when: Saturday January 3rd, doors open 7:30, music starts at 8pm
tickets: $20 in advance and $25 at the door >> http://bit.ly/Aubrey-river << (all proceeds to non-profits)
Thanks for your generous support of live music and an ecologically sound community. Merry new year to all!
Shenandoah moonlight and Where’s Aubrey
Here is an article from the Winchester Star about the concert.
