Look out for dreams that keep returning

Some words for each of my current top albums

Devendra Banhart - What Will We Be: you know how when someone is so good, you’re filled with a flurry of confusion ranging anywhere from rage to complete and utter peace; oh devendra, if only i was you, or you were me…or we could at least meet

Mason Jennings - Blood of Man: i’ve been a mason jennings fan from day one and i love how each of his albums is so different than the last; here is a songwriter who is never afraid of being himself

Broken Bells - Broken Bells: i know we all have our feelings of ‘what happened to the shins?’ but i truly do love this album; it’s think it’s cool that james mercer sensed it was time for a change and decided to take a risk; my only worry is how immediate my love for it was - i tend to get bored with those albums quicker

Yeasayer - Odd Blood: you know when you just want to have a dance party? yep.

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Up From Below: you know how when you love a band…and then you hear them on the radio…and then you want to hate them…because why would YOU listen to anything on the RADIO? that’s how it is. but just for the record…i’m in love again

www.cagedmoon.tumblr.com

Acoustic Versions

"Our wonderful composer, Carly Howard, has spent the last couple months orchestrating different parts for all of the songs for Hansel and Gretel. They are now mostly filled in with cello, glockenspiel, tambourine, drums. I love the way they sound, and with the help of our music director, David Harris (who also notated all of the music ) they will be filled in even more to produce a final sound that is rich and dynamic.

I just recently went back and listened to the very first recordings that Carly did for Haunted and Hunted and Witches Have Red Eyes. These acoustic demos are somehow refreshing in their simplicity. They are spirited and emotive and re-ignite my passion for this project all over again. On the website, you can now listen to the first ever recorded version of Witches Have Red Eyes, and then also listen to the orchestrated version."

Chad Howard taken from www.sparrowtree.org

There's A lot of You

new song up at www.carlyhoward.net

Signs for Sparrowtree.  Thanks to Angie for the stencil that she created.  These were harder to make than we thought but each one ended up being very unique from the one before it.  We never really knew what to expect once we spray painted and lifted the stencil up.  It was a moment of truth every time.