My Enhanced Little Rhubarb
It’s the early seventies. My friends and I have gathered on a large meadow just outside the city. We are sitting on blankets, drinking red wine, eating snacks and we enjoy the sunny summer’s day. In front of us is a stage where our buddies in the ensemble My Enhanced Little Rhubarb perform the musical “In Memory of Rupert Cloud”.
That image passes before my eyes as I listen to My Little Rhubarb’s album “In Memory of Rupert Cloud”. The story takes place in the fantasy land Rhubarbland, inhabited by a number of strange characters. Among them is Rupert Cloud, from the album title, who dies tragically when his own rhubarbs eat him, and Selma the tree who’s fallen in love with John, one of her own apples.
You can listen to the album on their Bandcamp page. You’ll also find them on Facebook. Here are two songs from the album:
