Music in the merry month of May is all about Love Love Love. Hallelujah! No, seriously, its a bizarre theme that keeps popping up. Read on:

The "All Ages n' Early" show we did back in April was a treat for everyone, and I've been looking for a chance to do another ever since. And here is is: this Sunday, May 6th singer, songwriter, guitarist & healer Halélupé and I are getting together for an easy-going, Sunday music hangout in Portland at Mississippi Pizza.

Got kids and don't want to have to leave 'em at home? Bring 'em here and they can eat pizza. Love the music but don't want to have a late night? We want to see you at Mississippi Pizza on Sunday!

Here's where the love part comes in: Halélupé's latest album, The Heart of Things (see?), is a journey to the quiet places of the heart (there it is again!) that also rocks. It was produced by leading Portland producer Rob Stroup of 8-Ball Studios and has received radio play around the West including Portland (KINK), San Francisco (KFOG) and New Mexico (KBAC & KTAO). Lupé, as I call her, captivates listeners with engaging melodies, hooks, and grooves. She has garnered acclaim as a finalist for the 2008 Portland Songwriters Association Performing Artist of the Year, and a 2009 West Coast Songwriters contest “Judges Pick”. Her loyal following and I enjoy her authenticity, remarkable songs and ability to touch us deeply.

Sunday, May 6th, 2012
Lincoln Crockett, Halelupe - 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Mississippi Pizza Pub

Price: $7 adults, kids 13 & under free

FB event: http://www.facebook.com/events/356053557776217/

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And THEN just the other day Will West invited me to perform at the (I kid you not) ADD Love Showcase! See? Ha! I love love. What's not to love?  

Will hosts this monthly event and will open with a short acoustic set. I'll jump up around 9:30, followed by Portland indie singer/songwriter combos The Druthers and The Sale.

Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
ADD Love Showcase - 8:30 pm
The White Eagle

Price: free

Folk music fans, please mark your calendar for Saturday, June 9. That night Portland-based songwriting guru Matt Meighan will release his 1st full-length studio album!! Matt tapped me last fall to produce the disk, we're in final mixes right now, and I'm super proud of what we've accomplished. More news soon!

Saturday, June 9th, 2012
Matt Meighan CD REALEASE SHOW ! !
Artichoke Music

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I hope you'll join us at one of these events and I look forward to playing my heart out for you soon.

Peace & Be Well,
Lincoln

If I had my way, yes.  But it IS what happens when Will West & The Friendly Strangers and Lincoln Crockett & Enemies get together this at The Goodfoot in Portland.  Bring your dancing shoes and someone you love, or want to.

Enemies and I - that's the full band with Jeff on keys and Peter on banjo -start with a long set at 9.  Then Will and his 8-piece party band - featuring Sam Howard on upright, Tanner Cundy on guitar, Drew Norman on banjo & slide, Don Henson on percussion, Skip vonKuske on cello & mandolin, Jeff Simpson on trumpet, Ji Tanzer on drums and more (wow!) - will take you into the wee hours.  Lets have some fun.

Thursday, March 15th, 2012
Lincoln Crockett & Enemies, Will West & The Friendly Strangers - 9 pm
GoodFoot Lounge

Price: $6

Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/121699267957385/

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Thanks to all who came to the Leela/Lincoln show last Sunday, that was magic.

This one's gonna get funky.

Peace & Be Well,
Lincoln

There's something for everyone in March's busy music calendar:

For everyone who's been asking for an earlier show. I hear you! This Sunday, March 4 singer, songwriter, banjo player, guitarist & clogger Leela Grace and I are getting together for an easy-going, Sunday music hang out.

Got kids and don't want to have to leave 'em at home? Bring 'em here and they can eat pizza. Love the music but don't want to have a late night, we want to see you at Mississippi Pizza on Sunday!

Leela is a Columbia, Missouri native who transplanted to Portland in 2007, and has quickly become a sought-after performer and banjo, singing, and clogging teacher in the area.  She has performed nationally for over 25 years, developing her own unique clawhammer banjo style, marked by clear melodies and powerful, driving rhythm. Leela’s “soaring” vocals, compelling modern original songs, sterling credentials in old-time music, and disarming stage presence have earned her critical and audience praise for the “great depth and insight” of her original songs. Her music has been featured on NPR’s All Songs Considered and chosen for inclusion on a “Best of Portland Acoustic Music” compilation CD.

