This is what i saw, 100 windows into the each room of my life. 100 songs… RG

After a six-year silence, Strangefolk returned — the same four souls who kicked it off back in Burlington all those years ago. There was something kinda unspeakably special about that first chord.

This Is What I Saw is a 100 song album composed of 100 songs from Reid Genauers catalogue it was inspired by a hand-drawn 100-song poster created by artist Pete Nogas and inspired by the music of Reid Genauer is the singer, songwriter, and storyteller behind Strangefolk and Assembly of Dust. Spanning three decades of work, the poster serves as a visual songbook of Reid’s catalog, weaving lyrics, symbols, and stories into one panoramic piece. Celebrated as one of the great American songwriters of our time, Genauer’s work blends folk tradition with poetic humor and emotional honesty, capturing the sound of a life lived loud and true.

This Is What I Saw is a hand-drawn 100-song poster created by artist Pete Nogas and inspired by the music of Reid Genauer — the singer, songwriter, and storyteller behind Strangefolk and Assembly of Dust. Spanning three decades of work, the poster serves as a visual songbook of Reid’s catalog, weaving lyrics, symbols, and stories into one panoramic piece. Celebrated as one of the great American songwriters of our time, Genauer’s work blends folk tradition with poetic humor and emotional honesty, capturing the sound of a life lived loud and true.

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Interview with Dave Onigman, CEO of JamBase

Reid: You and the team at JamBase have done some really inventive and innovative stuff over the years and continue to. What are some of the JamBase projects that have come out of Covid?

David: Two big ones I’m so incredibly proud of the JamBase team and everything that everyone has been doing since COVID.. The second is the brand new Jambase Live Video Archive. What we’ve built is this incredible cross-referenced database of live music videos, and all the metadata required to make it happen. For example, a full show on YouTube has little or no information on what performer(s) are in it, or what date the show is from, or what songs are in it and at what time they start. But that YouTube video’s entry in JamBase does. Continue reading

Pete Shaprio, friend and concert promoter is responsible for getting Strangefolk back together in 2012. The way I remember it is he got us all on a conference call. None of us really said much and he sort of told us, in a benevolent way, how it was going to be. “Ok I’m re-opening The Capitol Theatre and you guys are gonna cut the crap, get over it already, get back together by opening the theatre, two nights. It will be epic. Am I right? I’m right! Peace!” Click. All I know is we’ve been playing together again ever since. this is an article about Pete and the intimate relationship we’ve had with him as part of the Strangefolk Lore.

Scott: … I love music so much since my earliest memory, and to me it's all a continuum of sound and vibration, not limited by category or genre or even instrument. It is Music with a capital "M." There is a thread that runs through it all. A few rules to guide but it's part of the language of the universe and we are here to speak through and support that communication. We know it's real when we hear AND feel it.

Josiah: I think I should put my love for Strangefolk in context. Jerry Garcia is the only person I’ve ever truly loved without having met. I loved/love that man. Nothing has ever made me feel the way his guitar makes me feel. And, while he may not have had the best voice of all time, he was an incredible storyteller. The way he would embody the characters in the songs he’d sing, the way he could emote, and bring you along for whatever emotional ride that character had been through, like he’d lived it himself, the way he sang from his heart and then would take you soaring through the cosmos with his guitar work, he was a very special human. So, when we lost Jerry in 1995, I thought that I’d never get to feel that way about music ever again. It was heartbreaking, even though we all knew it was coming. And like so many of us, I felt lost.

And then… I found Strangefolk.

Reid: I'm sure you sense it, but sometimes it’s easier to see from the outside. From where I sit your star is on the rise.  Are there a couple of holy shit moments from the last few years that stand out as markers in your musical career?

Elliott: I've definitely had a few "pinch me" moments in the past couple years of my career. I'd say number one was singing to a sold out crowd at Red Rocks Amphitheater with Phil Lesh and The Terrapin Family Band, and also number one was sharing a stage with Sheryl Crow and Benmont Tench (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) at Newport Folk Festival this past summer- on the same stage Bob Dylan first played an electric set.

2020: “EXTENDED RELEASE” LIVE ALBUM

“Extended Release” is a collection of select songs from 2019 tour dates, 11 songs from 3 venues: The Brooklyn Bowl (NY), The Great American Music Hall (CA) and the Jerry Jam Festival (NH).  A full preview of the album is available to stream or download today. For those that couldn’t make it to the shows its a window into the meaning of the music, for those who were there its a chance to relive little moments musical transformation, for those who were “over served” its a chance to remember what it was that happened and hear themselves scream “Free Bird” in the background while the band grimaced.. 

Jason Crosby: i didn’t really start really listening to non-classical music until my teens. I saw Pink Floyd when I was 13 and that changed my life, but I never really applied it to my music. I was still entering classical competitions, touring around the world with a youth orchestra, and honestly not really thinking I would be a professional musician! 

In 1990/91 I saw God Street Wine at the Wetlands and then things changed. I had just started listening to Phish, GD, and others of that ilke, but never seen it live. I don’t know, maybe it was the “steak”, but when I saw that show at the Wetlands I heard all of these keyboard ideas in my head while they were playing. It was a revelation. I decided at that moment I wanted to play in bands.  Read more…