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	<title>Out of the Rain</title>
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	<description>Thoughts on music and more</description>
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		<title>Universal Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That one hour of extra sleep, we eagerly anticipate. And here&#8217;s a picture Ron took on Halloween. Which is to say&#8211;while enjoying music with close friends and some we see just fleetingly, it&#8217;s also been a time to simply abide. Those who know us well are aware of the changes, losses, and responsibilities that have given [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magnolia at Bulloch Hall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[. . . where we&#8217;ll be playing (in the new pavilion) this coming Saturday, September 10th at 8:00. Click here for details. Bob Bakert &#38; Friends will open. Our other public show this month will be a 12:30 set at the Duluth Fall Festival on Sunday, 9/25.
It&#8217;s easy to find promotional clips and histories regarding this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faraway So Close</title>
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Summer so far has been a time for Ron to take photos (see left) and out of town trips, and for Carol to catch up on movies (having seen Wings of Desire nine times, finally the sequel!) and be with family. We&#8217;ve also had a chance to work on more songs and instrument/voice combinations. It&#8217;s been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.outoftherainmusic.net/faraway-so-close</link>
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		<title>Symbol</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Metaphor is right at the bottom of being alive.~Gregory Bateson
Fiction writers are admonished to &#8220;show, don&#8217;t tell.&#8221; In folk music (and in its conceptual videos), one hears and sees both.
More, from his Metalogues:
&#8220;What did you mean by a conversation having an outline? Has this conversation had an outline?&#8221;
 
Oh, surely, yes. But we cannot see it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April</title>
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. . . come she will.&#8221; What are the first song lyrics you remember? While Ron&#8217;s recollections are full of Jimmie Rodgers tunes (played by his father), The Kingston Trio and early Atlanta Symphony recordings, Carol grew up with Herb Alpert and Bruckner(!) on Sunday mornings&#8211;and the soundtrack to The Graduate. How do all of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New, again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Early Spring
Harshness vanished. A sudden softness
has replaced the meadows&#8217; wintry grey.
Little rivulets of water changed
their singing accents. Tendernesses,
 
hesitantly, reach toward the earth
from space, and country lanes are showing
these unexpected subtle risings
that find expression in the empty trees
~Rainer Maria Rilke
A few dates we&#8217;re looking forward to in March so far: Saturday 3/12, 8PM at Lena&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Popsicles in the Snow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The shortest and most wintry of Ron&#8217;s compositions on Two Hearts actually started out as a holiday carol, then morphed into an instrumental. Who knows where it may go next? Quite a few instrumental pieces are still waiting to be heard outside of practice sessions&#8211;new combinations of sounds and colors, new opportunities for spirited musical&#8230;negotiations!
Atlanta [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.outoftherainmusic.net/popsicles-in-the-snow</link>
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		<title>Waltz</title>
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		<title>Wonder</title>
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We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
~Thornton Wilder
Back to the coziness of Chocolate Perks in Duluth this Saturday, November 27th, starting somewhere around 7. The counter overflows with delicious desserts, and plenty of pre-desserts to make the experience a meal. November 27th is also Small [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.outoftherainmusic.net/wonder</link>
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		<title>Eventide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To answer a few questions: First, who takes the pictures? We have, for the most part. Ron has the better equipment. The color-wild sunset (left) was taken by R. just a few nights ago, and Carol snapped the photos in the previous entry (except for the Dali, of course), along with the skies and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.outoftherainmusic.net/eventide</link>
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		<title>The Persistence of Memory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever sat with a Salvador Dali painting? Not online, but in &#8220;person.&#8221; Of course, experiences are intensely individual, but it can feel like being literally sucked into one&#8217;s teeming unconscious&#8211;or being thrust headlong into the collective swirl, perhaps Dali&#8217;s wild inner vortex, who knows. Is it possible to be chased by an artwork? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.outoftherainmusic.net/the-persistence-of-memory</link>
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		<title>Cool wind north</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The air feels completely different today, and the sky is deepening into fall. Both of us have been experimenting (enthusiastically!) with various instrument setups and gear while new songs are brewing under the surface. Tone and color are everything. Well, almost.
Speaking of cool air, and breezes&#8230;on Monday, September 13th, we&#8217;ll be playing up in picturesque [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Sky</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Summer Sky&#8221; from Two Hearts is a guitar instrumental that Ron wrote long ago, born fully formed. On hearing it during the recording process last year, Carol was moved and baffled. Thinking that it was probably more suited for violin accompaniment than viola (and just getting used to that strange small instrument), she played the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.outoftherainmusic.net/summer-sky</link>
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		<title>Into the air</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ While working on some new tunes outside in the sweltering heat, we were astonished to see Carol&#8217;s viola morphing and melting before our eyes. The tone became ever more dark, molten, and lugubrious&#8230;until finally, it sounded as if it were being played under water! All seriousness aside, quite a few players have taken to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.outoftherainmusic.net/into-the-air</link>
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		<title>Sea of merchants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The summer NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) show in Nashville. Ron: &#8220;It&#8217;s a ghost town.&#8221;  Carol: &#8220;help&#8230;get me to a silent room, stat!&#8221; A lot of exhibits, milling humans, smiles. Many gorgeous instruments, a fascinating dulcimer/banjo/guitar combo called the strumstick, and enough strange and wonderful gadgets to make your head spin.
We&#8217;ve been working on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An unexpected turn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Driving north from Atlanta, you can feel your shoulders ease downward as swirling mind silt settles gently. During some welcome free time before our Crimson Moon show, Carol meandered a couple of miles north on U.S. 19, spied a woman eating the richest, brightest strawberry ice cream imaginable, and lo! discovered the Dahlonega Vegetable Farm. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Sky</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Spending time in silence and quiet incubation after 4/10, lost in no-thought. We&#8217;re extending the celebration of the Two Hearts album release by traveling northward on Friday, May 14th to The Crimson Moon Cafe, a fantastic restaurant/music venue in the warm and magical town of Dahlonega nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.outoftherainmusic.net/spring-sky</link>
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		<title>Joy in the hall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A SRO crowd greeted us last night at the album release concert for Two Hearts~what a beautiful evening. We were happy to be joined on stage by bassist Felton Dunn, J. David Leonard on piano and dobro, vocalist Kathy Reed, and singer-songwriter Jerry Brunner. Songs a-plenty from the album, plus some old favorites and traditional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Album Release Concert for &#8216;Two Hearts&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a close encounter with a wheelchair ramp/concrete (complete with exciting x-rays and wrist metalwork&#8211;C) and a headfirst dive off a back deck (R), Ron and Carol are delighted to finally be able to announce an album release concert for Two Hearts, to be held at 8pm on Saturday, April 10th at Ragamuffin Music in [...]]]></description>
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