Raven Rocks House Concert Series

11/08/2024

Folks are really helping out! yay! Lets keep it going!!!

Reaching out now to the village! Let's come together to help out Mama Kate and … Lisa Lillie needs your support for Help Mama Kate and Papa Glen Get a Car

11/07/2024

Coming to Raven Rocks in 2025 - and more still in the works. Matt the Electrician, James Lee Stanley, The Real Sarahs, Aiken, Meade and Wegner..and more. 🎼

Enjoy a quality listening experience in the beautiful outdoor stage amphitheater We are committed to providing a sublime listening experience Our series is registered through the Folk Alliance House Concerts as a member of Folk Alliance. We hold concerts primarily in Spring and Summer averaging

10/31/2024

Again, the powerful words and music by Sarah Bareilles. Seriously. (Also check out her song St. Honesty)
https://www.facebook.com/sarabareilles/videos/10153813254241432/

10/31/2024

Elon, if we must as you say, "Live Honestly" and you would like to cut basically all of our government spending, then how about you pay back the $19 billion your Space X has received from the U.S. government since 2008.

10/28/2024

My heart just sank, inexplicably sad that the ATLAS comet will never come back, just swallowed by the sun.

Sunspot number: 157 What is the sunspot number? Updated 26 Oct 2024 Spotless Days Current Stretch: 0 days 2024 total: 0 days (0%) 2023 total: 0 days (0%) 2022 total: 1 day (

10/27/2024

Lets keep this ball rolling for Kate and Glen! Thanks everyone.

Reaching out now to the village! Let's come together to help out Mama Kate and … Lisa Lillie needs your support for Help Mama Kate and Papa Glen Get a Car

10/25/2024

https://gofund.me/c41e59c5

Reaching out now to the village! Let's come together to help out Mama Kate and … Lisa Lillie needs your support for Help Mama Kate and Papa Glen Get a Car

10/23/2024

Witness for the Prosecution

by Bill Kristol

John Kelly has stepped up.

The retired Marine general, and Donald Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff, has amplified his previous warnings about Trump’s unfitness for the presidency. In new, recorded interviews with the New York Times, as well as in a discussion with the Atlantic, Kelly provides some of his most wide-ranging comments yet about Trump’s dictatorial aspirations (“He certainly prefers the dictator approach to government”) and the ex-president’s utter contempt not just for military service but for the Constitution and the rule of law.

As a former senior military officer, Kelly explained he was not endorsing any candidate. But he also said “it’s a very dangerous thing to have the wrong person elected to high office.” He has certainly made it clear that Trump is that wrong person.

Do read—and listen to—the whole thing.

Will Kelly’s new comments make a difference? Given that half the American public has been stubbornly resistant for years to facing up to Trump’s manifest unfitness for office, maybe not.

On the other hand, Kelly might very well make a difference. Here’s why.

The Democratic polling and messaging firm Blueprint recently tested the effectiveness of several closing messages for the Harris campaign. (This was before Kelly’s new remarks.) Here’s one message the group put before voters:

Donald Trump doesn’t have the character it takes to be president. He’s erratic and can’t control himself. He denied the results of an election just because he lost and is a threat to the fundamental American principle of democracy. He instigated a riot at the Capitol that left three police officers dead.

This general (and true) statement barely moved the needle on voters’ preferences. It presumably simply sounds like a reiteration of things voters have heard before.

What did move the needle was this message:

Nearly half of Donald Trump’s Cabinet have refused to endorse him. When Trump learned during the Capitol riot that his supporters were threatening to kill his own vice president, he said ‘so what?’ and refused to do anything to assure the vice president was safe. Republican governors, senators, and House members have all said the same thing: We can’t give Trump another four years as president.”

As soon as the message turned from an abstract argument against Trump into an unambiguous case that Trump’s own former allies were making against him, it became the single most persuasive line tested by Blueprint. It was stronger even than abortion rights and Social Security. In other words, hearing about Trump’s unfitness from people who worked with him, and from Republicans one would expect to defend him, seems to make a difference.

I think the takeaway here is pretty obvious: Voters have become inured to many shocking things about Trump, but maybe the one thing that can shake them out of that torpor is people who knew or worked with Trump stepping up to make the case from their own experience.

The messenger matters as much as the message.

And Kelly is a unique messenger. He chose to join the Trump administration, first as homeland security secretary, then as chief of staff. He worked as closely with Trump as president as anyone. As he says, he agreed with some of Trump’s policies. He is a highly respected retired military officer.

