Welcome to the Forest
Performing in “The Heart of Robin Hood” at the American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, MA photo by Evgenia Eliseeva
Fall/Winter 2013/ Theater?
This fall started out with a fantastic run of Poor Old Shine shows in the south, midwest, and northeast. Some highlight shows for me were playing at Music City Roots in Nashville with the amazing Wood Brothers who I have been listening to for years, playing in the beautiful remote mountain town of Thomas, West Virginia, and playing in a National Park ( Cuyahoga Valley NP) in northern Ohio.
All of this was capped off with the release of our Debut record, a New York Times blog review, another run of shows in the northeast, and the release of a live video of us playing in a tree, which miraculously received a quarter of a million views in one week…
Best coffee shop of the tour goes to: Tip Top Coffee, in the above mentioned Thomas, WV for the incredible art/t-shirts(plus the artist was hanging out there and we hung out with him, nice guy), great atmosphere, and alcohol… and the coffee is good as well
Close runner up: The Frothy Monkey in Nashville.
As if this wasn’t enough stuff to keep me satisfied for the year, I now live in Cambridge, MA as we are writing and performing all of the music for a play, The Heart of Robin Hood, which opens tonight and runs for 6 weeks at the American Repertory Theater.
Life rocks sometimes, and there is a bike wheel in my kick drum.
2 weeks on the road…
…with Poor Old Shine and 2 sessions at Great North to end the summer. Shows in NY, MA, and every single little pocket of the state of Connecticut. Here are some highlights. Hello Fall!!!
shot a video in a tree, joined by Sam Kassirer on tree percussion
played at a fantastic venue, Club Helsinki in Hudson, NY, to an absolutely wonderful crowd
this little dude stole our hearts at an amazing House Concert
a mystery sunflower popped up at Great North!
Falcon Ridge w/ Poor Old Shine
I did!
Sweaty Rehearsal
Impromptu Lawn Performance @ Falcon Ridge – Hillsdale, NY
Green River Festival
Went back to beautiful Western Mass. for the first time in a few years, to play at Green River Festival with Poor Old Shine. Incredible weekend of music and hot air balloons!
Also filmed a session for Folk Alley before our set
amazing crowd
HOT AIR BALLOON!!
Balloons at night!
Sellersville Theatre
Had the privilege of performing with Poor Old Shine at the historic Sellersville Theatre. Hopefully the first of many, fellas.
June. Poor Old Shine @ GNSS
June was a good month. 8 days at Great North Sound Society with Poor Old Shine…
Feb/Mar 2013 – The Great Unknown
Philly band The Great Unknown came up to GNSS for a short winter session. Snow!
Erik Hischmann 