Sweet Music
James Thomas 9:30 a.m.
James Thomas will greet the Market goers with Americana Roots music that ties in a little bit of rock with influences ranging over folk, country, and blues. James Thomas is a songwriter and comes up with quite memorable pieces. His music reflects influences of Dylan, Stones, Young, The Band, CCR, Hank Sr., Lou Reed and many more. Catch it all from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. on the park greens at Republic Square Park, part of the Austin Farmers' Market.posted October 29, 2003 | permanent link to this article
Gina Lee 9:30 a.m.
Gina Lee and her band will definitely entertain market goers with their up beat honky-tonk music. Join Gina and her band at 9:30 a.m. by the music tent.
For more information about Gina Lee visit her website at: www.ginaleeswings.com
posted October 21, 2003 | permanent link to this article
Spiral Dance 9:30 a.m.
SPIRAL DANCE is an Adelaide-based band focusing on the concepts of magic, myth and legend. Formed in 1992, Spiral Dance draws its musical centre from the core of vocalist Adrienne Piggott and flute player Kerryn Schofield, who decided to created a project based on their shared beliefs, interests and love of the mystical elements in life.
Supported by a back line of guitar, accordion, bass, drums and keyboards, with arrangements that blend lean acoustic rock styles with lush Celtic harmony, the band creates an almost tangible musical aura that envelopes their audience.
The majority of songs are written by Adrienne, who declares: "Having grown up surrounded by magic and a love of legends, I longed to put these feelings into song. I believe we all have an affinity with the magical elements of our existence, and the songs are written to invoke these emotions from within. These impressions need not be left behind in our childhood."
For more information about the band visit their website at www.spiraldance.com.au. .
posted October 14, 2003 | permanent link to this article
Bianca De Leon 9:30 a.m.
The borderlands of Texas and Mexico are possessed of a special romance, a romance of wide-open spaces, diverse yet mingling cultures, of hope and hopelessness, time and timelessness. And this timeless, romantic world is tangible in the harshly beautiful reality of the landscape and the speeding down a long, dark highway on a moonless night, the bright trail of a tear easing down a woman's cheek, all of these things whispering their quiet secrets to those who are listening.
Bianca partakes of this special romance in a special way, whispering the mysterious secrets of the borderlands in the language of her own unique experiences, her poetic vision, and the strong voice of her music. She sings of life and love on the borderlands, of adventure and romance, and of uncertainty and danger. She sings of outlaws and lovers like she's lived it and she means it---and she has, and she does.
Growing up in South Texas, near Corpus Christi, "six miles from the stop sign between Ingleside and Aransas Pass," as a young girl her aunt taught her to smuggle tequila across the border under her petticoats, and she became familiar with the life of desperadoes and secretos obscuros. After leaving school in Houston, she was drawn to the road. As a teenager, she learned to hop freight trains and ride the blinds, living everywhere from Santa Cruz to Sonora, from Nashville to Bogotá.
Bianca takes her own personal experience, her own point of view, detail, and spirit, and imbues it with the unique atmosphere and experience of the time and place, and she makes it universal. Her songs speak volumes, of the romance and danger of outlaws and lovers on the borderlands. For for inforrmation about Bianca or her music visit her website www.biancamusic.com
Join Bianca at 9:30 a.m. at the music tent to experience her music.
*biography and photo courtesy of www.biancamusic.com
October 18th features our first non-local band, --Sprial Dance, a band from Austin's sister city of Adelaide, Australia. Being from a sister city, it's almost like they are from Austin, right? Spiral Dance plays Celtic-flavored folk rock music featuring haunting female voice and flute, reminding one of Fleetwood Mac and Jethro Tull.
posted October 7, 2003 | permanent link to this article
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