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REVIEW: Lost Leaders / Byland @ The Falcon, 9/20/2024

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Give me one damn thing that’s true….

by Ree Miller

Well, the boys were back in town last night a short stay. Lost Leaders played the Falcon in Marlboro to a packed house of devoted followers and curios diners. IYKYK. The devoted are always ready to get lost on another musical adventure with our leaders, lost ‘tho they may seem. Any accidental diners got more than a great meal and a Friday night libation, last night.

The show was a soft launch of their latest collection, “Hungry Ghosts.” Their particular brand of cleverly phrased musings on the human condition employs musical sleight of hand aimed at drawing their audience into their curious world. Then bam! Before you know it, the trap is sprung and you are lost. Lost to the desire to figure out what they are talking about: Is it autobiographical? Who is it about? How did they twist the order of those words? How is it I understand them? They me? Where did those sounds and harmonics and beats come from and why do they work so well? (They’ve had me since 2015 and I’ve been in the Land of the Lost ever since.)

Joining Peter Cole and Byron Isaacs (The Lumineers and Ollabelle) were Will Bryant (The Restless Age and Night Flyers) on keys and Randy Schrager ( Jesse Malin’s band) wielding the sticks (usually handled by Lee Falco, currently on tour with Amos Lee). Cole is a guitarist’s guitarist. Part Metallica shredder, part jazz impresario, part ‘punkster’ (Check out “Lava Baby”). Cole, in combination with Isaacs’ able and anything but basic bottom bass line – sometimes electric like this concert; sometimes upright; and sometimes on “The Hydra” – support each other’s inventive lyrics, melodies, and harmonies to present modern Americana at its best.

The concert included: “Get Back Home” “Cherie La Rue” “Day Drinking” “Gone So Fast”

My favorites today among the new songs are:

“Cherie La Rue,” Isaacs’ subtle, metaphorical description of life on the road. To my mind, she’s depicted as a beautiful, beneficent/maleficent. One that is gluttonous and never sated, but a necessary evil to makers of music in the industry’s environment. Sprinkling his special brand of aural interpretation of road music is Cole, cranking on his axe to produce some choice overdrive tones, judicially applied. He paints with diagonal sonic lines like an old master adding excitement to their work of art. Such effects give you the apt impression that the road is likely to cheat on you; mow you down; gobble you up; and leave you in a heap a la a Steven King story. (Maximum Overdrive anyone?)

“Day Drinking,” Cole’s interesting thumbnail sketch of one person’s life in suburbia: bath robe, voyeurism, clutching one’s liquid of choice. It’s a clever tune delivered in Cole’s droll, dry, earnest delivery. It’s too short IMHO, though. Maybe the day drinker passed out. Cole shared with the audience, upon a moment of introspection, he thinks the story is about one who hit the lottery and doesn’t need to work, rather than one who is a wastrel. I can’t wait to pry the truth out of him in an
interview (hint hint).

I would be remiss if I did not write of the contributions of Bryant and Schrager. Aside from the newly released, the night included eleven selections from the Lost Leaders cannon. Bryant applied the tinkling and rhythm required of every song old or new. He also added his special brand of harmonies while sitting at the keyboards watching the leaders spin their yarns. Schrager more than kept time with his able drums and percussion, no mean feat having to learn another’s strokes and fills. He also leant his voice to harmonizes when called to serve. While I am used to seeing Falco in the best seat in the house, this follower appreciates his being called up to play along.

Opening the show was Alie Byland from Seattle, Washington, whose business card bears the marquee “Cinematic Indie-Rock.” It’s as good a mission statement as any for this new- to-me talent. Interspersed between her songs, Alie introduced herself and her husband/co-writer/merch-husband, the songs, her motivation, and the Lego dog head gifted her by a strangely perceptive child. Alie struck me as a un-quantifiable talent, the likes of which I have not heard. So let me try, ‘cause I like boxes: she struck me as a blend of Kate Bush on “Wuthering Heights” (her best song), Tori Amos on “Baker Baker,” with a subtle, shy bit of Jewel’s yodeling somewhere in there. I could have her all wrong, but I got her latest CD “Heavy for A While,” to see if I have her pegged. I’ll let you know! You can look her up at bylandmusic.com and where you swim in your music stream.

