A few weeks ago my brother, who is a songwriter and musician, and my niece and nephews, who have a band and play with my brother for as many of his gigs as they can, stayed at our house for a week while they did some recording and made a few stops on their Northeast mini-tour in support of their new album Blinded Again. The band crammed in a lot on this early spring visit: a supper around the fire out in the woods (cold. so very cold), a few beach walks, trips to Boston and lots and lots of music-making. Our living room was stuffed with instrument cases and instruments: a cello, fiddle, a couple of guitars, a couple of banjos, a mandolin and more covered every available surface. It was a great and crowded week, and we missed them as soon as they pulled out of the driveway. I can tell I’m getting older because I kept wanting to ruffle their hair and hug them and talk about how “special” it was to have them all staying with us. And I wanted to bake them cookies and extra food to take with them on their various excursions out of the house, though I didn’t do too much of the latter. I was too tired from all the excitement. Which is further confirmation that I am getting old.
If you like indie-folk, traditional Americana style music, check out their music:

The band, looking cool in every sense of the word.
Reblogged this on Earthwise Journal and commented:
Awesome post from my cousin Sarah about her brother, nieces and nephews (and my cousins) who have launched the second CD.
Wish I could have been there! More awesome music from DD and the MRB!
Wish you could have been there too…we always miss your voice when you aren’t around, cuz.
they are cool !
Ha! I’ll pass that on to them, Chris! :)
Wow that was odd. I just wrote an extremely long comment but after I clicked submit my comment didn’t show up. Grrrr well I’m not writing all that over again. Anyway, just wanted to say superb blog! ddeeeddbaeca