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Author: KCF

  • Cleansing Waters

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    As an adolescent, I prayed to be made wise, but now, knowing the price one will pay for such insolence, I regret my words. I could have asked for riches or a long life or many children – but no, I had to ask for wisdom.

  • The Culture Wars

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    “The first sign that something was up was the arrival of a flotilla of pianos on the eastern shore of the city. Each was manned by a tuxedoed pianist who stood with his baton at the ready…”

  • Life at 5AM

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    The kitchen table in BA at 5AM on a Monday morning. Is this the beginning or the end?

  • Of Warriors and Lovers

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    “…it would be music and poetry and love-making every day. We would not go hungry because our souls would be so full that every life-giving chore would be imbued with the glee of being alive. And when the day came for us to surrender our lives, we would go full and sated and grateful into…

  • Postcard from San Francisco

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    Video blogger Diane Harrigan (www.postcardsfromsf.com) has posted a video of Maria and Kevin performing outdoors at San Francisco’s Union Square. It was a beautiful day, no fog! and the dancers came out in droves to dance to “SF Tango,” the song Kevin and Maria wrote to celebrate the incredible tango community in the Bay Area.

  • The Dancer and the Falling Down

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    The Dancer is a beautiful woman. So many blood lines are in her that she is the amalgam of us all. Spanish. Azorean. Arab. English. Gypsy. In her high cheekbones is her Indian blood. Her great-grandmother was Coeur D’Alene and sang the Blues in San Francisco. There are bootleggers and brothel-owners in her as well.…

  • CD Covers

    CD Covers

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    Here are the CD covers I have shot for Argentine Latin Grammy nominee Maria Volonte. CD covers are challenging and it takes an incredibly long time to get the right shot. Some of the shoots we did lasted for 3 days before we got the shot we wanted. Others — like the 9 Vidas cover…

  • At the X-Alfonzo concert in SF

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    Loved this concert with X-Alfonso at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in SF.

  • New CD: “9 Vidas”

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    “9 Vidas” is out. The new Maria Volonte CD features the 9 Vidas Band: Maria Volonte – vocals and guitar Jorge Rabito – electric bass Fabian “Sapo” Miodownik – percussion Joaquin Sellan – piano y teclados Kevin Carrel Footer – harmonica. The cd features five original songs, including three composed by Maria and Kevin.