Hope, passion, promise and commitment, with a dose of humor thrown in for good measure
Motherlode, a dynamic group of four women from Bellingham, Washington and Portland, Oregon, have been performing together for over 30 years. Motherlode has eight albums to their credit: Dance the Afternoon Away, Everything Possible, Heartline, Precious Stone, Circle on the Sand, Live and Laughing, Motherlode Memories and Coming Home.
The group has played to enthusiastic audiences from Vancouver, B.C. to Los Angeles, California, including venues such as the Seattle Folklife Festival, the McCall Music Festival (Idaho), the Corvallis Fall Festival, the Seattle Museum of History and Industry, Berkeley's Freight and Salvage, and colleges and universities throughout the northwest and California. They have shared stages with such nationally known artists as Ronnie Gilbert, Nina Gerber, Crystal Reeves, Theresa Trull, Judy Small, Linda Waterfall, Tom Paxton, and songwriter Betsy Rose, who describes Motherlode as "packing a lot of energy, humor and heart into their music."
The four artists write much of their own material, encompassing love songs, political satire, and songs addressing contemporary issues while emphasizing positive solutions. They are known for their warmth, spontaneity and rapport with their audiences, which invariably sing along at the invitation of the artists.
Nan, Kathleen, Marie and Janet play a wide variety of instruments including acoustic guitars, 'cello, bass, dobro, mandolin, harmonica, flute and a variety of percussion instruments.
Northwest Women's Music Celebration is an opportunity for women to come together for two and a half days of fun filled music and arts.
Whether you're a beginning musician, an accomplished performer, or someone who just enjoys music… Whether you’re an experienced writer, painter, poet or just someone who likes to dabble… There is a place for you here.
Early bird prices and buddy rates until March 15th. Join us as we kick off another great weekend of music, arts, laughter and friendship.
Spring Music Camp 2020 has been Canceled As things continue to unfold around COVID-19, the coordinators of the Northwest Women’s Music Celebration have made the difficult decision to cancel our spring camp (scheduled at Camp Collins, April 24-26, 2020) in order to protect the health and safety of you, our campers, and our wonderful teaching staff.
We care about you and the wonderful community we have built through these gatherings, and we hope we can all gather together in person again soon. This decision was very hard, but we hope you can join us at the fall camp in Washington, or if you can wait long enough, we will see you in 2021 again at Camp Collins. In the meantime, we hope we all avoid the virus and that we can use this time of extreme social distancing to learn or write some new songs, practice our instruments and to stay connected however we can.
Fall Music and Art Camp 2020 October 2-4th at Pilgrim Firs Conference Center just across the water from Seattle, WA on lovely Lake Flora To download Fall Camp Flyer and Registration: Fall Registration
Nan/Kath/Crystal Reeves - "Say Yes" CD available now!
Nan, Kath and Crystal Reeves have released a new recording featuring some of their favorite tunes from recent concerts. "Say Yes!" is here! To order, email: nancol@comcast.net
