Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist who, the day this interview is being released, is celebrating the two-year anniversary of the release of her ten-song album entitled, “Changing.” After performing in 30 countries by the age of 30, she made the east coast of the U.S. her home base, continuing to tour internationally. Her music has been featured on radio and festival stages around the world, including a number 1 song in Norway. Already this year she has become Director of the Songs That Save Foundation and founded the Myrtle Beach Songwriters Festival. She was a guest on this show back on Episodes 344 and 28.
“I was stuck in the airport and on the airplane on the way home I just wrote that whole song about all the places I'd been and whether I was willing to trade that in for a chance at having a normal family and a normal life.”
“A lot of times, questions that are really difficult I'll answer in song before I can formulate into real conversations with myself.”
“They'll just play songs and I just fall into the pocket and I make up words. And so, we'll write songs on the spot. That's my favorite thing in the whole world to do.”
“I really think I am an antenna that is constantly on and I'm just picking up the energy of the people that I'm around.”
“I just kind of felt like I was sitting on a gift that it was time to share it with the people (in Myrtle Beach)… I think the heartbeat of any music scene is the original music scene, so it just felt like a natural progression.”
“I've been in festivals for the last 15 years. So, I've learned really quickly what I didn't like and what I liked.”
“My Songs That Save Foundation is built on the three H's – hope, health, and hunger.”
“Early in my career I realized that I had the gift of gab and that people believed in how hard I worked because I went from zero to playing gigs full time in one summer.”
“I feel guilty sometimes because I understand that some people had horrible Covid experiences and for me, other than a failed relationship, it was the best thing that could’ve happened to me. It completely pivoted my life, it changed who I was as a person, and now I’m so rich and have so many gifts because of it.”
“The van was cool because I got to be a touring artist within my own country, which I highly recommend to anyone who has a penchant to sleep in their car because it opens you up to a world that you don’t normally get to see and it gives you opportunities you don’t normally have.”
“Searching”
“Waves”