The Gourds News

 
Fortney: 'Fun and funky' artist out of his gourd over western creations
Calgary Herald
When Jordan Straker set his eyes on a gourd late last year, though, he saw a blank canvas. “It was my Eureka moment,” says the good-humoured Calgarian, knowing full well that some who behold his latest art venture might regard him as a bit crazy ...


 
Charleston City Paper
The Gourds feel the spirit of Levon Helm
Charleston City Paper
The Gourds' biggest brush with national fame arrived through their 1998 cover of Snoop Dogg's "Gin and Juice," a recording that caught fire on Napster and college campus file-sharing networks. But, unfortunately for the band, the mp3 file that spread ...

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Slackerwood
Ready, Set, Fund: Labor, Gourds, Retirees and Free Radicals
Slackerwood
Another success story is that of one of the hardest working bands I've ever known, The Gourds, comprised of Kevin Russell, Keith Langford, Max Johnston, Jimmy Smith and Claude Bernard. In addition to routinely playing at Shady Grove and Threadgill's ...


 
The Canberra Times
The gourds have spoken in Canberra's favour
The Canberra Times
But her mother, Sonia Buser, said young Mia wasn't the slightest bit fazed by the gargantuan gourds. ''We sat her on it when we first came in,'' Mrs Buser laughed. ''She was happy, just happy to sit there and smile,'' she said.
Fame roundly rests in lap of the gourdsLand

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Jennings Daily News
Gourd Times Return to Jennings
Jennings Daily News
The 2nd Annual Gourd Festival descended on Jennings the weekend of May 18-19. One gourd crafter, Judy Myers, of Jasper, Texas, said she started painting the gourds only a year ago. Another gourd enthusiast, St. Francis student Luke Dupre, 12, ...

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Hand-Painted Gourds on Display
WPMI Local 15 News
It's at the Mobile Botanical Gardens Gourd Show. The hand-painted gourds are on display throughout the gardens and will be there through May 31. You can vote for Best of Show and the winning school will get two new computers.


 
Award winning artist uses gourds as her muse
Carroll County Times
Susan Atkinson is an award winning gourd artist, an apiarist (beekeeper) and a chandler. Atkinson always liked art and took every art course at Westminster Senior High School. When she graduated, she attended Maryland Institute of Art. When she got ...

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