of memories and experiences of life in music and on tour. It’s really for me, and if I share something of interest to you on occasion that would be kewl too. Time marches on so fast.
She was such an earnest pursuer of knowledge and an incredible writer and sharer of the wisdom she found within and without. I am traditionally, and maybe permanently, unfocused and I was lazy about paying deeper attention to what she offered in her work while she was here. I think you might say that is a normal dynamic for a parent/child relationship, but I feel like I grew out of that too slowly. She had a profound impact on the lives of so many people and I want to continue to share her work so that people can continue to find it.
My own showing up consistently feels like a way to honor her. She encouraged me so much in my art and would be excited for me to commit to this effort. She loved for us to celebrate our work. She believed in what I do and passed that optimism and belief onto me. Now I want to be like her and WORK consistently.
AND if you have saintly levels of patience with horrible grammar, this might be of interest to you.
To start, I guess I wanna share some things I loved seeing or hearing this year.
ALBUMS
Samantha Crain- Gumshoe
Esther Rose - Want
Chris Crofton- I’m Your Man
K-Pop Demon Hunters
Sabine McCalla - Don’t Call Me Baby
The Lemonheads - Love Chant
Dean Johnson - I Hope We Can Still Be Friends
Watchhouse - Rituals
Kyle M. - The Real Me
Shrunken Elvis - Shrunken Elvis
Favorite songs from records by friends and friends of friends
Kelsey Waldon - Tiger Lillies
Kashena Sampson- Ghost Of Me
Caroline Spence - The Sound Of You
Julianna Riolino- Like A Rembrandt
Tristen - Hey La
Dean Johnson- So Much Better/ Before You Hit The Ground
Deep Dark Woods- Circle Remains
Ry Jennings- What Another Year Can Do
T Hardy Morris - Don’t Kill Your Time To Shine
SG Goodman - Nature’s Child
Jobi Riccio - Wildfire Season
Kristina Murray- Fool’s Gold
Luke Bell- Don’t Mind If I Do
Matt Lovell - Dirt
Lilly Hiatt - Ghost Ship
Margo Price- Close To You
Hand Habits- More Today
Watchhouse- In The Sun
Remmi- Take My Money
Michaela Anne - If Your Body Fails You
Corey Parsons - Roll Tide
Nicki Bluhm - Bay Laurel Leaves
Jess Nolan - Shake My World Around
Penny & Sparrow - Mattering Ram
Annie Williams - If I Could
Ali Sperry - When I Was A Mother
Molly Parden - Polaris
Kylie Dailey - Tennessee Way
Things I listened to on repeat:
Annie- Rose Maloney - “a bit of love”
Angela Autumn - “Electric Lizard”
Myriam Gendron - “Threnody”
Liz Cooper - “New Day”
Neil Young “The Losing End (when you’re on)”
George Harrison “I Live For You”
Natalie Merchant “I May Know The Word” + “Carnival”
Valerie June “Astral Plane”
Loudon Wainwright III “Daughter”
Samantha Crain “Neptune Baby”
Burl Ives “I know where I’m going”
Cowboy Junkies “Miles From Our Home”
T. Hardy Morris “Don’t Kill Your Time To Shine”
Esther Rose “Scars” feat. Dean Johnson
Natalie Bergman “Talk To The Lord”
The Deep Dark Woods “Traded In Your Name”
Many songs by Hiss Golden Messenger <3
BESTS:
Best Fran’s Karaoke - Seth Martin does “Linger”
Best voice memo recording - “my friends dad” Justin Collins + T Hardy Morris
Best rare performance - Cortney Tidwell & Tristen @ soft junk
Best Relationship to their fans - Penny & Sparrow > everyone else
Best Album Art - “Ghost Of Myself” Kelsey Waldon
Best long-awaited solo album - Whisperin’ Ry Jennings
Best airplane companion - The guy on the flight from phoenix to toronto that made me origami the entire flight
Best fantasy - 1. looking good in my cowboy hat
2. taking a break from playing music
3. #lockingin and becoming really successful and hot and organized
4. getting a puppy
5. getting an RV and living in that
6. I don’t need a schedule or structure to feel regulated
7. what I do only affects me
Best experiences - 1. Receiving incalculable amounts of love and support from family and friends around the loss of my Momma
2. The honor of being with my mom in her last months and for her transition (also did not love)
3. having my niece and sister here in town and getting to bond with them
4. Putting my feet in the natural spring in Ponce De Leon, FL with Matt Lovell and sleeping on his couch
5. Taking Finley to Piccolo Farms to meet all the different animals (thank you, Bonnie!)
6. skinny-dipping with friends in the french country-side IYKYK and shhh.
7. Happening upon the historian at St. David’s Cathedral showing bibles from the 1400s
8. Getting to know and play with The Deep Dark Woods crew, Dean Johnson, Hollow Hand Band, Andy + Kyle of Penny + Sparrow, and of course, The Lemonheads <3
9. Running into Alex Spodo +his wife Rita in Paris + having a big friend hang and song swap at Ben Farrow’s (thank you ben!!)
10. Joe + Matt hosting a Florence, AL birthday for me! So sweet!
11. Getting to see Erin + Rachel Gauvin get married and later having them tour with me & deepening our friendship
12. Going to the bath house on the sea in Malmo, Sweden with a fan turned friend
13. Lou touring with me in the UK <333333333333 and people coming to those shows!!!!
14. Recording a new album in my home with some fun and thoughtful mega talents
15. Singing “a song for you” by gram & “I’ll Find A Way” with Evan off mic in Boston at the Sinclair
16. Seeing my beautiful sister try on wedding dresses
17. Finley singing Modern Woman with me on Lightning 100
18. Thinking my cat was missing for a week only to fly home and have her greet me in the living room
19. Christmas Dinner with my brother and sister & their families
20. Realizing Things
Best quote from my 6 year old, now 7 year old niece - “you need to get married cause I need a baby cousin!”
Best funeral music - Emoni Wilkins, Kyshona Armstrong, Kashena Sampson, Matt Lovell, and Maureen Murphy singing “Order My Steps” accompanied by Jo Schornikov, and Langhorne Slim singing James Taylor’s “You Can Close Your Eyes” at my mom’s request.
If it’s not weird to you, you can listen here.
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