Kristy Hanson

  • PWA fundraiser photos!

     /  18 Apr 2008  /  On the road again

    As promised, here’s a little photo-retrospective from the Grand Rapids show we played – the Progressive Women’s Alliance Fundraiser on April 16.

    All photos by the clearly very talented David McGowan!

    Thanks again to the event organizer Kristin Salerno for having us there, doing such a fab job promoting the event…and sending us these pics. Speaking of Kristin, here she is:

    The lovely, ethereal voice of Lux Land played before us: 

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  • You know that kind of tired you are when you feel wide awake but in a daze, like your brain has ceased to function properly but your body’s not listening to it? Maybe it’s just me…

    Anyway, I had lots of enthusiasm about blogging, but now that I’m actually doing it I find I have no idea what to say. Performing does kind of take it out of you. But I can say that tonight was the Progressive Women’s Alliance fundraiser. It was held at one of my favorite Grand Rapids restaurants, so the tapas was good, the wine was flowing, and the music was great. Claudia Schmidt followed by Rachael Davis followed by Lux Land – all were incredible in their own right (and between them kicked ass on many different instruments. YEAH to women who can really PLAY their guitars! I’m still working on it. I’ll rip a solo one of these days). It was quite humbling to be a part of it, and inspiring to be sharing the stage with women who are really doing what I want to do – that is, making a living making music, their own music, their way. Read the rest of this entry »

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