Yours truly gets to be the girl singer. As most of you know I am a flat out whore for good harmony. When I was eleven, I wrote a very earnest (and poorly spelled) letter to Tom Petty letting him know that I was available to be his back up singer at a moment's notice (sixth grade be damned). Needless to say, I never received a reply (I don't hold it against him), but now I get to put my own guitar aside and do what I love most, sing. I haven't yet brought out the red sequined dress and paper fan, but it could happen!
You can learn more about Todd and The Love Handles here:www.toddadelman.com
]]>I. SALUTATIONS
October 3, 2007
Hello lovelies!
I am typing this from the Best Western in Dubuque, IA where Jenny and I spent the night after performing at Isabella’s. After a long day of steam and rain, morning arrived clear and cool across this river city. The tour has been pure joy to date, as we’ve been able to drive the midwest on some smaller, two lanes roads instead of the interstate. 183 north from Hays, KS to Elm Creek, NE put on a beautiful Kansas display with white charolais cattle pastures, slow nodding oil pumps, and great herds of antelope. Outside of Alma, Nebraska, at Harlan County Lake, we drove across a native wetlands restoration area dotted with snowy egrets and blue herons. It’s fantastic to see individual towns doing what they can to restore the natural order of things. It bodes well for both the indigenous wildlife and the midwest water table.
We’ll be in Fort Atkinson, WI this evening at Cafe Carpe (a show added after the last e-newsletter) and then on towards the heart of the midwest. Chicago here we come (should I root for the Cubs after all?!?).
I hope this finds you and your loved ones very, very well. Thanks for so warmly welcoming me back out on the road. It has been such a pleasure getting to see you again!
xo
Beth
II. UPCOMING SHOWS
-Wed, 10/3/07 • Cafe Carpe, 18 South Water Street West, Fort Atkinson, WI • 8:00pm • 920-563-9391 • $10.00 suggested
-Fri, 10/5/07 • The Basement at Caryn and Danae's, West Allis, WI • 7:30pm • SOLD OUT
-Sat, 10/6/07 • Collected Sounds House Concert, Minneapolis, MN • 8:00pm • For more information or to RSVP, please go to www.parlorparties.com/bethamsel2007.html
-Sun, 10/7/07 • Octagon Center For The Arts, 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA • 6:00pm • (515)232-5331 or www.octagonarts.org
-Thu, 10/11/07 • North Wolcott House Concert , Chicago, IL • 7:00pm • Doors open at 6:00 pm, so show up early and eat! For more information or to RSVP,
please go to www.6112northwolcott.com/houseconcerts
-Fri, 10/12/07 • The Indy Hostel, 4903 Winthrop Avenue, Indianapolis, IN • 8:00pm • (317)727-1696 for more information, or visit www.segmentofsociety.com
-Sat, 10/13/07 • River City House Concerts, Louisville, KY • 8:00pm • Doors
open at 7:00. Please call (502)290-8338 for more information, or visit http://www.rchouseconcerts.com
-Sun, 10/14/07 • Music Folk, Saint Louis, MO • 7:00pm • Music Folk is a high end acoustic instrument shop, and will be presenting Beth as the first in a series of excellent performances. Please call (800)892-2970 for more information, or visit www.musicfolk.com
-Mon, 10/15/07 • Aimee's Coffeehouse, 1025 Massachusetts Street , Lawrence, KS • 7:00pm • (785)843-5173 for more information.
-Tue, 10/16/07 • Kadee's, 210 East Spruce Street, Garden City, KS • 7:00pm • (620)271-9555 or www.gardencitykansas.com/kadees
III. THINGS I LOVE
Music: Sirius Radio’s channel The Bridge. Mellow, acoustic 70’s rock that was the soundtrack to my childhood.
Books: The History of Love, Nicole Krauss. Tom Plant and Dawn Dennison, formerly of Acoustic Coffeehouse, gave this to me for my birthday. Beautiful!
TV: Mad Men on the AMC channel. This perfectly, with extraordinary attention to detail, recounts the advertising world of 1960 without the haze of maudlin nostalgia. I am totally addicted.
I. SALUTATIONS
September 4, 2007
Hello lovelies!
It has been a tremendously long time since my last e-newsletter (welcome to the new folks on the list!). Time moves ever forward and being in Colorado for the last year and a half has been a true joy. It’s the first time in a decade that I have watched a full cycle of seasons while standing still in a place called home. Just recently the hummingbirds (ruby throats and brilliant orange rufous) have come back through on their long journey back south from Canada to Mexico (it seems like such an extended flight for such a short vacation), which signals the true end of summer is near. We hung bird feeders this year for the first time since moving up into the mountains, somewhat against the recommendations of our friendly Ace Hardware. When you walk in the front door of the hardware store there is a cork board off to the right which proudly displays photographs of locals' experiences with backyard bird feeders and their sometimes unexpected visitors. Most photos show black bears cradling feeders tightly against their chests, like precious seeded gifts. Others show hummingbird feeders tipped up to bears lips, sugar water spilling across their great faces, eyes glazed like a kid on halloween. We have yet to add a photo to this wall of bear.
