Follow ESO…
Everybody says that, but it’s hard in 2025, everybody is here or there, can share this here, that over there. It’s confusing!
And then there’s a band that like any living legend, doesn’t play very often, and often with little notice (because they’re busy, in Halifax or Australia or Massey) so what is a fan to do?
Wish I could tell you, but just so you know, https://eighthstreetorchestra.com/events/rss will track our events page in a newsreader!
Do folks still use newsreaders?
Putting WP to work
Having just posted about our return to the Cameron House this Saturday, I was first really surprised and delighted by the new Fediverse preview and the mastodon result, that’s a boon to artists’ sites!
But then I saw the previous message and, wait, whoa, post from Fedilab? I can do that?! I should do it more often! 😊
I will endeavour to remember.
Fedilab->WordPress
I just discovered I can use the #Fedilab app to login and post to our WordPress!
Oh, I should also mention @eso has a midnight Drom slot coming up Aug 23 11-1am with some kind of special surprise…
Smile (2020)
Our first CD, released May 1, 2020 and available through the usual music services.
All tracks arranged by Nolan Murphy.
Tracks 3, 5 and 6 composed by Nolan Murphy
Recorded at Gordon Wragg Studios by Inayat Kassam.
Vocal overdubs recorded by Kyle Windjack at Windjack Studios.
All music mixed and mastered by Andrew Jin-kyo Chung.
Produced by Nolan Murphy and Patricio Llovet.
Art by Gillian Wagenaar
The Last Rex: Tishomingo Blues

Recorded 2020-03-15 at the Rex Hotel, Toronto
“Tishomingo Blues” by Spencer Williams in 1917 and recorded in 1918 by Eddie Nelson
Nolan Murphy: trombone, vocals
Conrad Gluch: tenor sax
Kae Murphy: clarinet
Evan Dalling: trumpet
Gary Murphy: banjo
Matt Coldwell: bass
Patricio Llovet: drums