AKA BELLE
We are all celebrating the release of the new AKA Belle Album, “Sagebrush Athenians.” Make sure to get tickets for the Saturday night album release party at Visual Arts Collective. Details below.
Listeners grabbed lunch provided by Boise Bistro Market,
and enjoyed a great session.
The album is named after a quote by ACLU lawyer Clarence Darrow.
Boise, Idaho c. 1907
Clarence Darrow wrote in his autobiography, The Story of My Life:
“Until entering this case I had never been in Boise. I had read of it, and knew that it was far away out West. I had pictured it to myself, but I never found an unfamiliar person or place that proved to be anything like my mental picture. Boise was approached from the east through hundreds of miles of dreary, dusty desert with no living thing in sight but gophers and sage-brush. During the trip one deliberates whether to keep the car-window tightly closed and die for want of air or raise it ever so little and be suffocated with the clouds of powdered alkali. I always did both, one after the other. Through the whole region of desert waste, a long strip of green wound and twisted its tortuous way in loops and zigzags across the desolate plain. This is the Snake River, named from the animal which Adam had in mind when he named Eve’s tempter. As we neared Boise the scene changed. The fields were fresh and green, the orchards were luxuriant, the town resplendent with lawns and flowers, shrubs and trees; the houses were neat and up-to-date. The Snake River had been intersected with dikes, which irrigated the barren wilderness and made it a beautiful garden-spot. The landscape was most pleasing, and out beyond, a circle of mountains enclosed the little city; so that after the long, wearisome journey Boise seemed like a bright green gem in a setting of blue. It is the capital of the State, with attractive public and private buildings, and a good library. Except for the hard work, intense worry and suffering, and the bitter opposition, it was a pleasant place to visit. Boise had a pride in its town and people and culture, and could rightly be called the Athens of the sage-brush.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-130243.
COMING SOON :
PIXIE AND THE PARTYGRASS BOYS! Hear them LIVE at noon 6/6, then get to their show later that night for First Thursday at Olympic. This is a Sawtooth Valley Gathering preview!
We will be giving away a pair of passes to Sawtooth Valley Gathering, including camping!
JADE BIRD 10/12 at Olympic! You saw her open recently for Hozier, and the crowd loved her. This show is likely to sell out, so grab pre-sale on Thursday!
PRE-SALE
with code: river
available Thursday 5/2 from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM.
Have questions or comments? Email me.
