Sending love to my past self The fabulous people over at Musician’s Wages are asking a question of musician bloggers today:  “If you could go back to 1999 and give yourself one piece of advice, what would it be?” I admit, I wasn’t exactly sure how to participate at first.  On this blog which is [...]

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Singer-Songwriter Kristi Martel Avant-garde songwriter and piano diva Kristi Martel has recently recorded demos for her next full-length CD, Sacred Whore. From her website: “The work is more jazz and soul, and focuses on the universal in our human experience and our need for inner and world peace.”  The stripped-down demos certainly don’t feel like [...]

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Tis the season for free downloads, holiday songs and holiday samplers! I’ll be adding to this post as I find more stuff, so check back, but if you want to know the minute I do, follow my tumblr, I use that for quickie posts every day or two (lots of great music videos there too). [...]

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Singer-Songwriter Cheryl Branz When I first saw Cheryl Branz on stage, she had a twinkle in her eye similar to the one many people attribute to the “Jolly Old Elf” in the poem The Night Before Christmas. That twinkle shines through her Christmas album, The Christmas Gift. But this was at Song School two years [...]

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