![Weeping China Doll](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/weeping-china-doll.jpg)
![Weeping China Doll](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/weeping-china-doll.jpg)
![Harping the Rock World – Press Release 9/26/2012](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Band-SpotlightDHC-YvanGuenette.jpg)
Harping the Rock World – Press Release 9/26/2012
ELECTRIC HARP joins LEGENDARY GUITAR SHREDDER. DEBORAH HENSON-CONANT – joins STEVE VAI Band and SOLO SHOW ADDED. BOSTON-AREA Solo “Solstice” Show Culminates Tour on Dec. 21st Boston, MA September 26,2012-Grammy-Nominated instrumental innovator, DEBORAH HENSON-CONANT...![Perfect Timing](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/voot-nightingale-image.jpg)
Perfect Timing
One of the things about touring with a band – as a newbie – which I am – is that you don’t know the rules. There’s a protocol, a flow, an etiquette that’s completely unwritten. Everyone just knows … … except me. And...![The Train to Chapter Two](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/southstation-408-w.jpg)
The Train to Chapter Two
South Station, Boston: A last-minute bit of luck – two friends of Steve’s are driving to tonight’s show from the Boston-area today. We’ll meet in South Station, take the train to Canton and drive from there to Northampton for the show tonight. This morning, I’d...![Time is a Garden](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/prince-duke-street-alexandria.jpg)
Time is a Garden
Yesterday – walking through Alexandria, VA on my off-day from the Steve Vai “Story of Light” tour – I noticed a telephone pole. Someone had built a wall of small grey stones around it about six inches high and about 12 inches away from the pole, and in...![Nashville – Harp Stuff Happens](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Screen-shot-2012-08-22-at-2.44.22-PM.jpg)
Nashville – Harp Stuff Happens
Tue. Aug. 21, 2012 – Nashville When we get to the club – The Marathon – they’re just loading out a car show and there are still a few oil slicks on the floor. There’s an SUV ‘cutout’ in the middle of the huge room – looks like someone took a metal chain...![How to Enjoy a Steve Vai Show](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dhc-vai-bynoe-lucas-carpenter-1500p1-1024x723.jpg)
How to Enjoy a Steve Vai Show
How to Enjoy a Steve Vai Show … if you’re not a rock music fan (with special notes for classical musicians, science-engineer-types … and girls) [Part of the “Rock Harp Diaries” blog series] I’m on tour with legendary rock guitar virtuoso Steve Vai –...![First Flight](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Screen-shot-2012-08-15-at-8.37.55-AM-300x214.jpg)
First Flight
In which … I board the first plane of my adventure as a Rock-Harpist after a long night of practice and packing and self-inflict a mini-stigmata via mechanical pencil. (Steve Vai’s “Story of Light” Tour debuts Wed. Aug 15 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Tour schedule is...![The Bulba & El Deborita](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/dhc-with-harp-lit-and-backdrop-261x300.jpg)
The Bulba & El Deborita
Rock Harp Diaries On Tour with Steve Vai’s “Story of Light” tour Tour dates are HERE Fri. Aug. 10, 2012 It’s 1:30 AM I just got back to the hotel. Rehearsal ended around 12:45, then I stopped at a 24-hour Ralphs and bought more food than will fit in my fridge … but...![Finding the Ladies’](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/lights-on-harp.jpg)