Hathaways Music

Happy New Year!

2012-01-03T13:58:00.000-06:00

Hello Friends,
Happy New Year!! I finally found some free time and started uploading videos from our trip in Peru this fall. While uploading I came across several videos already up!
Tom Turino, my dear friend and mentor, kindly invited me to join him on stage during his "Charangos Del Mundo 2011" set. It was one of my most memorable sets to this day. Here are some of those videos.
-Kate

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Our last show before heading to Peru

2011-07-05T10:39:00.000-05:00

Wednesday, July 6th
@ The Iron Post, 7-9pm
All ages. $3 cover.

Join Kate, James, and Tom Turino at the Iron Post to hear authentic Peruvian music performed on traditional instruments, including the charango, kena, and acoustic guitar. This will be our last show before we leave to perform at the International Festival "Charangos del Mundo" in Cusco, Peru this August!
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"Wait for Me" New Video

2011-01-28T14:58:00.000-06:00

Hey look! We have a new video!
Our dear friend Rachel Reed filmed this video of us right before her big move to Vancouver. Thanks Rae!
Here is the link as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk5TN4YEeek

Charangos del Mundo!!!

2010-12-14T13:02:00.000-06:00

Kate has been invited to perform at the International Festival "Charangos del Mundo, Cusco, Peru 2011". This is one of the biggest honors that we could even imagine. It takes place August 3-7th. We can't wait to see all of our dear friends in Peru next year!

Sacsayhuaman en Cuzco

2009-04-13T23:38:00.002-05:00

Mochileros

2009-03-27T16:10:00.006-05:00

All photos taken by Amy Wong in Mochileros, Lima, Peru.
http://www.amy-wong.com

Live Video from Mao Bar, 2/24/09

2009-03-16T11:44:00.000-05:00

16 Days Left...

2009-03-14T15:10:00.003-05:00

http://conciertosperu.com.pe/internacional/2009/hathaways-en-lima-primer-concierto-del-blog/#more-2362

Hi guys! Sorry you have not heard back from us for so long, but we have been up to some exciting things such as designing new t shirts for Peru and figuring out our next shows and where we should have them. We are extremely happy that we decided to stay another month and we have made a lot of new friends along the way including the owners of the Conciertos Peru website above. They have been kind enough to book a show for us at a very famous bar here in Lima called Mochilleros, and have taken us out for drinks while showing us some very interesting local bars along the way. We are very gracious for everyone's help and kind words. Needless to say, we have been having a blast. The beach is also a very nice and a relaxing getaway every now and then. Kate fell in love with a charango here and will be using it at our next show... electrically! And James is still playing his funky blue guitar you have seen in our videos here so far. We're looking forward to seeing some of our new fans at our next show and are really looking forward to returning here someday in the near future. We wish you all well, and hope that the weather is finally settling down. See you all very soon.
xoxo
-James and Kate

2009-03-01T17:29:00.000-06:00

Here is a more recently updated link.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=cocteaulab&view=videos

Conciertos Peru

2009-02-28T11:42:00.003-06:00

There's a new video up on YouTube from the show last night in Mao Bar. Thanks for making it out!

http://www.youtube.com/user/ConciertosPeru

Mao Rock Bar

2009-02-21T20:06:00.002-06:00

Hola Amigos,
Looks like we’ll be spending one more month in Peru! We have a couple new write-ups for our show in Lima next week. Unfortunately, Kate has had pneumonia for two weeks so we’ve had to cancel several shows, but our show is still on for Thursday in Lima!
How’s everything going in the US? Hope you’re well. We miss you! See you in April.

http://www.jovenexperu.com/tag/hathaways/
http://conciertosperu.com.pe/internacional/2009/hathaways-en-lima-indie-folk-gratis-para-peru/ http://www.codigomusica.com/conciertos/conciertos-peru/hathaways-en-lima-el-26-de-febrero/
http://www.rockinperu.com/

A few photos from this week in Puno

2009-02-13T18:26:00.007-06:00

One Month Left...

2009-01-29T20:17:00.002-06:00

Hello everyone,
We hope the cold weather has not kept you down and that you are feeling well with the three layers of clothing you probably have on. Things are going wonderful and warm in Peru, and sorry we have not gotten back to you for so long. We started our journey off with some friends in Lima for a week and spent a majority of the time on the beach getting sunburned and in the bars listening to 80´s music. We also scheduled a show while we were there for the 26th of February when we return to Lima and were promised an article about us and our show in the Peruvian newspaper-magazine Somos!

After Lima, we headed for Cusco, a more rural area with less traffic and less KFC´s. We´ve been staying with an 84 year old grandma Alicia, who is a long time friend of the wonderful Tom Turino. We started our time off in Cusco with a big festival in the city we are staying in and it has been a couple weeks of partying and playing music until 5 in the morning in plazas. We were able to land two shows in a very nice local bar called Ukukus, and our first show there was fantastic! We sold cds and got paid!