I doubt there’s a more convincing messenger to those still uncertain of their vote. I don’t believe there’s a better closing witness against Trump. I hope the Harris campaign puts real effort and money behind amplifying Kelly’s statement as much as possible, including in paid media.

Kamala Harris was a prosecutor. She knows that a prosecutor can assemble evidence and make assertions. But she also knows that a witness can testify to things he’s seen with his own eyes. And she knows that some witnesses have more credibility and impact than others. She knows that you want your closing witness to be your strongest.

As this campaign draws to a close, Kelly is now the strongest witness for the prosecution.

We’re the jury in this thing, which means we get a say in what kind of country we’ll have.

10/10/2024

ELECTRIC CURRENTS ARE FLOWING THROUGH THE GROUND: Electrical currents are flowing through rocks and soil in the United States in response to today's geomagnetic storm. Red zones in this map from NOAA show where the geoelectric voltages are highest:

10/10/2024

THE CME HAS ARRIVED, AND THE STORM HAS BEGUN: The CME launched by Tuesday's X-flare has just reached Earth. It appears to be as potent as advertised. Solar wind speeds jumped up to 750 km/s, and a crack is opening in Earth's magnetic field. A geomagnetic storm is underway with an intensity currently fluctuating between G2 (Moderate) and G4-class (Severe). If it is dark where you are, be alert for auroras! Aurora alerts: SMS Text

10/08/2024

Get your tickets now to the final concert in the series for Women Making Music. Tickets will be sold at the door, but you can get them in advance here:

The final in the series of Women Making Music. Benefit, featuring regional women singer songrwriters. Followed by a Q&A on their craft.

10/05/2024

Go! Yes! Wonderful band that Raven Rocks was honored to present -when they were young and unknown!

This is hard to believe. For the second year in a row, we're on the Recording Academy / GRAMMYs Awards ballot... and this time, in 4 categories (!!)

GRAMMY voting members, we'd be honoured if you'd consider voting for us. As a completely independent band, it's wild enough to get on the ballot.. much less if we were to be nominated!

Huge thanks to the team that made this possible:
- Matt Leigh: production, mixing, engineering
- Grant Wilson: engineering
- Chris Kearney: drums, percussion
- Tom West: co-writing & second vocal on "Undertow"
- Maurício Gargel audio mastering: mastering
- Derik Hobbs Illustration: album artwork
- Symphonic Distribution: digital distribution
- Nichole Peters: management & PR
- The Sound Emporium: recording studio
.. as well as our Kickstarters, followers, and everyone else that has supported us. Wish us luck 🤞🥹 round 1 of voting opens TODAY!

10/05/2024

I proud to say that the moment I heard them, I had to bring them to Raven Rocks! What a night. They deserve at least one Grammy! Huzzah to South for Winter. Now Grammy voters! Vote for them!

This is hard to believe. For the second year in a row, we're on the Recording Academy / GRAMMYs Awards ballot... and this time, in 4 categories (!!)

GRAMMY voting members, we'd be honoured if you'd consider voting for us. As a completely independent band, it's wild enough to get on the ballot.. much less if we were to be nominated!

Huge thanks to the team that made this possible:
- Matt Leigh: production, mixing, engineering
- Grant Wilson: engineering
- Chris Kearney: drums, percussion
- Tom West: co-writing & second vocal on "Undertow"
- Maurício Gargel audio mastering: mastering
- Derik Hobbs Illustration: album artwork
- Symphonic Distribution: digital distribution
- Nichole Peters: management & PR
- The Sound Emporium: recording studio
.. as well as our Kickstarters, followers, and everyone else that has supported us. Wish us luck 🤞🥹 round 1 of voting opens TODAY!

07/21/2023

Hang in there folks! Raven Rocks House Concert Series has been busy working on the outdoor stage and venue. Meaning that outdoor concerts are a no go this year. BUT, we will be bringing you two very special artists in October and November! Finalizing the details now, stay tuned! Email me at [email protected] to get on the email list for updates.

05/10/2023

You loved them when they played at Raven Rocks. Support their project so we can continue to listen in bliss.

Release, marketing, and promotion of folk-rock trio South for Winter's sophomore full-length album, Of Sea and Sky.

03/19/2023

Maia Sharp showing off her chops as a singer songwriter. What a treat to Have this beautiful and talented Soul in the house. Gonna see her in May when she opens for Bonnie Raitt in Athens Georgia hanging with Witchy Watcher

02/28/2023

Maia Sharp Coming March 18th to Raven Rocks. Doors Open at 6:00 PM. Check this out, her she is doing it with Bonnie Raitt.
I am really excited to finally get her here. Check out the events page. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdvUk58pTQs