I would be lying if I said I am not excited to get back on the road, to perform, to SING! The Midwest, here I come! This is a long foray into the heart of the country and I am thrilled to perform in towns that I haven't visited now in quite a while (Minneapolis, I have missed you) as well as some to which I have never before been (Hays, KS). I've got a slew of new material and I can't wait to play them live (I have been in and out of the studio for the last week, recording a new, two song "45" for you). The extraordinary Massachusetts based singer-songwriter Jenny Goodspeed will be opening all but the last four shows. She has a new record coming out this month, Under The Ash Tree, on which I was lucky enough to get to sing. I think you're going to love her.
I hope this finds you and your loved ones, very, very well. I have missed you!
xo
Beth
II. SHOWS (please check musi-cal for last minute additions to this tour)
-Wed, 9/26/07 • Cafe Semolino, 110 West 11th, Hays, KS • 7:30pm • (785) 621-2520
-Thu, 9/27/07 • Crescent Moon, 816 P Street, Lincoln, NE • 7:00pm • (402) 435-2828
-Fri, 9/28/07 • Ritual Cafe, 1301 Locust St, Des Moines, IA • 8:00pm • (515)288-4872
-Sat, 9/29/07 • Saints Rest, 917 Broad Street, Grinnell, IA • 10:00am (EARLY!) • (641)236-6014
-Sat, 9/29/07 • Dirks Private House Concert, Iowa City, IA • 7:00pm • For more information please contact susan-dirks@uiowa.edu or call (319)338-4899
-Mon, 10/1/07 • Live Radio Performance at KUNI 90.9 FM, University Of Nothern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA • 7:00pm • Call (800)772-2440 for more information or be in the studio audience. The show can also be heard online at www.kuniradio.org/kunilive.htm at 7 pm Central Standard Time
-Tue, 10/2/07 • Isabella's (In the Ryan House), 1375 Locust , Dubuque, IA • 7:00pm • (563)585-2049 or www.isabellasbar.com
-Thu, 10/4/07 • Paradigm Coffee House, 1022 Michigan Avenue, Sheboygan, WI • 8:00pm • This is a split bill w/ Steph Taylor • (920)457-5277
-Fri, 10/5/07 • The Basement at Caryn and Danae's, West Allis, WI • 7:30pm • SOLD OUT
-Sat, 10/6/07 • Collected Sounds House Concert, Minneapolis, MN • 8:00pm • For more information or to RSVP, please go to www.parlorparties.com/bethamsel2007.html
-Sun, 10/7/07 • Octagon Center For The Arts, 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA • 6:00pm • (515)232-5331 or www.octagonarts.org
-Thu, 10/11/07 • North Wolcott House Concert , Chicago, IL • 7:00pm • Doors open at 6:00 pm, so show up early and eat! For more information or to RSVP, please go to www.6112northwolcott.com/houseconcerts
-Fri, 10/12/07 • The Indy Hostel, 4903 Winthrop Avenue, Indianapolis, IN • 8:00pm • (317)727-1696 for more information, or visit www.segmentofsociety.com
-Sat, 10/13/07 • River City House Concerts, Louisville, KY • 8:00pm • Doors open at 7:00. Please call (502)290-8338 for more information, or visit http://www.rchouseconcerts.com
-Sun, 10/14/07 • Music Folk, Saint Louis, MO • 7:00pm • Music Folk is a high end acoustic instrument shop, and will be presenting Beth as the first in a series of excellent performances. Please call (800)892-2970 for more information, or visit www.musicfolk.com
-Mon, 10/15/07 • Aimee's Coffeehouse, 1025 Massachusetts Street , Lawrence, KS • 7:00pm • (785)843-5173 for more information.
-Tue, 10/16/07 • Kadee's, 210 East Spruce Street, Garden City, KS • 7:00pm • (620)271-9555 or www.gardencitykansas.com/kadees
III. THINGS I LOVE
Books: Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived by Ralph Helfer. Not the best written book, but it ripped my heart apart. I was crying so fiercely while reading the end, I gave myself a bloody nose.
