Tish’s Corner

Hola again friends,

I was on my way out the door for a morning exercise walk, but it is chilly, windy and rainy. Sorry to say, but I am a fair weather athlete. I do love weather like this – however, I like it best with my laptop or a good book open, a cup of coffee,  and a window open to hear the rain and appreciate my snug blanket. My husband Andreas just arrived in Austin from Germany for a few weeks. Of course, he IS out there for a run around Town Lake. Does this make me feel guilty (as I sip my cinnamon coffee…)? Um, no.

In the studio with Rosie Flores (2008).

Ok, so, I have been exploring new/old things back in Austin for a while. I have really been enjoying playing music again around town and Texas (and one lovely evening in Norman, Oklahoma!). I have been doing a residency Thursday nights at El Sol y La Luna with my long-time pal Marvin Dykhuis. We are having some nice times playing together again and enjoying some wonderful musician friends who have been dropping by and gracing our show – Chip Dolan, Adam Ahrens, Danny Britt, Hawthorne Bullock, Bluegrass Dave so far. Coming up we will have Rosie Flores and Gina Chavez. I am looking forward to this! Check out my tour page for details. Or “like” my Facebook page, so you get updates on all dates.

One great thing that has occurred is that I have had a chance to listen to Marvin and Chip’s beautiful newest songs. I hope to record some of these in the future. By the way, come on out to Gruene Hall on Sunday, April 15, and you can hear these songs. Marv, Chip and I will be playing the 5-9 set. I think Darcie Deaville might be joining us too.

It is encouraging to hear good new stuff. I have not been writing a lot on the music front and I hope this will kick me in the butt. I am working on and waiting on the release of my latest CD. Unfortunately, the release time is still vague. That part of the music biz is not that fun. I will keep you posted on that.

I gotta go for now. Thanks for checking in with me. Hope to see you at an upcoming show (or around Town Lake on a sunny day).

Love, abrazos, and muchas gracias!!

Tish

Queridos Amigos,

I am in Austin, and from here it looks like the seasons decided to skip right over winter! It is clear blue sky today. I have my window open and birds are singing. Crazy as Texas weather can be, though, a smart Texan will always keep hat, coat, add gloves somewhere near the door. I know people laugh when a Texan says something like this, but it is true. It can be a perfectly warm sunny day one moment in February, then within a few hours, some wild weather system will blow in plunging temperatures (yes, snow and ice) and making people scratch their heads wondering “What happened!”. It is always funny around SXSW time (third week of February), when people come from cold places around the country and the world to the music conference assuming tropical weather. Arriving garbed in summer attire they are sometimes shocked to find temperatures in the 30's (around 0 celcius) or even colder and go running to the nearest thrift store to grab up a winter coat. I'm just saying – foreigners, don't take the warmth for granted, come to Austin prepared! Hmm, as I say this – do I see some clouds rolling in?!

I am trying some new things this year. I am re-entering the Austin music scene more permanently again. I am also going to school. Being a student (again) is quite a challenge, but there are always new things to learn, and I am up for an academic adventure. Music-wise, I am happy to announce that I will be doing somewhat of a res

idency at “El Sol y La Luna”, one of Austin's coolest Mexican Restaurant's and music venues right on 6th Street downtown. Marvin “El Maestro” Dykhuis, my long-time musical partner and cohort, will be joining me and the focus of the special Thursdays (beginning on Valentine's Day!) will be familiar and new songs in an intimate and acoustic setting. Instead of using the big stage, we will set up on the dining level, within earshot of conversation and requests. We hope to have music friends sitting in and just having casual fun. By the way, downtown parking is cheap and easy on Thursdays, and there will be no cover charge. If you haven't tried Sol's food (and drinks) yet, you are in for a treat! I hope all our Austin musician friends, music fan friends, and friend friends will come out. We' love to see y'all and visit.

I have mentioned on previous notes that the new record is coming soon – and it is! Hopefully it will be out late in the spring. The title is “After The Fair” and it will be out on Valley Entertainment Records. I am real excited and can't wait

to hold it in my hand and to have you hear it! There are some other interesting shows coming up besides “El Sol y La Luna” that I am looking forward to. In Norman, Oklahoma, I will play the Winter Wind Music Series, Anderson Fair in Houston, The All Good Cafe in Dallas, The Cactus Cafe in Austin, and in April, in Lamesa, Texas at the Trice Fish Farm!! How about that!! Please check our tour page for details about dates.

I gotta go for now, just a little note to say hi and all is well. I hope you are doing fine too.

