| LITTLE WINDOWS creates
a mix of Appalachian and Irish music, and traditionally-based
originals, with a special focus placed on unaccompanied ballads. They
also explore the spiriitual nature of song and harmonic sound.
Mark Weems and Julee Glaub
tour together nationally and abroad with a focus on the art of the pure
voice with tight harmonies in traditional songs. Instrumentation
includes guitar, fiddle, banjo, flute, piano and bodhrán. In addition
to performing concerts, they also teach workshops and music camps
around the country and have developed their own traditional singing
camp called Camp Little Windows. Mark has been steeped in the Old Time
Tradition for years while Julee has done the same in the Traditional
Irish realm. Together they bring a beautiful blend of both traditions
with a unique harmonic sound that is rare and often beckons the
response from audience members, "I've never heard anything like it!" or
that "there is a kind of lovely magic that weaves in and out of their
music and settles into the audience whenever they perform." Though they
have both made several recordings with other bands as well as solo
projects, Julee and Mark's first recording together, Just Beyond Me, was submitted for a Grammy and has been highlighted on NPR's radio program The Thistle and Shamrock. Mark
and Julee have created a unique musical presentation. The duo offers a
more contemplative approach to traditional song and have developed
their ideas into a musical creed, which reads as follows:
LITTLE WINDOWS CREED
Little
Windows has a unique approach to traditional music. Both of us have
discovered the deeply personal and communal value of traditional song.
We believe in the spiritual and emotional wealth of the songs, and how
their proper presentation can positively affect both ourselves and
others who hear them. We therefore try to deliberately downplay the
purely entertainment value of music and try to draw the focus away from
ourselves toward the beauty and magic of the songs' haunting melodies
and lyrics. We like to present our material using one microphone in
order to best synchronize our vocal expression. We also like to play in
the dim light of candles rather than blaring performance lights in
order to provide a space where the audience can enter into the magic of
these simple heartfelt songs. We believe that music in general and
particularly the human voice is spiritual, almost sacramental in
nature. For those unaware of the human depth of
traditional song, our hope is to open up little windows into this
timeless, spiritual, mythical land.
BOOKING INFO
Little Windows, P.O. Box 15125, Durham, NC 27704
Phone: 919-477-2780
juleeglaub@aol.com or markweems@verizon.net Contact Us |
