Author: KCF
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Touch the fire
We are born in the sacred flames, charred and purified, condemned and resurrected. In the moment of our birth, we are given the gift of our death, something to fear, something to cherish. All love-making in between is burdened and exalted by this knowledge. Our daily lives evolve with due diligence, connected to the careful…
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Interplay
The subtle interplay of things is on my mind. I watch how separate things are not; how things that are divided are not divided at all. I watch amazed as a thought first thought 37 years ago comes home to roost almost four decades following its first iteration. I watch as things undone many years…
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The wild gift
Out of the waters rises the gift. The morning comes full of gifts. There is the gazelle that prances in my hallway waiting to be chased. (And, of course, I chase her.) Then there is the vision of a life beyond and parallel to this one – composed only of beauty and pleasure and wisdom…
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The harmonica and the wild dogs
Once, a harmonica saved my life. I was 20 years old and setting off on a voyage that would take me hitchhiking from one coast of the US to the other. Before leaving, I bought my first harmonica. It was an intuition. I just knew that for this voyage, I would need a harmonica. One…
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Last Argentine concerts
We are wrapping up our performances in Argentina this week with two concerts on Thursday, November 26: a free concert at the Colegio de Escribanos at 19:30hs and then the final concert of our two-month run at the Jazz Voyeur Club, starting at 21hs. (Yes, we’ll be running from one venue to the next on…
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Last stand on this plump earth
In the plaintive shadows of the canyon where the sun does not reach, I stand alone while the winds descend from the ridge tops and throw themselves at me like mad dogs. My poncho whips up. I am alone but there are generations of men who have gone ahead of me. They have been undone…
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“El beso azul” on Argentine TV
Maria and I performed “El beso azul,” one of our new songs on the Argentine TV program “Desde la vida,” a show dedicated to children growing up with different physical and mental challenges. Argentine rock musician Fena della Maggiora, who hosts the program, fell in love with the song and learned it in the studio…
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Where the bougainvillea used to bloom
Photo by John Fernandes Two years have passed since the bougainvillea last flowered. The green leaves still frame the window of my bedroom, but the vine has not put on any blossoms since you left. The branches are covered in robust, green leaves, but these are just symbols of missed encounters and twice-broken promises. The…
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On stage / 6 Nov.
We have been playing each week at the Jazz Voyeur Club in Buenos Aires. Very special guests have been joining us, such as Katie Viqueira (pictured here), Daniel Garcia, Ariel Prat, Guillermo Fernandez, Caracol… and the list goes on. We’ve also been playing private events around town, such as the corporate gig shown here. But,…