Ranchers for Peace
Doing what we can to make giving a damn cool again.
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Update on the Lowdown!
April 27, 2013
2nd EP “Not Alone” nearly done!
We’re busting it, folks, and bursting with excitement to share the new music with you… Watch this space: PRE-RELEASE SINGLE,
“Corporation Farm”
COMING SOON…!
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Feb. 28 — round-up from Folk Alliance:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/344382
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Fresh PRESS, Deep Roots:
Have a look at this, friends:
http://deeprootsmag.org/ranchers-4-peace-mark-trayvon-martin-anniversary-ready-2nd-ep/
– and from Digital Journal:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/343471
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ALSO THIS:
(from Blogger & friend-of-the-Ranch Tom Cochrun)
http://tomcochrunlightbreezes.blogspot.com/2013/02/giving-damn-cool-again-morning-glow.html
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THIS JUST IN:
Sing Out! Magazine Autumn 2012 Issue
Just Released!
Featuring: “Walking Around Black”
http://www.singout.org/magazine.html
From a subscriber:
Charles and Ray – Just heard your song “W.A.B.” in the latest issue of “Sing Out!” Fantastic – can’t remember hearing a song with those kind of lyrics and music since the sixties! Bought your EP and am looking forward to your next one. Keep up the great music!
Chuck D.
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coming up:
SATURDAY, Nov. 1o: the Talking Stick, Venice
Grassroots Acoustica to Benefit Epilepsy Foundation of Greater L.A.
7:00 – 10:00 PM, 1411 Lincoln Blvd., 310.450.6052 http://www.grassrootsacoustica.org/
SUNDAY, Nov. 11: Big Variety Night
Linnaea’s Cafe, 1110 Garden St., SLO 7:00-10:00
SUNDAY, Nov. 18: Steynberg Gallery
Afternoon Benefit Concert for HANDS in Nepal
3:45 – 6:00; $15 tix. Silent auction arts and wines;
sale of handcrafts from Nepal
1531 Monterey, SLO; res. 805-547-0278
http://www.steynberg-events.com/calendar.html
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Ranchers for Peace are Charles & Ray Duncan, a father/daughter duo from the Central Coast of CA with a fresh take on acoustic folk-rock they’ve termed “neo-hippie protest music.” Thoughtful songwriting, heartfelt harmonies, and jangly guitar/harmonica unite for a re-birth of that change-the-world attitude heard blowing in the wind during the Summer of Love.
“Hot and getting hotter.”
“…terrific songwriters … great performers,
and, best of all, a message worth listening to.”
– Glen Starkey, New Times (San Luis Obispo, CA)
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Past Events:
“Backyard Bowl” for Santa Lucia School
SUNDAY, AUG. 19, 7:00 – 10:00
9240 Carmel Rd, Atascadero. Tickets $50; call: 805-461-1212All proceeds benefit Santa Lucia School.
Join friends and alumni from Santa Lucia School for this backyard concert featuring Nicole Stromsoe & Dorian Michael with Ken Hustad and Darrell Voss (R&B, Soul and Jazz), & Ranchers For Peace with Ray and Charles Duncan. Catered dinner, dessert and non alcoholic drinks. All for just $50 per person. * Ticket reservations MUST be made in advance *
EP Release — North Coast Edition:
SATURDAY, JUNE 29TH, 2012
Ranchers for Peace at Painted Sky Studios - 8pm
2177 Old Creamery Road Harmony Ca. 93435 $15.00 Res. 805 927-8330Join us for an intimate evening in our favorite new North Coast venue, in celebration of our first EP, “Tell All The World.” Reservations recommended.
EP Release Show:
SATURDAY, JUNE 9TH, 2012
Ranchers for Peace at Steynberg Gallery - 8pm
1531 MontereySan Luis Obispo California 93401 $15.00 Res. 805-547-0278
Having campaigned steadily since their debut last fall, the Ranchers are now finalizing their first batch of recordings — a seven-song EP, “Tell All The World” — for release June 9 in concert at the Steynberg Gallery in San Luis Obispo. A busy summer continues with a set at the Live Oak Festival, June 16 (in Santa Barbara County). Meanwhile, their March release of free download “Walking Around Black” — their response to the Trayvon Martin killing — was selected by the editors of the venerable Sing Out! Magazine http://www.singout.org/magazine.html for their upcoming issue. A second EP is planned for fall, followed by a trip to Europe: an energetic conclusion to their Year One which will find the Ranchers out where they belong, riding the range of possibilities and doing what they can to make giving a damn cool again.