Meanwhile, Lost Leaders can be found next at Fete Lounge in Providence Rhode Island on Sept. 24; Spotlight at the Paramount in Huntington, Long Island on Sept. 26; Heaven Can Wait in New York City, on Oct. 1.; and Concerts in the Studio in Freehold, NJ on Oct. 26.

If you are unable to catch Lost Leaders, please find them where you stream your music or look them up at LostLeaders.net “Hungry Ghost” is there – so feed it and your head.

“Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival” – Part 2 @ Jennings Landing, 9/14/2024

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A nice day in Riverfront Park for the Jazz Festival. With Nate Smith, Matthew Whitaker, Snacktime, Melanie Charles, and Bright Dog Red.

 

Photography by Timothy Reidy.

 

 

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“Albany Riverfront Jazz Festival” – Part 1 @ Jennings Landing, 9/14/2024

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A nice day in Riverfront Park for the Jazz Festival. With Nate Smith, Matthew Whitaker, Snacktime, Melanie Charles, and Bright Dog Red.

Photography by Timothy Reidy.

 

 

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Raelyn Nelson – Xperience History

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Raelyn Nelson – Xperience History – by Rob Smittix.

RRX: How’s it going?

RN: It’s going okay. I’m in the band van riding to Wisconsin, we have a show there tomorrow.

RRX: Wisconsin, never been, I hear they have great cheese.

RN: Did you say shoes or cheese?

RRX: Choose.

RN: Choose, okay. I’ll have to get back to you on the shoes.

RRX: I’m sorry I had to cancel the first time I had a toothache, and I couldn’t even talk. So, I went to the hospital to get antibiotics and then I caught Covid, which I still currently have. It really sucks but last night, I decided because I can’t go anywhere and I can’t do anything, I’m just going to get wasted and when I woke up, I felt pretty good.

RN: That’s the cure then.

RRX: I’m a city boy, I didn’t really listen to country growing up, I wasn’t brought up with it. For years I didn’t even realize how much I love ‘real’ country music. You make ‘real’ country music and I really enjoy it.

RN: Thank you. I think with real country music, the songwriter experiences what they are writing about. It comes from something that has really happened and that’s what makes it a good country song.

RRX: I’m a punk rocker at heart. I don’t know if you realize that you have that element in your music or not, but I hear punk rock.

RN: That’s all JB (Jonathan Bright, guitar/vocals). Same kind of sorta thing with me, I grew up with all country influences, Christian and gospel tunes as well. Old country is all I grew up with, so I didn’t really get to experience much rock music until I met JB. His background is all rock. We met through a mutual friend. I was looking for a place to record some demos, he said he had a studio. So, I went over there and recorded little pieces of songs that I had. He said we should put a combo together. I always wanted to try a country thing. We started getting together, finishing the songs. The very first couple of songs we did were super country. Then we figured we should all just do what we’re good at. JB grabbed his rock band to play with us. Then we started leaning into his rock influences. Then we started writing. I would start out by writing a country tune and he would change some things and rock it up. We play with a rock band so that’s why you’re hearing all of that because it’s all there.

RRX: Well, I can certainly appreciate it. And oh my God, you had me cracking up. On YouTube the video for “Jam in the Van”, you opened up by saying “My Grandpa (Willie Nelson) is one of the most famous singer/songwriters of our time, so nobody really cares about my songs. I can’t even go the regular route and sleep my way to the top because eventually I’m going to get to my Grandpa and I don’t want to f**k my Grandpa.” You’re hilarious but I can imagine your grandfather is one of the most legendary musical talents in the history of the world, so no pressure there, right?

RN: I’m very proud of him and it is just making light of the industry and where I am in it. My Grandpa is the coolest and he always will be, there’s no way any of us are ever going to top him but I still wanna be just like him. He always told us to use humor to get through life. I don’t know if he’s even heard that joke, but I know he would laugh at it. It’s about having fun with life and not taking everything so seriously.

RRX: I definitely get that vibe from you. You seem like you’re a whole lot of fun to hang out with.

RN: I am a whole lot of fun to hang out with. Aren’t I guys? They did not respond at all.

(Both laugh)

RN: We’re just always trying to bring the party. We have so much to celebrate, we’re not dead yet. There’s a lot to be sad about, but why? You know? Let’s have fun, be happy and not dwell on the sad things. Because if we do, we’re just going to make ourselves sick. That’s what I do, I’ll end up just laying in bed and making myself sick if I just dwell on the sad things. I don’t want to be sick!

