Thirteen
by Vixy & Tony
© Copyright-Michelle Dockrey & Tony Fabris
Featuring the well-known Firefly anthem "Mal's Song", this lushly produced album of folk/rock music with science-fiction and fantasy themes covers a wide range of musical styles.
- Genre: Folk: Folk-Rock
- Release Date: 2008
Seattle filk duo Vixy & Tony each got into filk separately, he at California filk and general conventions and she at house filks and conventions in Washington. If they'd both stayed home, they might never have met, but, being wandering souls, they met in the middle at Orycon in Portland, Oregon. After a couple of successive Orycons spent listening to one another, they came together by chance in concert at one fateful Baycon in 2005 ("wanna sing with me?" "sure, why not?") and have been performing together ever since.
Singer and songwriter Vixy is formerly of the filk group Escape Key, originally formed with her husband Matthew on guitar and their friend Audrey Eschright on flute. Their CD, Shadowbeast, is still available through their website and on CD Baby. As luck would have it, just as Matthew decided to quit guitar in order to spend more time on mad science and wilderness adventures, Tony came along with a guitar, a golden ear, and a dream of producing an album. The result, Thirteen, was released in April 2008.
Disguised by day as Michelle Dockrey, mild-mannered officemouse, and Tony Fabris, mild-mannered codemonkey, they spend their evenings and weekends in a secret underground lair known as MonkeyBrains Studios, plotting world domination through audio recording. Or playing Rock Band. Whichever.
An exciting CD.
This is Filk music through and through, but there is surely a song on here to appeal to everyone.
Fans of Firefly will especially appreciate Mal's Song and Apprentice, and Companion will speak to fans of Doctor Who!
My favorite tracks on here are likely Companion and Persephone; in those we get to really enjoy Michelle's sweet and artful singing.
Great new filk
MAL'S SONG alone makes this album worth buying!
Thirteen
Worth the wait, loved Shadowbeast and loved this one too. More, I want More!!!
Meaningful and moving.
The music's great, but what I love most about this CD is the incredible lyrics. "My Love Was Like the Moon" never fails to elicit a wry chuckle, "Strange Messenger" brings tears to my eyes, and "Companion" leaves me uplifted. Rarely if ever has a CD spoken so strongly to me.
Very good stuff! I gt this because AJ Adams did some tracks for Apprentice, and I\'m glad to have discovered such talented musicians that way. I look forward to their next CD. (As a side note, I suggest if possible more collaborations with fiddlers/violinists, the instrument complements Vixy\'s voice very well.)