Happy Sunday!
It was AmericanaFest in Nashville this week, and I did a lot of running around for rehearsals/shows/panels/meetings… just when the shmooze was getting me down, I found myself in attendance at a beautiful show by my friends Minor Gold. Something I had failed to do all week was actually just relax and listen to someone play, and I suddenly remembered, OH YES, this whole music thing is amazing!
My friends Dan Parsons and Tracy McNeil are from Australia. I’ve been a fan for years even before they joined forces, and Dan sang “Ships In The Night” on my Cycles record, and joined me at Woodford Folk Festival this past New Years. Check out this Minor Gold song “Note to Self”.
“Why did I go out tonight/ Even though I said I don’t feel like it/ Scrawl it on my head/ Ring that bell”
A Croissant follower, Kevin, recommended the movie “The Quiet Girl” a few times, and I finally got the chance to watch it (available on Hulu and PrimeVideo). This Irish film about a young girl finding the folks that she needed, and who needed her, was incredible. It is adapted from a book by Clare Keegan called “Foster”. The pace, the unspoken words, the raw deal for both her mother and her foster mother. It’s hard to watch in some ways, but also beautiful and hopeful. Maybe a lesson in the way that kindness and attention, even for a short time, can be life-changing. Thank you Kevin!
One of my favorite Substacks to follow is Roxane Gay’s
—She recommended this poem, written by Tiana Clark, and featured in the New Yorker:
This is the best thing I’ve ever read about the decision to have or not have children, especially from an artist’s perspective, and I’ve read it several times. I was excited to see that Clark is from Nashville and graduated from TSU and Vanderbilt. What a baddie!!!
I hope you all are having a delicious week and getting a taste of Autumn weather!
yours in pastry,
Rachel
I have an onsale page now for RB free concert in Palo Alto October 10 -- I will update it with better content -- it has a picture of crab rangoon as a place holder. Mark