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Hello Friends and Fans! After a long hiatus with NO NEWS from us – sorry! We are finally getting back on the bandwagon, literally! New Album Coming! There are great things on the horizon for me and the NFE this ...

Hey Friends! We’re gearing up some fun stuff for this autumn and winter and we hope you’ll be a part of it! Our Halloween Livestream on Facebook is coming up on October 31st, 4:00 pm. Pacific time! Join me and ...

Our concert series The Woodshed Sessions are back on March 28, 4pm Pacific time! We’ll resume with every last Sunday of the month at the same time, featuring our trio of Steve Rankin on mandolin, bouzouki and guitar, Fred Sanders ...

February 15, 2021 Dear Friends and Fans, This last year has been a tumultuous time for our culture and world, as you know, and our music has had to move, pivot, adjust, and find grace inside the silence.  We thank ...

“Live at McCabe’s” Nominated for Best Live Performance Album by Independent Music Awards From the press release: New York, NY April 9, 2020 — Named the BEST NEW FOLK artist by LA Weekly in May of 2019, the award-winning Americana ...

Hey Folks!! The Susie Glaze New Folk Ensemble duo presents the return of our concert series The Woodshed Sessions including featured guest artists from Southern California and beyond!  Since the onset of the Covid-19 quarantine we have had to cancel ...

We’re excited to announce the return of “The Woodshed Sessions” at the Coffee Gallery Backstage beginning Friday, January 10th! Our concert series The Woodshed Sessions returns to theCoffee Gallery for a monthly ride with the New Folk Ensemble and Guest ...

Get tickets here! http://www.mccabes.com Join us at the landmark acoustic venue, McCabe’s Guitar Shop on Saturday, November 9th to celebrate the launch of our newest album “Live at McCabe’s.” We’ll be performing the album in its entirety with some other ...

The Susie Glaze New Folk Ensemble Announces their Newest Release!  LIVE AT MCCABE’S Recorded on November 11 2018 by Wayne Griffith at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, California, the group releases “Live at McCabe’s.”  The new album features 17 tracks ...

Click Here To Read the Article on LA Weekly Big thanks go to Jonny Whiteside for naming us the Best New Folk band in Los Angeles in the LA  Weekly’s “Best of LA” series! “Best New Folk The Tennessee-born, Los ...

Hello Friends! We’re excited to return to the concert stage again in March and April at three great venues in the Los Angeles area.  First up is The Grand Annex in San Pedro, California for a St. Patrick’s Day Eve ...

Happy Holidays Friends, Far and Near! We end the year in deep gratitude for all of our friends and family, and especially all the fans who have made our year so great.  We love you all! Our last show of ...

We’re back at McCabe’s Guitar Shop on November 11! Visit their website for advance tickets:  http://www.mccabes.com/concerts ...

Hey there friends!  Autumn is Upon Us!  Find All New Shows on Our Calendar Page! I was just overwhelmed with gratitude during August for a true California road trip adventure. Valhalla Tahoe with Rita Hosking and Sean Feder was a marvelous experience – a real ...

Read our feature article series “Anatomy of a Band” now on FolkWorks Online! Click Here to Read the Full Article! ...

Friends, I’m so excited that the tour “I Celebrate Life, the Music of Jean Ritchie” begins next week! Here is a great promotional video about the tour.  Hope you can join us for the live stream at Caffe Lena on ...

FolkWorks Roots Festival ~ “I Celebrate Life” Tour ~ River Tunes Music Camp….All Coming Up! FolkWorks Roots Festival March 24 “I Celebrate Life” Tour Coming in April River Tunes This Summer! Hey Good Friends! The New Year is filling up ...

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Announcing the March 19 Release of "White Swan" "Exceptional musicianship… stunning, timeless ballads… like a clear mountain stream is the pure, clear voice of Susie Glaze…this is one gorgeous album – a 'must discover.'"  Folkworks   "Glaze and company have ...

January 2013 Dear Friends, Happy New Year! I hope the New Year is off to a great start for everyone.  Here in Los Angeles we are laughing at ourselves at how we cannot take this cold snap ~ our friends ...

December 2012   Greetings, Dear Friends! Happy holiday season to all our friends on the list.   I'm delighted to be sending news of our great line up of December shows and also whetting your appetite for our new CD release ...

October 21, 2012 "White Swan" Is on the Way! "Fate gave the word, the arrow sped, and pierced my darling's heart….and with him all the joys have fled that life can to me impart…" Dear Friends, I'm thrilled to be ...

McCabe's Show~New Album~August Tour!  Hot, Hot, Hot! August News August 3, 2012 "There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all ...

Our show at McCabe's Guitar Shop on July 15 was a huge success!  Big thanks go to Wayne Griffiths in the sound booth for giving us the best sound support we've ever had, and Lincoln Myerson at McCabe's for inviting ...

June 20, 2012 Dear Friends, We welcome new friends to this newsletter, and we hope you're having a great summer so far.  Ours is off to a terrific start ~ as I write today the band and I are still ...

