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Winner of “Best singer-songwriter 2013” at the Connecticut Music Awards, a nominee for Best Songwriter in New England 2014, and the Greater Hartford Arts Council’s 2014 featured musical artist. An amazing success story after having overcome two major traumas in her life.

Notable Guest Quotes

“I think there is a shelf life unless, in my experience, your healing process takes radically different shape.”

“One of the mysterious things that happened to me after my accident was that I couldn't remember, understand what singing was.”

“I do a lot of talks and interviews on the healing power of music because I literally did have music stripped from me and I did get it back, which was the mysterious and beautiful part of my journey.”

“I decided one day a couple of years into my recovery when the insurance had run out and the doctors had said I plateaued, I said to my mom, ‘What if I try to learn an instrument that I had no past experience with so I can't compare myself, I can't say I used to be good at this but now I am terrible.’”

“I started to understand that my voice was something that was very similar to guitar and that if I try to mimic what I was doing on the guitar with my voice eventually I would develop the singing voice back.”

“It has always been on my treasure chest to work with Jim Chapdelaine but sometimes dreams either work or don't work.  For one reason or another, it worked with us.”

“I think what was most important in Jim and I's process was that we sat down as people in his studio and my husband came along with me and we just talked and got a sense of what each other loves about music – The discovery process: do we like each other?  Do we have enough in common to make a project out of this?”

“My drive for this coming year is to be on the road more and be discovering and appearing in these states along the east coast.”

Songs on this episode

"Yes"
"Swing Low"