RRX: Yeah, I hear that!

RN: I guess that’s insensitive to say to someone that has Covid.

RRX: Just piggy backing on what you said, we’re still alive so let’s celebrate. You know?

RN: Yeah, I think that’s where it all came from anyway. Celebrate the end of the day when you made it through.

RRX: Absolutely. There’s something else I see you following in your grandpa’s footsteps besides music and that’s cannabis.

RN: Yes, technically on the board of The Tennessee Cannabis Coalition in Nashville. There’s not a whole lot that we’ve been doing right now because cannabis became federally legal and it’s just running rampant in Tennessee. It’s just a magic plant. Yes, I’m an activist for marijuana/cannabis and I’m super hopeful.

RRX: Alright. Well, I’m all for it. You’re right it is a miracle plant. What else is going on in your life?

RN: JB and I do a podcast called “Music is Funny”. Over the pandemic we started a podcast talking to comedians. When we’re on the road we only listen to stand-up comedy or comedy podcasts because we won’t agree on music. So, we were like maybe we can get them to talk to us since they’re not doing anything. We reached out to Doug Stanhope and he said yes. Once you get Doug Stanhope to say yes and do it a couple of times it’s pretty easy to get the other ones. We weren’t planning on doing it once things got going again but we like doing it so much we’re going to keep doing it as long as people want to hear it and as long as comedians keep saying yes.

So, we’re doing that and we just put out a new single “Free,” put out a video and now we’re working on doing a cover tune of Poppa Willy and Waylon’s “I Can Get Off on You” and we actually got comedian Joe Derosa to come do the drums on it.

Here’s the thing I’m doing now. I think I’ll do an original song and then a cover an original song and a cover and keep putting singles out. Maybe group them together at some point as an album but people want something so quickly and to put out quality songs in my opinion takes time and I want each song to get a lot of life. Plus, the one time we put out an album was November of 2019 and then the pandemic hit and I feel a lot of those songs didn’t get as much life as they could have. Couldn’t tour to support it. Anyway so, I want to do singles. I think I’ve got Doug Stanhope talked into “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas”.

RRX: Nice. Anything else you’d like to say to people out there?

RN: Enjoy your groceries and don’t be an assh****! And thanks for letting me ruin your Covid day and talk about sh*t.

 

 

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Nathan Meltz – Interview – Thanks for Asking!

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Nathan Meltz – Interview – Thanks for Asking! – by Liam Sweeny.

We reached out to Nathan Meltz to see what was up. This was what was up.

RRX: Music genres are difficult for some artists. Some strictly adhere; others not so much. What is your perspective on the genre you play, or the genres you hover around?

NM: Playing in a “concept” band that writes and plays songs about failed utopias allows us to play around with different genres. My song Emma Goldman jangles like a Bryds/Robyn Hitchcock mash-up. Nautilus, from my recent vinyl release “Tales of Failed Utopias from the Era of Victoria” is basically a country song. And at some point, for near every song I write, I WANT the song to sound like the Velvet Underground, but it ends up coming out like the Modern Lovers. Maybe this is all one genre….?

RRX: We all get a little support from those around us. And we also can be impressed by our fellow performers. Who do you admire in your community, and why?

NM: I love our capital region scene. A special shout-out goes to Shane (Sanchez) and everyone else who has contributed to making the Superdark Collective the most consistently interesting purveyor of music and performance around. And there is no lack of great local bands, especially the pop bands I’m really into, from the prolific projects of Steve Hammond, to Schenectady’s Nice Hockey, to the arty projects of Adam Tinkle.

I’ve also been lucky enough to have collaborated with a veritable who’s-who of local scene folks, including wunderkind electro-acoustic musician Connor Armbruster, bassists Chris Brown (Rabid Children, lots more) and Todd Bater (Electric Turtle), guitarist Mark Wolfe, singer/keyboardist Kim Tateo, drummers Dan Prockup (Pony in the Pancake) and David McDonald (Rabid Children, AMs, more). And those are just the local folks! I’ve been lucky to have a cross-state collaboration with guitarist/painter pal Richard Barlow, and an old friend and bandmate Brady Potts has contributed to EVERY House of Tomorrow release from his homebase in Los Angeles.

RRX: Cover art is cool. It shows listeners what the artist thinks the album is all about. Because music can be felt visually. If you had to give the public a visual image that you think they would see and just “get” your groove right away, what would it be?

NM: I mentioned above about my recent release “Tales of Failed Utopias from the Era of Victoria”. This LP has a suite of songs about utopian wallpaper designer, typographer, labor activist, speculative fiction writer, and occasional puncher of cops, William Morris. Also, there is one song about his wife, designer and model for Pre-Raphaelite painters, Jane Morris. For the LP cover, I took one of William Morris’ wallpaper designs and modified it with some crown-wearing royal skulls. For the LP text, I actually used Kelmscott, a typeface Morris designed. I thought the visuals were a nice reflection of the song concepts.

RRX: It’s a lot of fun living in the present, but we all collect memories and give birth to dreams. We’re talking dreams here. Where you see yourself next year? In the next five years?

NM: I think of my bands like music projects that have a linear and finite lifespan. There are songs written and recorded, collaborators invited to add their vision, a series of “exhibitions,” or shows, and then eventually all the ideas of the project are explored, and it’s time to move on to the next project. In a year, I wouldn’t be surprised if the House of Tomorrow is on the shelf for a bit while other ideas percolate. I really want to get back behind the drums and/or start a krautrock band. Or maybe inspiration will hit, and another House of Tomorrow record will be in the works. Most importantly, I’m interested in seeing ideas grow through taking creative risks. I’ll see where they take me.

RRX: Our style comes from the extension of our influences. It’s like an evolution. We’re influenced, and it inspires us to influence. What can you say about your influences, and what you feel you’ve done with their influence as a musician or band? Have you extended their work?

NM: I love the work of vernacular musicians, or folks I consider untrained or less-trained. I love a Moe Tucker who just starts banging away on a bass drum and snare to create the most important rhythm section in 20th century underground music. I love bubblegum pop. I love the New Zealand 4-track movement and the bands in the USA like Guided by Voices that followed in their footsteps. I want to hear the sound of fingers sliding over a fretboard, a squeaky bass-drum pedal, and other artifacts of humans making music. I love Bob Dylan, Dan Treacy, Ari Up, and everyone else who made great songs, couldn’t sing for shit, and didn’t let it stop them. I carry on this tradition by fronting a band while simultaneously not being able to sing or play guitar, and yet somehow having people come out to see us.

RRX: We let it out differently when we play music. The happy, sad, good and back; it can all be put out musically. Overall, do you feel better when you sing about the better times, or the worser times? Is there a difference you can describe?

NM: I have what I describe as a “sad tooth”. I love sad culture. Galaxy 500 and Low. Chris Ware comics and Kathe Kollwitz prints. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Grave of the Fireflies. Good art (and music) has conflict and emotions. I don’t really feel much personally when I am trying to nail a note, I’m mostly just trying to get the art right.

And while the songs I write can certainly be sad, they are the opposite of pessimistic. Sometimes they are funny. I just hope that they come across as somewhat meaningful songs performed by hopeful human beings.

 

 

 

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Tommy V Live / LV2 @ Spitzie’s, 9/12/2024

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Photography by Stephanie J Bartik.

 

 

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Jukebox – Music News Cuts – 9/20

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Jukebox

Jukebox.

Phish

Phish will be performing in Albany on October 25th, 26th, and 27th at the MVP Arena in Albany as a benefit to support Divided Sky, a residential recovery program created by Trey Anastasio and program director Melanie Gulde.

“As a person in recovery, I understand how valuable it is to individuals in early sobriety to have access to an inclusive, welcoming, and supportive community where they can begin to build a solid foundation for their new sober lives,” said Trey Anastasio. “At the Divided Sky Residential Recovery Program, our mission is to deliver supportive and compassionate programming with dignity and respect for individuals and their families affected by addiction. We do this by offering a safe environment for men and women to build the foundation necessary to live a productive, healthy, and sober life.”

Phish has already wrapped up their summer tour. This is in addition.

Morrisey

Is a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Would it? You’ll have to ask Morrisey, formerly of The Smiths. His ongoing feud with bandmate Johnny Marr has taken another turn, with Marr’s successfully trademarking the name “The Smiths,” allowing him to tour as the band with a new vocalist, cutting Morrisey out entirely.

