Big day for me! If you know me, then you know how much I hate making a fuss. But today is a fussy day: video shoot, photo shoot, filmed interviews of me talking about me. It's all me, me, me... Yikes! But I reckon that's what it will take to get this showboat up and sailing. I guess I must do what I gotta do. But I have have found it's easy to stomach when I'm in the hands of experts who do beautiful work and looking at the end result is less traumatic when the work is so exceptional. There …
Nina Simone & Janice Joplin Lit A Fire Under My Ass.
I have two great gigs coming up in January! I will be singing the music of two of my favorite female singers. You guessed it: Nina Simone and Janis Joplin. The Nina Simone tribute is part of a wine pairing event on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at The City Winery 1200 E. Randolph Street and and the Janis Joplin tribute is with Chicago Vocalist Alma Mendoza at Davenport's Piano Bar & Cabaret on Friday, January 25, 2013. Both of these women artists hold a special place in my heart because of …