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.

NW Music and Arts Celebration

2021 Spring Music Camp is Online this year!
​April 23rd-25th

Join us for our first ever “virtual” women’s music weekend!
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Friday 6-9pm  /  Saturday 9:30am - 4:15pm /  Sunday 10am - 5pm 
​You’ll have seven classes to choose from, along with the Sunday afternoon show. 

Cost for the weekend (all workshops and Sunday Show) is $20-50, sliding scale. We are donating 100% of the proceeds to the Bellingham and the Oregon Food Banks.
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Schedule and class descriptions...
Click link for: 2021 Virtual Camp Schedule
Click link for: 2021 Class Descriptions

To register for Camp...
(All instructions for registering are also in the registration form documents)
Registration Form: Word Version or PDF Version

To register and pay digitally, copy paste the registration form questions and provide your answers to those questions in an email and send to:

Janet Peterson at jcp1920@gmail.com 
Send your payment using Venmo to the "motherlode@comcast.net" account.

To register via mail and check, send your registration form responses, along with your check, to:

 Janet Peterson, P.O. Box 805, Bellingham, WA, 98227-0805.
(Please indicate if you would like to register for Marie’s Songwriting class follow-up session on Sunday.)

Registration deadline is April 15, 2021.

Kathleen's New CD - JOURNEY
is now available!

It’s a beautiful recording of some of her original songs with accompaniment by Janet Peterson, Nan Collie, Marie Eaton, Ginger Williams, Crystal Reeves and Nova Devonie.  ​

If you'd like a copy Cost—$20, includes shipping and handling.
If you would like to use PayPal, please use the link below to send $20 for the CD. In the ‘message’ line, type your name and mailing address, including zip code.
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https://www.paypal.me/LindaVogt652

If you prefer to send a check for the CD, make it out for $20 to Kathleen Fallon; send it to her at 
P.O. Box 665
Beavercreek, OR 97004-0665

Watch Kath's Zoom CD Release Party Video Here...

Click this link to view: https://youtu.be/xFBeQ25-6kQ