A statement was put out by Morrisey, and it reads like this:

“J Marr has successfully applied for 100% trademark rights / Intellectual Property ownership of The Smiths name. His application has been accepted on whatever oaths or proclamations he has put forward. This action was done without any consultation to Morrissey, and without allowing Morrissey the standard opportunity of ‘objection’. Amongst many other things, this means that Marr can now tour as The Smiths using the vocalist of his choice, and it also prohibits Morrissey from using the name whilst also denying Morrissey considerable financial livelihood.

Morrissey alone created the musical unit name ‘The Smiths’ in May 1982.”

In a Forbes Interview, Kiss frontman Gene Simmons had this to say,

“Get rid of the guitar player and get somebody else. Nobody cares. They just want to hear the songs. I keep saying this over and over again. If you go down the street, and with all due respect to Johnny Marr, you go down the street and ask the general person, “Who’s Johnny Marr?” they won’t know who you’re talking about.

[Hypothetically], saying no to $100 million dollars would be lunacy. What other job would pay you that!? Unless you’re willing to break your back and play football or something…”

The Cure

The Cure is releasing an album, but in true Halloween style, is going with a mysterious, spooky run up. The album, “Songs of a Lost World, are comsidered very doom and gloom, and have seen cool hints like black postcards sent to select fans that have the drop date in Roman numeral only visible in a blacklight.

Two dongs have already dropped, “And Nothing Is Forever” and “I Can Never Say Goodbye.”

“Before I used to write about stuff that I thought I understood,” Smith told NME. “Now I know I understand it. The lyrics I’ve been writing for this album, for me personally, are more true. They’re more honest. That’s probably why the album itself is a little bit more doom and gloom. I feel I want to do something that expresses the darker side of what I’ve experienced over the last few years – but in a way that will engage people…the working title was Live From the Moon, because I was enthralled by the 50th anniversary of the Apollo landing in the summer. We had a big moon hanging in the studio and lunar-related stuff lying around. I’ve always been a stargazer.”

David Gilmour

David Gilmour and Roger Waters have been embroiled in a classic feud, or perhaps what could be considered a cold war. Waters left the group over forty years ago, and the war of words has still gone on strong.

Gilmour sent a tweet calling out Waters’ alleged antisemitism, saying to Mojo, “was boiling up. … It had to come out – and I have no regrets about it. No regrets whatsoever.”

On Waters’ end, he called a Ukraine protest song song released by Gilmour and drummer Nick Mason  “content-less [and] flag waving.”

Gilmour noted that his relationship with Waters was “wearisome” after Waters released a 2023 remake of The Dark Side of the Moon.

Subway Jackin – The Weird Part of the Internet

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Subway Jackin

Subway Jackin – The Weird Part of the Internet – by Liam Sweeny.

Did you ever just want to do a joyride? Me and my friend were about fourteen, and we “borrowed” the car of his passed out mother during a sleepover and we hit Latham and Colonie. It’s a wonder we didn’t get caught at 3 in the morning, but the cool thing about being a kid is that unless you really screw up, kill somebody or a substantial B&E, they’ll just get your parents. So we didn’t get caught, and my parents thus unalerted.

Imagine joyriding a subway car in New York? A pair of teenagers, a teenage girl and a teenage boy, hopped an empty subway car at the Briarwood subway station and joyrode it far enough to crash it into a parked train, where they took off.

The 17 year-old girl was found and charged with criminal mischief and reckless endangerment. Can you charge for grand-theft auto on something like this? Guess not.

So my question is; how easy are these cars to start? Are one of those kids’ parents subway engineers? Was it a case of a teen rebelling from the family business? Or did they happen to find a dusty manual in their school library?

And how far did they actually get? Did they say anything like “Vive New York!” when caught? I feel like there is a much bigger story here.

Kids these days, not just happy to tag the subways, now they gotta steal them. Hey, maybe they were bringing it to ta place to get tagged? Or maybe they had already tagged it, and were driving it to get the spray paint to dry quicker?

Yeah, definitely the tip of the iceberg here. I may have to go down to New York to catch an interview or two. Maybe take an Amtrack down there. Tell the conductor I need the full experience. He takes a powder, I take over.

 

 

 

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INTERVIEW: Alexis Stefanacci of Old McDonald Roadhouse

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Interview by Joshua Scarselli.