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Indiegogo Campaign: “To All The World”
February 25, 2013
Closed out at an even $4,000
Our deepest thanks to all who pitched in — we didn’t reach our goal, but it wasn’t for lack of trying. The trip to Toronto is *more* than paid for, as we move on now to production of our next EP, grateful and inspired…
Thanks to all who got “on the Ranch!”
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THREE DAYS TO GO
Copy/Paste, Shout from Roof-tops,
Share Share Share,
– or kick in coin if you’ve got some to spare…
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ranchers-for-peace-to-all-the-world/x/457253?website_name=R4P2013
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SIX days to go…!
Holy smokes, we burst into song:
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ranchers-for-peace-to-all-the-world/x/457253?c=activity
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We’re live at Indiegogo with our campaign to finance a flurry of activity here as the year gets underway: production of our 2nd EP, “Not Alone,” new music video, and our first international excursion: to Toronto in February, for the annual conference of Folk Alliance International. We’ll be playing an official showcase there, Feb. 23, on the last night of the campaign, and live-streaming from a private showcase there a few nights prior. Details to follow — but the campaign is live, right now, right here:
http://www.indiegogo.com/R4P2013/x/457253
Check it out, friends of the Ranch, and share share share — muchas gracias…
SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD: FAI TORONTO
February 24, 2013
Farewell FAI Toronto, 2013
Snow falling at the Delta Chelsea as we prepare to head for the airport: thanks to all who helped us on our way, and all who made us welcome here…
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Day 4, FAI: New Morning, Last Call
Waking up late on the day of our official showcase at Folk Alliance Toronto — high spirits, high times, happy neighbors on all sides in the hotel had us up ’til after 5:00 this morning. Coffee has never been more welcome, here past noon as I attempt to get underway.
There’s a needle-in-a-haystack feeling about this Conference — a haystack comprised of two thousand other artists clamoring for attention, the needle being that one elusive meaningful connection that makes the trip worthwhile. A mysterious process — many possible turns throughout the day, panels to attend, concerts, jams, hallways, elevators — no way to know which turn to take while navigating the choices. We feel guided, we feel sent — an elevator ride, a cup of tea, an obscure afternoon seminar have each led to important connections. We’ve played rooms with one person in attendance — who then turns out to be the person in charge of this or that record label, Festival, studio, etc. We’ve made favorable impressions on influential people at every turn — no way yet to know how their influence may play out or to what possible advantage for the Ranch.
We’ve heard some great music, met some great people, sung in the hall with Scottish R&B quartet Kilmarnock, and got schooled in the blues by Les Copeland — bad-ass of the North, and new true friend. We’re bringing home fistfuls of business cards, and ear-fulls of CDs, and it will be a while — maybe forever — before their significance is fully realized. Faces, voices, hearts and minds — a full-immersion kaleidoscope of human creative effort, ragged and real — that’s life at Folk Alliance. That’s life.
And so on we go to tonight: our Official Showcase, about six hours from now, followed by a long night upstairs in the rooms, three more gigs from 11:00 to 3:00 AM — doing what we can, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Planet Earth, to make giving a damn cool again.
Still trying to pay for it (and for production of our upcoming EP, “Not Alone”), with just one day to go on our fundraiser too:
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ranchers-for-peace-to-all-the-world/x/457253?c=home
Thanks to all for your support and good wishes — both are more helpful to us now than you may ever know.
From Canada, in gratitude — Chas. & Ray, R4P
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Live-streaming: Tonight, Feb. 21!
10:00 PM PST (1:00 AM EST)
From the GoGirls Showcase Room at Folk Alliance International, Delta Chelsea Hotel, Toronto Ontario
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/gogirlsmusic
Join us live, then stick around for chat-room after — love to hear from you
– thanks: R4P
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We’re running to LAX tomorrow morning, playing showcases at the Delta/Chelsea Toronto tomorrow night, Wed. Feb. 20
SIX DAYS to go on our Indiegogo fundraiser: let’s see what we can do to rock that thing out to the finish line — thanks — and stay tuned for updates from Canada…
