Warner Town Hall, Warner, NH on Oct. 18 at 7 pm : HEARTPOUNDERS II
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Sweet Beet Market (outdoor show) in Bradford, NH on Oct. 25 at 7:30 pm: The Original HEARTPOUNDERS, with a DEBUT STORY added.
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Upcoming Events, Shows & Performances:
DANIKA THE ROSE: A TALE SPOKEN AND SUNG with Odds Bodkin, Jazimina MacNeil and Sarah Shafer
DEER AND THORNS
In young Danika’s river valley, her friends the deer have always kept the meadows clear of the dangerous brambles. If allowed to grow, these brambles produce long black thorns, like upright knives. But when, to impress Danika, the Duke launches a mass deer hunt and brings back more dead ones than the castle’s denizens can ever eat, all the animals who have survived the hunt escape across the Danube.
The Duke’s forest is now empty.
And the thorns begin to spread. The Duke comes to regret that.
A NEW PERFORMANCE WORK
Come listen to Odds Bodkin tell his original adult fairy tale with character voices and sound effects while sopranos Jazimina MacNeil and Sarah Shafer interweave Dvorak’s Moravian Duets throughout.
And hear an astonishing new Bodkin character voice—a bird who speaks in understandable chirps.
This new work of classical music and storytelling premieres October 6, 2019 at 4 p.m. in Bass Hall in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
Tickets are $30. Seating is limited. Grab your tickets today at ElectricEarthConcerts.
Why Bar Hop When You Can Island Hop?
It’s Saturday night in New Hampshire and instead of bar hopping, why not island hop with Odysseus of Ithaca in 1300 B.C.? Unlike him, you can settle in comfortably and order drinks and a dinner as I regale you with his namesake story, the Odyssey. The Island of the Lotus Eaters is where fentanyl-like flowers grow; Odysseus and his men are lucky to escape alive, which can’t be said for their visit to the Island of the Cyclops. Other islands come: the Island of the Cannibals where most of his fleet is destroyed; Aeolia, the Island of the King of the Winds who puts all the storms into an ill-fated bag which, of course, doesn’t stay closed; on and on. Island after island. Adventure after adventure.
I’ve been telling this tale with 12-string guitar and harp for decades and will be doing a fairly long version of it (not the complete 4 hours, though) at the Riverwalk Music Bar on July 27, 2019 at 8 pm.
This is a full evening’s entertainment.
Tickets are $13 in advance, $15 at the door. It’s appropriate for kids over the age of nine, too.
I hope to see you there!
The Odyssey with Odds Bodkin
Saturday July 27th 2019 at 8 pm
The Riverwalk Music Bar, Nashua NH
SALE ENDS TOMORROW! Odds Bodkin Story Drives
40% Off on Odds Bodkin’s story drives ends tomorrow, December 10th. Check them out. Instant downloads of individual titles always available, too!
Explore a world of myths, folktales, legends and original stories, told with live music, here.
Odds Bodkin Gift Ideas: One Story Drive For Three Generations
“a one-man vocal universe”–TimeOut New York
“one of the great voices in American storytelling”–Wired
Hours of myths, legends, original tales, epics and music, all on a single flash drive.
Stories for young kids, older kids, teens, parents, even grandparents.
Odds Bodkin audio tales are award-winning classics that have won Parents’ Choice, Indie, Storytelling World and other national awards.
Get yours today!
TONIGHT: Dark Tales of the Supernatural at Grendel’s Den
“a consummate storyteller”–The New York Times
Join Odds Bodkin tonight at 5 p.m. at Grendel’s Den in Cambridge, MA for a full evening of adult horror tales. Music on Celtic harp, 12-string guitars, 6-string guitar and alto recorder.
No culture exists without supernatural tales, and these come from all over the world, including Colonial New England, Colorado, Russia, China and elsewhere.
Tickets: $15
HEARTPOUNDERS in Cambridge MA
HEARTPOUNDERS: Halloween Horror for Adults storytelling concert with Odds Bodkin. Sunday, Oct. 28th at 5 p.m. at Grendel’s Den in Cambridge, MA.
Grab your tickets for this fun, entertaining evening of creepiness.
“a consummate storyteller”–The New York Times
ADULT STORYTELLING for HALLOWEEN…TWO Odds Bodkin SHOWS
HEARTPOUNDERS: HALLOWEEN TALES OF HORROR is Odds Bodkin’s adult storytelling evening with live music for 2018. Two shows remain:
Plaistow, New Hampshire on Friday Oct. 26th at 7 p.m. FREE TO THE PUBLIC
Cambridge, Massachusetts on Sunday, Oct. 28th at 5 p.m. Tickets: $15
Friday Oct. 26th at the Plaistow Town Hall GET DETAILS
Sunday Oct. 28th at Grendel’s Den (RECORDING EVENT) GET DETAILS
Classic Odds Bodkin Storytelling Collections on Flash Drives
Good things come in small packages, and here’s one that can spark young imaginations for a lifetime.
https://www.oddsbodkin.net/shop/apprentice-drive-ages-8-11/
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Beginning of the World: The Ancient Greek Version–Tomorrow Night!
Beginning of the World: The Ancient Greek Version–Tomorrow Night!
Master Storyteller and Musician Odds Bodkin performs FALL OF THE TITANS tomorrow night, Sunday Sept. 23, 2018, at the Riverwalk Cafe and Music Bar in Nashua, NH. Showtime: 7 p.m. Ancient cosmological lore and Gaia Theory explored on Celtic harp with commentary, and then an epic tale for adults with a full score on 12-string guitar.
An evening’s spoken-word immersion into how Zeus, Hera, Aphrodite, Hades and the Gods of Olympus came to be, and how they deceived their parents–the Titans–and took over the world.
Tickets: $13
FALL OF THE TITANS/Adult Storytelling in Nashua NH on Sept. 23rd
FALL OF THE TITANS/Adult Storytelling in Nashua NH on Sept. 23rd.
Cronus, her last born Titan, will do anything for power, and so when his mother Gaia asks him to castrate his father, he’s more than willing to do it, but only if he rules the cosmos in his father’s stead. Gaia is so deeply furious with her husband Ouranos that she urges Cronus on. After the deed is done, he hurls the family jewels into the sea, but they don’t sink. Instead, from the bloody package surges a pink froth that shoves a giant seashell up into the waves. When it comes to shore and opens, out steps a tiny, unbelievably beautiful little thing. Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, the first of the Olympians. The eldest of them all.
The Titans have no idea what she is.
That’s a mistake.
And so their fall from power begins.
Fall of the Titans
An adult evening event with storyteller and musician Odds Bodkin. A full score on 12-string guitar accompanies the tale.
Sunday, Sept. 23rd at 7 pm at the Riverwalk Café and Music Bar, Nashua NH.
Tickets $13
