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Read Me Out Loud - Lizzy Ross
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“Folksy, jazzy, bluesy in all the best senses of the words... a voice like cigarettes and the smoothest whiskey you’ve ever tasted.”
-Stephen Markley, Chicago RedEye
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Last Band Standing

01.30.2012
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After sitting through 8 bands’ 15-minute sets and 30 minute changeovers, playing at 1:30 A.M. to an exhausted crowd, and being judged on my “swagger,” I once made a vow to myself that I would never again take part in a band competition. The time has come to break that vow. Here are my reasons [...]

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Real. Music. Video.

01.25.2012
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WE’RE MAKING A MUSIC VIDEO!!!!(&*&^@!!!!!! We’re joining forces with Keith and John at the fabulous Carolina Reprographics to make a music video for my original song Black River. This will be our first music video ever, and it will be awesome. Come be a part of it! We’re looking for 100 or so intrepid friends [...]

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Hobbes

01.18.2012
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Today I meant to write about all the things I didn’t have time for last week, but… Hobbes, our jaguar in a house cat’s body, died yesterday. He was 12 years old and had been sick for a while. Blogs are perhaps not the most conducive to eloquent thoughts on death, but it felt strange [...]

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Busiest (and best!) week ever.

01.12.2012
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…ok, that’s hyperbole, but it’s a really, really good week! I have a million things to tell you about, but I am running around like a crazy woman with a few wonderful new projects.  I PROMISE I will write a billion word essay (um… hyperbole strike two) and tell you all about it next week.  [...]

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How to get to Memphis

01.04.2012
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I’m going to Memphis. How? With a rusted out 1993 Volvo 240 and some Craigslist driving buddies. Sound dodgy? It might be. But I’ve got to get to Memphis for the 2012 International Folk Alliance Conference. The folks at FAI were kind enough to grant my broke self a scholarship, and now all I have [...]

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NYE at the Southland Ballroom, “Used To Wish” Video

12.28.2011

I’ve had a few bad New Years’ Eves. The low point? One year my mom and I watched 4 Pink Pather movies in a row. Both my mom and Inspector Clouseau are awesome, but that’s still no  way to welcome a new era. Thank god I finally got it straightened out. This New Years’ Eve, [...]

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