Everyone knows the Troy Farmers Market. Not everyone knows we have one right here in Albany. Running during the summer through September you can visit the Washington Park Farmers Market for a wide range of products and services. From clothing and fresh bread to massages, candles and tarot card readings, there’s something for everyone at the Washington Park Farmers  Market.

Alexis Stefanacci is a vendor at the farmers market. She owns Old McDonald Roadhouse where she sells candles and does tarot reading. Alexis sat down to tell us a little about her business and what she does.

RRX: Let’s start by telling us a little about yourself.

AS: I am a wearer of many hats. I’d like to say I do it all because I am a Mother, Wife, Nurse, Childbirth Educator, Vet Tech, Candle Maker, Tarot Card Reader and Yoga Instructor.

I am dedicated to nurturing, healing, and guiding through multiple facets of life. Passionate about creating, educating, and empowering others on their journeys while exploring the intersections of wellness, creativity, and family life.

RRX: How did you decide to open a candle business?

AS: I was having a hard time finding a soy candle that burned well and had a great scent throw. I was in nursing school during the pandemic and it started as a hobby.  I began trialing a few different types of wax and fragrance combos and eventually created a candle that I loved. Soon, I found myself laid off from work and decided to sell candles as a way to make some money to get by.

RRX: How long have you been making candles for?

AS: I started playing around with the idea in the Summer of 2020 and officially started selling candles in 2021.

RRX: Can you explain a little about your process?

AS: I created candles from soy wax that is melted. Once it reaches the appropriate temperature, I add the fragrance oil, pour the wax, and let it cure for two weeks before burning. This time allows the fragrance and the wax to bind together for optimal scent throw.

RRX: How are soy candles superior to other types?

AS: I use a proprietary blend of premium soy wax that is able to withstand high shelf temperatures and clean burning oils. Soy wax is created from soybeans and paraffin wax is a byproduct of crude oil making soy wax a more eco-friendly choice. The fragrance oils I use are free from toxins and safer for people and pets.

RRX: What are your favorite scents?

AS: I love so many scents that’s why I always have a large selection. My favorite for the fall is Macintosh. It is fresh and fruity and smells exactly like a crisp apple on a beautiful fall day.

RRX: Where can people buy your candles?

AS: I take orders through my website and ship anywhere the mail goes (www.OldMcDonaldRoadhouse.com). For in person purchasing, I am at the Washington Park Farmer’s Market on Saturdays throughout September, the Upper Madison Street Fair, and other seasonal pop-up events.

RRX: How did you decide to incorporate tarot into your business?

AS: I have been reading for friends and family for years and decided to start offering readings to the public this year. The farmer’s market seemed like a good place to see if there was interest and it has been working so far.

RRX: What types of reading and spreads do you use?

AS: I do all kinds of readings but most people do not have a specific question for the tarot but rather just want to see what comes up. I mostly use deck’s based off of Rider Waite Smith but have also studied the Thoth deck.

For spreads, I use the Celtic Cross most often, followed by three card spreads, the tree of life, and a technique known as the opening of the key which is a really in depth and long tarot reading.

RRX:  What approach do you take with reading? Are you more traditional where you take the common meaning of the cards or do you read what they say in the moment of the reading?

AS: I am a divinator who incorporates traditional meanings of the cards with my intuition. There are many layers to the cards that go beyond the traditional meanings and include numerology, astrology and more.

RRX: What decks do you prefer to read with and which is your favorite?

AS: I prefer to read cards that are based off of the Rider Waite Smith deck. My favorite is the Light Seers Tarot, followed by Druid Craft Tarot and Golden Tarot.

RRX: How long have you been reading and what first got you into it?

AS: I have been reading since Middle school, but very irregularly and then more frequently in college and even more regularly in the past several years. I was first drawn to tarot after watching The Craft when I was younger. I have gotten some really great readings that inspired me to go deeper into my studies.

RRX: Where can people have them read for you?

AS: Currently, I read at the Farmers  Market and other pop-up events. Soon, virtual (zoom) bookings will be available through my site. If interested in booking a private in-person session, people can always reach out via my website.

You can find Alexis at the Washington Park Farmers Market September 21 & 28. She will also be at the Upper Madison Street Fair on September 29. If you can make it to one of these events you can buy her candles and reach her for a private reading at www.OldMcDonaldRoadhouse.com.

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