Christmas Show

We had such a great time at our Christmas Show on December 10th! Thank you to Dan Fager for opening and to Dan, Kevin Emmert, and Robb Robins for playing with us again. Thanks to the Learns for hosting and to Josh Blaney for these great photos.

Highlights were the Christmas Carol Sing-a-long, moving an upright piano to the Learns just for the show, Bonnie and Dan singing a duet on “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.”

Stay tuned for another house show in the new year.

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Sleep Easy Free Download on NoiseTrade Aug-Sept

Thanks to a 4am wake-up call from our early-rising son, we’re now on NoiseTrade! Check out our page over there and for a limited time during August and September download Sleep Easy for free. If you’d like to leave a $5 tip, it will help us make more of our music available to you!

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House Show Photos

Thanks to everyone who came out for our house show with Johannah. It was such an amazing evening. The weather was wonderful, the backyard was beautiful, and we loved sharing our music with so many friends (there were more than 60 of you all!).

We really enjoyed getting to collaborate with Johannah on a couple covers; the Jackson Five’s I Want You Back and Hem’s Not California. A big thank you to our amazing band (Kevin Emmert, Adam Babarik, and Robb Robins) and the on the spot rendition of Summertime that is so far the musical highlight of the summer. Thanks as well to Todd Kelsey for hosting us and Aaron Davis for mixing.

Thanks to Katy Carlson for these great photos. Check out some of her other work over at www.monocularspectacular.com.

We’re working on setting up another house show for September–we’ll keep you posted.

Peace,
The McMakens

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House Show w/Johannah Swank, July 30

Playing with Johannah for a Church Festival last fall.

We are excited to be playing a house show with our friend, the very talented singer-songwriter Johannah Swank. Johannah is a great singer, songwriter and we’ll be playing some fun collaborations together as well as doing sets individually. We’ll also have some other great musicians stopping by to play with us. Bring your own drinks and food if you want, and come hang out for some great summer music.

Leading worship with Johannah this Spring

House Show w/Johannah Swank
Saturday, July 30, Doors Open at 7pm
1602 West York Lane Wheaton, IL (Map)
Check out the Facebook Invite here.


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