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Marshall's new book of poetry:
'WHO HAS SEEN THE WEST: Poems, Songs and Reflections',
officially published...May 18, 2006!
Marshall sings again at this year's Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle on
May 27, at 1 pm, on the Back Porch Stage. OK, so it's not the Ryman....It's
the biggest real community music & dance event on the continent!
And now for the rest of the news:
Marshall's long-awaited book release will be celebrated at various
locations beginning this summer, 2006...and since it is a Centennial
Edition...in celebration of Centennial 2005...we plan to keep celebrating
over the next100 years! Bonus...the book is now available! Click on
'shopping' to order by mail, or go to www.trafford.com/4dcgi/dosearch?author=Marshall Veal
to order by credit card. Other on-line services will soon
join in the celebration!
A quiet labour of love which has been a few years in the making, this
special Centennial Edition represents nothing less than a life-long
love affair with The West! Where else could you find raw western history,
homespun philosophy and real post-modern adventure, told through
original cowboy and zen poetry, dream-visions and songwriting... all under
one cover?
Stay tuned here for news of local special events and book signing
opportunities. For more about the book, or to order...go to 'shopping' here
or www.trafford.com/4dcgi/dosearch?author=Marshall Veal.
Marshall will be in Albuquerque in June and hopefully will sit in and
jam at the Albuquerque Folk Fest...June 17. Will you be there?
Marshall sings again at this year's Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle on
May 27, at 1 pm, on the Back Porch Stage. OK, it's not the Ryman...so?
Rumour has it that Marshall & Marianna's planned wake for their mother
June may evolve into a possible first annual 'Muttiefest' (...muttie being
colloquial German for mommy)! Stay tuned!
As Marshall has recently confessed: "I've been off the circuit for the last
year or so...turning somewhat inward and reclusive... sometimes art
requires such solitude...but the outcome may be this new book of poems,
and the rekindling of an old desire...the love of making and sharing music
and community".
Do you have comments for the news...or wish to respond to the news here?
Well...hey...just write to info@marshallveal.net
EVENT CALENDAR ~
A calendar of occasional occasions on which we perform music and poetry, or share and
participate in community events, or just find ourselves there…for, wherever we go…there
we are. MV
Please contact us for more information…or to share your thoughts and feelings about
festivals, events or venues you think we would like to know about. And if you or your
agency wish to invite us to perform or participate at your venue or
event…(please do!)…and for current bio, booking, press kit and a 'Quick Read’, go to
'contact'. Go far far herebelow, for some ancient history!
2006
the passing of our mother...'Muttie', June Veal, in February. As I've said, she
was the first poet and singer I heard in my life. My time of mourning is
passing, and I am glad that she is free.
April: house concert, Calgary
May 18: Release of book of poetry & songs: 'Who Has Seen The West' May 27: Seattle Northwest Folklife Festival...1pm, Back Porch Stage June 17...Albuquerque Folk Fest...que pasa? Hopefully some darn good camping...!
Maple Creek 17th Annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering?
2005
the year to thrive…2005!...became a year of working long hours on a first
book of poetry, and exploring other domains. Trips to Santa Fe, Denver, L.A.,
Seattle, Calgary, Victoria, Kelowna...and lots of camping on the Sunshine
Coast. Connecting with previously unrealized family...(Gayle, Ed...)
May 30: Seattle Northwest Folklife Festival...Children's Stage, with Majnun (Dave) Ander
Poem 'Centennial Wind' featured on Saskatchewan Centennial Celebration
website...still at www.sask2005.ca./Stories & Pictures/Your Centennial
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Project/Centennial Wind
Puppy Dog Heart CD now available at the Children's Museum of Seattle, Seattle Center
Oct: house concert, Calgary Oct. 14: Seattle Kidfest 2005, performance - Goodnight America, where are you?
2004
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January-June: Alberta - BC…finishing up the two new CD’s (CD0401 & 0402)
- a long & winding 2 -year road. CD's delivered on June 14!
May: booked to perform with Dave Ander at the Northwest Folklife
Festival in Seattle (cancelled…due to delays in completion of the new CD‘s!)
Dave didn’t mind too much… being one of the USA’s all time great folk guitarists,
who’s played with John Denver and other equals, on stages from Carnegie Hall to
LA‘s Troubadour, and even with me... from Vancouver’s Main Street Ranch to
Courtney’s Cowboy Festival, to the Yakima Folklife Festival, he’s cozy down at his
Freedom Ranch in Washington State
June: visited Canuck Place in Vancouver (a hospice for children)…CD’s
donated & accepted for program use. Thanks Kathryn!
August: CD’s donated to The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, and
Alberta Children’s Hospital, Calgary, CD's accepted for Child Life
program use
August 5: Subud Zonal Gathering…UBC, Vancouver…performed for
old & new friends
September: Beanie’s kinky private 16th Birthday House Party…Nose Hill,
Calgary!
September: private guitar pull at Grant MacEwan’s historic cabin in Sundre,
Alberta…with Lee Shedden, Marianna …and y‘all…thanks!
September 11: ‘In The Name Of Peace" Festival, Bowen Island, BC...
performance for kids.
September 17: talkin’ with Eliza Gilkyson at her show in Vancouver…how
good does folk get? This good, let me tell you!
November 19-20: private function, Abbotsford, BC November: Puppy Dog Heart CD’s ordered for all of Vancouver’s Public
Libraries! (now…how many public libraries are there in the
world?)
December: a busy month…more work on a new CD idea to celebrate
Centennial year 2005 in both Alberta & Saskatchewan. Hangin' out with folks in
Cowberry (Calgary). Also flying to Ontario to visit my ailing mother June, and to
Kingston to see my daughter Tara, and Eric, Mie, & Aisling, the dreamer
Onwards… working on new songs and possibilities.
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