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I'm an Oakland jazz salsa singer-songwriter, fluent in a few languages thanks to my itinerant childhood. Since 2004 I've done more than a dozen studio recordings for my own & other bands. In 2010, I sang on the Grammy-nominated Bien! Bien! In 2011, I made a fan-funded CD, and in 2012 my singing/songwriting was on Pacific Mambo Orchestra's debut CD. In 2013, we won a Grammy!

Posts tagged "being in love"
My Valentine to you: Everytime We Say Goodbye

My Valentine to you: Everytime We Say Goodbye

Dusk was near and the recording session was almost over. I was very pregnant with my 2nd child, recently laid off from my job, and thus very happy to have been hired for the session. One song remained. The producer called me out of the booth, his wife offered me some snacks, and he asked...
Do you ever miss being in love?

Do you ever miss being in love?

I do, right now, at noon, under gray skies, with a slight cold and a deadline I can’t seem to make headway on. The thought of love came to me unbidden so here it is: It’s that heightened sense of everything. Life seems important, and purposeful, and glamorous. There’s a rush, still air brushes your...