Thanks to all of you who came out to the Black Heart Record Release Party in Austin! I had so much fun playing with my new band. Colleen Bonner was on bass and Marty Mack was on drums and they both will be playing with me on October 27th at the GoGirls Music Fest in Austin, TX. The album will be distributed through IODA. If you would like to purchase a copy now, please visit the STORE page on this site: Official WW Site.   You will get a FREE POSTER with your order! Black Heart will also be available for digital sale on ITUNES and many more sites soon.

This month I decided to make my own T-shirts! Well that is with a little help from my friends. We made our own screens and we are now ready to custom print t-shirts! That’s right! You get to select your shirt and ink color! We posted some pictures on the STORE page to take a look at!

October is around the corner and I have an exciting month ahead of me. I will start things of with Austin City Limits next weekend. I am looking forward to hearing and meeting so many awesome bands. At the top of my list I have to say is The Dead Weather, Jack White’s newest project. I just love that man’s music, and last year his band the Raconteurs were amazing! I’ll be sure to write about it next time! After ACL, I’ll be heading out to New York City for CMJ. I love NYC and all the awesome people I have met out there. I look forward to the conference and being on the east coast! Then, I’ll be back in Austin for the GoGirls Music Fest on October 27th! Please check out the SHOWS page to keep up with where I am performing.

Yes…..I am almost done with the production of BLACK HEART!  I’ll be driving to North Carolina in June to meet with mixing engineer, John Plymale.  John mixed my last record, IT’S MY TRAGEDY, and has also worked with artists such has Superchunk, Squirrel Nut-Zippers, and Alejandro Escovedo to name a few.  This album will have 10 new songs on it….unless I slash one out last minute. (ha!)    The first three songs are GIVE OR TAKE, BLACK HEART, and QUITTER.   GIVE OR TAKE is a song I casually wrote about a dear friend who just seemed to tick me off one day   Well at least that’s where the idea came from….then the rest just exploded out of me coming from many different directions.  I wrote the song BLACK HEART a few years back…it was the song that told me…”start working on a new album!”.    In 2004, I lost my mother in a car crash and had ended a major relationship in my life.   It was a low blow for me.  I felt homeless.  Lost.  Distraught.  This song deals with opening up my heart again….giving and recieving love.   QUITTER is a very evil song.  I am truley a bitch in this song.  My ego meets my temper.  This song deals with ex-bandmates, lovers, ex-anyones in my life that didn’t believe in me, my music, and were just backstabbers!   Yes thats dark….but you’ll be surprised where the album ends up!

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So, for this month’s episode of SECOND SUNDAY I posted a few live bootleg recordings from last year. I hope you can enjoy…the sound was recorded on a camcorder that is…let’s say a little run down from the road. Through the static though, I think you will be able to hear my live sound in full intensity. These recordings are all of solo shows. I am super amped to tour in 2009. I will be playing mostly on the west coast, but will also make my return to NYC and Miami. You can listen or download the podcast for free on http://www.whitewidowmusic.com. Just go to the music page for all the info.

Also, be sure to drop me a line on myspace. I am taking requests for which cities to hit on this next tour!

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Here’s a list of some albums I’ve been obsessing over:
Beck – Sea Change (once again!)
Kate Bush – The Red Shoes
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Show Your Bones

This week has been a trip!  I have been writing away.  As soon as I finish a song, I start a new one.  I guess I can say I am inspired!  I think also I have allowed myself to write bad songs!  I need to allow all my songs to find their way out….good or bad.  Everything today seems so perfect in the recording studio.  Sometimes I catch myself lining everything up perfectly while I am putting together tracks.  This week I limited myself to two tracks.  What I captured was live pure energy.  A few years ago, a good friend of mine gave me CDS of various Stevie Nicks demos.  These demos are so raw….I listen and get so wrapped up her emotions that all the stactic disappears.  It’s the song, her energy, no other bullshit.  That’s the real deal….you can’t re-create that.  That moment was captured on tape.  Being how extreme I am ….I want my upcoming album, BLACK HEART to do that as well.

ALBUMS I AM OBSESSION OVER:

Wild Heart – Stevie Nicks

Dessert Sessions (PJ Harvey)

One of my favorite artists has to be Lindsey Buckingham. I have been to at least 50 of his concerts. A few years ago I covered his song GO INSANE on my album NO WOOD TO KNOCK ON. The song was posted on the Fleetwood Mac web site FM LEGACY (CLICK HERE).

It went on to appear on the CBS Daytime TV Show, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, by accident. (They were supposed to air another song from the NO WOOD TO KNOCK ON album) If you are a Buckingham fan or Fleetwood Mac fan, please listen to my tribute. There is also a song on the NO WOOD TO KNOCK ON album called LINDSEY.

You can listen and download my version of GO INSANE for FREE here
WHITE WIDOW COVERS GO INSANE (CLICK HERE)

A few weeks ago I decided to cover songs for my new PODCAST SECOND SUNDAY.

SUBSCRIBE TO SECOND SUNDAY FOR FREE ON ITUNES (CLICK HERE).

I performed a new version of GO INSANE, along with a BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, and BEASTIE BOYS song.

Please let me know what you think!

ALBUMS I AM OBESSING OVER:

John Parish – How Animals Move
Lindsey Buckingham – Gift of Screws
John Parish – Once Upon A Little Time

XOXOXOXO,

White Widow

So this weekend I hung out at Austin City Limits! So many bands, wish I could have seen them all, but I had to pick and chose. The pictures I took are of the performers on stage, in action. I think its sucky to go up to someone and just ask them for a picture….especially when they are preparing to get on stage.

These are the bands I managed to catch: Jakob Dylan, Gogol Bordello, David Byrne, Alejandro Escovedo, Erykah Badu, Beck, Gillian Welch, Neko Case, the Raconteurs, Tegan and Sara, Band of Horses, and the Foo Fighters.

Beck rocking out at Austin City Limits 2008

BECK and his band were amazing! I was actually hanging out back stage before he went on and was able to catch him. I have never seen anyone with their game face on like this before. He was so intense and focused. He started the show with his hit “Loser” and then went into songs from his most recent album Modern Guilt. The highlight of the show was when all the musicians stepped away from their instruments and got a hold of electronic midi controllers and began to make music using only those electronics. So cool. He made me melt when he went on to perform the song “Lost Cause”. This is one of the best concerts I have ever been to!

Live at Austin City Limits 2008

The RACONTEURS simply just ROCK!! So good. I enjoyed the whole show and couldn’t take my eyes off of them. All the musicians blew me away…but the drummer Patrick Keeler was amazing!! I was so honored to meet him after the show in the artist lounge. The band impressed me with such great musicianship without stepping too far out of the song or taking too many solos.

GILLIAN WELCH was probably the most dynamic act I saw. She performed with David Rawlings. They were the only group I saw without a full band and managed to sound so full. Her lyrics came through at all times. The highlight of this show was when she invited a friend to come up and sing a song acapella. I have seen and met Gillian before. She went to Berklee before my time, but would perform every year at spring break in Nashville for Berklee students. They put on a great show and left the crowd wanting more.

Jakob Dylan at Austin City Limits 2008

JAKOB DYLAN AND THE GOLD MOUNTAIN REBELS made me want to run out and get their new album. I love Jakob Dylan’s voice. Great songwriting. I was way to shy to talk to him back stage in the artist lounge, but after a couple of beers I was able to go talk to his bass player who is located in Austin.

David Byrne at Austin City Limits 2008

DAVID BYRNE was a blast. (Another artist I was to shy/not drunk enough to talk to) His band was great and his energy was bouncing all over the stage. His dancers made me keep on dancing. Great songs, and he is great at taking them to a whole new level.

Gogol Bordello's lead lead singer at Austin City Limits 2008

GOGOL BORDELLO was a pleasant surprise. A friend had played me a track of theirs before the show and I really didn’t think I’d like them but….SHIT ….they blew me away!! So so good! I am a new fan and would really love to see them again.

Gogol Bordello backstage at Austin City Limits

Gogol Bordello rocking out at ACL 2008.

Now with the festival behind me, I am back to working on my next album inspired and charged!

Also this week I got news that my song “It’s My Birthday” will be featured in the upcoming Paramont DVD release NASH BRIDGES!

Visit these sites to read up more on me and what’s new:
OFFICIAL WHITE WIDOW SITE
WHITE WIDOW MYSPACE

Albums I am Obsessing Over:
Beck – Modern Guilt
Gillian Welch – Time (The Revelator)
Lindsey Buckingham – Gift of Screws

Hey so…
This past week I’ve been working on some tv mixes. Mixing isn’t my fav thing to do…but it was really cool to learn a few new things about mixing and editing. It was also cool to hear how my guitar tone has evolved since the IT’S MY TRAGEDY days. Same with my vocals, harmonies and, lyrics. I guess I’m also striving to not sound like myself 3 years ago! I still have to pop the new mixes in my car stereo…the ultimate test…to see if I like the new mixes. Hopefully all is good, because I cant wait to get back to work on BLACK HEART. I’ll be posting new tracks on this MYSPACE PAGE.

On a funny note, I got a gig yesterday playing the snare drum in a parade! It was all for a good cause. Money was raised for PKD.

So…you wanna hear the first episode of SECOND SUNDAY….
Let me know what you think!

ALBUMS I’VE BEEN OBESSING OVER:

Lindsey Buckingham – Gift of Screws (This just came out Tuesday!)

Lucky Dube – Respect

XOXOXO,
White Widow

OFFICIAL WHITE WIDOW SITE

I am getting super stoked about the first SECOND SUNDAY episode which will air next Sunday 9/14. I’ve changed things up a bit by recording myself on keys. I’m going back to my roots in this episode. I began writing songs on the piano. Hope you like. Go to the web site for more info on it.

OFFICIAL WHITE WIDOW SITE

Austin City Limits is coming up this month. Beck, Foo Fighters, Iron & Wine, Jakob Dylan, Robert Plant & Allison Krauss, Tegan & Sara, Neko Case, Band of Horses, The Swell Season, Gillian Welch. Stay posted…. I’ll have lots to write about!

ALBUMS I AM OBSESSING OVER:

Beck – Mellow Gold

Lindsey Buckingham – Under The Skin

Lucky Dube – Respect

XOXOXO,
White Widow

An old song MAKE BELIEVE came into my head the other day. Sometimes I forget songs. I’ve been keeping a LIST OF SONGS document on my cpu now to keep track! I wrote MAKE BELIEVE a few years ago right after I wrote GIVE IT BACK. It’s a song that acknowledges the imaginary world I find myself in at times. I sometimes get caught up in this world and come back to a frightening reality. You can hear an acoustic version of it on my YOUTUBE page. Today I’ll put down basic tracks. Check out this MYSPACE page to listen!

I also wanted to mention today info about a benefit for friend and awesome songwriter Kelly Buchanan. We went to Berklee together. A few months back she was injured playing hockey and suffered traumatic brain injury. She is on my list of ALBUM’S THAT I’M OBSESSING OVER. Check her out on KELLY BUCHANAN’S MYSPACE. The benefit for her will be held in New York at the Knitting Factory on Sept. 10 at 7pm.

ALBUMS I AM OBSESSING OVER:

Kelly Buchanan – Kelly Buchanan

Tango In The Night – Fleetwood Mac (still)

Celebrity Skin – Hole

If you are looking to by WHITE WIDOW, all my songs are available on ITUNES.

XOXOXO,

White Widow

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8/23/08

I also want to include in every post what albums I’m listening to and that are inspiring me at the moment.

ALBUMS I AM OBSESSING OVER:

Tango In The Night – FLEETWOOD MAC

Modern Guilt – BECK

Hai Paura Del Buio – AFTERHOURS

Uh Huh Her – PJ HARVEY

XOXO,

White Widow