The 6th Wordless Solstice is Friday. The Beginning is near!

Lest I forget in all the commotion, it's nearly time for another Wordless Solstice at Tsunami Books. How could it be the 6th year in a row? It's always a lovely evening of guitar music and candlelight, spirits and libations. Everyone is welcome and we are collecting non perishable food to donate to Food For Lane County. Always good to share what we have with those who have less...

AUSTIN GIG NEXT WEEK??

Yep...

See you suddenly!

The Great Northwet December gigs!

Pouring rain and big wind and raging oceanskies. This is worth coming back for indeed. Midwest gigs were all good and so many cool folks came out. It is a heroic act to go out and hear live music.

Here's a couple of big December gigs coming up for me. Let's see you Left Coasters come on out for some music. The first one is December 2 in Eugene with Myshkin!!

Coming after this one: the 6th annual Wordless Solstice at Tsunami Books Decmeber 21st at 6:30 pm! Poster up soon. Sign up for email updates at www.QTNRG.org. Get a FB invite at BrianQTN's page.

♫♪♫•*♪♫•*¨*•.♪♫ BRIAN CUTEAN RIDES A STRONG WIND INTO THE HEARTLAND

Happy Harvest to you all!

Yes folks, it somehow is time once again for another midwest Autumn. In the dry Northwet, the tree colours are gorgeous. There's no sign of rain yet and fires are still raging, but the slant of Harvest time light is splendicious and wondrous so it was time to catch that ol' Eastbound Rocket Train and make some music with the Heartland tribes. No surprise to see the colours are already amazing here too.

Here is where you'll find me doing what I love best, twanging that guitar and spinning stories.

Check in for updates often as things change. If you don't see a performance close to where you live on this list, Email me for house concerts, wordless guitar gigs and ideas of all sorts for musical spontaneous combustion. Want to host a concert for your friends in your own home? Just click www.QTNRG.org and email suggestions and requests there.

Visit the new Guitarred and Feathered Bandcamp page where you can listen to the whole album free and download high res tracks i three formats. I plan on posting special collections of rare unreleased QTN tracks there too soon too. www.brianqtn.bandcamp.com

Hope to see you all this tour somewheres or another. Playing live music for real human people is an amazing privilege.

Studio this winter to record a new singing disc? Watch this space for more. 


Here's dates and times and raisins and figs...

•• SUNDAY OCTOBER 7...GROVEFEST •• 
GLENVIEW IL...THIS WEEKEND! My stage set is 11:55 am and later on at 2:45 pm in the Kennicott Courtyard without a PA. Both are energetic fun. I've played this fest more than 15 years. Music outdoors and food, a gorgeous autumn day and wonderful folks!  

The Grove National Historic Landmark is at 1421 Milwaukee Ave. Glenview, IL 60025. Phone is 847.299.6096 

•• SATURDAY OCTOBER 13...GALLERY CONCERT at THE ARK GALLERY •• 
SAUGATUCK, MI –– 7:30 pm  An evening of two sets in this unique space of art and beauty. The All Walnut Show will be featured too and there'll be wall to wall nuts so come cashew in. This venue is not wheechair accessible as there is a flight of stairs. Tickets are sliding scale $5 - $15 with no one turned away for lack of $$. All ages are welcome.  

The Ark Gallery, 6248 Blue Star Highway, Saugatuck, MI 49453. 269.857.4210

•• SATURDAY OCTOBER 20... at FIRST LUTHERAN COFFEEHOUSE •• 
ROCK ISLAND, IL –– 7 pm  Two sets with Chris Dunn opening in the beautiful Parish House. I look forward to playing this place each year. Always good to hear Chris Dunn and the community people are wonderful.

First Lutheran Rock Island 1620 20th St., Rock Island, IL 61201 309.788.9661

•• FRIDAY OCT 26...THE EDGE ••
CRETE, IL –– 6:30 pm  A very little coffeehouse in Crete not far from the old Teapots Café. Come early for good seats.It fills up FAST.

1366 Main St.   www.theedge-coffeehouse.com


 •• FRIDAY NOV 2...COUSIN ANDY'S COFFEEHOUSE •• 
CARBONDALE, IL –– 7:30 pm It's been a few years since I visited the folks at Cousin Andy's and I am looking forward to it this year. Carbondale is a gorgeous place by the river.  

515 Orchard Drive Carbondale, IL 62901- the corner of Orchard and Schwartz St. www.cousinandy.org 

•• FRIDAY NOV 9... THE BUZZ ••
 OAK PARK, IL – 6:30 pm  All ages welcome. Sharing the evening with the one and only Jano Brindisi! The Buzz is a small all-ages venue close to my new nephew Charlie's home so I'll get to see him too! A bountiful harvest of song and I am looking forward to this one especially.

905 S. Lombard Ave, Oak Park, IL. 60304 708.524.2899 www.thebuzzcafe.com

Texas Songwritin'! QTN, Colin and Russell Tuesday!

