I'm reeling from a terrific rehearsal with The Shivers for our upcoming Nina Simone Tribute and I am so very excited. I don't mean to be all "New Age" about it but It was an almost spiritual experience. Singing those songs after all the preparation, reading and researching I've done has put me in a place I haven't been in ... well... I can't remember being this excited. To sing, to just sing ... y'all gotta come experience this with me ... the journey continues ... and I have a feeling that …
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 …