An Easy Autumn Tune

I’m home tonight in my little backwoods retreat, under bright November stars.  All of my friends are doing amazing things (WindyCon, I’m looking at you), and I am only now recovered from last week’s FaerieCon East, which was delightful.  Sharing the stage with Betsy on cello, as in all the best of my dreams, and with new friend and drummer Ken Om Crampton, was soul-filling and heart-lifting.  I am so glad to know those two, and their friendship will help me get through my no-touring Holidays time, when I’m hunkered down, visiting family and finishing new song mixes at home.

I spent some time tracking a new song yesterday and today, my first recorded collaboration with Bekah Kelso since the Ember Days film score.  Bekah is incredible, and you should absolutely support her newest project, Bekah Kelso & The Fellas, based in San Antonio.  They recently blew up the San Antionio Music Awards for the second year in a row, and little wonder.  The song I got to write with Bekah this fall is a tribute that ties in nicely with the next bit of news on my list.  It’s a theme song for one of our favorite places.  Read on.

My last scheduled performance of 2014 is one week from tonight in Washington state, and it’s gonna be a killer- I’ll be sharing stage time with Bekah, Sunnie, Betsy, Sharon, Winter, and Marcos.  This’ll be the first time this particular group of all of us has ever done a concert all together, and the cause is absolutely one to celebrate.  Thank you, Sherry, for bringing us all home to Sidhehaven once again!  See my tour page for more info.

It’s been a big week in the news.  Entirely justifiable unrest and struggle continues in Ferguson, Missouri.  Walmart employees have initiated their first sit-down strike ever.  The latest round of US elections came and went, and we’re all still here.  We now know that it’s not only possible to land on a comet, but also to hear that comet singing.

And in news which will surprise no one at all, I am the Firebird.

Also a faun and a hawk and a general shape shifter fairytale kinda girl.  Many thanks to Kirk Lanier for putting me in front of his lens again!