Lindsay Clark
Early adopter of the Treehaus hootenannies. First-year Whitehaus resident. Enchanter of witches and wizards and waywards and wizeneds. Lindsay has left the East Coast for her native West, and JP will never be the same.
“I grew up in the mountains; in this aspect I relate to all mountains, including the Appalachians, the Sierra Nevadas, the Rockies, even the Lovozero Tundras in Russia. By singing, writing, and performing, I aim to make something simple, clear, and direct out of the complex and ever-changing web that makes up our lives. I use music as a gap-bridging and problem solving art, to create greater joy and peace in my life. I gravitate toward folk music — Appalachian, country, jazz, and classical-inspired songs with grounded words and traveling melodies. I am a piano, banjo, guitar, and violin player, but I feel my voice is the most natural and self-affirming instrument I have come to own.”
Releases
WFR054/WFRV 001: Whitehaus Family record family record
A double vinyl LP compilation of tracks from 26 artists associated with the Whitehaus in Jamaica Plain.
that summer you moved quickly. there was no time after work to go home before the show so you pack those boots in your bag in the morning when you left the new apartment, made a call during a cigarette break and scribbled an address, a part of town you don’t know but go alone anyway, all the streets look the same but you find it, from the outside it looks like no one’s home and at the bottom of the dark stairs you panic. you almost turn and run but you don’t and the door opens for your knock and there’s a smiling face on the other side…
WFR022: BLASTFEST!
The first Whitehaus Family Showcase happened on March 21, 2008 at the Cambridge YMCA Theater. Sound engineered and recorded by Shane Myrbeck.
WFR010: Lindsay Clark: Thistles
Already a country classic – limited handmade edition. Skinny dipping in some pond you’ve never been to, the bugs sound strange. Someone’s cooking bacon on the fire. What a pretty table cloth! A mass of cedar waxwings attacking highbush cranberries, through big speakers. I am hungry, and then I am not.
WFR002: Hoot Comp, Vol. 2
they got big, they grew strong. recordings from the first whitehaus hootenannies in spring of 2007. all the hits from debbie, uncle shoe, the meadowlarks and more. plus a track from california’s trapeze and carrots at the first ever hoot feature! recorded in hi-fi, mixed, and mastered by in-haus audio engineer shane myrbeck!