Good news! The electric duo album I recorded last winter with singer and fiddler Laura Cortese, “Two Amps, One Microphone” is now available at cdbaby.com via this link:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/cortesehamer
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I had a great time playing at Magnolia Festival with Mike and Ruthy last weekend. We had a full-on electric band with Jacob Silver on Bass and Chris Merenda on Drums. I was busy and didn’t take many photos, but here’s nice one of M & R and one of Jake: I’m happy to announce a concert in Boulder, CO on October 29th at the home of Meryl Romer. I’ll be playing original and traditional songs with my friend Erik Deutsch on piano. Here’s Meryl’s concert announcement:
I thought I’d share this link to a recording of a solo-electric show of mine at the Subdued String Band Jamboree in Bellingham, WA in Aug. of 2009. The guitar is a bit low in the mix, but otherwise the quality is pretty good. http://www.archive.org/details/JeffersonHamerLiveAtSubduedStringbandJamboree Anyone in the Pacific Northwest- or itching for a summer trip to someplace cool, green, and beautiful- should consider a trip to the Jamboree next August. It’s put on by my friend Robert Sarazin Blake, and it’s really a great festival…
I’m excited to announce that my traditional Irish group Murphy Beds will be performing live in-studio this Friday, Oct. 1 on WGBH Boston’s Celtic Sojourn program with host Brian O’Donovan. The incredible Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill will be playing as well. We’re honored to share the stage with them. The concert will be broadcast live on Saturday, Oct. 2 from 3-6 PM. Visit the WGBH website and stream the concert live here: http://www.wgbh.org/listen/celtic.cfm The Murphy Beds are:
We’re excited to record our debut album this fall in New York City. Wednesday, September 22nd @ 8:30pm Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC reservations strongly encouraged (212) 989-9319
Mike + Ruthy’s Folk City, the new 4th-Wednesday series at Cornelia Street Cafe, will debut with a festival-style evening of new talent! Rusty Belle, from Northampton, MA, will be bringing their backporch-slash-granny’s-attic-inspired hootenanny, Brooklyn balladeer Jefferson Hamer will alternately shred and wail, and Nina Violet “a modern, funky Edith Piaf” will draw you into her beautiful world of indie folk. In a grand finale, they’ll all join Mike + Ruthy on the cafe’s small stage for what promises to be an epic jam. Mike + Ruthy http://www.mikeandruthy.com Nina Violet http://www.myspace.com/ninaviolet Jefferson Hamer http://www.facebook.com/jeffersonhamermusic Rusty Belle http://www.myspace.com/rustybelle Bellingham, WA – Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Weather: partly cloudy, 75 degrees, dry, beautiful. Coffee: overrated. hell-bent for purgatory Pacific Northwesterners are coffee snobs, which might have been justifiable in the first decade A.S. (After Starbucks) but I have Southside Coffee two blocks from my Brooklyn apartment and they draw espresso as good as anything I’ve had anywhere, with elbow room for exceptions here and there. Gene in Vancovuer was in fine form last week. I had a crush on one of the espresso girls until one day she put Aerosmith on the stereo and I judged her musical tastes incompatible with mine. Her boyfriend came in the last day, looking like an Aerosmith roadie with long, long curly hair, babyface, and ripped jeans, which all made me feel better about her not giving me any special attention or smiles. But enough about coffee. My spine is a total nightmare and I could barely hold my electric guitar last night at the Green Frog Acoustic Tavern. I’m doing push-ups and back-bends to try and regain my gait and stature. When your back hurts nothing goes right. You can’t sing, flirt, read, or think, and all your tele-bends go sharp. After our gig with Robert Blake, drummer Jordan Rain from the Yogoman Burning Band cracked my back and it sounded like champagne corks at midnight. But enough about the pain in my neck.
I’ve been away from home for almost a month. I’d say I was homesick, but what is home but a creaky bed, a cluttered desk, and a wilted basil plant? You can have my home. And while I’m thinking about it, my rent payment. I miss a few people. Maybe I could convince them all to move into a big house with me somewhere in western Massachusetts and we can plant a garden, full and leaden at harvest time with tomatoes, kale, peppers, and flowers. I’m thinking about gardens a lot these days. Vancouver is a garden town. That’s where Anais Mitchell and I recorded an album of traditional ballads with producer John Raham. We reinvented the wheel on Tam Lin. Willie’s Lady is our hit. We’ve already got a vision for the video, which we’re going to shoot in Brooklyn. Betsy Plum, Alex Battles, and I were talking about shooting a video in Prospect Park this fall, but Anais and I have a different idea. Hold tight Betsy and Alex, I think you’ll like it. We’ve got more tracking to do, both in New York and Vancouver, and the record probably won’t be out until sometime next year. I was hoping for sooner, but everyone is busy and that’s just how it is. I’m going to stop talking about this record now, because it won’t be out for ages and I don’t want to make myself or anyone else sick hyping it up. Share:
It was an incredible weekend in Bellingham, WA! The 10th annual Subdued String Band Jamboree was a smashing success, culminating in the closing moments of Robert Sarazin Blake’s finale set, when the stage floor collapsed under the weight of the 30-odd performers massed together. Everyone was fine, and nobody missed their ending cue. I’m sure the recordings will surface soon, and I can’t wait to hear them. Blake was on fire. A meteor shower light up the sky. I can’t remember the last time I had so much fun. Thanks also to Taarka and Anais Mitchell, who had me play guitar with them during their sets. Over the course of the weekend played 5 sets on the main stage, including electric and acoustic solo sets. I would have gladly played 5 more. Thanks again Robert and crew! Tom Nowak filmed an entire house concert that Tashina Clarridge and I played at the home of Paul and Candy Anderson on July 3rd. Here’s Barbara Ellen. Share:
Hey friends, Happy Summer’s End to you! I’m heading out to the west coast for some shows with Anais Mitchell and Rachel Ries in Berkeley, Portland, and Vancouver, and then Anais and I are going into the studio to record an album of traditional British and Scottish ballads. We’ve been working steadily on these classic songs since last February, rewriting and revamping them to suit our own fiendish purposes! We’ll be recording in Vancouver with John Raham, Be Good Tanyas’ drummer and the engineer and co-producer for Reed Foehl’s Once an Ocean album I worked on couple years ago. Keep in touch for news about the new ballad record- we’ve been previewing some of the songs at our live shows lately, and judging by the reaction, we’ve got something special in the works!
I’m adding more shows all the time, including some acoustic duos in the northeast with award-winning fiddler Tashina Clarridge, some full-band electric shows in New York City, the return of The Murphy Beds to WGBH’s Guest Street Sessions in Boston, and an October tour down to Florida with the amazing Mike and Ruthy! Check this website for updates, or follow me on twitter for breaking news. I’ve also got a facebook music page with songs, videos, and last-minute concert updates.
all the best, jefferson
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