I've been playing in a duo for three years, intermittently. My partner is a lot younger than me and still has a lot of wanderlust in her sou;. But when we play together, magic happens. She is a natural talent, learning mostly on her own, intent on being true to her spirit and inspiration without affecting it through the influence of training. Reminds me a lot of me and how I learned.
We've done a lot of busking and quite a few regular gigs. Both these ventures entailed playing mostly covers. Our repertoire includes swing tunes, Sixties songs, and a few more recent numbers. We much prefer playing our original songs - a hard row to hoe but much more satisfying, personally. The combination of mandolin and ukulele creates a trebly setting that may seem unusual at first, but produces an airy, dreamy quality that can be haunting and, we hope, enjoyable and memorable.
Here is a video from The 8th Annual Key West Musicians Festival Sept 22, 2018. Just as we were arriving the skies opened and rain poured for an unusually long time, nearly twenty minutes. But as they say, it wouldn't be a festival if it weren't for the rain.
This is one of Luna's lovely original songs, "Evergreen." It reminds me somehow of Led Zeppelin's acoustic songs, evoking fairies and wood sprites and the like. It often takes her a little bit to settle into a tempo for her ukulele and key for her voice, but she gets there. Worth the bit of patience. Enjoy!
We have several audio clips up at soundcloud, videos at my youtube channel, both and more at our booking page, and naturally, facebook. I hope you like what you hear and see.
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