As has happened quite often in the past 10 years or so, my
curation of private showcase rooms at the Folk Alliance International Conference has yielded connections that provide continuing collaborations and opportunities for engagement. Case in point… Chrislyn Lawrence and Mike “Mac” McClure also now known as the musical duo “Crow and Gazelle.”
Booking the duo at the 2002 Conference and subsequently for other listening room series in the Heartland has brought another welcome addition to my so called “Americana/Roots Music” family.
Mike McClure made his name as one of the founders of the
Oklahoma Red Dirt Music Scene and producer of such Tasty Brew Music favorites as the Turnpike Troubadours and Cross Canadian Ragweed. Chrislyn, worked behind the scenes of that music world in supporting roles, including as a booking agent. Circumstances kept them from pursuing a connection when they first met in 2003, but fate intervened and they’ve been professionally and personally a team since 2018.
Their mission is to deconstruct the idea of separateness…
that we humans are not separate from divinity… we are holy, everything and infinite.
Enjoy this on air conversation with Crow and Gazelle in
support of a Heartland appearance for the Green Guitar Folk House Listening Room Series.
