March 8, 2005

Hello,

Work on the new website is nearly complete and our hope is that it will be ready for an April 1st launch. I've been spending some time in the South Pacific (escaping the punishing last weeks of winter). The trip has yielded some haiku and other creative offerings that will be featured in the new site.

I wanted to answer a few questions that have come into the info@nm.com box. The most frequently asked question is, "When and where will you be touring next?". The truth is that I'm deep into civilian life at the moment raising a toddler. The tour last summer taught me how much more complicated life on the road is with child en-tow. There are occasional invitations to play solo acoustic spots on multiple bills that I am considering (May 15th a tribute to Pete Seeger in Glenside, PA). For the most part I am writing songs (well, trying to write songs while the baby pounds on the piano and smears food on my notebooks). I'm also doing a bit of traveling with the family. It's time for the annual trip to my favorite city in the world, Kyoto and then we plan to spend the summer in Europe. I'll let you know if future plans include more shows.

Several letters have come in from folks who want to share links and I'll put them here for the curious:
Rock & Roll Camp For Girls
GRACE
The Meatrix
SkinTheFox

There seems to also be a rumor that I plan to release my next album on the web, this is not true but the new site that is soon to be launched will offer downloads of rare recorded material such as: live and demo versions of familiar songs and occasional original songs.

All for now until the big launch party...

Take Care,

Natalie