Skeins, a CD by Andrew & Casey Calhoun
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We're making our first duo album after 12 years of singing together. 15 poetic folk songs weave an emotional tapestry.
Backers: 197
Average Pledge Per Backer: $45
Funded: $8,947 of $7,243
Dates: Oct 24th -> Nov 16th (23 days)
Project By: Andrew Calhoun
Backers: 197
Average Pledge Per Backer: $45
Funded: $8,947 of $7,243
Dates: Oct 24th -> Nov 16th (23 days)
Project By: Andrew Calhoun
$8,947
current pledge level
Last Updated: November 16 @ 01:02 -0500 GMT
123%
of goal
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Latest News
As long's I have a rag about... 
November 15th - via: kickstarter.com
We are six hours from the finish line! Casey says: Hello friends and family... The kickstarter was a success!!! We made over our goal of $7,243! We are so excited to get to put this cd out into the world for your enjoyment. It has been a pleasure... (Read More)
Home Stretch - Track 13 Midnight Pirouette
November 14th - via: kickstarter.com
We hit our first stretch goal for radio mailing today (thanks, Jill!!!) Leslie Smith recorded this on her brilliant These Things Wrapped CD in 1995. Here she is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-Nn3x2vEjE Midnight Pirouette By Leslie Smith ... (Read More)
Track 11: Wild Birds by Kate MacLeod
November 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Here's the author, Kate MacLeod, singing this beautiful meditation on time and imagination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBbs2FPyUiI Wild Birds This old house has been around a long time,Been around a long time, as long as I can remember;This old... (Read More)
Hear the Trumpet Sound
November 10th - via: kickstarter.com
This Kickstarter thing is complex. I receive two or three e-mails a day from auxiliary crowd-funding promoters gathering like flies on shit looking to goose the campaign for a fee or percentage. First they flatter your brilliant project, then they... (Read More)
The Umpteenth Update
November 9th - via: kickstarter.com
I've never been a person who uses terms like "umpteenth," or "Oh, it's about yea big," or "do-hickey." But I have not had major issues dealing with those who do. We co-exist. Many would not employ some of my favored expressions, such as "grunditure,"... (Read More)
Free Concert Window CD preview web show tonight
November 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Were doing a show on the internet platform Concert Window tonight, November 8: https://www.concertwindow.com/11396-andrew-calhoun 8 Eastern, 7 Central, 6 Mountain, 5 Pacific times in US. We'll sing the album songs and a few others. 5 pledges... (Read More)
Track 7: Gun-Metal Eyes by Dave Carter
November 7th - via: kickstarter.com
"Andrew Calhoun tells the truth. To my knowledge, there is no better songwriter alive." - Dave Carter I'd say the same of him, but Dave died in 2002. Gun-Metal Eyes was on his first solo recording, "Snake Handlin' Man," and he and Tracy Grammer... (Read More)
Track 6: Journey by Andrew Calhoun
November 6th - via: kickstarter.com
We had a lovely CD pre-release soiree at Casey's on Saturday for a few friends & early pledgers. Gary's working away at the mixing/editing, Melissa is after the graphic design. We're doing a free internet show Wednesday (Nov 8) also previewing... (Read More)
Track 5: Girl With a Hay Rake by Jack Harris
November 4th - via: kickstarter.com
"Jack Harris is a priest of song who holds himself to a rigorous, ancient code of beauty most of us have forgotten exists." -Anais Mitchell I (Andrew) just got off the phone with Gary Gordon, who is mixing, editing and will be mastering the... (Read More)
Time to Stretch - 12 Days on the Clock
November 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Wow! We are really doing this together and your support is heartening! Just 12 more days to hit 2 more milestones, "stretch goals." Our first goal covers the basics to complete and manufacture the album; thankfully we hit the mark on November 1st!... (Read More)
Track 4: A Rosebud by My Early Walk by Robert Burns
November 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Robert Burns lodged with the Cruikshanks in St James’s Square, Edinburgh, from September 1787 until February 1788. "This song I composed on Miss Jeany Cruikshank, only child to my worthy friend Mr Wm Cruikshank, of the High Street, Edinr. The air... (Read More)
A message from campaign manager, Melissa Dagenhart
November 1st - via: kickstarter.com
As of 2:46pm today the campaign is 100% funded with backer #154, Ree G. tipping it over the goal!!! Andrew, Casey, and I are grateful. We invite you to join us at the CD release show on Saturday, February 10, 2018 at Maple Street Concerts in Lombard,... (Read More)
When the Ship Comes In
October 31st - via: kickstarter.com
This is track 3 on Skeins. Dylan personifies everything - the fishes, the seagulls, the rocks, the ship, the sun, the sand, then says, "the whole wide world is watching." And it is. When The Ship Comes In by Bob Dylan Oh the time will come up when... (Read More)
Happy Halloween from Katy Perry
October 31st - via: kickstarter.com
You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00 (Read More)
First track - song by Irish poet Joseph Campbell
October 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks team, we're at 90%! Here's the lyric to the first track on the CD, by Irish poet (not to be confused with the mythologist) Joseph Campbell (1897-1944). He was an orderly in the Easter Uprising in 1916. He became disaffected with Irish... (Read More)
Feelin' the Burns
October 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello friends, going into day 6 we're at 82% from 125 backers. Learning about this, this crowdfunding thing. Many of you know I'm working on a Robert Burns songbook, which will be 173 songs. We'd never have heard of Burns, nor have "Auld Lang Syne"... (Read More)
People on the river
October 27th - via: kickstarter.com
You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00 (Read More)
The century mark
October 26th - via: kickstarter.com
We've just hit 100 backers! 100th was Annie Gallup, a songwriter for whom we have a respect bordering on reverence. We are profoundly grateful to all of you. I'm heading into Evanston, IL this afternoon to see my son Louis on his birthday and... (Read More)
Ready on Day One
October 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Yes we were, thanks to you! We are at 55% of our goal, feeling overwhelmed and grateful. Now, back to work raising the rest. (Read More)
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