Special Music Business Workshop in Eugene
June 23rd, 2014 • Chico Schwall • Imagine Nation
Dear Friends, If you work in the business of music, this is for you. Musician, author and educator Dick Weissman will present a workshop next… Read More
Folksinger, songpoet and multi-instrumentalist Chico Schwall plays more music on more instruments than anyone ought to do.
He has sung at Labor gatherings, played in pit bands, directed folk song camps for kids, designed music for plays, fiddled for contra dances, guested with orchestras, released three albums of original music and performed at festivals, clubs and venues of every stripe.
Born in Illinois, currently resident in Oregon, he rambles the Northwest with the Low Tide Drifters, hosts a weekly Irish music session, curates a concert series called "Chico Schwall's American Roots," teaches Everything with Strings at the Shedd Institute for the Arts and travels, mostly by rail, to sing and play all over the country.
His songwriting reflects his colorful musical upbringing, and suggests that there IS enough to go around, that we CAN figure out how to make it work better, that history matters and that hearts can heal.
June 23rd, 2014 • Chico Schwall • Imagine Nation
Dear Friends, If you work in the business of music, this is for you. Musician, author and educator Dick Weissman will present a workshop next… Read More
August 6th, 2013 • Chico Schwall • Imagine Nation
Dear Friends, Been a while. Summer has not been in the hammock, but has in fact been racing along for me. July is a blur:… Read More
December 7th, 2012 • Chico Schwall • Imagine Nation
Dear Friends, “Now that the leaves are gone the sky is so much closer, And when the moon is down all the stars are clear.”… Read More
April 30th, 2012 • Chico Schwall • Imagine Nation
A couple of weeks ago I burned my hand on the oven. Moving too fast and not paying attention. It got pretty ugly at first… Read More
January 25th, 2012 • Chico Schwall • Imagine Nation
Here we are, almost a month into 2012 and people I meet are still saying Happy New Year. I’m not surprised, really. I don’t usually… Read More
December 19th, 2011 • Chico Schwall • Imagine Nation
Days are getting shorter, and I feel us rushing into winter, blown like leaves. On the 21st it will be the dark of the moon… Read More
December 3rd, 2011 • Chico Schwall • Imagine Nation
Dear Friends, Welcome to Imagine Nation, where I’ll try to keep up with news and comments on the way it all Looks From Here. Fall… Read More