From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V16 #2101 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, October 3 2017 Volume 16 : Number 2101 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- New Amber Rubarth album [Paul Blair ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 20:30:02 -0400 From: Paul Blair Subject: New Amber Rubarth album Amber apparently had to take time off owing to an auto accident. Good to have her back! - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Amber Rubarth Loves You Date: Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 2:52 PM Subject: "Wildflowers in the Graveyard" Album Release Today! Hi Friends! My new album *bWildflowers in the Graveyardb releases into the world today! *To accompany the music Ibve made t-shirts, lyric art cards, reel-to-reel tapes, and even handmade cigar box albums with paper hearts that grow into wildflowers! Each item is an extension on the theme of renewal, sustainably sourced or recycled. It's intended to be enjoyed as a whole of 9 songs and was recorded analogue to 2b tape in Nashville with Matt Andrews *(Gillian Welch, Dave Rawlings).* Get the goodies at my *brand new online store* or your favorite 1s and 0s outlet. This is a big record for me personally. Its creation has been my companion in a journey of renewal. I was hit by a car a while back and had quite an intense experience of recovery with it all... a severe concussion, lost much use of the left side of my body, and truly didnbt know if I would be able to write or play again. It brought up deep unknowns for me around identity... who am I if not an artist? Writing this album throughout my own renewal was encouraged by a place I visited often, an old cemetery where wildflowers grew rampant over gravestones from the 1800s. The scene empowered me, such a fluid ease of life, death and rebirth in nature constantly redefining itself without attachment or expectation. Itbs such an interesting time in the world right now with an intense mix of destruction and emergence. *I hope these songs are able to touch on this and connect, they are born of the observation that loss and decay can also make for more fertile soil.* *Thank you so much for your support with my music. *No words can fully express the gratitude and appreciation I have. I love connecting with you all, so many beautiful exchanges fill my heart. *10% of all proceeds go to charity,* this month to UNICEF Puerto Rico relief efforts. You already helped raise an amazing amount with your pre-orders for the children's organization Zulufadder which Ibm excited to revisit next month when I tour South Africa! Also we continue to raise donations for ACLU from the proceeds of bWherever You Are.b Thank you, you make my heart happy. Thank you for celebrating with me today, and I canbt wait to see you in the future. You're the best. *Ibll be adding house concerts these next few months, if youbd like to host one let me know! *They're magical. Love! (it's all there is) Amber *Upcoming Tour Dates:* *Sept. 9: Nashville, TN *@ The East Room w/ Kai Welch & Sally Jaye 8pm *South Africa Tour with *Nibs van der Spuy *Oct. 20: Hillcrest, South Africa* @ Conscious Cafe *Oct. 21: Ballito, South Africa* @ Newtown *Oct. 22: Mtunzini, South Africa* @ Mtunzini Country Club *Oct. 25: Durban, South Africa* @ Alliance Francaise *Oct. 26: Pietermaritzburg, South Africa* @ The Hexagon Dive *Oct. 27: Westville, South Africa* @ Westville Theatre *Oct. 28: Westville, South Africa *@ Westville Theatre *Oct. 29: Verulam, South Africa* @ Shapes of Africa *Nov. 1: Eshowe, South Africa* @ The House in Zululand *Nov. 2: Umlalazi, South Africa* @ Zulufadder (daytime) *Nov. 2: Richards Bay, South Africa* @ Zululand Yacht Club *Nov. 4: Kloof, South Africa* @ House Concert *Nov. 9-11: Napa, California* @ Napa Film Festival (*American Folk * Film screening) *Nov. 12: San Rafael, California *@ House Concert *Tickets and info at AmberRubarth.com * *p.s. Thank you and yaaaayyyyyyyyy!* - -- ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V16 #2101 ****************************