July 22, 2007
Kingston, Ontario

This weekend I had so much fun kickin' it up at the Canadian Guitar Festival! Played my mainstage set on Saturday and stayed Sunday to be one of the judges for the International Fingerstyle Guitar Championship. This judging thing was a whole new experience for me! Very cool! It was a blind jury and therefore myself, Wendell Ferguson, Don Ross and Andy McKee (a super-fine guitarist from Kansas) were locked in a air-conditioned trailer for the day with the windows covered and the sound fed in via a monitor. All the contestants did such an amazing job!! It was a serious day of seriously listening and in the end we agreed on three winners. My sincere congratulations go to:

1st Place: Craig D'Andrea / CT, USA
2nd Place: Don Alder / Vancouver, BC, Canada
3rd Place: Stefano Barone / Rome, Italy 

At the Canadian Guitar Festival mainstage workshop
with Wendell Ferguson and Don Ross
photo by David Carriere (more photos!)

July 8, 2006
Sudbury, Ontario

In Sudbury for the weekend at the Northern Lights Festival Boreal. Having a fabulous time kickin' it with my dearest musical compadre Darlene and the incomparable Ken Whiteley who joined me for my mainstage set last night. Had a bad sharp-thing accident this morning and sliced off a serious chunk off the top my pinky finger on my left (fretting) hand . It is NOT GOOD. The blood floweth freely and won't stop. Can't play with it right now. I am she of the giant mummy-bandaged finger. booooooo. However the show must go on, and I am planning on playing my ass off this weekend, regardless. Take no prisoners!!

P.S. Owwwww!

Autumn in Virginia v.s. the painting above my hotel bed in Sudbury
kinda creepy eh?... click on images to enlarge