Archive News and Notes:
When the big tsunami hit Japan in 2011 I was pleased to report that my good friends and fellow guitar players in
Japan
peacejoytown and
toytoypiano and their families were safe, but many others were still
suffering and will be for many months and years to come. I asked everyone to
please consider making a
donation to the
Salvation Army Japan Relief Fund. The people of Japan really needed our
support.
Back in 2008 I helped my late Mom publish her first
book, a children's book called
"The
Adventures of Corky Rabbit" by Alice Rowen Easley, which is still available on
lulu.com. R.I.P Mom, miss you so much!
You can watch Holiday music videos from
the General Assembly Chorus 2008 Songs
of the Season show.
We now have videos of the CA Chorus performing at the
2008 Heritage Choral Music Festival
held in Myrtle Beach.
You can see music videos from the
Swannanoa Gathering Contemporary Folk week.
Mark Easley and Ralph Gordon performed in the Simon and
Garfunkel Tribute Show in Charlotte recently. You can see
video highlights of the event.
Both Mark Easley and Sketch have received favorable reviews of
their CDs from
Beatles Unlimited Magazine which is published in Europe. Click
to see a scan of the review
and magazine cover.
Mark Easley played two shows in
Japan, the first with Sketch in Tokyo Roppongi on March 11th 2006 and a solo show
in Yokohama on March 12th. Please see the
Japan show highlights
which includes streaming audio of the Sketch and Mark sets.
GoldHat Music and Mark Easley were
featured in The Cary News in an article in
2004 by
staff writer Ann Claycombe with photos by Grant Halverson.
Mark Easley and his YouTube channel were
profiled in another feature article in the Raleigh News and Observer in 2008 written by Valerie Marino with photos
by Kevin Norris.
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