Music & Lyrics
MaMuse’s debut album All the Way and BRAND NEW Release Strange and Wonderful are available for purchase locally in Chico California at: Lyon’s Books, Made in Chico, The Chico Peace and Justice Center and Bustolini’s Deli.
For purchasing on line, we proudly use CD Baby for those transactions.
Just click the shopping cart icon next to any of our songs listed below and you will be directed to their site.
WE’D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE: Now available through our website is the wonderful SOLO ALBUM, by our drummer MIKE WOFCHUCK , “FLIGHT”
This album is a beautiful acoustic interplay of guitars, flutes, and percussion. Featured Guest Artists: KARISHA LONGAKER and LANSANA KOUYATE.
“FLIGHT” is also available for on line purchase through CD Baby.
THANK YOU
Strange & Wonderful
MaMuse’s second full-length effort, Strange and Wonderful, finds the intimate ensemble at its buoyant best, offering plenty of lively and lilting melodic expressions, back-and-forth harmonic vocals over spritely plucked mandolin, rhythmic double bass and brush-stroked snare drums.
The new project builds on the solid song-crafting and joyful two-voices-as-one elements MaMuse brought forth on its debut CD, All the Way. Chico-based duo Karisha Longaker (vocals, bass, guitar) and Sarah Nutting (vocals, mandolin, flute, bass), along with percussionist Mike Wofchuck (Mother Hips, Loyd Family Players), strengthen their unique acoustic niche that Northern California has already embraced and that could be poised for wider adoration.
Soft, cleanly enunciated lyrics of comforting earthy observations are brought forth throughout, almost taking the hand of the listener and saying, “See how truly marvelous the gift of life on this planet can be.” The dozen tracks featured here include offerings of vocal jazz (“Natural Order”), nonsectarian gospel (“On the Altar”), Celtic-lite (“Lilliana”) and tranquil, flute-infused ballads (“Red Bud”). The sound on the CD, which includes some incredibly soft and delicate passages, is impeccable, thanks to local audio superstar Dale Price and his Electric Canyon Studios.
Strange and Wonderful completely sidesteps any hint of political content, but the profoundness of MaMuse’s muses might just be the perfect medicine for all political parties.
- Review by Alan Sheckter/Chico News & Review
- Album art by Diana Caplan
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All The Way
"There are roadways paved of mastery and thought. Then there are skyways paved of refrain and rhythmic emotion. MaMuse taps into a epicene tradition that has been long forgotten. A graceful celebration that engages the creative spirit of its listeners and engages them in an ancient, but modern folklore and song."
- Taz Yamaguchi, poet, friend, and host of "Chico Butta"
The album All the Way, our debut album, was recorded in conjunction with a journey across the country in which we got to experience the landscape and textures of this beautiful country. Our songs come from the landscapes we meet, from the places that are waiting to speak.
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