I played a show a few nights ago with my friend Josephine Foster in Albuqueque, NM to rehearse some of her new songs for her next record we are doing together at the end of the month. The show we played was at a small art loft space. It was cold but soon warmed up by the good amount of people that showed up.  I also helped with sound and lighting.  All acts were exceptional and esoteric. It started off with music from Spain by Josephine’s husband Victor Herrero. He playied original spanish songs that made you dream of basking in the basque.. following him was French abstractionist, Thomas Bonvalet de Cheval De Frise, playing songs off his new album L’Ocelle Mare Porte d’Octobre. I’ve never heard music contorted quite like this. Take a Realist painting for example  but “abstract” all the realism out of it.  Thomas plays to a metronome that clicks like a clock as he taps on a block while fiddling a banjo. A fundamentalist- abstractionist.  

Finally following Thomas was Josephine and her band (which includes her husband Victor, myself, Heather and her husband Jeremy, who play together in A Hawk and a Hawksaw). Josephine’s set was beautiful. Her voice tells fortunes that sings to the breeze  ..she takes you and you let her like surrendering your sails to the wind.. I really enjoy playing with her.

It would be great if THE ENTRANCE BAND and Josephine Foster did some shows together in the future…