The day after the show we decided to go to an even more rural town than Cusco called Ollantaytambo and unfortunately, I, James, was sick the entire time while we were there, but it was the most welcoming and beautiful place we have been to so far. Our hotel had a roof to sit on where you could watch the mountains that surround from every angle, and it was the perfect environment to kick back and play music and drink some wine with friends, so we wish you all could have been there with us enjoying it. Kate and I had some muña tea, a local remedy, to help my stomach at one of the places in Ollantaytambo and it was an experience all to itself.

The next day of our trip after Ollan, we headed to Aguas Calientes by train, the town below the Machu Piccu ruins, and ended there at about eleven in the morning, and from there we got our first hotel with a television and laid down for a bit to get over the trainride and to pack up some energy. I was slowly feeling better so we just spent the rest of the day scoping out the city and finding the cheapest place to eat, which was not easy because every place seemed to have the same menu with the same prices. We finished the night watching O Brother Where Art Thou in English with Castillano subtitles.

We woke up early the next morning feeling fresh, so we decided to go on an hour hike towards the local waterfall we had heard about. After our hike along the railroad tracks, we got there only to pay 20 soles, $7, to get in and to walk another twenty minutes. And when we got to the waterfall, it was well worth it with Kate and I being the only ones there to enjoy.

The next morning was our trip to Machu Piccu, and it was one of the most breathtaking places anyone will ever be able to see in their entire lives. Probably because there are no words that can describe to a person how a culture so long ago could build such an imaginative, precise place that is still very much alive. To think the Incas built it with only geometry, rocks, and their bare hands is mindwarping! Every part that we visited had so much purpose that it was hard to believe that they would leave after spending one hundred years building it.

The next day we returned to Cusco and here we are! We have two shows coming up this Saturday. The first we´ll be playing Andean Folklore at the Teatro Municipal del Cusco, in front of 500 people. Two hours later, we´ll be playing at a small cafe/bar called La Oveja Negra, which attracts mainly young Peruvians, much less touristy than our other shows so far.

Our eyes have been worn by all the monuments we´ve seen, but I think we are ready to keep going where the road takes us. We have made several friends along the way and feel very lucky about all the events that have happened thus far. We miss you, and will see you too soon.
xx, hathaways.

Aww... Cusco

2009-01-20T20:03:00.003-06:00

Hola Amigos!
We´re both safe and well and in the mountains of Cusco. Finding internet access is a little more difficult than we expected, but we´ll still try to keep you updated as much as possible. We´ve been playing a lot, taking guitar and charango lessons, and booking more shows everyday. Kate had a 2-day break when arriving to Cusco because she met a dentist who insisted she needed her wisdom teeth taken out. James decided to film the procedure. We also have a short video of us playing at the Inca ruins of Saqsayhuaman. What a beautiful site. Hopefully we´ll be able to upload some short videos before we return to the states.
Next week- Maccu Piccu. And then the following week we´re heading to Puno for a huge street festival celebrating the Virgen de la Candeleria.
Here are our newest shows if you happen to be in the area!

Friday, January 23rd- Ukuku´s Bar
Calle Plateros 316, la plaza de armas, Cusco

Saturday, January 31st- La Oreja Negra
Calle Arco Iris 511, San Cristobal, Cusco

Thursday, February 26th- Mao Bar
Calle Belen 1048, Centro de Lima

xoxo,
Hathaways

Touring Peru

2009-01-05T21:44:00.001-06:00

We’re beginning our tour in Peru tomorrow!!!
Check back with us for new updates, photos, and videos.
Wish us luck. See you in the midwest in March!

xoxo,
Hathaways

Hathaways First CD "Hand Me Down" Released

2009-01-04T15:54:00.007-06:00

Hathaways first EP titled “Hand Me Down” was released November 8, 2008!

“Hand Me Down” is now available for download on iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, and Amazon. Or if you're located in the Champaign-Urbana area, you can purchase a carbon copy at Exile on Main Street, downtown Champaign.

Listen to the new songs at:
www.myspace.com/hathawaysmusic

The Joy Pianist

2009-01-04T15:23:00.000-06:00

Hello All,
Kate here. I just finished up a short documentary about a fascinating artist, Charles Joseph Smith- The Joy Pianist. Many of you reading this blog have probably run into Charles at local shows throughout Champaign-Urbana. His spirit and ongoing support for local music has inspired me to capture his uniqueness in video form. I hope you enjoy!

You can also download a high-res version of the video HERE.
OR you can watch the video in high definition on youtube HERE.