Q: When did you start playing guitar?
A: 1968 when I was 9 years old. I have been playing acoustic, electric and classical guitar for more than 40 years now.

Q: Who are some of your musical influences?
A: John Denver, Jim Croce, Eric Clapton, 60’s folk musicians

Q: What do you enjoy doing?
A: Seeing new places with my wife.

Q: Why do you play music?
A: I play so I can touch the hearts of people and help to soothe their souls. My connection to music is the rhythm. I’ve always felt deep within my being which works out in continually learning to cherish and give the gift that was given to me. Thus, I am connected to others through my music.

Q: When did you start singing?
A: I have been singing since I was a very young girl. I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t singing.

Q: Who are some of your musical influences?
A: Ella Fitzgerald, Barbra Streisand, Julie Andrews, flute music.

Q: Do you do anything special to warm up before a show?
A: Praying and meditating for peace and connection with the spirit within me.

Q: Why do you play music?
A: I really don’t have a choice about whether I sing or not. It is so much a part of who I am and how I express my heart that I have to sing. It connects me to my spirit.

Q: When did you start playing music?
A: High School Choir and Band more than 30 years ago.

Q: Who are some of your musical influences?
A: My Uncle who played “Ain’t nothing but a hounddog” at the campfire, later Buddy Rich because of the lead guitar parts.

Q: What are your hobbies?
A: Cycling

Q: Why do you play music?
A: Music is what feelings sound like, I place my heart in every song I play and try to connect with the audience. Hoping they will feel who I am.

Q: When did you start playing music?
A: In the Forth grade I started playing in the school band. My family got me my first Drum set on my birthday.

Q: What was the first song you learned to play?
A: “Lookin’ out my back” by CCR

Q: Who are some of your musical influences?
A: John Denver, The Beatles, James Taylor, Keith Urban, The Eagles and John Mayer.

Q: List the 5 CDs your listening to now?
A: The best of Enya, The Beatles One (1), James Taylor’s Greatest hits, Volumes 1 & 2 and The Flower that Shattered the Stone by John Denver.

Q: Why do you play music?
A: I get to share my joy for life my thankfulness for being alive and speak with my heart in a way that words cannot.

Q: When did you start singing?
A: When I was a child my family would drive around in our Volkswagen van, we didn’t have a radio so we would always sing. From a very young age, I could hear and sing harmony.

Q: Who are some of your musical influences?
A: I really enjoy a wide variety of music. I like Norah Jones for the smoothness of her voice, Christina Aguilera for the power, Etta James for her soulfulness. I like classic rock and disco, too. I like music that just makes you feel good, and also music that speaks to your soul and sends a message.

Q: Who are some of your life influences?
A: My husband, for sure. I love how he can speak right to a person’s heart and make them feel how much he cares. My family is a great source of inspiration for me as well, especially my dad.

Q: Do you do anything special to warm up before a show?
A: I usually sing in the car to where we are playing. Also, everyone laughs at me, but I usually take a half piece of gum and chew it before singing and stick it on the roof of my mouth. It helps if I am nervous and my mouth is dry…I know, weird.

Q: Why do you play music?
A: I have loved music since I was young. I love being able to touch people with music. Music can take you back to a time and place in an instant and it can provide peace and happiness in times you might feel down.

Q: When did you start singing?
A: My mom told me that the neighbors would comment that they’d always hear me singing on my way down the hill after I got off the school bus, so elementary school…

Q: Who are some of your musical influences?
A: The Beatles-I listened to them all the time, even saw them in concert twice, once in Portland and then again up in Seattle. John Dever-His songs and what he stood for as a person are important to me. I also like the Moody Blues, CSNY, Creedence Clearwater, Eagles, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Judy Collins, to name a few.

Q: List the 5 CDs your listening to now?
A: The Quest (instrumental) Native American Meditation (instrumental), Yanni (Voices and Ethnicity), John Denver Tribute

Q: What are your other passions?
A: Watercolor, Crafts, Cooking…

Q: What is your connection to music?
A: It helps me connect to the world around me. When I am singing I put my feelings about the song (the words) that come from my heart and share that with those who are listening. When I am alone, I let the music take me to what I am feeling.

Q: When did you start playing harmonica?
A: I started playing the harmonicas in 2006 when I was on a fishing boat in Alaska.

Q: Who are some of your musical influences?
A: Jack Johnson, Bob Marley, John Denver, CCR, Doobie Brothers, Blues Travelers. I like all types of music, Oldies, Reggae, Acoustic, Country, Classic Rock. Anything with a good beat and a good message.