OCF 2012 picpeeks

Qband at Shady Grove from left: Emily (signing), Lewi Longmire, mandolin; QTN, Jason Montgomery, bass; Jeff Hobbs, fiddle

Photo by George and Sandy

Qband performing "Food" (with Michelle Bellamy)

Don't look now, but I think it just became summer in the Northwest. Good thing too because this is the time of year we like to be outside. Gardens are already teeming with good things to eat and the 42nd Oregon Country Fair begins Friday and even before that, this Tuesday is a huge Eugene celebration of the Centennial of Woody Guthrie, an outdoor street concert in the Whiteaker neighbourhood and a benefit for Anne Feeney and featuring Anne and her trio, Mark Ross and Adam Moss, Chris Chandler, me and many others.

Sure is good to be back where it is cool and glad to see familiar faces smiling in the sun.
Here's details:

•• WOODY GUTHRIE'S 100th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION ••

TUESDAY, JULY 10    Noon to 9 pm

QTN plays at 4 pm

REALITY KITCHEN, 245 Van Buren St.

(across the street from Ninkasi Brewery)

The day's line up:

12 pm Acoustic Reality  •  1 pm Walker T Ryan

2 pm  Chico Schwall  •  3 pm  David Rogers

4 pm  Brian Cutean  •  5 pm  Larry Penn

(from Wisconsin, Utah Phillips' Tattoo Rose Buddy
and author of I'm a Little Cookie)

6 pm  Eugene Peace Choir  •  7 pm  Chris Chandler

8 pm  Anne Feeney, Mark Ross and Adam Moss

www.realitykitchen.org

•• QTN at OREGON COUNTRY FAIR ••

with Lewi Longmire and Jason Montgomery

FRIDAY JULY 13 – BLUE MOON STAGE at NOON

SUNDAY JULY 15 – SHADY GROVE STAGE at NOON

and other spontaneous places throughout the weekend.

Order tickets ahead. They are not sold at the gate.

Take the shuttle and leave the driving to them.

Info and details: www.oregoncountryfair.org

Hope to see you at all of these. Gonna be some fun I'm a tell you whut...
bq

QTN rides! Texas Withdraw'l Tour 2012 UPDATE

Post Kerr howdies to you all!
Another amazing folkfest come and gone. Lotsa long nights and amazing songs. Now just returned from Quiet Valley which was anything but and there are plenty of tales and tunes to share. These are my last three Austin area gigs before I head back to Oregon and all of em will be fun.

Watch this new video just in from David Morrison, a live recording of me singing "The Secret Cow" at the Crow's Nest last week with a strange and wonderful Kerr-video montage by David. Check out his odd and wonderful blog here. 
 
Air conditioning is a good way to get out of the humidity for a spell and live music is an extra added balonus. See you there!

•• WEDS. JUNE 13, FLIPNOTICS, 1601 Barton Springs Rd. AUSTIN – 8 pm••

with Amy Annelle and Ike Eichenberg

For the second year in a row, in the round and separate sets too!

•• FRI. JUNE 15, LIVE ON KDRP••
QTN is guest on Bill Paige's FRIDAY FREE FOR ALL Between 9 and 10 am. 
Listen in from the Hill Country via radio or from anywhere online at www.KDRP.org.

•• SUN. JUNE 17, THRICE CAFÉ, 909 W. Mary – AUSTIN – 7 - 9 pm ••

This year’s Father’s Day concert is in tribute to my friend and bassist, 
Robert Vignaud (1951 - 2012) with special guests too.

•• MON. JUNE 18, WHIP IN, 1950 IH35 South – AUSTIN – 8 pm ••

With special guest David Morrison. We met many years ago when I hosted open mics in Austin. Haven't heard him for years and rediscovered his cool tunes at Kerrville.Come up Mariposa St. for best drive entrance.

                                                        512.442.5337

Hello folks and especially to you of the Southwest and Third Coast where I'm headed! Updates to the calendar are listed below.

This one has three sections:

A. MUSINGS ON THIS AUSTIN TRIP
B. BRIAN CUTEAN CONCERT DATES
C. NEW QTN-RELATED LINKS TO BANDCAMP, A LIVE INTERVIEW AND A  
      RHAPSODY CHANNEL


A. MUSINGS ON THIS AUSTIN TRIP

Another letter from 30,000 feet above the glittering sphere we move about on. Each year when I return to Texas, it is amazing to me it has already been a year. These last 47 weeks between visits have gushed like sparkleflow and so much everywhere is continually different and growing. It is a big lesson time of more less and less more, something we will all surely have to get used to.

Of course, instead of it being an ending like smoke signals seem to point to, to me it feels like something else is beginning; a new discernment perhaps, a new appreciation for which tools fit our hands, a new purposeful opening, an embracing of what is and renegotiating those defaults and learned behaviours.

