It's album release week and I wanted to take a moment to thank the vendors and people behind the scenes who have helped me get the music out there with a splash!First and foremost, Sticker Mule! Sticker Mule is a company that creates all kinds of fun things---stickers, buttons, custom labels, packaging. I have, over the years, used their services to create complementary products and promotional items like the ones [...]
While on concert tour in China this past summer, I ventured with my husband and our young translator to a dressmaker in Hangzhou. I brought along a few concert dresses that fit well, but had seen better days. I was told that one could buy custom made suits, blouses and dresses in China for less than half the price in the States, and that the workmanship could not be [...]
Hi Everyone, Welcome to my brand spanking new web site, designed by my friend and colleague John Albert Thomas. John is a talented pianist/composer in his own right and can write code. How impressive is that? This new site allows you to listen to my music on any streaming platform, pay via credit cards (no need for Paypal account if you don’t have one), and allows for international shipping. There are lots [...]
Sometimes it feels like everything I am doing is a distraction from something else, but perhaps that is because I am plate spinner. Just this afternoon, I went outside to take the trash out, and noticed a few weeds in the garden bed. Before I knew it, I was donning my gardening gloves and pecking at those weeds until they were gone, gone, gone. But then I noticed some more in [...]
It’s “Finals Week” at the university. Today wraps my first year as a college professor and I can honestly say I liked the gig. As I write this, my students are taking their final exam in my “International Music Industry” class. We covered trends in the music business around the world: music consumption, censorship, the ins and outs of live touring, technological advancements. How and why do I know this [...]
A while ago I posted this photo of my mother, who joined me during an east coast concert tour. It was so lovely having her with me for company and conversation. She has been "in the wings" for me as long as I can remember. These past two years I have been in the wings for my daughter while she explored her college options. We visited schools and then visited them [...]
I was talking with a girlfriend the other day and she said, "How do you know so much about gardening?" and I laughed and told her I really didn't know anything about gardening. And that made her laugh, because to her I am some sort of garden expert. I guess there is so much to learn about a subject as big as gardening that I never figured I knew much [...]
I opened for songwriting legend Jimmy Webb this weekend. You know his songs: By The Time I Get to Phoenix, Wichita Lineman, McArthur Park, Galveston. The concert was in NJ so I stayed with my mom, and she came with me to the theater. We leave early because I have the soundcheck at 5pm. In the car she listens to a pre-release copy of my new recording. After the first [...]
I am home for the first weekend in a long while, and as I write this I am already in my 'cozy' PJs (it is only 6pm)! I have one more concert to play before the year ends; for those of you who live in FL, (or if you are a "snowbird" who finds refuge from the cold there this time of year), I will be in West Palm Beach [...]
It feels like I've been gearing up for this tour for months. Charts, rehearsals, first-aid kit, new costume design, vehicle rental, flights, set lists----lots of things have to come together to get three ladies on the road. Our first show is tonight in Pontiac, IL. Here's a glimpse of our "getting ready" http://youtu.be/IOPV-uw-eac
