Learning to Want What I Have

Learning to Want What I Have

The morning of the Clearwater Festival These two illustrations have ridden in my guitar case for maybe three years, They were drawn by a young man working as a dishwasher that season at a favorite restaurant of mine called the Wall House in St. Barth. I knew I should...
Remembering Stanley  “…that’s not a gig?” 

Remembering Stanley  “…that’s not a gig?” 

In late 1979 I joined a group of four women who started a band called Fire and Stanley Flato was our manager. He was kind and spoke with an unfamiliar accent that I learned was Polish. He was not a tall man or particularly fetching, but I sensed an air of someone who...
Album No. 9 is officially released here in the US

Album No. 9 is officially released here in the US

I am really excited to tell everyone that Album No. 9 is officially released here in the US. I can’t quite explain what this feels like – but it is a very good feeling. Let’s just say it took a few minor miracles and a sense of humor. The coincidence that it came out...
New York, There is No Place Like Home

New York, There is No Place Like Home

New York, there is no place like home.  Johnny B and I caught Christelle’s 7:30pm show at Zinc bar. Lovely show!  Singer-Songwriter, Ansel Matthews, was working the door and assisting in the sound check at Zinc. I remember him working at the Bitter End and the...