Rough Shop, the talented folk rock band that documented it’s European travels on this space earlier this year, will hold its fifth annual holiday show tomorrow (Friday) night at the Focal Point in Maplewood. The show will feature holiday music…

After a week or so on the road I begin to have a particularly strange feeling that I recognize everyone. The more often I have it, the more I begin to think that this is just a function of the…

We headed up to winter playground country in Austria and to the club Alte Muhle in Scharnitz, a small ski village high in the Alps. It’s just a few kilometers from Mittenwald,Germany, a major center of violin making from the 1800’s on. No…

By Anne

Of course touring is incredibly glamorous: The accolades, the fans storming the clubs, the heaps of money that the big record companies are throwing at us … oh, sorry, I was just snoozing in the car on the way…

By Andy

With limited internet access, limited time and a limited number of computers, exactly one, there has been a backlog of blogging to do. Next stop on the Rough Shop “When the Schinken Hits The Fan’ Tour was Voehringen, Germany, and the…

By Anne

Well now, you know a day is going to be good when the first thing you get to do is ride an oversized wiener. We were up and at ‘em early today as we had to hoof it on…

By Anne

We were so sad to leave the Hotel Sternen that we kept forgetting things and had to keep going back. First, someone hung on to a room key, so we had to drop that off. Then, someone left a coat…

Posted By John

Growing up in southern California, our family would occasionally make trips into Mexico. My dad would always say, “Remember, when we are here, we are ambassadors of our country.” Not a bad way of looking at things, I…

by marie

We’ve been without internet access for a few days. We are hard at work getting the past few blogs up as I type.

We’ve had a fantastic three days. Great shows, wonderful people, and more…