Cosmic
Trifle
You
know them all as individuals. (Recite after me: We are all individuals.)
Now get to know them as a unit.
There's Valerie, member of FilkCONtinental since the dawning
of time. She was always there, sang her wonderful songs (even
in German!) and made the harmony workshops what they are. Her
favourite colour is pink. That has not gone unnoticed.
Then there's Zander. He came to FilkCONtinental in 2000.
The tall, dark man with his exotic ambience and his simply wonderful
songs. You all know them. "Sam's Song", our all time
favourite, was written by him.
Chris "The Magician"
He, too, has been to FilkCONtinental before. Twice. Remember him?
The man with the coin trick. And the bouzouki. And the nice Irish
voice. And the charming conversation.
So. We know them one by one. Now we get them as a team. The band
"Cosmic Trifle" will be new to you but like us you are
bound to like them. They sound folky with a kick. Their performance
is full of good songs, fine humour and instruments. Many instruments.
Lots of instruments: 6-string guitar, 12-string guitar, flutes,
tin whistles, Banjos (three of them), bodhran, djembe, mandolin
bouzouki, zither, keyboard and accordion.
Please rest assured that rumours that they have tentacles instead
of two arms apiece are totally untrue and nothing but evil slander.
They do not belong to the Old Ones. Honestly. And the Necronomicon
plays absolutely not part in getting them to appear at FilkCONtinental.
We don't have a Necronomicon. We don't know a Necronomicon. We
don't 
know
anybody who has a Necronomicon (and lives).
Anyway. They also sing. Songs. Good songs. Which have nothing
to do with the Necronomicon. Mostly.
New songs and old ones. Ahm. They'll sing for us with some surprising
arrangements. They used to be known under the name "Just
Plain Folk" which was somewhat misleading. We all know what
they really are. And play. When the folkiest folk-musician left
the band, the remaining filkers changed into "Cosmic Trifle".
A fate that might not happen to anybody. A fate worse than death
by chocolate.
Yum.
They're addictive. Be careful. Very caref...