Q: What are you into?
A: Soccer, hiking, fishing, golf, skiing, working out, building, gardening, movies, anything to do with the outdoors.

Q: What is your connection to music?
A: I like to play music, because music has no language, no race, no agenda. It speaks to people in all different ways, connecting them through notes and lyrics. Music has the ability to change a bad day to good, a tear to a smile, a feeling of loneliness to comfort. I play music because I get to connect with the band members and in return connect with those who hear our music.

Q: When did you start playing music?
A: I was blessed to grow up in a very musical family and be exposed to music at a very early age. I started out as a percussionist in the 4th grade and continued through my sophomore year of high school. I’ve always written poetry and music seemed to be the natural progression for me. My voice came to me (a complete surprise) in 2003 and I began playing guitar in 2004. Music is my life.

Q: What was the first song you learned to play?
A: I Guess He’d Rather Be in Colorado – John Denver

Q: Who are some of your musical influences?
A: John Denver, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, James Taylor, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Croce, The Beatles, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, U2

Q: List the 5 CDs your listening to now?
A: John Denver – Rocky Mountain High, Passafire – Everyone on Everynight, Jack Johnson – To The Sea, Matisyahu – Light, & The Black Keys – Attack and Release

Q: Who are some of your life influences?
A: John Denver for sure! King David because not only was he a man of God and wrote the Psalms, but he was also a guitar player and a warrior!

Q: What is your connection to music?
A: I see/hear music everywhere. It’s a language everyone on Earth understands. Music says what words cannot in a way that our spirit can recognize. I see what music can do for the sick, sad, and lonely and it is the reason I sing. My purpose is to bring peace and enjoyment to all the people I have the opportunity to touch.

Q: When did you start playing guitar?
A: 2004

Q: What was the first song you learned to play?
A: Blackbird by the Beatles

Q: Who are some of your musical influences?
A: Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin, David Gilmore of Pink Floyd, Eric Abate, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Ray Vaughn, B.B King, John Denver, Doc Watson, and many others.

Q: List the 5 CDs you’re listening to now?
A: Sign No More by Mumford and Sons, Cowboy Bebop by The Seatbelts, I and Love and You by The Avett Brothers, Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes, and London Calling by The Clash

Q: What is your connection to music?
A: I love playing music because it is something that transcends cultures. It is something that people from all over the world can feel and experience. Because it is so universal it is way that I can connect with people and, for a moment, share who I am with them.

Q: When did you start playing flute?
A: Age 11.

Q: Who are some of your musical influences?
A: Emmanuel Pahud, Ian Clarke, Project Trio, Nickel Creek, Astor Piazzolla, and of course the many music professors and teachers I’ve studied under.

Q: What are you into?
A: Dancing Argentine Tango

Q: What is your connection to music?
A: I have always been drawn to music. Before I could even explain it, I felt that there were things that music communicated that nothing else could. Since I discovered the flute, many other interests have come and gone, but music has always been constant. It was almost as though there was no other career choice to be made. Music is just what I am supposed to be doing.

Q: When did you start playing music?
A: I started singing when I was just a little kid, my mom used to bring me with her to work, and I would sing songs to make the time go by. I started playing bass guitar when I was about sixteen.

Q: What was the first song you learned to play?
A: The first songs that I learned to sing and perform were “Blackbird” by The Beatles, and “The Weight” by The Band. The first song I learned on the bass was “Smoke on the Water,” by Deep Purple.

Q: Who are some of your musical influences?
A: I am influenced by many different artists and styles, probably every song I’ve ever heard has influenced me in one way or another; Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Bon Iver and Devendra Banhart.

Q: List the 5 CDs your listening to now?
A: Devendra Banhart, Fleet Foxes, The Parson Red Heads (Portland artist), Harlowe and the Great North Woods (also from Portland), and of course, Bob Dylan.

Q: What are your other passions?
A: I love the outdoors, especially backpacking. I enjoy film, not only watching, but creating. I am also a huge Star Wars fan.

Q: Do you do anything special to warm up before a show/play music?
A: I like to get a good cry in before a show. Actually, I pray that the Lord would allow me to give myself fully to those who have come to listen.

Q: Why do you play music?
A: I play because it helps me to live in the moment. It allows me to bring healing and joy to someone, without asking for anything in return.

Q: When did you start signing?
A: My sophomore year in college

Q: Who are some of your (musical) influences?
A: John Denver, John Mayer

Q: What are some of your other hobbies?
A: Being a wife and mother, crocheting, gardening

Q: What is your connection to music?
A: I sign because it’s a part of who I am. I can show my love and my heart for music by creating visual art for everyone to enjoy.