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"...they can't take a note away. It don't make no difference if you're a tramp or how low down you are, if you play music you can still keep it. That's about the only thing left that the politicians can't get in on! ... It's a very precious thing, I think, very precious." Ernie Carpenter, old-time fiddler.

Erik Pearson's banjo tune Fork and File from Crooked Jades album made it onto the soundtrack of Into the Wild, the latest Sean Penn film. Listen for it when Christopher is kayaking, right after he's departed the Danes!

My space, your space, our space. Another place on the web. Is this our world?

News editor takes a l...o...n...g vacation.

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Erik Pearson hits the road - East coast, that is, with the Crooked Jades touring band. Itinerary here.

6/1/03: Maggie and Suzzy Roche grace the stage of Berkeley's Freight and Salvage. Oh, they were sooooo good. If you don't know about the Roches, get hip, my friend.

6/2/03: A dark day for democracy; a good day for McMedia. The FCC further relaxes anti-monopoly rules. But this isn't the end of the story.

Friday the 13th: Sonya heads east for a bite of the Big Apple. 9 pm set at the Living Room.

Fiddling while Rome burns... That came to mind during this year's frolicking 4th Annual San Francisco Bluegrass and Oldtime Festival. In the spirit of it all, Sonya's learning a little clawhammer banjo.

This is Erik Pearson's busiest month of the year accompanying storyteller Diane Ferlatte. Not just for kids...

February 8: On a sunny Saturday, sittin' on a stage at the dock of the bay, Sonya and Erik played a few songs on West Coast Live. Real audio archive available... their songs are at top of the show, and about 1/2 way in.

May we link you? Granny D makes politics fun... Doris "Granny" Haddock

October 8: Sonya Hunter turns (insert your favorite number here) years old !

October 26: Huge nationwide peace rallies. Quote of the day from moveon.org: "Regime change begins at home. Vote November 5th."

Be My Baby is # 1 on public radio in Anchorage, Alaska! Listed at KNBA's September 9th "Top 50 Singles" list.

Magic City Chamber of Commerce was formally established September 24, 2002 at their debut show in San Francisco! MCCC is: Sonya Hunter (vocals, gtr.), Chris Kee (stand-up bass, vocals) David Phillips (pedal steel, dobro, vocals), Erik Pearson (vocals, gtrs, banjo), Peter Tucker (drums), and Jane Selkye (vocals, accordion) - covering themselves and everyone else from George Harrison to the Roches, in a lush-country kinda way. Keep on eye on Shows for future performances. Sonya is pleased as punch to be part of this harmony-loaded sextet.