Sunday, March 4th, 2012
Lincoln Crockett, Leela Grace - All-Ages n' Early Show - 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Mississippi Pizza Pub

Price: $7 adults, children 13 & under free

Then on Thursday, March 15 I'm takin' it in the other direction with a late-night club hangout at the Goodfoot in Portland with Lincoln Crockett & Enemies and Will West & The Friendly Strangers.

Carolina-born Will West's up-temp folk and roots music is the perfect thing to see at the Goodfoot, itself a funky, upbeat, fun place to hang out that I've been coming to to dance the night away ever since arriving in Portland more than a decade ago. Will was up for awards at this year's Portland Music Awards and is band The Friendly Strangers, reads like a who's who of Portland Americana musicians.  

My Enemies are still rosie from last month's successful benefit concert, so come get your weekend started off with a bang, on a Thursday! Enemies is up first and both bands will play long, wide open sets until the wee hours.  Lets have some fun.

Thursday, March 15th, 2012
Lincoln Crockett & Enemies, Will West & The Friendly Strangers - 9 pm
Goodfoot Lounge

Price: $6

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Tonight, Thursday, March 1st, 2012
"Eagle Time" feat. Lincoln Crockett w/ Nicolas Miranda- 5:30 - 7:30
The White Eagle

I'll be playing my second Thurdsday Happy Hour at the White Eagle tonight, March 1, with acoustic guitar wizard Nicolas Miranda.

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
Hanz Araki w/ Lincoln Crockett - 7 pm
Crystal Hotel & Ballroom - Al's Den

Next Wednesday, March 7 I'll be special guest of accomplished modern and traditional Celtic flutist and singer Hanz Araki at his week-long residency at McMenamin's cozy downtown Portland hangout, Al's Den.

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
Lincoln Crockett - 6 - 8 pm
The Grant House

Saturday, March 17th, 2012
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with Lincoln Crockett - 6 - 8 pm
The Grant House

Price: free

For St. Patrick's day I'll be playing Celtified-Bluegrass, or is it Grassified-Celtic?  American Bluegrass and Old Time musics draw from Celtic roots, AND here's a little known fact: early in my performing career I often sat in with Maggie's Fury, a wild and woolly Celtic rock band out of Bellingham, WA.  So there's a caleigh in me yet.  Slainte Mhath!

Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
Lincoln Crockett - 6 - 8 pm
The Grant House

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Thank you to everyone who made February's Josephoenix Memorial Benefit Concert for Grief Watch & The Dougy Center such a successful, memorable, and meaningful evening.  I am deeply grateful.  

We reached all of our goals of giving and were able to raise awareness through our story that there is reason to hope even in - and perhaps especially in - the deepest grief.  Thank you, all, and hope to see you again soon.

Peace & Be Well,
Lincoln

The Grief Watch and Dougy Center benefit concert in Portland on Feb 18th fast approaches.  We have been blessed by upcoming coverage in the Oregonian next Monday, Willamette Week on Wednesday, and an interview on KINK radio, as well as donations of time, money and services from a number of Portlanders and Northwest businesses.  If you plan to attend I highly recommend going to Brown Paper Tickets now and pre-purchasing before everyonefinds out.

Visit www.griefwatch.com and www.dougy.org to find out what you'll be supporting.  Both groups are filled with information, knowledge and experience on how to grieve, heal, and live after the kinds of losses and tragedies people fear most. 

Chris Kokesh and I are coming up with a setlist, I'm charting out some new material for Enemies and heading to rehearsal tonight.  If music is healing-tainment, the 18th will be a sterling example.  We hope you'll join us.

Saturday, February 18th, 2012
Benefit Concert for Grief Watch & The Dougy Center Feat. Lincoln Crockett & Enemies w/ special guest Chris Kokesh - doors at 6, show at 7

 
The Old Church

Price: $15
To purchase tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/219801 

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Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
"Eagle Time" feat. Lincoln Crockett - 5:30 - 7:30
The White Eagle

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012
Lincoln Crockett & Nicolas Miranda - 6 - 8 pm
The Grant House

Thursday, March 1st, 2012
"Eagle Time" feat. Lincoln Crockett - 5:30 - 7:30
The White Eagle

Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
Hanz Araki w/ Lincoln Crockett - 7 pm
Crystal Hotel & Ballroom - Al's Den

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Thanks to everyone who spread the word to friends or already purchased tickets.  Don't wait to join them!

