Rachael Yamagata, I’ve been a fan for several years. She played locally here in Seattle this past November at the Crocodile A terrific live performance, I heard multiple new songs from her new album, Chesapeake. She continues to produce deeply emotional songs, based on the subject of love and the heart. Favorite songs on her new album include Miles…
For your Listen :Gospel inspired Jazz
Source: NPR story Gospel Meets Jazz with Unpredicatable Results I was raised in the Baptist church, where my father would play every Sunday morning for the congregation. To me gospel hymns provide calm reflection. Along with gospel, I enjoyed blues, folk and ragtime; jazz music is a beautiful fusion of these stylistic origins. I suggest previewing new album, Come Sunday…
Consignment shopping for the rest of us
I dreaded consignment shopping as a kid. As I watched my friends arrive to school in the latest fashions from the mall, I was wearing worn clothes from Goodwill. This embarrassment turned into developing my own style over time, bound to happen when you don’t have a mannequin to mimic. I look back and I am grateful for…
The Pacific Northwest got Snow, January 2012
When I moved to Seattle, Washington from Lancaster, Pennsylvania I knew there would be a difference in the seasons, Seattle having mild weather year round (expect for that one really hot week of Summer) Winter arrived with a vengeance this year in the Pacific NW. Several days of snowfalls, accumulation of inches in Seattle and feet in surround areas….
The start of a new year, one month in
I can’t say I have goals or resolutions for the year, I don’t get drawn into the hype of it all. I feel goals should be every day thing that you should strive for. Before I start sounding like some self help book, I will stop by myself. I do hope to work smarter (therefore…
The Year 2011 in Review
I started 2011 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a place I called home for over 20 years. For many years I had Seattle, Washington on the mind. It made sense to have the desire to move there, I prefered overcast to blue skies, rain to sunshine, and I was a life long puddle jumper. I wanted to…