Music: A 3 Song Demo from Norbert Leo Butz. I am never in my life as moved as I am listening to this man sing. He is now a Tony award winning Broadway actor, crazy gifted and wildly talented, but I will always think of him as a rock star first and foremost. You can check out his on-line tunes HERE
tv: Californication on Showtime. I watch tv and I think David Duchovny can do no wrong (maybe it is an X-Files thing).
DETAILS:
Columbine Unitarian Universalist Church
6724 S. Webster St • Littleton, CO. 80128
8PM • $12 advance / $14 day of show
303-972-1716
http://www.columbineuuchurch.org/
I. SALUTATIONS
Hello, Lovelies! I woke up this morning to blue sky sunshine, a drop in
temperature, and a new political landscape (that is all I will say about
the election other than I am so proud of our nation for turning out to
vote in such numbers). Though the thin skin of ice that clung to the edge
of the reservoir last week is now gone, I image we are just a few days off
from its inevitable and much more stubborn return. I sense my town is
about to batten down the hatches for winter despite the innocuous looking
sky. The signs are all there: white on the Arapaoe Peaks, a house
rattling northwest wind, and the seasonal return of the exteded crow
family that has a time share in our tall lodgepole pines. I don't mind
the change this year as it bodes well for writing (much to Stella's
ball-crazed sadness).
I am thrilled to perform in my (relative) home town tomorrow night.
Tickets have been selling at an incredible pace and I feel so lucky to be
able to do this show with the Louisville Center for the Arts. Today is
the last day to be able to purchase advance tickets on-line at the
discounted price, so if you're planning on coming, I would recommend
getting them soon (http://www.bethamsel.org/louisville_main.html). You
Boson peeps know I love you, but there is nothing like performing for the
people who have been supporting this endeavor from the very first open mic
I did in 1994. Has it really been twelve years? Do you clearly remember
where you were twelve years ago? Were you still wearig tapered jeans?
Who the hell knew they would ever come back into fashion?
Welcome to all of the people who signed up for the E-Newsletter at the
performance this past Suday at Unity! You could not have made this girl
feel anymore welcome.
I will be seeing you in the new year as I get back on the road and travel
to small towns everywhere (and a few of the big ones, too). I hope this
finds you and your loved ones very well and that you have a wonderful
thanksgiving (with all of the turkey/tofu goodness and none of the family
dysfunction).
xo
BA
II. SHOW INFO
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2006
Louisville Center for the Arts
801 Grant Ave
Louisville, CO
Tickets Available in advance on-line: www.bethamsel.org
Showtime is 7:30pm. Doors open at 7.
Tickets are $10.00 in advance, $13.00 day of show.
Children under 15 and Seniors are half price
Coffee, Tea, and sweet treats available.
III. GOOD STUFF
Music: The motion picture soundtrack to "When Night is Falling" by Lesley
Barber (THANK YOU Caryn & Danae!)
Books: Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie
TV: Battlestar Galactica (I know, I know, it ain't no Firefly)
Blog: wonkette.com
I. Salutations
Hello lovelies!
It has been quite a long spell since I have sent out an e-mailer (a year?!?). Last fall I made the decision to spend more time at home and then when winter arrived, I found myself a bit under the weather and it seemed prudent to plant some roots in my mountain town. Then there was that whole eloping thing and before I knew it, this summer was rounding the bend towards autumn.
The Aspens are turning their brittle gold and now the coniferous hillsides are punctuated by patches of impossible yellow. For three days last week, great numbers of robins passed through Nederland on their way to warmer climes along with a Stellar's Jay or two. The baby swallows under the eves at the post office have all fledged (there were three little ones in the mud nest right over the front door) and the entire flock is long gone. Our first snow fell on my birthday last saturday, fat flakes spinning horizontally from the west. Certainly an auspicious beginning to 35.
I am working with an new booking agent, Craig Conor at Broadline Booking. What this means is that I will be back on the road in the coming year, bringing The Reverie to a town near you (beginning with Laramie, WY this Saturday). I have missed you all greatly!
In other news, my annual home town show is set for Friday, November 10th at the Louisville Center for the Arts. It will be wonderful to once again play for the most supportive community I have ever known in a venue I simply adore. Advance tickets are on sale now on the bethamsel.org website (http://www.bethamsel.org/louisville_main.html) and as we're expecting the show to sell out, I recommend getting your tickets early. Thankfully it will be AFTER the midterm elections. I can't wait!
