Hosting House Concerts Again!

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Last month Adrian and I invited friends and family to an open house in our American home (The Holy Moly) in Clarksdale, Mississippi, celebrating the 100th year of The Holy Moly building (an old Masonic temple). Grant Peeples came from Florida and performed for an hour, entertaining/informing/educating people from all sorts of backgrounds, political beliefs, religious affiliations, social circles, and locations, in our home theatre on the center stage.

Carla Maxwell, Grant Peeples, and Adrian Kosky at The Holy Moly, Clarksdale, Mississippi, September 24, 2023,
photo by Ruth Nickens

It feels so good to be hosting house concerts again!

Puff the Magic Wagon

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Adrian and I are happy to introduce Puff the Magic Wagon, our new friend, built and decorated by Alan and Karlie from Bowtop Wagons in Canungra, Queensland. Puff was made with love, trust, kindness, care and creativity, and as a long-distance, cooperative effort. What an amazing job they did! Adrian and I gave Alan and Karlie our colour preferences and a bit of guidance with the artwork, and they did an amazing job with putting Puff together, having only a few emails and phone calls to rely on for information about what we wanted! Our clever son-in-law, Kevin, named our cute little gypsy wagon, with a nod to its inevitable future in folk music.

Puff the Magic Wagon is ready for her first road-trip straight to Daylesford, Victoria, Australia, and I can’t wait for her arrival. I’m ready for open borders, freedom to travel, and a healthier world, along with time to play and share more music with friends and family.

Puff the Magic Wagon, built by Bowtop Wagons for Adrian Kosky and Carla Maxwell, 2021
Puff the Magic Wagon, built by Bowtop Wagons for Adrian Kosky and Carla Maxwell, 2021
Puff the Magic Wagon, built by Bowtop Wagons for Adrian Kosky and Carla Maxwell, 2021

Australian Mountain Dulcimer Retreat – 10th, 11th, 12th September 2021

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Adrian and I will be hosting a mountain dulcimer retreat in Daylesford, Victoria, Australia, at our guest house at Tasma House and Gardens.

To purchase a ticket, visit: www.dulcimer.eventbrite.com.au.

For information about the location visit: www.TasmaHouse.com. We can’t wait to have our place filled with dulcimer friends!

Use the button below to download our poster.

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Table Hill Residency at Radio Springs Hotel, Lyonville, Victoria, Australia

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Adrian and I have been enjoying playing live music again! For the past few weeks we have been resident musicians at Radio Springs Hotel in Lyonville, Victoria, Australia. Thursdays are Thai Nights at the hotel, with Chef Bancha Rienkham serving up delicious Bangkok street food in this Regional Victoria, pub. Table Hill has been providing accompaniment and has enjoyed being a duo of lucky recipients of fabulous Thai meals provided at the end of each gig. Thank you Radio Springs Hotel!

Here’s a video clip filmed live by Ken Parfrey, one of the proprietors of Radio Springs Hotel, on March 18, 2021.

Jackie Airey with Table Hill’s delicious Thai meal by Bancha Rienkham at Radio Springs Hotel, Lyonville, Victoria, Australia

Delta Blues Dulcimer Revival – 2020 Workshop Schedule

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The schedule for the Delta Blues Dulcimer Revival, April 16-18, 2020, has been posted at www:/www.deltabluesdulcimerrevival.com.

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Adrian and I can’t wait to be a part of this new annual event! We are hosting the workshops in our American home in the historic downtown blues precinct in Clarksdale, Mississippi. For more information about the instructors, click on their names below.

Here’s the schedule information:

Delta Blues Dulcimer Revival

Schedule of Workshops

April 16-18, 2020

The Holy Moly

218 Third Street

Clarksdale, Mississippi 38614



Thursday, April 16, 2020


 9:00 am – 10:15 am – Under The Influence of the Blues – Robert Force & Staff (Theatre)

10:45 am – noon – Beginning Blues Dulcimer – Bing Futch (Theatre)

10:45 am – noon – 7th Chords and Inversions – Gary Gallier (Dining Room)

2:00 pm – 3:15 pm – The Blue 1/2 Fret – Sam Edelston (Theatre)

3:45 pm – 5:00 pm – Leaving This Morning – Sofie Reed (Theatre)

 

Friday, April 17, 2020


 9:00 am – 10:15 am – Singing and Playing – Sofie Reed (Theatre)


10:45 am – noon – Mississippi Delta Blues – Bing Futch (Theatre)


 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm – St. Louis Blues – Gary Gallier (Theatre)


 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm – John Lee Hooker – Sam Edelston (Theatre)

 

Saturday, April 18, 2020


 9:00 am – 10:15 am – Led Zeppelin: Blues With A Stack Of Marshalls – Sam Edelston (Theatre)

 9:00 am – 10:15 am – Write Your Own Blues – Sofie Reed (Dining Room)


10:45 am – noon – Texas Blues – Bing Futch (Theatre)


 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm – Shortnin’ Bread Boogie – Gary Gallier (Theatre)


 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm – Blues Reflections – Robert Force & Staff (Theatre)

Delta Blues Dulcimer Revival, The Holy Moly, Clarksdale, MississippiClick here to register!

Delta Blues Dulcimer Revival — Press Release!

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Woohoo! Here’s the official Press Release for the Delta Blues Dulcimer Revival – happening in Clarksdale, Mississippi, April 16th, 17th, and 18th, 2020. This first annual event will lead up to and include The Holy Moly’s participation as an official nighttime venue of the Juke Joint Festival! There are different levels of registration, from basic to registration that includes a Juke Joint Festival wristband that allows entry to all JJF nighttime venues. Please share, and if you ever wanted to play the blues on a mountain dulcimer, come on over to Clarksdale the birthplace of the blues!

Downloadable pdf: DBDR Press Release

DBDR Press Release

Delta Blues Dulcimer Revival – April 16th, 17th, 18th, 2020

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I’m excited to announce that Bing Futch, Adrian Kosky, and I will host the first Delta Blues Dulcimer Revival — April 16th, 17th, 18th, 2020 — in my American home in Clarksdale, Mississippi (affectionately known as The Holy Moly), a historic building in the birthplace of the blues!

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Enjoy and learn with blues mountain dulcimer workshops at The Holy Moly (aka Adrian & Carla’s American home), a historic location at the corner of Issaquena Avenue and Third Street in the heart of downtown Clarksdale, Mississippi, the birthplace of the blues!

There will be classes for all mountain dulcimer skill levels, focusing on early blues/roots music.
The event will last three days and be a related event to Clarksdale’s Juke Joint Festival, giving revival registrants an opportunity to enjoy a taste of the Mississippi Delta’s cuisine, learn about the region, and to explore up-close-and-personal this historic city’s music! Mississippi is known as the birthplace of American Music and Clarksdale is part of the Americana Music Triangle!
The Delta Blues Dulcimer Revival is for mountain dulcimer blues fans who are looking for a fun immersive learning experience that can’t be found anywhere else in the world!
More about this exciting new event can be found at Delta Blues Dulcimer Revival blog.
Online registration is coming soon!