Port Townsend, John Steinbeck and the Mad Maggies
Special thanks to our friend and fan, Hap Smith ( Butch Engel and the Styx, Happenstance ) for sending these fun photos of himself in …
Our New T-Shirt Design by Daniel Fiorito
For our new shirt, Montreal fine artist and animator, Daniel Fiorito drew a whimsical and very detailed “calaca“. Daniel works in several media including oil, …
Summer Tours Begins
Hello, Magpies! It has been a wild few months full of composing new tunes, arranging them, practicing, plotting and planning. Now, we’re ready to come …
A Sunny Day – an inside look at “Il Fait un Beau Soleil”
Spring is here! For awhile now, I’ve wanted to share how I go about analyzing a song, for example, if I want to transcribe it …
Thank you, Dan Hicks
So sad to hear the news about Dan Hicks’ passing this morning, February 6, 2016. I grew up in San Francisco. I was teenager on …