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Louisiana Harp-Break with Strings of Passion
Hit it, boys! Let’s have a little Blues in C: I’m gonna Loooseeana, just to play my harp Oh, I’m gonna Loooooooseeana, just to play my old harp Gonna court my muse, gonna teach some Blues Loooseana here I come I’m headed to New Orleans for a tiny little festival...
Postal Celebrity
Condition #1: I am easily star-struck. And then I get shy, and I can’t say anything. Or I say too much, or say stupid things. Condition #2: I’ve always thought of postal workers as celebrities. Especially post-masters. I think it’s because, when I was 7, I met the...
The Moment I Became a Musician
There was a moment when I made the transition in my life from person-who’s-passionate-about-music to professional musician. It sits in a picture frame in my mind, the moment of realization. I lived, then, just north of Pt. Reyes Station, California – in an old...
Why Silence?
The Boston area just observed a moment of silence for the victims of last Monday’s bombings. I went to the kitchen with my husband, and turned on the radio to be silent with everyone else, wishing we were down at Copley, standing quiet and still with thousands of...
How I learned the Physical Zoom
Last weekend I broadcast my first Livestream studio shows – LIVE from my own TV-studio. Meaning … my livingroom. NC. I LOVED the comments of the people who joined me from all over the world … Even the folks who were scratching their heads a little: What...Appearing LIVE … at YOUR House
I’m coming to YOUR HOUSE twice this weekend! Friday, April 5th at 8pm EDT Saturday, April 6th at 6pm EDT (If you don’t know what time that is where you are, the VideoHouseConcert.com website has a timezone converter.) Click here to get tickets These shows...
The Recording Conundrum
It all started with a conundrum about my new album – the one I’m recording now. Despite a Grammy Nomination – an honor that’s specific to ‘recording artists’ – I’ve never considered myself a ‘recording’ artist (and yes, that image is my Grammy Nomination medal). I’m a...
Home Brew Cabaret – Mon. Mar. 11 – Cambridge, MA
Join me in the audience this coming Monday – March 11 – at the Central Square Theater in Cambridge, MA – when my new Blues, “I’ll be your Sous-Chef, Baby” gets its cabaret debut! Here are the folks who’ll be performing it:...The World of Imperfect Completion
Welcome to the most uncomfortable world in my personal universe: the world of imperfect completion. It’s nothing like the world where I feel safest: on stage, performing live, incorporating anything unexpected into the performance itself, bouncing off...
