Stardust County Telegraph - Nancy Louise Freeman - News

Upcoming events - Prescott Folk Festival performer apps online

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

FYI, if you're interested in performing at the Prescott Folk festival this year (Oct 2&3), applications are now available here. Their forms are v. nice and IMO a big improvement over last year.

Flagstaff Folk Festival announced

Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700

The Flagstaff Folk Festival's schedule is now online for your perusing pleasure. Looks like a great group of acts again! I'm only sorry that I'll be missing out on the Mexican Beaded Lizard Band due to scheduling. I'm scheduled for Sunday 11:40 on the "Pioneer Stage", which if I recall correctly from last year is the shed near the food stands that opens up into an outdoor stage.

Also, I'd like to draw your attention to the Northland Hospice Run for Life, happening Saturday morning the same weekend. It benefits a worthy cause and is being billed as a "run/walk", so even if you're not an athlete you can take part, so please consider if you're coming up to Flagstaff for the festival and will be there early Saturday morning. I'll be gasping my way through the 5K course.

Glendale Folk Festival & Pat's Run

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0700

A quick reminder that I'll be playing at the Glendale Folk Festival, battling the peacocks at Sahuaro Ranch Park this weekend. For those of you who remember the old Phoenix Folk Traditions festivals in Encanto Park, this is their spiritual successor. Come on by, it's just south of the Glendale Library, and what better way a spend a sunny Arizona spring weekend? I'll be playing the Fruit Packing Shed stage at 11:00 Sunday morning.

On a less-musical note, I'd like to invite you all to come see me make a fool of myself at my first "race", Pat's Run in Tempe on Saturday April 17th. As part of the event I'm raising funds for the Pat Tillman foundation here - no guarantees on finishing time, but I pledge that if I raise $500 and don't finish I will eat a bug.

NanSongs update!

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

I've added a new button to NanSongs - now you can list songs by topic! For example, hit the "List by Topic" button and all my Star Trek songs will appear under that heading. Nifty, eh? Want to know whether I've written any songs based on books by H.G. Wells? Select "List by Author of Topic".

Give it a try and let me know what you think!

FilkContinental, photos, and Glendale Folk Festival

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

FilkContinental was great fun - the warmth of the German filkers was just overwhelming! I really enjoy these cozy little cons; you really get to meet people when you're not rushing from one event to the other. Much music & I picked up some CDs not available yet on this side of the Pond. Check out new photos in the Gallery!

And if you're into photography, and on Facebook, check out Craven Angel Photography, Joseph Formichella's pro site. Joe did the photography for my second album, Logick.

Finally, a reminder that applications for the Glendale Folk Festival in March have to be in by December 15. Scroll down to the "Folk & Heritage Festival" heading. GFF took over from the defunct Phoenix Folk Traditions Festival last year. (I'm not associated with either Festival, this is just a friendly reminder.)

NADWC, Prescott, and NanSongs

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

I had a blast at the first NADWC, and from the sound of it so did everyone else! Discworld fans are the nicest people, and of course I enjoyed the hell out of seeing The Man himself.

Don't forget the Prescott Folk Festival, coming up in just 3 short weeks! Pal Andy Hurlbut and I will be heading up the "Computer Geek Songs" circle at 10:00 Sunday in the Transportation Building. (Not quite the title I suggested.) We've been throwing around ideas and we have some fun stuff in the works.

Meanwhile, I've been hard at work over on NanSongs. Amongst other things I've added some videos, and I've uploaded the lyrics for a bunch of songs. Check it out!

Conventions, links, etc!

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Anticipation, the 67th World Science Fiction Convention in Montreal, was a blast! For those of you who asked, here is the link to the Heebie Jeebie's page - they're the a capella group who sang the Use the Force track used at the Found Filk concert.

Also, a new addition to my calendar - I've been asked to provide half-time entertainment for the Maskerade costume show at the first North American Discworld Convention. come see if I can remember the words to the Hedgehog Song!

Finally, a favor: if you need to contact me, please, please use the email address on the "Contacts" tab on this page, and not someone that we both know but who probably doesn't see me nearly as often as you think they do, and who has other things on their mind. You message will get to me faster and we'll both be happier!

NanSongs Online

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Phase One of my summer project is now up and running; by popular request I am gathering all my song lyrics in one spot, http://NanSongs.com. This is definitely a work in progress, so check back often and let me know what you think!

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Someone has been sending spam messages lately from faked stardustcounty.com addresses. This is no different from someone putting a phony return address on an envelope, and there's nothing I can do about it. I won't put you on any mailing list without your asking, and I certainly don't want to sell you Viagra.

Music Videos now on the "Music" page

Fri, 15 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Wow, AXXIdental was a trip and Nepal was a trip and a half! Now that I'm back in sunny Mesa for awhile, expect to see some changes on this site. First up - two fan videos added to the "Music" tab. Check them out - they're fun!

My big project this summer is getting a database of my song lyrics online. Check back here for progress reports....