As the man whose cardboard sandwich board sign on the poster below says: "The beginning is near!"

Time again for QTN concerts, jamming, projects, meals, walks and camping at another fabulous Kerrville Folk Festival. There are many opportunities for playing new tunes and tales and I'm looking forward to seeing many along the way. Matter of fact, I've been waiting on peedles and nins!

B. BRIAN CUTEAN CONCERT DATES

The concert schedule as of now is below and in these unpredictable times, it's good to check in for updates. The news page on my website is updated to stay current and I'll do my best to update the QTN Facebook page when I can.  For the record, the brian QTN FB page can't collect "friends" or messaging through FB but anyone can post howdies, pics and vids to the "wall" [I've always figured I'm kinda off the wall...]

BRIAN CUTEAN'S TEXAS WITHDRAW'L 2012

•• FRI. MAY 4, GREEN MAN COFFEEHOUSE, AUSTIN ••

Two sets of QTN tunes beginning at 6:30 pm

in the lovely Backyard Theatre of Lina and Zow.

The link to info, address and directions is HERE.

Bring your favorite friends and a drink or snack to share.

•• TUES. MAY 8, ELEPHANT ROOM, AUSTIN,  6 pm ••

301 Congress Ave.

    A Benefit for Dave Schiedel, legendary Austin songwriter and picker extrordinaire! The evening will feature sets from myself, Ike Eichenberg, Stanley Smith, George Ensle and other amazing songwriter musicians.

••THURS. MAY 10, QTN WORDLESS GUITAR, THRICE CAFÉ, AUSTIN ••

909 W. Mary     7 - 9 pm

    I get to perform solo guitar music at this fine South Austin music space.

No singing songs (that's next Thursday at the same location) and all ages are welcome!

•• TUES. MAY 15, HOUSE CONCERT,  SAN MARCOS, 7 pm ••

    A great songwriter lineup with myself, Jesse Dalton and Wilson Marks. Potluck at 6 pm.
Music begins at 7 pm at The Compound in San Marcos.
Please bring a camping chair if you so desire. $5- $20 sliding scale.
RSVP for directions to amysueberlin@yahoo.com . 

Details are on the FB invite HERE .

Not into FB? Email me or Amy for info.

•• WEDS. MAY 16, LIVE ON "THE SINGER AND THE SONG" ••

Rush Evans' web-radio show through KOOP FM 

7 pm. Listen in by clicking HERE.

•• THURS. MAY 17, THRICE CAFÉ, 909 W. Mary, AUSTIN – 7 - 9 pm ••

A pre-Kerrville, two QTN singing sets evening with special guests and mayhem. All ages welcome.

ººº KERRVILLE FOLK FEST MAY 19 – JUNE 10 ººº

I'll be there for the duration. Let's do some picking and singing!

•• WEDS. JUNE 13, FLIPNOTICS, 1601 Barton Springs Rd. AUSTIN – 8 pm••

with Amy Annelle and Ike Eichenberg

For the second year in a row, in the round and separate sets too!

•• SUN. JUNE 17, THRICE CAFÉ, 909 W. Mary – AUSTIN – 7 - 9 pm ••

This year’s Father’s Day concert is in tribute to my friend and bassist, 
Robert Vignaud (1951 - 2012) with special guests.

•• MON. JUNE 18, WHIP IN, 1950 IH35 South – AUSTIN – 8 pm ••

My first time here. Come up Mariposa St. for best drive entrance.

512.442.5337

The latest updates can be found here on this here QTNews page so bookmark it and come back and visit anytime. Subscribe and feel free to comment too!

See you spontenaciously soon!

C. NEW QTN-RELATED LINKS TO BANDCAMP

Here are a couple of fun QTN related links. First, I recently posted my latest disc Guitarred and Feathered on Bandcamp. Especially with this disc, I wanted high res downloads to be available for those who are of discerning audio tastes. The low res mp3s on iTunes and CDbaby just don't do it for my own ears so go HERE and download the entire disc in high res mp3 320 or FLAC files via paypal. You can also hear the album in its entirety as often as you'd like.

Of course, it's better for me if you order the physical disc through my website and you can always rip your own WAV files from a physical CD but Bandcamp is a good option for legal high res digital files. Let me know what you think about this as I may eventually post my other discs here too.

HERE is a live interview on KLCC for my 5th annual Wordless Solstice at the end of last year. It may take a moment to load but it's big fun to listen to. Of course, talking about wordlessness is like laughing at potato salad... Lastly, for Rhapsody fans, you can stream QTN tunes wherever you may be, via smart phone or computer HERE.

QTN April in Oregon!

QTN makes it in the comics!

Nearly 30 years ago, I began calling the music I compose and perform Squint Yer Ears Music. My record label has always been Burnttoothbrush Records.

Now, after all these years, the funnies are catching up...