photo by Janet Buck-Marusov

Timberhead Music Presents Gordon Bok

Welcome to Maine folk musician Gordon Bok's website.  Here  you can find all the latest news about Gordon: upcoming concerts and events, CDs and updates on our latest projects.

Timberhead Music is proud to announce that Gordon's woodcarving booklet/brochure Songs in the Wood is now available! This thirty page full color booklet contains carvings, poems, and song lyrics, and shows off Gordon's ability to capture stories in both words and wood. Order online or contact us directly.
We have plans for new recordings, too, so stay tuned for details. We are still your online music store for Gordon and other Maine folk singers, and we welcome your calls and emails for booking Gordon to perform in your area.

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Upcoming Concerts:

Friday, Mar 5: Lecanto, FL: Woodview Coffeehouse, 7:30 pm
Saturday & Sunday, Mar 6 & 7: Lake Wales, FL: Bok Tower Gardens
          Saturday concert: 7:30 pm
          Sunday workshop: 1:30 pm
Monday, Mar 8: Anna Maria Island, FL: House Concert, 8:00 pm
Saturday, Mar 20: Boston, MA: St John's Meth. Church, 8:00 pm

for all the concert details see the schedule page

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News From Carol:

February 2010 -
           Recently we were invited to attend the Portland Symphony Orchestra performance of Headcase by Brett William Dietz. Following a stroke at the age of 29 in 2002, he composed this piece over the following year as part of his recovery process. Scored for a seven piece ensemble including vocalist, it includes projections of MRI scans and images of his attempts to write from his hospital bed after losing his ability to speak, read and write.
           We participated in related events at Maine Medical Center and New England Rehabilitation Hospital where there were opportunities to hear more of Brett’s story and to meet other stroke and brain injury survivors. Artwork created during their recoveries was on display. The plasticity of the brain along with the human spirit can produce remarkable results.
           Out of this experience came ideas to contribute to a local stroke recovery program that is being developed. To find out more about this, go to lilypondaquatic.com.
           So many avenues to follow on this path to recovery… For me, e-mail updates to family and friends in the first two years following my stroke and keeping a journal out of which has come several poems, have helped me sort out feelings along the way. Here’s one called Jigsaw Puzzle.

                    Jigsaw Puzzle
                On the table in front of me I see
                A jigsaw puzzle box
                The ful-color picture on the top is me
                Walking through a sunny, grassy, flowery field.

                I open the box, dump it on the table
                One thing - when I turn them over
                All the pieces are white.

                As the days go by, faded colors rise
                To the surface of some pieces, one by one

                I rest and breathe,
                Wait and sing,
                Laugh, love and cry
                Hope and try
                  and be here now.

                                                                             6-7-2009
                                                                             Carol Rohl

What Gordon's up to lately

• Gordon's Notes: Birthday Party Last updated:1/22/10
• Leave a message in our Guest Book
• Touring Update: Spring 2010: Florida and Massachusetts in March. Check out the calendar for all details. Do you have open dates at your favorite coffeehouse? Give us a call and we'll see if it fits into his schedule.
• New! Ann Mayo Muir's instrumental CD Notes From Across the Sea at Timberhead Music.
• Gordon's Woodcarvings: Catalogue now available! Click here to order Songs in the Wood and here to view these beautiful handcarved pieces of art.