Beautiful Struggle mp3 (Borrowers cover) written by Mark Addison, performed by Chris Hickey and see the nice write up of him over on Fingertips

I’m on my way over to North Coast Fest again today, it was awesome yesterday! Grace Potter and The Nocturnals were the highlight of my day. And while I know being outside in such lovely weather is supposed to make a person happy, it only makes me cranky. I’m weird like that. I sort of hate nature. It gets all sunny and breezy and my hair gets in my face and my freckles come out and my skin gets itchy and sunburnt and I’m basically miserable. Anyway, outdoor festivals are still great because you get so much bang for your buck! And being able to cover them (have a press pass) is way cool as I get to be up close. So thank you, Mike, for hooking me up!

This morning I felt like I needed some quiet, peaceful tunes to ease me into another day OUTSIDE. And this nice tune in my mailbox was just the thing. Chris Hickey has sent me his album last year and I never got to it, apologies, Chris! I do hope musicians out there know that we are swamped in music (which is such a luxurious problem to have, honestly) and it’s often not that we don’t like their stuff, it’s that we can’t get to it. Sigh. So, this hit me at the right time, in the right place. And thank you, all of you musical people, for sending in stuff. I’m constantly amazed by your perseverance and talent. xoxo

Sally Dworsky and Chris Hickey sent me this nice little cover of Liz Durret’s “We Build Bridges.” Go buy it on itunes