We're heading out for our tenth or eleventh winter tour down the east coast and back. We'll be seeing many of our old friends in familiar venues but also several new places. We're excited to be playing for the Princeton Folk Music Society and for the Williamsburg Library later this week and for the Salisbury (NC) Library next week.
For our complete schedule with contact info and even maps check our schedule at http://castlebay.net/gig/
I'll post some photos and news as we travel.
Well, after fits and starts over several years I think we're finally getting our news/blog under one roof. We'll see how it goes. I won't be posting our schedule here, since it is elsewhere on the site. I will make note of anything particularly noteworthy.
remember putting out a quarterly newsletter in paper and printer days. I think we were halfway through the third issue when the Mac died. That was, I believe, in 1994. I don't even think we had email back then. Since then I have tried Blogspot, and…
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The is the 14-string guitar I built in 2022
The back and sides are jajoba, mahogany neck, figured maple details. The sound board is spruce I bought at H. L. Wild about 50 years ago. Nut and saddle are highland cow bone. I have it tuned G2,G1 - C3,C2 - G3,G2 - C4,C3 - F4, F3 - A3,A3 - D4,D4. Multi-scale 25-1/2" treble - 27" bass, there's a sound port and arm bevel, and L.R. Baggs Lyric active pickup.
Over a dozen maritime music performers in multiple locations across historical downtown Portsmouth. All events are free to the public.
The Maine State Museum has been closed since 2020 for a major renovation. We'll be helping celebrate the rebuilt facility. We're not sure where in the building we will be: in one of the exhibits, perhaps, hopefully not as artifacts!