April 6, 2017
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Comments Off on Words or music; chicken or egg?
It’s like the chicken or the egg question: which comes first, the music or the words? I’m happy to write songs in either order, words first or music first. When the words come first I like to tease out a … Continue reading
May 25, 2016
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As a very young singer, travelling with my family in southern Spain, I developed a habit of listening to and singing along with flamenco music. To this day I still warm up my voice and practice by singing flamenco in … Continue reading
January 4, 2016
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I’m missing Paul Bley today, after learning of his passing yesterday, January 3, 2016. It’s impossible to imagine there won’t be more rich and humorous encounters with the great jazz master. I consider it great luck to have been able to … Continue reading
December 19, 2015
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We recorded the album Jeannettically Modified Christmas Songs after several years of great Christmas party gigs. Every December we’d hike up to the top of a skyscraper overlooking the financial district in Toronto, swig martinis, wolf down sushi and … Continue reading