Now. In between writing "Roia's On Tour", they managed to find time to interview me for their lovely podcast, and you (yes, you) can now go and give it a listen at your leisure here.  

I'd be delighted to hear your comments. I can tell you right now that I sounded pretty darned tired, and you can tell that I was sitting in a very comfy couch, because I sound as if I'm sitting in a somewhat reclined position- which in fact I was.

I hope you enjoy it! 

I had the pleasure of opening for my brother, Kamran's, band (the Lava Trading Band) this past Thursday at Don Hill's in New York City. And my dear friend, Tzu-Ching shared these photos of the event:

While we were there, Tzu-Ching and I got to chatting with the coat check clerk. He was a very pleasant man, and he told us he'd started a fashion blog called (are you ready?) "Coats from the Underground"! Isn't that great? You can see his blog here. 

He and Tzu-Ching were the only two people bold enough to try the excellent Raw Double Fudge Brownies I made. They both gave them a thumbs up.

I'm happy to say my nieces were in attendance, and here's the best part of the evening: I played "Therapy 'Til I'm Dead", and my five-year old niece promptly asked my brother, "Daddy, what's therapy?"

Oh boy.

Also in attendance at this glorious event: Tom and Doug (Doug via satellite), Greg Rossi, Andrew Dunn, and Frank Glaz! All in all, an excellent evening, which included rocking brownies from Amy Nemirow, my fabulous co-writer for (yes, you guessed it), "Therapy 'Til I'm Dead"!

I will post photos as soon as I get some developed (being of the "old school", as it were, I only have film cameras). Stop that! I see you rolling your eyes. Some of us are, shall we say gently, just plain technologically inept.

Meanwhile, if you'd like to buy your very own brand spanking new copy of "Look Inside" (the CD), just click here:

Here it is. Courtesy of my kind friend, Amy (the fabulous jeweler who made the gorgeous necklace I'm wearing)! Photographic evidence that I have now had the pleasure of meeting and opening for Christine Lavin (who, by the way, is a simply lovely woman who was knitting when I arrived). My deepest thanks to Frank Glaz for organizing this shindig, to Christine (and her road manager, Terry) for their generalized talent and kindheartedness, Alex and Mitch, the sound guys, the folks who volunteered to sell CDs and take tickets and stuff, and to my phenomenal group of friends who came to support the cause! What an amazing gift.

Then on the 25th of July, I had the pleasure of playing at the 1794 Meetinghouse in beautiful New Salem, MA. On this evening I shared the stage with Linq (our fearless organizer), Lisa Martin (and her fearless improvisational drummer!), and Laurieanne Fiorentino (and her fearless voice). Aside from managing to forget my guitar (I mean...really!) on my way to the Stonewall Tavern, I think both gigs went quite well.

I spent another whole week in Cape Cod (nice!)- in Eastham, specifically, attending a class on Mindful Therapy with Thomas Bien. It was very interesting and quite blogworthy (which I'll deal with when I'm more awake). Of course, being me and being the major homebody that I am, it's good to be back in my own familiar space. And many many thanks to both of my wonderful and doting aunts, Karla and Debbie (along with my Uncle Peter and cousin, Mindy) for putting me up in their homes while I zipped about. I mean, how lucky am I? Meanwhile, next weekend is the wonderful wedding of my friends, Amy and Joe, and (somehow) I managed to write a song in celebration of this joyous occasion. Not being one to write cheery love songs, I must admit this was a bit of a stretch, and, according to my friend, Amanda, it sounds a bit like a theme song for a sit-com. Hm. Well, hopefully Amy and Joe will like it. The next (and last) big travel event happens when I head down to Virginia in a couple of weeks to showcase at the Indiegrrl Conference. My good friend, Christine, will be trundling down there with me (thank goodness, because it's a looong drive!). I do hope you're enjoying the summer, and I for one can't wait for fall and some cooler weather! Woo hoo!