We're Trisha and Phil Knudsen and we have been performing in the local open mike and folk community for several years. Trisha is a poet that is able to communicate her worldview and observations of life, love and everyday events in a thoughtful and beautiful way. Phil has been playing guitar and singing for over 30 years. Several years ago they decided to join their talents and now combine harmony, poetry, original compositions and covers of familiar songs to provide an evening that lets you sit back, relax and forget the outside world for a while.
Stuart Ferguson has been playing around the area - and we finally got him to come and feature hear at TCAN. It was a great night with Stuart, his wife Lynn and his backup group -- "the Fashionistas" - Lori Diamond, Fred Abatelli, and Phil Punch.
We've had some talented singer/songwriters in to feature and the last few weeks have been really special with Mark Berardo, JP Jones and then Stuart Ferguson. We have some familiar faces coming to feature in the next few months. This week was another fine night with some good oepn mike performances and a really enjoyable feature from Stuart.
Next week Mark Stepakoff will be hosting with Kim Davidson coming in to feature - www.myspace.com/kimdavidson
We are now into our fourth month of hosting the TCAN open mike. We felt the time was right to tell you something about our philosophy of the open mike- here at TCAN and in general.
We see the open mike as a community event - not necessarily a performance event. It's a time to hear, and really listen to, other people who share their gifts with us. The performers are at various stages in their musical development. Some may see the open mike as their only musical or spoken word outlet, some may use the open mike to test new