Live Shows and Recording Update (listen to Green Tomatoes) - July Newsletter

 

Hi everyone,
 
This will be a rather short and sweet newsletter. I hope you are all enjoying the summer weather (even though for a lot of us it has been kind of rainy). I didn't write a June newsletter, partly because the month flew on by, and now suddenly here we are at the end of July - another month that flew on by!
 
I have been spending much of my time in the recording studio, and am really happy with the progress we are making. We have almost everything recorded - we're just doing some finishing touches as we work on mixing. I've got another song for you to listen to - check out a rough mix of Green Tomatoes by clicking here or on the photo. Tim Foley is featured on lead guitar! And the song was kind of inspired by one of the first dates we went on - but not quite in the way you might think. I'll save that story for another time, though.
 


I also have some live shows coming up (info on the next two below), and am working on booking more. Check out my website to see a preview of what's coming. It has been so wonderful to be able to be back with all of you in person. 
 
Can't wait to see you out there!

:) Kirsten

Upcoming Shows

Saturday, July 31
Kirsten solo (along with other performers)
The North Reading Community Coffee House
Outdoor Concert
5 - 8 p.m.
The Gazebo at Ipswich River Park,
North Reading, MA

This is an outdoor concert with a variety of performers, some performing original songs, and others performing their versions of favorite covers. I hope you will bring a chair and a picnic and enjoy a summer evening of music. Performers include The Lakeside Boys (Gene Doughty and Phil Leavitt), Mark Bishop Evans, Tim Foley, Kirsten Manville, Anne Sandstrom/John Loretz, Ric Page, and Art Grossman.

Saturday, August 7
Kirsten & Dave
Marblehead Farmers Market
9:15 - 11 a.m.
217 Pleasant St, Marblehead, MA

This is always a favorite market for Dave and me to play. Lots of food vendors as well as artisans. It's one of the biggest and nicest markets in the area.

Good Stuff

Right now I am in the midst of discovering Morgan Wade. I follow music fan/critic Grady Smith on youtube, and I also read the blog Saving Country Music, and they both have given this album great reviews. And I think what Grady Smith and Trigger, the Saving Cuntry Music writer,  do is pretty good stuff as well. They both mix commentary and music reviews, and I have been exposed to music I never would have known about because of them.

But anyway, Morgan Wade. I am still listening through her album, but I like the edginess she brings. Wilder Days is kind of her "breakout" but the whole album is worth checking out for sure.

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