Peace & Be Well,
Lincoln

Tickets for the Josephoenix Memorial Benefit Concert for Grief Watch & The Dougy Center on February 18th are now on sale at Brown Paper Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/219801

Proceeds from the show go directly to support the work of Grief Watch and The Dougy Center.  Both organizations are priceless resources for people and families dealing with grief and loss.  Most of us already have - and all of us will - lose loved ones.  The impact of supportive groups like these cannot be understated.

I'm pleased to announce that Chris Kokesh will be the special guest opener for the evening's concert.  Any of you who have heard her song "Lucy" - seen here on YouTube - know that she has the right heart for the job.  Many of you have come to know and love this talented songwriter, fiddler, singer and guitarist with me over these past few years.  I'm delighted to have her there and will join her as part of the opening set as well.

Lincoln Crockett & Enemies will headline the event - this is music the way I hear and feel it: acoustic, electric, jazz, bluegrass, dynamic, virtuosic, improvised and limitless.  Enemies features my most frequent collaborators of the past few years - Jim McKeon on guitar, Peter Schwimmer on banjo & mandolin, Tyler Smith on bass, Andy Love on drums, and introducing Jeff Baxter on keys.  (Who knows, Chris might even add some harmony & fiddle, she's been known to do that sort of thing.)

This event is very close to our hearts musically and as a benefit show, but it is also a memorial for the one year anniversary of the birth and death of our son Joseph Phoenix. We have 300 tickets to sell and we want to sell them all. We hope to see you there and if you wouldn’t mind passing this email and word on to others in your community it would be greatly appreciated.

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Saturday, February 18th, 2012
Benefit Concert for Grief Watch & The Dougy Center Feat. Lincoln Crockett & Enemies w/ special guest Chris Kokesh - doors at 6, show at 7
The Old Church

Price: $15

Tickets are now on sale at Brown Paper Tickets:

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/219801

If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation big or small please make a check out to either The Dougy Center or Grief Watch and mail it to us at:

Lincoln & Alicia Crockett
5931 NE Davis St.
Portland, OR 97213 

FB Event Link:

http://www.facebook.com/events/329231023764239/

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Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
Lincoln Crockett - 6 - 8 pm
The Grant House

Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Lincoln Crockett w/ Jim McKeon - 7 - 10 pm
McMenamins Hotel Oregon

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I hope this LinkList finds you in good health and happy spirits!

Peace & Be Well,
Lincoln

Season's Greetings!  I must have been a good boy this year, 'cause for Christmas this year I'm getting 2012.  Here, share some:

In January I'm genuinely excited to be playing the Lighthouse Concert Series with the incomparable Beth Wood.  Beth is an award-winning, Eugene-based songwriter who has been featured on OPB's Oregon ArtBeat and a friend I've come to know and love from Sisters Songcamp.  She just lights up the stage with her 100 watt, barefoot self.  

We'll each be doing solo sets, and joining each other on a number or two.  This wonderful houseconcert series outside of Portland is going to be a great way to start off the year.  Hope you'll come join us for a special evening:

Saturday, January 14th, 2012
Lincoln Crockett, Beth Wood
Lighthouse Concert Series

Saturday, February 18th, 2012
Benefit Concert for Grief Watch & The Dougy Center Feat. Lincoln Crockett & Enemies - doors at 6, show at 7
The Old Church

Price: $15

January's Music Connection Workshop has filled up nicely, and there are only 3 slots left.  I'd love you to join us.  Get 2012 off to a musical start Thursdays Jan. 12, 19, 26, & Feb 2 at Sound Roots School of Modern Music.   Join me as we experience the magic and joy that is the art of music.

Reservations: 
Sound Roots School of Music
Call: 503-282-9999
Email: soundrootsms@gmail.com

FB Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/events/253254121394529/

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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Lincoln Crockett - 6 - 8 pm
The Grant House

Friday, January 13th, 2012
Redray Frazier, Lincoln Crockett & Enemies - 9:30 pm
The White Eagle

Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
Lincoln Crockett - 6 - 8 pm
The Grant House

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Best of the season to you and your family!  See you next year!

Peace & Be Well,
Lincoln

Over the years I have been blessed to play for a living, I've discovered that that hard-to-pin-down magic that inspired me to play music kid is universal.  

As a teacher at Sound Roots here in Portland, I see firsthand how much all music lovers hunger for that common feeling that makes music so amazing.  

So I'm excited to announce that I've created a special, one-of-a-kind, four-night workshop to do exactly that.  I hope you'll join me:

Thursdays, January 12, 19, 26 & Feb 2, 2012
Small Miracles - The Music Connection Workshop
Sound Roots School of Music

In this four-part dynamic workshop you’ll experience the kind of spontaneous, miraculous music making many people think is reserved for the greats.  Through instruction, examples, games and more you’ll have the chance to connect with the deep fundamentals that are the real magic of music.

The class is intended to help aspiring musicians find their strength, take experienced musicians to the next level, and improve everyone’s ability to feel and make music.  The exercises and group activities alone will improve every note you make.  Learn to find the groove, to let the solo take you, to play better with and for others, and much more.  Open to singers and instrumentalists of all levels and styles.

Four-Part Workshop Dates:
Thursdays Jan. 12, 19, 26, Feb 2 
7–9 pm

Cost: 
Sliding scale: $110–$160
 
Location:
Sound Roots School of Music
3954 N. Williams Ave 
Portland, OR. 97227

Reservations: 
Sound Roots School of Music
Call: 503-282-9999
Email: soundrootsms@gmail.com

Additional Q’s 
Call: 503-957-0151
Email: lincolncrockett@gmail.com

Limit: 10 people

Ages: 16 and up

FB Event Link:

http://www.facebook.com/events/253254121394529/

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A couple local places have invited me out before the holidays:

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
Lincoln Crockett w/ Jim McKeon - 7 - 9:30 pm
The Orenco Station Grill

Price: free

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
Lincoln Crockett - 6 - 8 pm
The Grant House

Price: free

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I'll be back after the holidays for more new music and shows in 2012.  I'll let you know what's hap'nen ASAP!  Meanwhile...

Peace & Be Well,
Lincoln

I too LOVE music, and I am blessed to be surrounded by remarkable musicians.  So the only way to follow the great time I had picking bluegrass at The Old Liberty Theater earlier this month is to go electric with Lincoln Crockett's SPB (aka Special People Brigade, the "Play In The Yard" band, and other things).  The next two Saturday nights you can join me doing exactly that.

Why? 1. exeptional musicians tearing up the page and playing beautiful, funky, danceable fusion, and 2. The White Eagle and The Trout Lake Country Inn are priceless hangouts we're lucky to have in the Pacific NW.  Be here now:

Lincoln Crockett's SPB - 9 pmThe White Eagle

836 N Russell St

Price: $7

Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
Lincoln Crockett's SPB - 9 pm
Trout Lake Country Inn

Price: $5
 

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Happy Fall, all.

Peace & Be Well,
Lincoln

Dan making it possible not only for me to devote more time to my family and healing practice, but he shares my vision for my career - regional, rooted, sustainable, enjoyable, remarkable - AND it just so happens is first cousin's with one of my oldest friends west of the Mississippi River.  What more can I ask for?

Thanks and welcome to the team, Dan!!

The organizers invited me to be the featured artist at a special show at the Old Liberty Theater on Friday, October 7th.  At 7 pm I'll kick it off with a solo/duo set trading off guitar and mandolin duties with guest picker Nicolas Miranda.  For the second set we'll be joined by fellow Cross-eyed Rosie alum Jason Mellow on bass and Peter Schwimmer on banjo. 

I first pulled together these three of Portland's finest bluegrass pickers in December 2010 and formed the project sometimes referred to as Bloom Out Inside.  Go ahead, say it: "Blue Mountainside", yeah, like that.  We call it 'Indie Chamber Bluegrass' and it is a whole ton of talent and real musical fun.  

Get your tickets now at the Old Liberty Theater Box Office, (360) 887-7260.

Friday, October 7th, 2011
An Evening with Lincoln Crockett, Feat. Nicolas Miranda, Peter Schwimmer & Jason Mellow - 7 pm

The Old Liberty Theater

Price: $18 in advance, $20 at the door

Old Liberty Theater Box Office, (360) 887-7260.

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Happy Fall, ya'll!

Peace & Be Well,
Lincoln