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Deborah \u201cD.J.\u201d Hamouris and I both got swept up in the California dulcimer revival of the 1970s. And while I left California and went a different direction, Deborah stayed in the Bay Area with its nurturing folk music community, involved with and for some time living in the mingled music\/arts\/Pagan semi-commune called Annwfn. Mostly she has lived in Berkeley, where she founded and directs the Berkeley Dulcimer Orchestra. Over the years she has, along with her partner Buffalo, written and performed some amazing dulcimer music, much of it captured on seven albums, the latest of which, \u201c1 In 8\u201d she wrote and recorded with her collaborator, guitarist Mimi Fox, to celebrate her passage through breast cancer and in honor of all the women \u2013 one in eight \u2013 who get it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Indian Summer<\/i> is a music book, but so much more. It\u2019s a distillation of the life of a musician. Sure, it has both standard musical notation and dulcimer tablature for 23 songs plus \u2013 this is so cool! \u2013 links to recordings of most of them. You can listen to or download them to learn the songs if like me you can read the tablature but not the musical notation, or even if you play only by ear. Or if you read music but want to learn the nuances of Deborah\u2019s version. But it also has several short essays \u2013 what they used to call \u201cthink pieces,\u201d accompanied by photos, with such titles as \u201cOn Being a Late Bloomer\u201d and \u201c10 Practice Tips\u201d (very good, those!) and \u201cOn Practice.\u201d My favorite is \u201cOn Messing Around,\u201d Deborah\u2019s thoughts on the process of composing music.<\/p>\n
Indian Summer<\/i> is a lovely addition to the libraries of lovers of folk music, especially dulcimer music, whether or not you play. It took me back to a happier, gentler time in my life.<\/p>\n
Thanks, D.J.!<\/p>\n
Dulcet Publications \u00a9 2019 (some individual songs also \u00a9 by their various composers)<\/p>\n