Vocal Takes and Bloopers

I've been a bad blogger these days, while immersed in studio land! But be sure to check out this fun video, "Vocal Take and Bloopers." It includes footage of me in my voice lesson with the lovely Tina Shafer and in the studio with masterful producer Ben Wittman. Lots of laughs!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbHmeMCV4qo

Also, we are working on the final three songs for the record, and will be recording at Bennett Studios on April 15. I have to lay down some scratch vocals at Ben Wittman's place the day before (which is my birthday!!! but that's actually a really nice way for me to celebrate).

And for those of you reading the blog - you'll be the FIRST to find out about two special guests who will be joining me on the album - Lucy Kaplansky on harmony vocals and Natalia Zukerman on dobro! Shhhhhh it's a secret :)

More soon and I'll try to be a better little blogger soon...

Little Window - a new poem by Anna Dagmar

Little window

Round on top

Light tunnels in

My little loft

I watch the pathway

Growing, rising

Early sun, each time

Surprising

Take me down a different hallway

Lead me to another door

Fit me through the tiny keyhole

Show me how the brightness pours

The floorboards creak

With little feet

But my eyes wander

So discreetly

Lift the latches

Listen in

People sleeping

Soft within

Looking forward, up ahead

A spiral staircase!

(Duck my head.)

Shall I go up?

Shall I go in?

The morning tickles hair on skin.

Dusty ledges

Aging wood

The years of doing others good

Give back time

In rhythms

Rhyming

Hesitant, but un-denying

Which door opens

When this one closes,

Twinkling midst

Such dark reposes?

Which knob chills

And which one burns?

One is locked

The other turns.

Travel down the crooked hallway

Lead me little light

(Still following)

Back behind the bookcase wallway

Down the upside staircase

Always through somehow

Yet hidden-in

Sacred message yearns within

An ancient passage, undiscovered

Gossimer, so lightly covered

Windows here and windows there

The curtains part like angels hair

New light pours in from the street

And meets the one brought by my feet

Time suspended - here at last

Connect my future to my past

Tears and trials and ever-hoping:

One door shuts

Another opens.

Um, a little jealous?

Imagine spending the fourth of July on a sailboat on Flathead Lake in Montana, and then waking up the next day to find rainbows in the sky? Yeah. It really happened to us:

Crossing paths with Natalia Zukerman

I got to Raleigh and who did I see listed in the newspaper? Natalia Zukerman! She's on stage here with Sam Baker and John Fullbright - two awesome songsters I met that night. I even got to play with them later in the evening and it was just such a treat! Wish you could have been there :) Maybe you were?

Salisubry is a mighty fine town

My NC travels took me east to Salisbury, to a lovely venue called The Blue Vine. Here I am here with my new cowgirl boots - trying to be a bit more southern... I'd go back there anyday!

Anna with Valorie Miller in Asheville

What a cool town! Reminds me of Missoula - very earthy, very green, and lots of interest in music. I played a show with my friend Valorie Miller (guitarist/singer-songwriter). Her songs have a lot of attitude! Here's our pic after the show at Bobo Gallery:

Eric better buy some clogs!

My brother is moving to Holland for 2 years to do a masters in Eco-Design. I'm so proud! But I'm also sad to see him go :( He's storing up his stuff though, so I know he'll be back! Good luck ERIC!!! We will miss you!!!

I'll update you later on his design projects - he's brilliant and wants to do the world good :)