From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V16 #3209 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, April 23 2022 Volume 16 : Number 3209 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Ladder to the Moon Festival in New Mexico [neal copperman ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 00:19:17 -0600 From: neal copperman Subject: Ladder to the Moon Festival in New Mexico Hey Ectofolk, I havenbt posted anything in ages and donbt go on much about what we have built out here in New Mexico, but we have a cool new festival that I am super proud of and wanted to share. We were poised to launch this in 2020 and got shut down before we announced it. We pulled it together in August 2021, just as delta was surging. I think we were the first vax-only event in New Mexico, with a lineup featuring Roseanne Cash, Neko Case, Margo Price, Valerie June and more, all performing outside at Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu. A breathtaking setting where Georgia ObKeeffe had her studio and painted a lot of her iconic work. 2021 Highlghts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx1M9pfX_yw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtCDJiBtR_4 We didnbt have a name last year (though frankly, Ghost Ranch Music Weekend isnbt a terrible name). The full moon rising over Kitchen Mesa was such a dramatic part of the evening that we made it an integral part of the festival. We are on a lunar calendar, following the moon! Taking inspiration from Georgia ObKeeffe, webve dubbed the festival Ladder to the Moon. (And while this seemed a completely impossible task, we have gotten permission from the ObKeeffe estate and the Whitney Museum to use the name and the image.) This year webve extended to three days and gone nuts with the lineup. Come visit us in New Mexico! Itbll totally be worth the trip. :) - - neal ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V16 #3209 ****************************