Love,

Tish

Dear Friends,

It has been a very busy and memorable 2012. The beginning of the year was busy preparing for the big spring-summer tour, the middle was busy with “The Tour”, and after that was busy recovering from the tour. So here it is December and finally a warm greeting and a report:

To recap

2012, the most important missions were to 1) finish and release the record that was begun in 2010, 2) to finish “the” DVD project, and 3) to make a cross-USA music tour. The record, I am very happy to report, although delayed, will be out spring of 2013! Sadly, the DVD project is once again on hold til further notice. The tour, I am very pleased to say, was quite a success and a fun accomplishment. So, I guess, two out of three is not bad!

Playing the ukulele in Clayton, NM

The road: I have played all over the U.S. over the years, and although sometimes touring can be a grind like anyone’s work becomes, I have to say that in my line of work, there is always something new to enjoy. This time, my husband Andreas took a sabbatical from his work with the German magazine GEO Epoche to join me on a four month, 18,000 mile journey around the USA. It was really fun to experience the road as a road trip too. I had some really nice gigs, some familiar and some brand new. We caught up with lots of friends and family along the way. We also visited several national parks and important sights too. This is a lot to do in four months. It was almost overwhelming – but wonderful! Andreas wrote a nice blog which you can visit if you like.

A nice addition to come of this was that another German magazine, GEO Wissen, took interest in the adventure and had Andreas write a travelogue which recently came out.

This is the article that Andreas wrote

We are so fortunate that not only did we have a good time and good shows, but we were leo very lucky with everything from the weather to logistics, and no speeding tickets!! The craziest thing to me was enjoying how much Andreas appreciated the simplest things of life on the American road. One particular pleasant summer evening in Cleveland, Ohio, when we were staying at a Motel 6, there were no picnic tables outside and it was too nice to sit inside for dinner. We took some beer, a blanket, and our Taco Bell dinner and had a picnic in the grass under the Motel 6 sign. Now, that’s romance!!

The record: It actually was finished early in the year, I just got too busy with the road to work on getting it released in 2012. It is called “After The Fair” and it will be released on Valley Entertainment Records in a few months. This is a new and innovative work that was produced by a friend and musical genius from Berlin, Moe Jaksch. I am working on booking some tour dates with Moe and Marvin Dykhuis (who also played on the record) for 2013 and 2014. A very exciting trio – the best of Germany and the best of Austin! I will keep you posted on the record release as it gets closer. I hope you will enjoy the new music!

At present: I am looking forward to Christmas and family. I love this time of year. It is always sweet and nostalgic for me. I am looking forward to 2013 and some new adventures!

Warmest wishes to everyone.

love,

Tish

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A Tish poster from 1992, using a photo from 1982 (found in Vineyard Haven on Martha's Vineyard, MA, in 2012).

For our first stay in New York City we tried to get a room at the famous “Hotel Chelsea”, but it turned out that the place is being renovated and won’t reopen before next year (wonder how much of its funky charme it’s gonna keep). Which probably saved us a good amount of money (although the “Chelsea” is not particularly expensive for a New York Hotel), since Tish eventually discovered “The Jane”! It’s not as famous as the “Chelsea”, but it’s also old and a legend in its own right. It’s located in the West Village, right next to the Hudson River. The room we rented came at a sensational 135 dollars – that’s the good news.

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The bad one is that is was so small, we couldn’t even bring in all our bags. We slept in a bunk bed (Etagenbett), and the bathroom was in the hallway. Not

something you want to do too often, but pretty cool for one night.

Here’s Leonard Cohen’s wonderful song about the “Chelsea” (and Janis Joplin), in a rare live version with a pretty good slide show:

Right after visiting with Nick and Michaela in Dover, New Hampshire, we drove to Northampton, Massachusetts to meet up with yet another friend from Hamburg. Frank Sleegers was my neighbor for a short while about 15 years ago, and we have been friends ever since. He now splits his time between Massachusetts, where he teaches landscape architecture at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, and Hamburg, where his wife Susanne and their daughter Greta live. Not an easy situation, as you can imagine, but they seem to be dealing pretty well with it.

Apart from teaching at UMass, Frank also works as an artist. Between picking him up in Northampton and driving to Tish’s show in Windsor, Connecticut, we found the time to take a look at his work “Community Spirit” in the town of Springfueld, Massachusetts. The idea behind this

mural (Wandgemälde) is probably best explained in the official sign that comes with it:

At Tish’s conc

ert in Windsor, which was hosted by long-time friend and fan Irwin Nussbaum, Frank took some pictures, which give you the opportunity to see, what my exciting work at Tish’s shows looks like: