Summer is all about rejuvenation and re-focusing. After a thrilling week of viola da gamba and baroque cello at Oberlin's Baroque Performance Institute , Amy headed to Inner Ear Studio to begin working on the third Garland of Hours album. This next recording will mesh old and new sounds and even some viola da gamba! Stay tuned for some sneak peaks.

We have some shows coming up in Baltimore and DC in June/July, check out the Shows page for details. Hope to see you there! In other news, hoping to record eight new songs for a new record this summer. Where does the time go?

My longtime friends Shortstack have released their third full-length album, titled Please Leave My Mind. The boys have a lovely and gritty sound comprised of stand up bass, ringing male vocal harmonies, and lush guitars. I play cello on the song "Reckless and Alive". Check it out here!

It's hard to fathom that this record came out 10 years ago.
A very kind review from Tome To the Weather Machine.


Overlooked Classics 2000-2009

Telegraph Melts Illium (Absolutely Kosher, 2000)

Sometimes experiments should remain as experiments. But sometimes a haphazard, seemingly anachronistic genre blending coalesces in such a way that it begs to be heard. Telegraph Melts was a one-off project between Amy Domingues (cello) and Bob Massey (electric guitar) that meld ponderous guitar lines with a thunderous electric cello and sparse drumming from Devin Ocampo of Faraquet. The electric cello can be heavy, like really heavy. Throw some distortion on that thing and it has some serious bite. In each tension filled composition, Amy’s beautiful lilting notes give way to manically bowed bursts of jaw dropping metal like riffs. The electric guitar has finally been upstaged! Sometimes the tracks wander a little too much for their own good, only to be pulled in by Ocampo’s steady time-keeping and Domingues/Massey’s lines circling each other like hungry wolves.

DC/Baltimore shows
Garland of Hours will be playing as a duo at the Hookstrapped Photo Show on Fri. Dec 4 at Cyclops Books and Music in Baltimore.
and with The Formers at Galaxy Hut in Arlington, Va on Sunday Dec. 13.

Goat City House Concert Series No. 1
Monday, Nov 2, 8 pm

Jozef Van Wissem [NL], lute and electronics
Amy Domingues, solo viola da gamba
Fern Knight acoustic set [harp, cello, violin, guitar, vox]

The Ski Lodge, Arlington, VA
$10, limited fireside seating
reservations: magpie@fernknight.com
mulled cider and wine, byob, light snacks


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We have a last minute show as a duo appearing at the Rock and Roll Hotel opening for A Hawk and a Hacksaw and Damon and Naomi on Sunday, September 20. 8:30pm.
Come say hi!

Amy has been preparing a recital of 17th century English music on her new favorite instrument, the viola da gamba. While this is taking up much of her musical time, the next Garland of Hours album will incorporate some of these new sounds. The viola da gamba is a sort of ancestor of the cello. It has 6 or 7 strings and frets and is held between the knees and played with an underhanded bow. The sound is wistfully resonant. It was mainly used in the 16-17th centuries and fell from popularity as the louder violin family instruments became more in demand.

Hi! we are getting ready to head to Europe to play some music and visit some family. We will be in Feldkirch, AT at the Sonderbar with the excellent Fucoustic on June 24, then a possible house concert in Zell an der Pram sometime around June 28 or 29. We will try to update from the road.

The rest of the summer will be dedicated to recording the third Garland of Hours record. It will incorporate a full band (Mary Timony, Jonah Takagi, Stefan Bauschmid, Amy Domingues) as well as more soundscapey instrumental stuff. Look for a DC show sometime at the end of summer.

Cheers!

Amy will be joining one of her favorite songwriters,  Bob Mould, for an acoustic set at the Birchmere in Alexandria on April 7, 2009. They'll be playing tunes from his past several solo records, including the very cello-heavy Workbook album.

Garland of Hours will be performing as a duo in Europe starting June 21, 2009. We are hoping to cover cities in Germany and Austria this trip, so if you'd like us to stop in your town please drop a line here. Tchuss!

Amy is playing cello on tour with her friend Benjy Ferree in support of the new record Come Back to the Five and Dime, Bobby Dee Bobby Dee.
Tour dates below:
Feb 19 2009 8:30P        TT the Bear’s Place Cambridge, Massachusetts
Feb 20 2009 8:00P        The Bell House Brooklyn, New York
Feb 21 2009 9:00P        M Room Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 22 2009 7:00P        Thunderbird Cafe Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Feb 23 2009 8:00P         Beachland Tavern Cleveland, Ohio
Feb 24 2009 8:00P        The Pike Room Pontiac, Michigan
Feb 25 2009 8:30P         Schubas Chicago, Illinois
Feb 26 2009 8:00P        Northside Tavern Cincinnati, Ohio
Feb 27 2009 8:00P        The Summit Columbus, Ohio
Feb 28 2009 9:00P        Black Cat (Record Release!) Washington, DC