Well , the holiday season is soon upon us. @SaskMusic has created another great Radio Player List. I enjoyed all the tracks, indeed. There seems something for every taste. Codie Prevost’s song “Christmas in the Country” is refreshingly nostalgic as …
Sask Music: A Whoville Winter Taster from the Prairies Read more »
Last weekend was a musical treat for me, indeed. I attended a Jeffery Straker house concert, and later, a Brandy Moore public concert. Wow…is there talent on the prairies, or what? Believe it or not, it was the first time …
Straker Up the Band! …and Pour me a Brandy: Time to Enjoy Rich Prairie Music! Read more »
It was Winter. I was on the tenth floor overlooking Halifax Harbour. It was a beautiful white-out blizzard. Snow was mowing in all directions, leaving spirograph-like* traces on the picture window. As I turned back toward the kitchen, I noticed …
Old Man Winter inspired “As If I Could” from “Courage Walks with Us” Read more »
JazzFest Regina 2014 is now upon us…I am so looking forward to this week. It all starts with a piano master class by David Braid. If you had told me that I would be attending such an event a year …
Spring has finally arrived on the prairies. Spring needs to make an entrance here; she has arrived I think pretty much everywhere else. And speaking of everywhere else, I am so pleased to announce a couple of concerts in the …
I am soon to be recording the vocal tracks to my new CD “Courage Walks with Us.” I love to sing. And I love to sing songs I have written; there is something grand about one’s own voice nudging songs …
So I thought that songs were sort of under the control of the songwriter. To a large extent, whenever I had an idea for a song, I began there with that idea and more or less followed it through to …
So…there is a Sask Music Holiday Sampler that is an Online Radio playlist. It is such great news to listen to all the wonderful talent in the province. Enjoy! http://www.saskmusic.org/holidaysongs/ …look for my song “Comin’ to Town (Guess We All …
“Comin’ to Town” my song on SaskMusic Holiday Playlist Read more »
Really, where would we be without mentors? I have always admired people who seem so self-directed, so focused. I have never been like that, and I do not know how many people are. I have tended to jump into different …
The summer can be such a time of relaxation and refreshment. Times of space—space apart from deadlines and expectations, are at least some of the ingredients necessary for me to be creative. I am deeply thankful for the gift of …