Blossom in the Sun Releases Today! - June Newsletter

 


Hello all!

This month's newsletter is exciting to me as I am so glad to let you know that the new album Blossom in the Sun releases today (woot!). There is also some information about upcoming shows in Yarmouth Port, MA and Lawrence, MA. More details on those below, and of course I will have copies of the CD with me!

I am delighted to have already had some radio play from the album across the country, and I hope that my music continues to reach a wider audience. I'm grateful to all of you for your continued support.

Listen to the Album

To preview songs on the album and/or find direct links to the album on all the streaming services, click here. 

For those who want to download or buy a physical copy, you can visit here.

Lyric Videos

I have created a couple of lyric videos for the album. Please feel free to check them out on Youtube, and if you know of someone who you think may like my songs, I'd be much appreciative if you shared a video with them. 

              Watch "All Over but the Cryin'"                           Watch "Green-Eyed Daisy"

I'll say more about the album in upcoming newsletters - share information about the musicians who lent their time and talents and talk about the inspiration behind the songs. But for now I just want to celebrate that it is out in the world. I really hope you enjoy listening! Thank you again!

:) Kirsten

Upcoming Shows

Saturday, June 25
Kirsten Manville with Jackie Damsky
Harmony House Concerts
7:00 p.m.
Yarmouth Port, MA

Rescheduled from October 2020! So glad Jackie and I will finally get to play as part of this cool house concerts series on Cape Cod! If you would like to attend, please email me for more information.

Saturday, July 16
Kirsten solo, co-bill with Folkapotamus
One Broadway Collaborative
8:00 p.m.
Lawrence, MA
onebroadway.org

I am very excited to share the evening with my friends Penni and Tony of Folkapotamus. They also have a new album out, and it is lovely. Please join us!
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Saturday, July 30 
Kirsten & Dave
Marblehead Farmers Market
9:15 - 11:30 a.m.
Marblehead, MA


One of the best farmers markets around! Dave and I always have a lot of fun playing here.

Creative Musings

Anytime I finish a big creative project (like oh, recording an album) I always feel depleted creativity-wise. The first time it happened, I was a little nervous - would I ever write another song, or was it all over? Now I know it is just part of the cycle, and that I need to take some time to fill the well, as Julia Cameron describes. I have included a quote from her below, which I think sums it up nicely. And in the meantime, I am going to work on filling that well!

Art is an image-using system. In order to create, we draw from our inner well. This inner well, an artistic reservoir, is ideally like a well-stocked trout pond. We've got big fish, little fish, fat fish, skinny fish-- an abundance of artistic fish to fry. As artists, we must realize that we have to maintain this artistic ecosystem.

If we don't give some attention to upkeep, our well is apt to become depleted, stagnant, or blocked. Any extended period of piece of work draws heavily on our artistic well.

As artists we must learn to be self-nourishing. We must become alert enough to consciously replenish our creative resources as we draw on them-- to restock the trout pond, so to speak. I call this process filling the well.  -Julia Cameron

Good Stuff

As I mentioned above, Folkapotamus has a wonderful new album out called We'll Dance Again. You can check it out here.

 

 

 

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