http://hughmoffatt.com/news.html Hugh Moffatt: News Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:07:49 -0700 http://hughmoffatt.com/news.html#33
I've just added a show at Douglas Corner Cafe in Nashville. Details are on the calendar page. It's an early evening one hour show starting at 6:30PM on Friday, August 6.

Then I head to the Boston area.

Hope to see you somwhere!

----- Hugh]]> http://hughmoffatt.com/news.html#33 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 The Way Love Is - Hugh Moffatt - News http://hughmoffatt.com/news.html#32
I've got a couple of shows coming up this summer. I'll do a happy hour at Douglas Corner Cafe in Nashville, about a 70 minute set, either Aug 6 or Aug 13, hasn't been decided yet.

Then I'll do a similar set in a House Concert setting in Woburn, MA on Thursday, August 26. The information is on my calendar page.

Some other things may be in the works. Hope to see you!

- Hugh]]> http://hughmoffatt.com/news.html#32 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 The Way Love Is - Hugh Moffatt - News http://hughmoffatt.com/news.html#31
Katy and I have two shows together in Ohio at the end of May.

They are May 28 in Columbus and May 29 in Cleveland.

Also I am doing a benefit songwriter's concert in Franklin, TN. It benefits the Montessori School of Franklin. Three other writers (all great!) there also.

You will find all the details on the calendar page.

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Also to note a sad and significant transition. Kelvin Henderson, British country music singer, bandleader, promoter, radio personality, and one of the major forces in bringing American songs and songwriters into Britain for the last 30 years, died recently after a long illness. I'm proud that Kelvin was a friend of mine.

He will be missed by everyone who knew him. All my best thoughts, wishes, and prayers to his family and friends across the pond.

------- Hugh]]> http://hughmoffatt.com/news.html#31 Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700 The Way Love Is - Hugh Moffatt - News http://hughmoffatt.com/news.html#30
Once again I'll be the featured writer for the Bluebird Writers Night on Sunday, March 28.

Details are on my Calendar page. Hope I can see you there!

- Hugh]]> http://hughmoffatt.com/news.html#30 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800 The Way Love Is - Hugh Moffatt - News http://hughmoffatt.com/news.html#29
Last Fall, just before my trip to England, Michael Ching and I collaborated on a new English translation of Gluck's classic opera, Orpheus and Euridice.

Opera Memphis will present this (a premier of sorts) January 22-24 and 29-31 at the Opera Memphis headquarters. It is a novel presentation, not just because of our new translation of the libretto, but also because there will be three versions each weekend. Each Friday, Orpheus will be sung by a countertenor. On Saturdays, it will be a tenor, and on Sundays, a mezzo-soprano dressed as a man. All three are common options for the role, since we no longer have Castrato tenors for which the role was originally written, but this may be the first time a production has been done with all three alternating. There has been some international attention because of this.

If you will be in the area, call Opera Memphis (901) 257-3100 or visit their website for more information. I will attend the performances on Jan 22 and 23. If you are there, please say hello.

Happy New Year to all!

- Hugh

Nashville, TN]]> http://hughmoffatt.com/news.html#29 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800 The Way Love Is - Hugh Moffatt - News http://hughmoffatt.com/news.html#28
One of the other passengers commented, "I'm glad I'm not getting off here". I agreed, but from the security of the train it was great!

Four dates shared with my sister, Katy, one shared with British Country Music legend, Tony Goodacre, one shared with my old friend Alan West and band, one special performance of "Songs From the Back of the Church" at the All Hallows church in London, and the train ride through Devon---highlights of a great and memorable two weeks.

It had been almost 15 years since my last time in England, so thank you to all my friends who remembered and came out. I hope it is not so long till I am back again, and I can also hope that you will welcome me then as warmly as you did this time.

Thanks also to the promoters and stage managers who made each performance a simple task for me of plugging in and singing.

If I missed you this time, see you down the road!

-Hugh]]> http://hughmoffatt.com/news.html#28 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800 The Way Love Is - Hugh Moffatt - News http://hughmoffatt.com/news.html#27
Hope to see you if you're in the area,

- Hugh]]> http://hughmoffatt.com/news.html#27 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 The Way Love Is - Hugh Moffatt - News http://hughmoffatt.com/news.html#26
The dates for my November tour in England are now set. I start on November 9 in Yorkshire and finish on November 17 in London.

The shows include several with my sister, Katy Moffatt, a shared performance with English country music legend, Tony Goodacre (perhaps his last professional show before retiring!), and the first ever performance outside of the US of "Songs From the Back of the Church".

The latter will be my last performance of the tour and will take place at the All Hallows by the Tower church, by the Tower of London, on the Thames River in London. This famous old church is rich with history, including Samuel Pepys viewing the London fire from the church tower in 1666.

Please view my Calendar page for all the details.

As always, if you can't make it to one of these shows, please send someone in your place!

See you down the road,

-Hugh
Nashville
September 19, 2009]]> http://hughmoffatt.com/news.html#26 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700 The Way Love Is - Hugh Moffatt - News http://hughmoffatt.com/news.html#25
New upcoming dates are on the Calendar page. They include most of the details of my November tour of England (many dates with my sister, Katy Moffatt). I also have the featured writer's spot on Sunday, July 26, at the Bluebird Cafe here in Nashville.

Hope to see you down the road,

- Hugh]]> http://hughmoffatt.com/news.html#25 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 The Way Love Is - Hugh Moffatt - News http://hughmoffatt.com/news.html#24
The show at the Bluebird with Hunter Moore, Brent Moyer, and Tom Kimmel was great.

My good friend and co-writer, John Peppard, was in town from England. I asked him to join me to do our song, "Give Them Wings". It was the one song we didn't get to when we did my last Bluebird show a couple of years ago, so it felt like completing that show.

I introduced him as a Grammy Award Winning writer, so of course he had to stick around and do "In Another's Eyes", which he wrote with Garth Brooks and Bobby Wood. What isn't so well known about that song is that he got the idea from Shakespeare. It comes from a line in As You Like It. "Oh! how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes."

The bard lives on in country music!

See you down the road! (Maybe in England this fall. I've added some show dates to my calendar. Only preliminary information. I'll add more details later)

- Hugh]]> http://hughmoffatt.com/news.html#24 Sat, 09 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 The Way Love Is - Hugh Moffatt - News