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Feb 10 2016

3.27.15 "Beautiful" music video now online!!

¡¡¡¡My brand new music video for "Beautiful" now online!!!!

To all my lovely friends & family...you are beautiful! To all my bandmates & fellow musicians giving of their souls & sparking inspiration on the daily...YOU are beautiful! To all those…

Feb 10 2016

3.12.15 "Beautiful" music video premiere at S.C.O.T.U.S. or Bust Event!

Put it in rainbow glittered PEN on your Springtime calendars! So excited to be premiering my new music video for "Beautiful (The Pink Fingernail Song)" at this event on 3/27. The Sweet Insurrection band has never sounded better. Grace Rother…

Feb 10 2016

2.7.15 Baby Bliss

Been a super sweet few weeks getting to know this little one...Lucille Wilder Good Beck, born 1/24/15. I know it's way to early to tell her musical tastes but I think there are some very promising signs...she jammed out (opened…

Dec 31 2014

12.27.14 "For the Ancestors" music video release

Six years ago yesterday my dear Aunt Louie & Uncle Phil died in a car accident on the way to our family Christmas gathering. In a moment, an irreplaceable hole was ripped into the fabric of our family. For me…

Dec 25 2014

11.13.14 Dear Michigan

Dear Michigan,

Despite your baffling electorate, discouraging politricks, and stubborn continuation of prejudicial laws, I can't help falling more in love with you every day.

In the days since walking out of the voter's booth last week I have…

Dec 25 2014

11.4.14 Wabash, IN "BUY LOCAL" video

LOVE this! Kudos to Green Hat Productions, LLC, Wabash Marketplace, Inc. and the good folks of Wabash, IN (only 20 minutes from my hometown!) for their great Buy Local video. Honored for my "Buy Local Song" to be the…

Feb 24 2014

2.23.14 Equality Cabaret, Marriage Equality in Marriage!

Some days the hope & the love & the anything is possible flows so abundantly you don't know whether to cry or laugh or scream or kiss whoever is closest to you. WOW! This is one of those days.

Thank…

Feb 24 2014

2.22.14 BUY LOCAL Song update

The original 'Buy Local' video (posted 12/4/13) had 15,000+ views in 2 months! It was taken down by YouTube earlier this month for allegedly violating YouTube's terms of service. We're still trying to understand what this means & are appealing…

Dec 7 2013

12.7.13 BUY LOCAL premiere, release, buzz, press, 8,500 views 48 hrs in!!

So much to catch up on! An absolutely beautiful night on Wednesday night at Frita Batidos to premiere the "Buy Local" music video. We had two showings, a packed house, and the community spirit was in full effect…

Nov 30 2013

11.30.13 Buy Nothing Day, Buy LOCAL, and a future of balanced, healthy commerce

This kind of ethic, vision, personality, and commitment to community shared so eloquently by the folks at Literati Bookstore is one of many reasons why I'm so excited for this "Buy Local" project! I am mindful of the devastating effects…

Jul 28 2013

7.28.13 Oregon, Song & Story Festival, & Steve Kinzie

What a wonderful week of renewal, love, & community. Grateful for a beautiful reconnection/reunion with my Mutual Kumquat/Funkalicious brothers Nome McBride & Justin Peterson; special times with old friends & family; and such love & openness amidst sharing,…

Jun 29 2013

6.29.13 More BIG News!! A Prairie Home Companion!!

Checking 1 off my songwriter's bucket list!! Still wrapping my head around the fact that 2+ million folks are going to hear a tune ('Was it You') that Seth Hendricks & I wrote tonight on A Prairie Home Companion…