We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Nick Millevoi - On the Corner of the Square

from Co​-​Mission: An Artist Relief Compilation, Vol. 1 by Folkadelphia

about

The initial shock of cancellations brought on by the pandemic was, of course, hard for all musicians. I had already gone through it myself starting in early February, when I was struck with an untested virus that resembled viral pneumonia and stayed in my system for over a month. In that time, I had to cancel a long-planned festival performance as well as gigs, rehearsals, and recordings. Shortly after I finally started to get back to normal, the pandemic hit and I got to relive the experience of clearing my schedule along with everyone else.

Now, as the weeks have gone on, it has become much harder for me to imagine a time when I’ll be on a stage or in an audience. As musicians, we really live to be in the same room as other people and creating, whether on stage, in a rehearsal, in a recording session, or however else it might happen.

I’m lucky to wear a few hats in my own life as a professional guitarist, namely through writing and teaching work that is able to continue for now. But my creative life is a symbiotic one, and performing feels like the center that holds it all together. Of course, it’s in times like this, I’d like music to help get me through, but not being able to work directly with others can really feel like adding insult to injury. There are ways we can continue to create and collaborate, and this project is certainly one of them. Musicians and artists are creative people, so no doubt we’ll get through this.

The song I recorded here, “On the Corner of the Square,” has been patiently waiting for a situation to arise where I’d bring it to life since late 2018. When asked to contribute a track to this compilation, this was the first idea that came to mind. The title and theme are based on the old minor key blues song “St. James Infirmary,” whose lyrics seem unfortunately timely.

Support Nick Millevoi:

Web: nickmillevoi.blogspot.com
Bandcamp: nickmillevoi.bandcamp.com
Twitter: twitter.com/nickmillevoi?lang=en
Instagram: www.instagram.com/nickmillevoi/?hl=en
Venmo: @Nicholas-Millevoi

credits

from Co​-​Mission: An Artist Relief Compilation, Vol. 1, released April 15, 2020
Recorded by Nick Millevoi at home, March 27, 2020.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Folkadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A formerly Philadelphia-located folk music organization, used-to-be WXPN and WKDU radio show, and now...?

Folkadelphia Sessions are completely free, just enter $0 when prompted. Any donation you give here on our Bandcamp site will be used to help us bring you more exciting projects & developments from Folkadelphia!
... more

contact / help

Contact Folkadelphia

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like On the Corner of the Square, you may also like: