Happy Beltane (or May Day as you may know it)! The verse above comes from an ancient summer-welcoming carol called Thugamar Fein An Samahradn Linn, one of the oldest known songs in the Irish language. When I first heard it performed by The Gloaming, I promised myself that one day I would find out what it meant and learn how to sing it. The full English...
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Hello friends! I wanted to let you know that, after a five-year hiatus to focus on starting a family, my vocal studio is opening again. I’m really excited to get back into doing something I love so much and especially at a time like this, when a bunch of us (some with kids!) are stuck at home and looking for ways to take advantage of our...
Read MoreDo me a favor today…
I am asking a favor of all of you today: SING! Why? Singing transmutes negative energy. Have you ever experienced how your mood can lift after singing, whether it’s solo or with a group of people? Or the opposite…how it’s extremely difficult to sing when crying or when you’re so mad your body is super-tense? When I’ve been in one of...
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Skye Harvey|Self-Portrait In Metamorphosis When I was given the opportunity to contribute to the new issue of Kindred Online Magazine with the theme of WELCOME, I had to consider which of my unreleased songs I was going to take the time to flesh out. I quickly landed on “Things You Do Not Know”. I wrote this song while pregnant with my...
Read MoreUpcoming Shows: October 2014
OCTOBER 4 – Via Tribunali in Georgetown OCTOBER 20 – Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley
Read MoreNo Ordinary Post
Last week, after reading yet another article about how social media tends to make us feel bad about ourselves, I decided I would try my own experiment for fun. I committed to make an effort to post very mundane or boring things on Facebook daily. My goal was to see if this would actually help people to feel better about themselves. I was also curious about...
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