Rustic Riders

We had a wonderful summer playing for you at Farmers Markets across the North Country and the Lake Clear Lodge, raising funds for the Saranac Lake Food Pantry and the Upper Saranac Lake Foundation at a concert at the historic Church of the Ascension in Saranac Inn, singing “Come Dance with Me” as the sun was setting in Oxbow as Beulah Walruth danced with her friend and playing to a standing room only crowd at the restored Durant Church at St. Williams at Long Point We also figured out how to track where…

Rustic Riders July 2012 News June was wonderful. Greetings to our new friends from our adventures at Will Rogers, Russell Opera House and White Pine Camp. We really enjoyed playing for you! Thanks for singing along! We helped raise funds for some stage lighting at Will Rogers. We reveled in the wonderful acoustics at Russell and were surprised by some folks who traveled some distance to enjoy it. Thank you David Katz for the photo in this month

It was snowing this morning in Coreys A big thank you to everyone who came out to listen and support Earth Day events! We look forward to seeing you in the coming months. If you would like us to play for your event or house concert, let us know Free Downloads for May: In honor of Mothers Day: Another In honor of Memorial Day: We Remember 4/29/12 Coffee House: Lisa will host a Coffee House-Open Mic at the Paul Smith’s VIC Sunday April 28, 2012 at 6:00. Free to Paul Smith’s College community. $5.00…

The Springing Times Rustic Riders April 2012 News The water in Coreys is exceptionally low this year as compared to the record highs of last year. Go figure! As I write it’s a glorious day full of music and hope. In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day this month, we are offering a free download of our “Song of Hope” from our CD “Among These Hills” (Just click on Song of Hope to get it!) After some physical limitations this winter, it’s great to be playing music with folks again. We had a great time…

Wishing everyone peace and joy in the New Year Among These Hills for Sale We’re excited to share our new CD “Among These Hills” with you. We recorded again with Dan Duggan who also arranged and plays on it. Bill Chamberlain adds his gourmet mandolin, mandola and banjo, Henry Jankiewicz plays some tasty fiddle and Sue Grimm intones some fantastic flute! Lisa sings plays guitar and cello and Klaus adds the beats. It’s an eclectic mix of folk styles. The physical CD has a great cover by Caitlin Meissner.…

Our second CD Among These Hills is now on CD Baby. You can get a physical disc through them or by emailing us. It's also available at Ampesound in Saranac Lake and Hoss' Country Store in Long Lake.

Our new CD Among These Hills is here. Still waiting for it to get added to CD Baby, iTunes, etc. so people can order. We have some at local stores and you can order a copy directly from us. Email us at rusticriders@gmail.com.Busy sending out copies to radio DJ's.

Happy November 2010 from the Rustic Riders!It's been a while since I listed gigs on this site We’ve had a busy summer and fall traveling around the region. We’re playing closer to home this month. Hope to see you out and about  Give the Spirit Sale 1st Presbyterian Church, Saranac Lake Friday 11/5 from 4-7 pm Saturday 11/6 from 9-1:00 pm We’ll provide some background music on Saturday while folks do some socially responsible holiday shopping: Maya Works textiles and beads, SERRV handcrafts,…

We began recording our new CD this past month with Dan Duggan. So far we've arranged and recorded basic instrumentals and vocals for "Father Kelly" (based on the irish traditional fiddle tune)a story of folks growing up in institutions, "It's My Turn" - taking care of our elders, "We Won't Give Up" - the story of the Newton Falls Paper Mill and a determined community, "Knock" - a gospel tune with piano, "Walk This Road" - hope for positive political discourse, "Walking in the Light" - a bluegrass tinged…

We had a wonderful time with Nick Noble of the Folk Revival on www.wicn.org. He played some wonderful tunes in addition to our music. We especially liked Old Dogs. We played some songs from "Hearing Hearts" - Crossing - Nick's favorite and We Remember - to acknowledge the 8th anniversary of the war in Afganistan this past week. We also played tow un recorded songs. Father Kelly and another as yet unnamed song that tells the story of the Newton Falls Mill.