The Quarry Breakdown and Campout
An all-day-all-night party!
If it’s been awhile since you’ve been to a music festival or gone camping we’d like to invite you to the Portage Quarry on April 26th for The Quarry Breakdown and Campout. We will be the headlining band with five other groups playing before us. If you’ve never been to the Portage Quarry it is a beautiful setting for a festival on the south side of Bowling Green. You are more than welcome to bring your own food and beverages (no glass please) and spend the day relaxing with other music lovers. If you want to camp the price at the gate will be $25, if you just want to stay for the music the price is $15. For details on the band line-up and other details of the event please check out the website listed under "links" below.

TSL Featured on Radio April 23
WBGU 88.1 FM in Bowling Green, OH
WBGU 88.1 FM will be interviewing us about The Quarry Breakdown (see above) on Wednesday, April 23 from 4:00 to about 4:30pm.  We'll also be playing some live tunes - don't miss out!  Also, be sure to listen on this radio station (and others, hopefully!) for our advertisement for the Quarry Breakdown.  It will be featuring our own original jingle that may or may not show up on our next album.

TSL Joins Bluegrass Bash 2008 Line-up
Medford, Wisconsin, July 31 - August 2
Good news! We’ve been selected to play at the 2008 Bluegrass Bash in Medford, Wisconsin, so mark your calendars for July 31st – August 2nd, grab your cheese hats, and meet us there. The complete lineup hasn’t been released yet, but past artists include Leftover Salmon, The Del McCoury Band, Ricky Scaggs, and John Hartford, so we’re sure this year will be spectacular. Check out the link to their official website at the bottom of this newsletter. The time of our show is still hasn’t been decided yet, but we’ll let you know ASAP. See ya there!

3 Members of TSL Present at Midwest Society for Ethnomusicology Conferenc
4th Member Sleeps In
Liz, Julio and Mark all presented papers at this year's MIDSEM conference in Ypsilanti, Michigan.  They were alongside 16 other students and professionals who were also presenting original research.  Liz's paper is entitled "Grass Roots" Politics: Bluegrass and Newgrass Aesthetics as Expressions of Social and Political Activism.  It discusses the differences and similarities between bluegrass and newgrass and some reasons why they may appeal to different people.  Julio's paper, The Ox in the Concert Hall: Jazz Identity and La Création du monde, talks about jazz's influence on classical composer Darius Milhaud.  Mark's paper is, 'I Love This Bar': Working Class Expression Through Karaoke Song Selection.  Mark researched at Whiskey Dick's in Bowling Green and discusses how people identify with the karaoke songs they choose to sing.

April and May Upcoming Shows:
April 11: College recital, featuring the BGSU Jazz String Quartet with Liz. Bowling Green State University's Bryan Recital Hall.  Free admission, 2:30pm.
April 19: The Flying Bean at Levis Commons in Perrysburg, OH.  Free admission, acoustic show.
April 20: The Elbow Room in Ypsilanti, MI., 10:30pm.  Recommended donation $5.
April 23: Live radio show on WBGU 88.1FM in Bowling Green, OH.  4:00-4:30pm.
April 25: In front of the education building on BGSU's campus.  Free, acoustic set. 12-1pm.
April 26: The Quarry Breakdown and Campout, at the Portage Quarry in Portage, OH.  $15 for music, $25 includes camping.  Gates open at 1:00pm, close at 11:30pm.
May 3: The Village Idiot in Maumee, OH.  Small cover, 21+.
May 10: Coffee Amici in Findlay, OH.  Free admission.pm-1:

CD of the Month
by Mark

Courier by Richard Shindell. Shindell is one of the best songwriters of the last decade, and this live album highlights some of my favorite songs. His songs are all about characters: a WWI message courier, a truck driver, an illegal immigrant, a Civil War drummer boy. Each song introduces you to a person and lets you see the world through their eyes. This one of my top ten favorite albums all time. He has a number of videos on YouTube if you are interested in checking out some of his stuff.

Links:
The Student Loan's Official Website
Appalachian Uprising Information
Bluegrass Bash 2008 Information
The Portage Quarry
The Quarry Breakdown Information