Hello! Hope your end-of-year is treating you well. I'm happy to bring you two great ways to see through the transition! Pairing for you always makes me listen and taste better, so thank you for this past year of Jazz & Juice. And thank you for those of you who are helping to make 2026 a watershed year for the "Beyond the Frame" project (more on that at the end.) Juice Though I'm a firm believer that Champagne is for all days, not just holidays, I'll admit it's particularly perfect for New...
8 days ago • 2 min read
Hello! The holidays have hastened to us -- and even though I've been singing songs of the season (one that's brand new and some not) for what feels like months, I'm still somehow surprised that we're here! I hope you find yourself with a slackening workload and some time, and a glass or two, to fill in the coming week. I think you'll find this pairing perfectly suited to the moment. Juice Even after years of reminding anyone within earshot that not all rieslings are sweet (or too sweet for...
14 days ago • 2 min read
Happy December! In late October, I went back into the studio with Jeb Patton to record "No Room at the Inn" -- a song that came after my producer on the next album, Michael Leonhart, suggested I might put something out for the season. Though I have a holiday album with Ted Nash that covers plenty of sentiments from the humbug to hallelujah, there was a flavor I felt this year needed. I wrote, recorded and released this song with more speed than anything in recent memory (to which you who have...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
I'll start at the beginning. In 2019 while in LA for a gig, I found my plans cancelled (actually, I chose to go someplace that was closed — sadly not unusual) so I thought to make the best of it by making my first visit to the Getty Museum. the one that started it all The featured exhibit was called “Modern Beauty” showing the later paintings of Édouard Manet, who I didn’t have any particular connection to at the time, little knowing this encounter would be one that would shape my artistic...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hi and Happy Fall, It's pairing time! A quick note on shows before that though: although Santa Barbara on the 7th is sold out, however we still have room in NYC for Song Salon on 11/12. Hope you'll come and enjoy wine and tunes with me and Sebastian Noelle on guitar in this special space. Tickets can be found here. Allons-y! Juice It takes a certain intensity, commitment and sense of adventure to explore winemaking regions of the world, found your own winery, and vinify obscure grapes from...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Hi and Happy Fall, I'm really excited to share many things with you this week. I'll be doing my first in a series I'm calling "Song Salon" in a new space downtown, where hospitality, wine and song all converge. The poster says it all, but I'll say more: I'll be doing two sets in duo with the wonderful Sebastian Noelle, sharing music from all my forthcoming projects, favorites from previous albums and other surprises. What's more, your ticket includes wine (for this first one, we'll even be...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Hi There, I hope your summer has had its share of relaxation and revelry! I have some "what I did this summer" updates, and also some dates to save: I'll announce it 'officially' in next week's pairing email, but I'll be performing downtown (NYC) October 16th, November 13th, and December 12th in a new super-intimate venue that I know you'll love. Tickets and details on the way... Now to our catch up! BEYOND... The industry reading of "Beyond the Frame", my one woman musical show about the...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Hi There, Greetings to you from the air, en-route to California for some hybridized time with wine, art, and Ted’s family (more on them in a minute!) Lots of you know I’ve been developing my original one-woman musical show, “Beyond the Frame”, for years now. (It’s an exploration of Édouard Manet’s art through his muses and models, told through story and song.) Today, I'm thrilled to announce Gaye Taylor Upchurch is our director! Finding the right person to helm the show and bring it to the...
6 months ago • 1 min read
Happy Friday, Hope you're staying cool and feeling good. It's been a busy week over here -- overdubbing some solos for the new album in particular has been a highlight, we're really excited to start mixing it soon! I loved this week's pairing as you'll read -- and hope you do too. Juice When I bought my first bottle of this 2023 trousseau gris from Two Shepherds of the Russian River Valley, I thought I purchased an enticing domestic rosé that promised intrigue (and delivered). Then I bought a...
7 months ago • 2 min read