May 16th Happy to be Happy Birthday to Robert Fripp!

busy busy here carving tracks and preparing patches for summer gigs:

KTU

May 19 2006

FIMAV Festival Victoriaville Quebec, Canada

Cock Robin warm up show

May 27 2006

Coach House San Juan Capistrano, CA

KTU

Jun 2 2006

Nattjazz Festival Bergen, Norway

Jun 3 2006

Spot festival Arhus, Denmark

COCK ROBIN in Europe

Jun 14 2006 8:00P

Femina Bordeaux, France

Jun 16 2006 8:00P

Ninkasi Lyon, France

Jun 17 2006 8:00P

Casino Geneve, France

Jun 20 2006 8:00P

Theatre Sebastopol Lille, France

Jun 21 2006 8:00P

Bota Bruxelles, Belgium

Jun 24 2006 8:00P

Omnibus St Malo, France

Jun 27 2006 8:00P

Cafe de la Danse Paris

Jun 28 2006 8:00P

Cafe de la Danse Paris

Jun 29 2006 8:00P

Salle Edmond Desouches Luce (Chartres), France

July 1st 2006

Mets-Open Air (place du marche`), France

July 5th

Dentist-yep!

NAMM

July 14-16

Austin, Tx

KTU

June 24

Aragonese Pyrenees festival , Spain

Pat drum classes

Jul 27/28/29 2006

FMM Festival Sines, Portugal



Just back from Russia -spending almost two weeks, sharing apartments with Russians and traveling deeper into the north I got to experience a very different side of Russia, I plan to write a more detailed blog over at the myspace site but in the meantime check this link for pictures and a story from my (not a master) drum class - once again the russian to English computer translation give some very funny interpretations.

While home the next few weeks I am working on tracks for one of Austin's more eclectic and outside young musicians John Pointercheck out John's 'make a CD with me' offer. Also doing more sonic work for the new Microsoft Vista OS, and even starting some Cock Robin rehearsals here in Austin later this week.

My next live show coming up will be the KTU North American debut May, 19 2006 at FIMAV Festival near Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada .

Followed by a May 27th warm up date for Cock Robin at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano California (more CR gigs start mid June in Europe).



Pamelia Kurstin was in town for SXSW and once again I snatched her from the Barbez bus for another all-nighter recording more for our Tunisia project. In another strange case of synchronicity "A Night In Tunisia" was playing at the club we were at so we recorded a version of that: SXSW Night in Tunisia. Drums by Art Blakey RIP.

For more info on the amazing Pamelia check her new myspace page here:

www.myspace.com/pameliakurstin

Leaving for KTU gigs:

March 23, 2006

Planet Music, Vienna, Austria

Mar 24 2006

DOM, Ljubljana, Slovenia

More upcoming gigs:

TUNER with special guest SiRenée

Apr 6 2006

Platforma Club, St. Petersburg, Russia

Apr 7 2006

Golden Mask Festival, Moscow, Russia

And then Zeegrass gigs:

April 9 2006

Club Ogi, Moscow Russia

April 10

Club Ikra, Moscow Russia

April 12, 2006

Masterclass at LearnMusic in Moscow

(www.learnmusic.ru)

April 14 & 15th 2006

Mamakabo Festival, Vologda, Russia

and filling in April 11 & 12th with Goeffrey Oryema in Moscow.



More work with "The Trail of the Dead" , another epic tune from Conrad and the gang. For this tune Producer Mike McCarthy, assisted by Munyon, had me on another strange bastard kit... Not unlike the kit I was just recording with at home for ZeeGrass... except ZeeGrass is gentle rockabilly brushing while Trail is slamming like Questlove meets Bonham.

It also seems like all roads lead to Russia these days. Trail is heading there in couple weeks, followed by Zee, followed by Tuner (with special guest SiRenée). I'll certainly be doing the Tuner dates and possibly some ZeeGrass dates but can only lend moral support for the Trailers.

 

Check out my new myspace page for tour dates and other nuggets.



Unrehearsed live radio show on KUT at noon on Weds Feb 22 with Zeerok, the wierd and wonderful Russian Altprogrockabillie singer songwriter.

In the studio today putting drums on a track for the mesmerizing Azam Ali .

And we now have a video clip at KTU myspace site . . .more to follow.