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There is so much I do not know about our country, its struggles, its histories and joys. As a musician, I know very few of the struggle songs, the music that fuelled the struggle, the revolution. My father was shocked while listening to me being interviewed on radio when the talk show host asked me […]
I start my day with a good thought. Like my Mother does, every single morning. A good thought, a great dream, a wonderful song and only then do I march or stroll into my day. I had a wonderful dream about the love of my musical life yesterday. What it was about, I don’t really […]
How often do we take a look at our lives and think of all the really good stuff eh? Some call it gratitude, others like my Mother call it Grace. Either way, I am gonna share some of mine. Dancing makes me happy. At Summer Camp, a trans music festival, I was offered a banana […]
Ah…and so the epiphany hits, as I sat outside and smoked. If our thoughts create our reality…then the truth has nothing to do with a lack of worthiness for me, at least. The simple truth is that it took me these last few years to feel safe around people and in my skin. To recover […]
Whenever I need my spirits lifted I go to a gay club. Here’s what I love….in CT there are few gay clubs so what one finds are people of every shape and color getting down and dirty. You have your queens who dance like they own the place. And everyone is there to serve and […]
Right now the sun is shining, the red of the Bougainville flowers, the emerald on the leaves have light streaming through them, and I can hear the sounds of the traffic merged with the sussuration of the leaves on so many trees. And all I can think of is music. Sometimes I wish I could […]
To a certain extent we are a bit selfish. We tend to view an event or set of circumstances through our own rose colored glasses. My pain, my past, my fears….without giving a thought to the bigger picture or the one who stands on the other side of the street. This applies to relationships of […]
And so it is…another sign. One of my first producers and songwriters is in town. Saying we work well together is an understatement of note. We can churn out new songs in under and hour and already he has new ideas. He also showed me a picture from 7 years ago in Switzerland when we […]
My latest notebook is littered with words and phrases. I heard so many speak on a variety of topics that it feels as though I have gained a new vocabulary to write music with. It started with a Heritage Tour of the Bo Kaap, an area in Cape Town with a rich, mysterious and complex […]
There are a few people in my life I always check in with. My shaman is one of them. I usually do so at pivotal moments, like before opening for Ben Harper. She was the one who guided me, so I can manage meeting and performing in the same space as my favorite musician in […]