New song “The Honey Bee” for free download

Inspired by the honey bees housed on Detroit’s urban farms, Shara wrote a song, “The Honey Bee”, which is available for free download (though you do have to register) on www.biggestlabelever.com

Why all the hubbabaloo?  Well, on April 25th, the non-profit Invisible Children will be staging a global event in an effort to rescue the 3,000 child soldiers in Uganda.  Lots of folks are donating music for the cause, so check it all out.  The more energy we give, even with our thoughts, imagining those dear kids not having to carry around guns, I think the better.  So everybody while you are listening to the song, think lots and lots of big, free thoughts for those kids!

Lyrics:

Here the honey smells like the grain

Bees will wrestle the hay for golden honey

And all I ever really wanted was to be here with you honey

All I ever really wanted was to love you

All I ever really wanted was to love myself

and to be happy to be

Diamonds with Decemberists on Colbert Report Ap. 27

It’s common knowledge that the Decemberists’ arch-nemesis, a certain Stephen Colbert, robbed guitarist Chris Funk of his rightful mantle of “Shreddiest in the West” during the much-touted Guitarmageddon of 2006. On April 27th, The Decemberists will be returning to Mr. Colbert’s cable television program to redeem themselves. Or at least to have a pleasant interview with the host and play a song from their new LP, The Hazards of Love.

It remains to be said whether or not Colin Meloy will command his legion twitter followers (125,000 and growing) against Mr Colbert’s relatively weaker armada (a mere 75K or so) in a earth-scorching battle-to-end-all-battles. Pick your side and enlist by following either twitter.com/colinmeloy or twitter.com/stephenathome.

Shara will be singing her role as “The Queen” with the Decemberists on tour:

DATE          VENUE                          LOCATION
5/19/2009     Hollywood Palladium            Los Angeles, CA
5/20/2009     Fox Theater                    Oakland, CA
5/21/2009     McDonald Theatre               Eugene, OR
5/23/2009     Gorge Amphitheatre             Quincy, WA
5/24/2009     Wilma Theatre                  Missoula, MT
5/26/2009     Fillmore Auditorium            Denver, CO
5/27/2009     Uptown Theatre                 Kansas City, MO
5/29/2009     Riverside Theatre              Milwaukee, WI
5/31/2009     The Pageant                    St. Louis, MO
6/1/2009      Lifestyles Community Pavillion Columbus, OH
6/3/2009      The Tabernacle                 Atlanta, GA
6/4/2009      Progress Energy Center         Raleigh, NC
6/5/2009      The National                   Richmond, VA
6/6/2009      Tower Theatre                  Upper Darby, PA
6/8/2009      Merriweather Post Pavilion     Columbia, MD
6/9/2009      Bank of America Pavilion       Boston, MA
6/10/2009     Radio City Music Hall          New York, NY
6/12/2009     Bonnaroo Music Festival        Manchester, TN
6/13/2009     Bonnaroo Music Festival        Manchester, TN
6/14/2009     Bonnaroo Music Festival        Manchester, TN
6/20/2009     Walker Art Center              Minneapolis, MN
7/17/2009     Marymoor Park                  Redmond, WA
7/18/2009     Edgefield                      Portland, OR
7/19/2009     Edgefield                      Portland, OR
7/21/2009     Vogue Theatre                  Vancouver, Canada
7/22/2009     Vogue Theatre                  Vancouver, Canada
8/2/2009      Osheaga Music & Arts Festival  Montreal, Canada
8/3/2009      Kool Haus                      Toronto, Canada
8/5/2009      Orpheum Theatre                Madison, WI
8/8/2009      Murat Theatre                  Indianapolis, IN
8/10/2009     W.L. Lyons Brown Theatre       Louisville, KY
8/11/2009     Royal Oak Theatre              Royal Oak, MI

Highly recommended puppet show!

Director/puppeteer Lake Simons and musician John Dyer are at it again!  Having worked on this exquisite puppet theater piece for years, White Elephant is finally showing in New York.  Pleeeeeeeeeeeeease go see this.  It’s so good and so sweet and lovely, I can’t stand it.

It’s showing April 24, 25 and 26th as well as May 1, 2 and 3rd.  (But you might have to skip May 3rd and come see me sing one song at Radio City Music Hall, a concert to benefit AIDS awareness.)