"MILLWORKER" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFffMq7Zq44&feature=youtube_gdata_player "Millworker" is James Taylor's iconic song about the trials of the working woman. And From Berkeley's Freight & Salvage Coffee House, a video MONTAGE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc3o83Iiz4Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player Hi Friends! February was an amazing month for the Hiloneome Band as we ...

See our "Evangeline" on YouTube "Evangeline" is Ernest Troost's song about mistaken identity, crime and heartbreak. Hey Friends! February finds the band traveling a lot, running to and fro! We've spent the last month developing our show for the tours ...

  “It is the time so well we love,The time of all the year;When winter calls with chilling breath,For fireside and good cheer.” From Jean Ritchie’s Winter Grace     See Our New Video “MillWorker” on YouTube   Happy New ...

  Greetings Friends ~   I’ve been remiss in getting this letter out to you ~ my time has been taken up with new website renovation and other promotional duties for the band as well as a bunch of shows ...

Happy Dog Days Friends ~      Hope Summer is treating you well and you’re having a fun time with family and friends, whether traveling or staying around home, and that you’re enjoying some great music along the way. We had ...

Out and About – July Tour! As I write, the band and I are eagerly preparing to leave Los Angeles in just about a week’s time for destinations North!  We have a marvelous Summer 2011 Hilonesome Band Tour planned, and ...

Drinking In the Draught of June From the New York Times on Sunday, June 5: “If we could bottle a few days to uncork later in the year – when the wind has got us by the neck and the ...

"May Day Day" From Jean Ritchie: Cold and dark the winter, in March it snows again Through the rains of April, spring comes stealin' in Smilin' 'oer the meadow in the risin' light of day Beauty is reborn again every ...

Hello Dear Friends, The band and I have had a most remarkable last few weeks, with shows all up and down the California coast, including the lovely Atascadero and Sonoma County (with a surprise radio set on KRCB’s “Our Roots ...

Wintergrace From Jean Ritchie:   “Ice and snow mean hardship to city people, as I learned when I came to New York and had my first taste of ‘rush hour’ during a January storm. How different on our Kentucky mountainside farm! ...

Well, friends, as I write, the summer seems to be winding down, and I don’t feel like we got enough summer at all.  Perhaps I feel this way because when we were kids the summers seemed to stretch out in ...

The magazine formerly known as Dirty Linen has now evolved into online only Driftwood Magazine.  Check it out friends and read my review of Loreena McKenitt’s 2009 release “A Mediterranean Odyssey.”   http://driftwoodmagazine.com/2010/08/23/reviews-8-23-10   ...

Thanks to the great Dick Boak from Martin Guitar Company, the story of how we got our Martin D28 (pictured above with Susie) was featured in the official Martin Guitar Newsletter “Sounding Board” for July 2010!  Check it out below: ...

Hey Friends, Steve and I have had a great time in June getting around to music festivals in California and enjoying the new friends we've made there.  The Live Oak and Strawberry Music festivals were such fun and I recommend ...

Hey Everybody! Our show at the Topanga Festival last month was really fun and so many people made it out to the Paramount Ranch this year! We visited with old friends and met new ones and basically had a great ...

I'm proud to announce that we've been added to the Shubb Artists roster as endorsing artists of Shubb Capos.  Thanks to Gary Mobley at Shubb, who we met at the NAMM show in January, we are now listed there and ...

Just got the news that Rob’s song “Albuquerque” (from our “Green Kentucky Blues” CD) has just been made a finalist in the Great American Song Contest (Country category)!  Congratulations, Rob!!  Check it out at The Great American Song Contest Website ...

Fab February and Martin Family   Our February was amazing – we were on the road for a music-filled President’s Day/Valentines Day weekend.  We debuted everywhere we went, first at the Fireside Concerts in Newbury Park, and the triumphant San ...

“Green Kentucky Blues” as well as our earlier title “Blue Eyed Darlin'” have picked up airplay on roots radio in the U.S. and Canada: KGLT/Americana Backroads – Bozeman MT WMMT/Art Menius – Whitesburg KY KVMR/Four Strong Winds – Nevada City ...

Hey Friends!  When we were getting in the car to come home from San Francisco, my brother rendered me speechless when he gifted me with his wonderful Martin OMC!  Here it is along with our growing Martin family, the D28 ...

We had the most awesome time in San Francisco last weekend!  It was a whirlwind weekend with Fireside Concert Series in Newberry Park on Friday, and San Francisco Bluegrass and Old Time Festival on Saturday and Sunday!  The fans in ...

  Well folks, the New Year isn’t even 3 weeks old yet and there’s already been a lot going on!   New Band Photography We started everything off with a bang and a snap the first week by asking our ...

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  “Green Kentucky Blues” has been nominated by Just Plain Folks 2009 Music Awards in the Best Roots Album Category!  Click Here for the JPF Music Awards Website We’re thrilled to announce that “Green Kentucky Blues” has been nominated by ...

I’ve started working with Dirty Linen Magazine on CD reviews!  Watch for my first byline coming in their March/April issue.   ...