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ellenmargo uploaded a new video
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By My Silence, co-written with good friend and award-winning songwriter Nick Annis, is a gut-wrenching piece about the regret of keeping a fearful ...
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By My Silence, co-written with good friend and award-winning songwriter Nick Annis, is a gut-wrenching piece about the regret of keeping a fearful silence during the Holocaust. It won the 2008 Public Domain Foundation Music To Life songwriting competition, launched by Paul Stookey (of Peter, Paul & Mary fame) to discover songwriters who address important social issues. Some of the judges included folk legends Judy Collins, Janis Ian, Tom Paxton, John Stewart, Peter Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers.
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ellenmargo uploaded a new video
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When Singer Songwriter Siblings Ellen & Gary Bukstel Join Forces...WATCH OUT!!! This dynamic performing Sister & Brother DUO combine their ...
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When Singer Songwriter Siblings Ellen & Gary Bukstel Join Forces...WATCH OUT!!! This dynamic performing Sister & Brother DUO combine their unique blend of acoustic and power folk promising sounds and songs from the soul. Together, their joyful sibling spirit, remarkable harmonies and captivating music and lyrics will carry you away. They will rock the house!! South Florida has produced few artists of the quality and character of Sister & Brother and native Miamians Ellen & Gary Bukstel. They are consumate performers, starting with fine, individual musicianship, showing a superb blend of familial voices and creative energy on stage. Their individual and unique styles combine to form a blend of rich harmonies, accompanied by their acoustic guitars and keyboard with their own captivating original music and lyrics. Their Harmonies are home grown, expertly fashioned and genetic as described in their song Brother & Sister that relates their history with great enthusiasm.
In addition to their desire to produce fine music, Ellen & Gary are driven by the fond memory of Ellen's late husband Doug Segal, who died in 1988 from Hemophilia related AIDS....he was the inspiration for their community outreach for AIDS Awareness, hence the dedication of their original group name, Legacy. This outreach culminated in their first CD named by the title song Somewhere in Time writen by Ellen Bukstel as a tribute to her late husband.
Ellen & Gary bring their family's history and their love for each other to the stage sharing the triumphs and defeats that their family has experienced. The blend of their voices is special. .... their harmony is decades in the making. Gary has been writing songs since he was nine years old. Ellen's began writing after her late husband was diagnosed with AIDS in 1986.
Together they sing of love and remembrance... their songs are eloquent and moving.. They weill make you laugh and cry and sometimes both at the same time. They sing from the heart. "We want to sing about the things that move us and affect our lives... that in turn gives a voice to people who share the same feelings" ...Their songs vividly describe the joy and sadness of life and their relationships..expressing deep emotions that many can relate to.
Ellen & Gary have an impressive background of performances at festivals and venus across the state and nation. They have been featured as a main stage acts at some Florida festivals such as South Florida Folk Festival, The Will McClean Folk Festival, Sarasota Folk Festival, River Hawk, Love Fest, as well as many clubs, coffee houses and house concerts. They have performed at Gusman Theater, Sunrise Civic Center, University of Miami International Music Festival, Musicians Exchange, Sacred Gorounds Coffeehouse, Skippers in Tampa. They were featured on the CD, Songwriter Solstice Compilation, recorded live at the Kravitz Center, featuring a collection of other well known South Florida songwriters....And...The list goes on.
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ellenmargo uploaded a new video
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Ellen Bukstel performs the title song of her new CD "Daddy's Little Girl" written for her father who died of Alzheimer's Disease.
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ellenmargo uploaded a new video
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The Hormones They Are A Changin!!!Ellen Bukstel performs Is It Hot In Here Or Is It Me? at Bukstel House Concerts at the Shack In The Back in South...
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The Hormones They Are A Changin!!!Ellen Bukstel performs Is It Hot In Here Or Is It Me? at Bukstel House Concerts at the Shack In The Back in South Florida. The song is co-written with good friend Nancy Wuerzburger. Ellen's sultry voice has been striking a chord with Hot Women across the country. Co-writers Bukstel and Wuerzburgers playful, soulful, hilarious anthem to menopause, Is It Hot In Here, Or Is It Me? hits all the hot buttons of women going through life changes, and has their partners nodding and clapping in wholehearted agreement. Never before have hot flashes, mood swings, and sex drive been so openly discussed in the universal language of song. Bukstel is turning up the heat on menopause, and women everywhere are applauding.
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