It's been a great weekend thus far. The private reception for Gor Mkhitarian went very well on Friday night. Sevag and Alik Arzoumanian hosted a great event for about 50 people here in the Boston area to meet Gor for the first time. There was live music and a lot of great food. Gor will be playing at two venues in Boston before he heads out to London and then back to Armenia. The big show is on Tuesday December 17th at 7:30 and 9:15pm at Donahue's Bar in Watertown, MA. A smaller show is at the Armenian Library and Museum of America in Watertown at 2pm on Sunday December 15 to open an art exhibit. It's great to see Diasporans and Hayastansis mingling around the concept of music and the arts. It's really the reason I started my label. I want to bridge the gap between our two words. It may or may not work in general, but on a small level I hope it does...

Tonight I am going to see the great oudist John Berberian perform with a jazz trio here in the Boston area. I'll be bringing Gor and some other friends to see the show. It should be great. This week I meet up with Garo Lachinian and Arsineh to finalize some plans for the Bambir/Quake cover as well as a photo shoot for Gor in and around Walden Pond near some abandoned train tracks. The winter setting should make for some cool pics...