SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2016
Festival
from 1A
The band, led by Nathan
Johnstone, his wife Tempest
and performer Dogwood,
played several acoustic sets
throughout the weekend.
Johnstone said, “The festi-
vals I like best are the ones that
incorporate themselves into the
community in which they are
happening. ... It’s nice to see
people come in off the streets
saying, ‘Wow, what is this?’”
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He used the word “magpie”
to describe the band’s sound:
“Anything new and shiny
becomes a part of what we do.”
Incorporating talented and
diverse musicians, visual artists
and theater artists, The
Nathaniel Johnstone Band cre-
ates a show full of movement,
power and creativity. Songs
speak of forbidden love, leg-
endary
figures,
comedic
moments and quiet longing.
Sometimes only two performers
take the stage. The full band
creates a roaring “rock band
sound,” often accompanied by
Tempest’s belly dancing.
“We write songs and play
them for our friends — and peo-
ple who aren’t our friends yet
but soon will be. Just the psy-
chic energy that creates
amongst all of us is so wonder-
ful,” Johnstone said.
He used to be a blues magi-
cian before falling into the festi-
val scene, a group of people “I
am already inclined to know
and like” once he met them.
“The thing I like most about
the whole steampunk environ-
ment is it is thick with collabo-
ration and cross-pollination in
support of the arts. The more
you share, the more it comes
back,” Johnstone said.
Dogwood
describes it as
“creative ten-
sion,” both
on stage and
in recordings.
For her, she
has to unite
her
back-
ground
in
vocals and
theater with a
more laid-
back, discov-
er-as-you-go
performance.
“We
all
come togeth-
CHANTELLE MEYER/SIUSLAW NEWS
er in commu-
Nathan Johnstone and Dogwood of the
nity,”
she
Nathaniel Johnstone Band
said. “How
amazing is it that so many peo- They are very connected with
ple are willing to say, ‘Yes — what they do.”
Dogwood said, “It’s been
and.’ Coming from an actor his-
tory, that is the main rule. When great to be around all these cre-
someone offers you a chance, ative folks who share my ver-
you agree and see immediately sion of the world. I like it and I
have confidence in that. I feel
what you can add.”
For the band, that means like it’s really hard to have con-
playing with other bands and fidence in yourself and your
musicians. It also means using version of things these days.
Tempest’s art for their cd covers We’ve created an atmosphere of
and band designs, sometimes in let’s play, let’s just play togeth-
collaboration with other artists. er.”
In the end, that is what the
Johnstone said, “We do this
because it’s important to us. We Second Star Festival aims to
like it, and we like the people. achieve — an atmosphere of
play, collaboration and creativi-
ty. It brings together a group of
people who travel to conven-
tions, Renaissance fairs, festi-
vals and concerts to see each
other and work together.
“Everybody is more real,”
Johnstone said. “The people
that I’m rubbing elbows with
are people who live a real life.
They’re not locked into trying
to fulfill someone else’s
dream.”
Dogwood added, “When I’m
around them, I remember how
to stand up straight. I can be the
myself I’m learning how to
bring into the world outside of
these magical spaces.”
The Hawks continue to work
to bring the magic to the
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the local community knows
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