Daniel Kelly Sings
On the Friday night livestream of February 4, 2022, our guest was singer/songwriter Daniel Kelly. Daniel Kelly Daniel’s songs cover topics like the defintion of art, slackware, and the controversy...
View ArticleFirst Filksing of the Year — 2022
We had our first filksing of the year on Jan. 21, 2022. Julia Hanna and Aya Katz were the hosts, and the guests were Leslie Fish, Kate Glastone, Mark Horning and Katrina Joyner. Leslie Fish is a filk...
View ArticleMolly Whuppie Music Live!
Last night our guest on the livestream with Julia Hanna was none other than the delightful performer from Hawaii, Molly Whuppie. Molly and her very dapper puppet Molly Whuppie is a talented musician...
View ArticleNew Year’s Eve Talk and Filksing
On December 31, 2021 Julia Hanna and I hosted an online gathering that included a talk given by handwriting expert Kate Gladstone, and that was followed by a filksing featuring filk legend Leslie Fish...
View ArticleFilksing with Mark Horning and Samantha Moore
On Friday, December 17, Julia Hanna and I hosted a filksing with Mark Horning and Samantha Moore. Mark Horning is a singer/songwriter from California currently living in Arizona. He has been active in...
View ArticleFilksing with Leslie Fish, Anne Prather & Mark Horning
On Nov. 19, 2021 we held a filksing with some of filk’s greatest performers. Leslie Fish and Anne Prather are world famous filkers from the heydey of filking’s best. They were joined a little later by...
View ArticleBettine Clemen Plays Music for Animals
Bettine Clemen is a world renowned classical flautist. Born in Bavaria, Bettine made her early career with such prestigious orchestras as ‘The Munich Bach Orchestra’, ‘The Prague Radio Orchestra’ and...
View ArticleTwo Filksings: Mark Horning & Leslie Fish
Julia Hanna and I were planning on having a single filksing on Sept. 17, 2021, with two guests, Mark Horning and Leslie Fish. However, events contrived to give us two filksings for the price of one....
View ArticleFilksing with Leslie Fish and Samantha Moore
Leslie Fish is a legend in the filk world. Her name is synonymous with great filk music, of which she is the writer, composer and best known performer. Samantha Moore is well known as Mistress Ambra...
View ArticleColleen Kitchen: How the Pandemic Changed My Art
Colleen Kitchen is a multi-instrumentalist and multi-genre artist. She is a singer-songwriter, musician and graphic artist. Julia Hanna and I interviewed her, and she shared her experiences since the...
View ArticleInterview with Julia Hanna and Guest Composer Daniel Carter
On April 20, 2018 Julia Hanna and Aya Katz met via livestream with composer Daniel Carter, and the conversation that ensued is embedded below. Topics discussed in the interview include: Daniel...
View ArticleTalent
Is there such a thing as talent? And if so what is it? What does it mean to be talented at something? What does it mean if you are not that talented? This topic came up the other night in...
View ArticleAn Extended Synopsis of The Debt Collector
Blood Samosude is someone to fear. A vigilante enforcer of contracts, Blood lives outside the law and is shunned by respectable society. In the town, they warn one another about him. The debt...
View ArticleSupport Your Local Musical Theater
Support Your Local Musical Theatre Aya Katz [This pub was first published on Hubpages in 2010. Due to the current ban on dueling by Hubpages management, I had to move it to PubWages.] Click here to...
View ArticleWe All Share the Same World — Hebrew Version
“We All Share the Same World” is a song from the libertarian musical, The Debt Collector, by Carter and Katz. This particular song has such universal appeal that it transcends the musical and has...
View ArticleI’d Rather Be Free — A Song from THE DEBT COLLECTOR
Not everyone would rather be free. Even if most of us think we would like to be free, very few of us would be willing to pay the ultimate price for our liberty. Not everyone prefers death to loss of a...
View ArticleThe Debt Collector: Three Songs for Blood
Blood Samosude is the title character in the libertarian musical, The Debt Collector. Blood not only makes his living collecting debts, he is also a true believer in the sanctity of contracts. Like...
View ArticleVariations on “The Ash Grove”
[Last Updated on February 26, 2010. First published on Hubpages and then de-indexed.] Folk tunes have a long shelf life. They get re-used often with different lyrics, and we can learn a lot about the...
View ArticleSongs From the Debt Collector, A Libertarian Musical
Some musicals promote class warfare. Les Miserables is one of those, denigrating landlords and elevating the poor to a station of sainthood. The Debt Collector aims to unite us all in understanding of...
View ArticleListening To Christmas Music
Do you enjoy listening to Christmas music? I truly enjoy listening to music around the holidays while decorating the Christmas tree. Holiday music brings back nostalgic memories of caroling in the...
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