Sweet Honey in the Rock

(posted by Paul Reisler)
Just on my way back from Nashville. Had a wonderful time teaching this weekend with my dear friend Beth Nielsen Chapman along with Darrell Scott, and Mary gauthier. It was at the Dyer Observatory and we got to look through the telescope and see all the moons of Jupiter. I was thinking of our Kid Pan Alley song I Used to Know the Names of All the Stars.  It will start playing. If you want to hear the whole thing go to the music page and look under Charlottesville CD.

Every once in a while, a concert comes around that I feel will be one of those that you talk about many years later, like Woodstock (I was there, my picture was in Life Magazine so I'm one of the few who can prove it). This coming weekend, my favorite group of all time, Sweet Honey in the Rock, will be performing 2 concerts at Lorin Maazel's Castleton, VA Theatre. It is the most beautiful concert hall I've ever been in and only seats 140, so you'll get to see them really up close (the night before they are playing to a sold out house of 1800). Don't miss it. Concerts Saturday night at 7 and Sunday at 4:00. Be sure to get your tickets in advance. 

An American treasure Sweet Honey in the Rock is the Grammy Award winning all-female a cappella vocal ensemble strongly committed to creating music out of the rich textures of African American legacy and traditions. Sweet Honey “is the gold standard ….Their voices are all fabulous, and they unite to create a sound so pure, smooth and homogenous that it does not seem humanly possible.” (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram).