Kora Band Retreat
After the recent holiday festivities, I was lucky enough to do something I’ve always wanted to do, and hope to repeat again: go off to a proverbial (or almost literal, in this case) cabin in the woods with a band for a weekend and work on new music! The Kora Band’s trumpeter, Chad McCullough’s parents [...]
Happy New Year!
I hope that everyone’s holidays have gone well so far, and that everyone has a great New Year and appropriate celebrations. I’m very much looking forward to many projects coming up in the next year, and I thought I would post a bit about some exciting news and events:
- I recently received a Project Grant [...]
Lots of Seattle Time!
So I’ve been spending lots of time this month in Seattle, working with the Kora Band as well as with my ongoing occasional duo project with Kane Mathis, as well as some gigs with Chad McCullough. It’s been fun so far, especially the train rides, which I find to be a pretty productive time for [...]
Makin it Happen
Just a brief post to note that today an interview about my experiences in the music business is up at Jason Parker’s site One Working Musician. Thanks to Jason for interviewing me and for running a well-organized and positive site about the music business!
Makin’ It Happen – Andrew Oliver
Project updates, the Portland Jazz Scene, and a Slovakian!
Apologies to everyone who was disappointed with the lack of a Post-Colonial African Groove last Friday, I was somewhat swamped and had some friends from the Bay Area in town, but will resume this week! Meanwhile, here’s a bunch of information packed into a short post:
The Kora Band played at Jimmy Mak’s two Fridays ago [...]
Tension and Relaxation
While I was at the Banff workshop this last spring, there was a lot of discussion of bodily tension and relaxation. I felt that this was particularly relevant to me, as I was still working through some tendonitis issues even at the workshop itself, though I have fortunately resolved them almost completely since then. Nonetheless, [...]
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