I hope this finds you and your loved ones very well and that autumn is a full of slanting light, delicata squash, and late season baseball!
xo
BA
II. Upcoming Shows:
•9/23/06
Coal Creek Coffeehouse
8pm
110 Grand Avenue
Laramie, WY
(800) 838-7737
www.coalcreekcoffee.com
•11/10/06
Louisville Center for the Arts
7:30pm (doors open at 7)
801 Grant Avenue
Louisville, CO
$10 in advance / $13 at the door
(Children under 15 and seniors half-price)
info: http://www.louisvillearts.org/
tickets: http://www.bethamsel.org/louisville_main.html
III. Good Stuff
music: Danny Shaffer's The Good The Bad And The Red Glory Ramblers
books: TC Boyle's Talk Talk
art: Regan Rosburg (gorgeous mixed media, she's my new fav: www.reganrosburg.com)
First up is a show at Coal Creek Coffeehouse in Laramie, WY on September 23rd. This will be the first time I have been to Laramie since September 2004 when I was driving across country to finish making The Reverie with Dave.
I am very pleased to announce my annual Home Town Show on November 10th, 2006 at the Louisville Center for the Arts. This is where it all began. Tickets go on sale September 5th and you can get yours in advance right here on the website.
More shows will be soon be added in Arizona and New Mexico, so stay posted. Feel free to get in touch if you'd like for me to come to your town this fall and we'll try to figure out a way of making it happen. I can't wait to see you all.
Enjoy the last of the summer corn and the thinning light!
]]>I hope you enjoy the community and I am honored that so many of you participate!
xo
Beth
I. Touching Base
II. The Reverie Now Available/CD Sale
III. Upcoming Shows on East Coast
I. Touching base
It has been quite a while since I last wrote to you, my lovely e-mail
folks. Autumn and winter turned, a presidential election (and subsequent inauguration) passed, and baseball season again commenced (with an appreciative nod to you, my Boston listeners). Have you been well? I am sitting in my new house up in Nederland, CO, looking out the back door, trying to convince my senses that today's foot of snow covering the back deck like soft wedding icing does not indicate Spring's taking the year off in 2005. It has been an adjustment, living at 8240 feet, both in terms of oxygen intake and the delayed sweet return of tender vernal green, but the view of the Indian Peaks Wilderness from where I sit is incomparable and I can't deny this is home.
II. The Reverie Now Available/CD Sale
After a few delays here and there, the new record, The Reverie, is now
available and on sale on the website (www.bethamsel.org/merch.html). A
HUGE thanks to everyone who helped make this record possible. I am so
proud of the thing and so look forward to you being able to hear it!
We're running a little sale on the website right now: Purchase The Reverie and we will include a copy of A Thousand Miles or Kindling for only another $10.00 (your choice). That's two records for only 25 bucks. Plus, if you order it off the website directly, you'll save a stamp!
III. Upcoming Shows on East Coast
A return to the East Coast is long over due and I am very excited to do a few shows in my old neck of the woods in May. The dates are limited, but I'll be back in September for a real record release tour. What can you expect to hear? Everything off the new record and quite a bit off A Thousand Miles as well (I have been neglecting that record for far too long). As I have been home writing this winter, I have been trying out new songs along the way and I do hope you'll come along for the ride.
DATES:
5/6/05: Montague, MA. The Montague Book Mill. 7:30PM 413-367-9206
5/7/05: West Creek, NJ. Home Town Music Series. 8PM. Split Bill with Rod
Picot. Please call 597-2991 for more info.
5/15/05: Franklin, MA. Afternoon House Concert. 2PM. Advance reservations
required. Please call 508-528-0026 or email: barry@barrykasindorf.com
5/20/05: Media, PA. Sixth Street House Concert. Advance reservations
required. Please call 610-627-0670 or email: concerts@sixthst.com
5/22/05: Columbus, OH. 7:30pm Clintonville Beechwold Community Center
Please e-mail: cocoabeano@hotmail.com. Advance reservations required.
$10/person plus a canned good (to be donated to the community hall's
pantry program)
6/10/05: Duluth, MN. Beaner's Central. 8pm. Split Bill with Matt Hebert
(from Northampton, founding member of The Ware River Club). (218) 624-5957 $8/$10.
6/10/05: Minneapolis, MN. Collected Sounds House Concert. 7:30. Advanced
reservations required. Please email: amy@collectedsounds.com
6/11/05: Madison, WI. Mother Fool's 8PM. Check out their website!
6/12/05: Chicago, IL. Tentative House Concert. Check back soon:
www.bethamsel.org/pageone.html
6/14/05: Omaha, NE. Mojo's Coffeehouse. 8PM 4826 Dodge Street. Please
call: 402-553-7014
I hope this finds you and your loved ones as well as ever and reveling in Spring's first blush (eating ice cream, plucking dandelions). Thank you, again, for making it possible for me to do what I love best. I feel very lucky to have such an incredible group of listeners!
xo
Beth
ps: have you read The Time Traveler's Wife?