Posts Tagged: Nate Macy

First off, let me say that Wine Unwind is a really cute little shop in Portland’s Pearl District.  The ambiance, the acoustics, the owner… it’s truly special.  Reminds me of the awesome independent book store in the movie You’ve Got Mail that Meg Ryan’s character lovingly tends. (side note, let’s make sure that some massive wine conglomerate does not move in and crush this little neighborhood gem!) 

Our set list included a number of jazz standards—Our Love is Here to Stay, But Beautiful, Solitude, If I Were a Bell, What a Difference a Day Makes, Moondance… plus a few of my original songs.  We used the little tiny Mackie amp you can see in the video and it was totally perfect for the space. 

It’s fun playing with a big group but it’s also awesome to be able to work with just Dave—he is a really great musician and friend. 

Here’s an mp3 clip of one of my favorite standards—hope you enjoy it!

Give Me the Simple Life

Earlier on Saturday, I played at Troon Winery’s tasting room in Carlton with two wonderful musicians and friends—Nate Macy (guitar & vocals) & Bill Nippoldt (super cool hand percussion.)  We’ve done music together off and on since 1996 under the name QLO.  Nate had organized this show and his set list was eclectic and fun.  We did everything from Miles Davis’s Four to some Celtic fiddle tunes like After the Battle of Aughrim.  The music was a big hit and I’m hoping the folks who grabbed our card will remember to e-mail me about their benefit event in August. 

All in all it was a really great day and I’m thankful for the chance to go out and play and sing and for all of you who support live music!

Back for it’s sixth season, we are delighted to present three concerts this year!

DATES
Wednesday, December 2nd:  7:00 PM  Newberg Friends Church
307 South College Street  Newberg, OR 97132
503.538.8381

Thursday, December 17th:  7:00 PM  Sydney’s Cafe with guest artist Dave Iula
NW 15th & Thurman Portland, OR 97209 503.241.4313
www.sydneysportland.com

Tuesday, December 22nd:  Holladay Park Retirement Community
Portland, Oregon (semi-private event) 
If you are interested in attending, please call 503.860.7688

LISTEN
For your enjoyment, here is a live recording of Midnight on the Water from 2007.  Grab yourself a cup of cocoa (with marshmallows please) and enjoy!

Midnight on the Water Live

We had a great time at the Summer Splash concert today in Lake Oswego.    It was exciting to debut a new song called Tired of Waiting and to do some covers that are new to us.  In particular, our pianist, Aaron Pruitt, did a fantastic new arrangement of Billy Joel’s Lullaby which he dedicated to my daughter Vienna… it is so awesome and humbling to play with musicians who are such kind people on top of being amazing artists… Thanks Aaron! 

The ensemble was a fun combo of instruments—a quartet with me doing double duty violin and vocals, Ashley Peck on cello, Nate Macy doing guitar and bass and Aaron Pruitt on vocals and keys.  I hope we’ll find more opportunities to perform with this group as it is very versatile and has a fun chamber vibe to it.

Thank you so much for coming out and spending your lunch hour with us.