Hi good people! I’ll be performing at the lovely Wyldflowr Arts venue in Oakland, this will be a return to Oakland for Russian Telegraph. We’ll be performing our Turnips release and many other pieces. Hope to see you there and thanks for reading…be well~
Will Bernard played in The Beth Custer Ensemble until he moved to Brooklyn. As he was leaving he said you should check out David James~ I found him at his place of work and and asked him to play in my band. He came for a jam and became the guitarist in BCE which morphed into Russian Telegraph and he founded GPS. David James’s GPS & special guests will be presenting Mission Rebels No. 1 CD/vinyl release concert, on Friday, January 23rd. 7:30pm at Capp Street Theatre. Advance tickets highly recommended~you’ll be glad you did!
Thanks for stopping by at my renewed site! I’ve three concerts this weekend that I hope to see you at: Russian Telegraph Release Concerts: Fri., Dec. 12th, 8:30-10pm Bird & Beckett Jazz Series, SF, Sat., Dec. 13th, 8-10pm, Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium, ticket sales end soon!
Sun., Dec. 14th, 3-5pm, Khachapuri Trio at Maybeck Studio, Berkeley, here’s tickets!
Happy holidays everyone and I hope to see you out there~be well, stay in touch!
I have had the greatest time working with director William Farley on his films. He believes in the music I create for his images and his films keep on getting more and more noticed: recently The Academy inducted his entire oeuvre, that means two films I worked on are there now! Don’t miss a chance to see PLASTIC MAN: The Artful Life of Jerry Ross Barrish on the big screen at the Pacific Film Archive, Saturday December 6th, 7pm. Hope to see you there!
Stephen Kent & Beth Custer
We formed Trance Mission in 1991 and began recording in ’93, toured a bit here and there and are still fast friends and music partners. Above photo is from a couple years ago when we played with drummer Peter Valsamis at the SF International Arts Festival. Come hear us at the glorious Wu Wei Temple in the even more glorious Fairfax, CA, November 22nd, 8-10pm.
Trance Mission tour during fires of 2018, Mt. Shasta Lake
During our 2018 NW tour in the fires…thanks to Federico for driving us!
Thanks for reading, see you out there.
Hello good people, Thanks for stopping by. I’ve a few screenings and performances this fall into winter. I hope you’re well and getting out to witness art in all it’s forms
Will Bernard and I became collaborators and friends in the early 1980’s and we’ve played together ever since. Will appears as a guest artist on many of my releases including Dona Luz 30 Besos, Inclement Weather, Shirt I Slept In, and Trance Mission. We released SKY to great reviews the world over. October 17th we’ll be performing on the incredible Bird and Beckett Jazz Series, 8:30-10pm. Joining us will be cellist Jess Ivry. Stop by for gorgeousness~not to be missed!
Week of November 10th brings Cathy Lee Crane screenings in NYC and I’m tempted to go…
Saturday, November 22nd, Stephen Kent and I join forces to blow the roof of off one of our fav places to play, Wu Wei Temple in Fairfax CA! We’ll be blowing something like 8-10pm, get their early to enjoy a some sustenance and wander Fairfax! Lovely photo taken at Chapel of Chimes: Maurice Tierney
Saturday December 6th the PFA will be screening PLASTIC MAN: The Artful Life of Jerry Ross Barrish. They are doing a few days of Jerry’s films. The links aren’t up yet but will post as they become available.
Russian Telegraph will be performing Turnips Friday, December 12th, 8:30-10pm at Bird & Beckett Jazz Series, and Saturday, December 13th, 7-10pm at Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium, an Earthwise Production, tickets here!
December 14th, 3pm, Khachapuri Trio performs at the luscious Maybeck Performing Arts Studio in Berkeley, get your tickets in advance, these 45 seats will sell out quickly!
As always your donations are gratefully accepted, none to small.
Be well, carry on, hope to see you out there~
