From: martin@lyra.cis.umassd.edu (Gary Martin)
Newsgroups: rec.music.folk
Subject: Calhoun-Eggleston Tour Dates
Date: 9 Sep 92 15:18:24 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth


Here's the latest schedule from two of my favorite singer/songwriters.
Andrew writes exceedingly complex, difficult, abstract songs, but 
with a great deal of dry humor and very singable tunes (viz. 
"Moses was a man of honor, Moses was a man of truth, 
 C D  |F   F|G   F |A  C | C D  |F   C|F   c |Bflat|
Moses lay a-wake 'till midnight, With an un-satis-fied sweet tooth").  
c c  |c   A|A     A   |A  G    | F    G  A |A C  |D    D    |C    |
Though most of his songs are filled with rhyme and are metrical, Bob Franke 
says that Andrew is the only songwriter he knows who can get away with 
ignoring rhyme and meter.

Kat writes short songs. (Melville wrote single sentences with 4 times as many 
words as one of Kat's 3-verse songs!)  They can be quite powerful, much like 
the stories in Joyce's Dubliners.  Here's the first verse of
"Angels":
Gold is brass, silver is lead,
Diamond is glass, that's what they said,
Love's a mere equation adding dream to pain,
Once I heard angels laughing, but it must have been the rain.

Both are fine guitarists and have a strong interest in traditional Scottish, 
Irish and English ballads, which they perform during summers at a Renaissance 
fair in Wisconsin, and which they have recently recorded on a cassette called 
"Jack Spratt".  The tape runs nearly an hour and is available for $10 + 
$1.50sh from Andrew at PO Box 6605, Evanston, IL  60204.  (Their other tapes 
and vinyl are also available for $8.50 + $1.50 from Andrew, as are Michael 
McNevin's debut tape "Secondhand Story" and Margaret Nelson's tape of 
lullabies "What Fond Delight" for $9 + $1.50.)

Andrew has a new album in the can to be released soon and Kat is currently 
recording a new one. 

Performance Schedule for Andrew Calhoun & Kat Eggleston
-------------------------------------------------------
CHICAGO
Tuesdays 10pm: Kat sings with the increasingly popular Otters band
               at Schuba's, Belmont & Southport (312-525-2508)

Thursdays 9-midnight: Andrew plays & occasionally sings at the 3rd
                      Coast Coffeehouse, 1260 N. Dearborn,(312-649-0730)

Sun Sep 27 9pm: Kat and Andrew at the Charleston, 2076 N. Hoyne,
                (312-489-4757).  An artists' haven, with
                pool tables, cats, and Laphroaig.

WASHINGTON
Fri Sep 11 8pm: Kat performs at the Antique Sandwich Company,
                5102 N. Pearl, Tacoma (206-752-4069)

Sat or Sun Sept 12 or 13: Kat performs in Pullman, details unknown.

IOWA
Mon Sep 28 7pm: Kat & Andrew on KUNI, 90.7 FM, Cedar Falls, IA

Fri Oct 2 9:30-1:30: Kat & Andrew at The Sanctuary, 
                     405 S. Gilbert, Iowa City (319-351-5692)
Sat Oct 3 9:30-1:30: Kat & Andrew at The Sanctuary, 
                     405 S. Gilbert, Iowa City (319-351-5692)
NEW ENGLAND TOUR
Fri Oct 16 9pm: K & A with Steve Fisher at the Loaf & Ladle,
                9 Water St., Exeter, NH (603-778-8955)

Wed Oct 21:     K & A at Univ. of Vermont in Burlington, details unknown.

Sat Oct 24:     K & A at the Burlington Coffeehouse, 131 Main St., 
                Burlington, VT (802-658-3354)

Tue Oct 27:     K & A with Steve Fisher* & Cosy Sheridan# at Johnny D's, 
                17 Holland St., Somerville, MA (617-776-2004)

Thu Oct 29:     K & A at Reader's Feast, 529 Farmington Ave, Hartford, CT
                (203-232-3710)

A STOP IN THE BIG APPLE
Fri Oct 30 9pm: K & A at the Postcrypt Coffeehouse, basement of St. 
                Paul's Chapel, Columbia Univ., New York, NY (212-854-1953)

*Steve Fisher is a wonderful songwriter from Kansas or Texas (depending on 
whether you're with the Department of Motor Vehicles).  He was a winner in the 
1990 Kerrville NewFolk competition.  His best-known song is "That's My Toy".  
He's the subject of a song called "Kingfisher" by David Goldfinger, a 
songwriter from Boston who just moved to Ann Arbor and author of "Demon Java".

# Cosy Sheridan won both the NewFolk and the Telluride competitions in 1992, 
and took 2nd prize in the 1991 Telluride competition.  She lives in 
Portsmouth, NH.  Steve Key was telling people in Kerrville that she's maturing 
faster than any songwriter he's heard over the last couple of years and that 
the new songs she was singing around the campfires were better than the songs 
that won the NewFolk contest (of which he was a judge).
--
Gary A. Martin, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, UMass Dartmouth
Martin@cis.umassd.edu