Tish Note April 2026
Hi Amigos,
I write this note from a beautiful rainy morning in Buda, Texas. Yay rain!! Let’s have more! Central Texas has been in such a drought slump that we almost forgot what rain looked, smelled, or felt like!
Although I always look to the new year with great optimism and hope, unfortunately, 2026 started out not so great for my family. We lost one of my very close sisters and her husband almost back to back in these early months of the year. My brother-in-law in January, and my sister in March. Silvia, six years my senior, was very influential to me growing up. She was not a musician but was an avid radio listener and pop culture follower. We shared a room when she was a cool teenager and I was (likely) an annoying but enthusiastic kid/adolescent. Through our bedroom radio, I was exposed to the great pop music of the 60’s and early 70’s that ultimately led to my following my own artistic muse down that path. She was always a helpful participator in family events and was always ready to be in on mischief and fun.
Last spring, she and I took a trip together to the U.K. where we enjoyed London, Bristol, Wales, and of course, some Liverpool Beatles magical history tours. My brother-in-law Tony had known me since I was a sixteen year old wide-eyed dreaming and fledgling “folk singer”, and later they often attended my shows. (He also sneaked my best friend and me a beer every now and then at family parties ;-) when we were teenagers.) They leave behind two amazing kids, and four wonderful grandkids. Sylvia and Tony will both be dearly missed and leave a big hole in our family’s heart.
I’m now back into planning my work for the next couple of years - recording and writing projects, and some very interesting touring. I’ll post more about all that as things develop.
Coming up, I will be hosting a day-long event at Austin’s amazing women and song workshop and performance space “Girl Guitar” on Saturday, April 11. This will consist of a daytime songwriting workshop then a performance that evening. The tickets are not expensive and I love sharing my knowledge and experiences with songwriters-in-the-making. There are still some spaces available. The venue is comfortable, homey, and intimate. Please help support Girl Guitar and join us for this special workshop and concert!
Later this month, I have a couple of shows in Port Townsend and in Wanatchee, Washington. On April 30, back in Texas, I will be on a panel along with fellow songwriters, Mandy Rowden and HaleyAnna Finlay at The Texas Music History Museum in San Marcos, Texas. We will present a conversation on our experiences as Texas Women in Music, followed by a performance.
June will take me to Oregon for a week of appearances, including an early morning radio show “Early Morning Gumbo” on June 9 on KBOO radio with host Dave Johnson, an in-store mini show and record signing at Portland’s famous record store, Music Millennium, a show at Tsunami Books in Eugene, and house concerts in Roseburg, Corvallis, Canby, and Portland. Please check the “Tour” section of the website for dates and times. Some details are not posted yet, but will be very soon.
The June 7th show in Canby will be a concert hosted by my friend, renown Western Singer-Songwriter Joni Harms - She and I have some shows brewing for 2027, so as we get together to plan, we thought a house concert might be in order while I’m in the neighborhood!
Another “girlfriend show” will be the Portland, Oregon backyard concert hosted by my longtime friend, Portland’s own Anny Celsi. We have toured together in the past and will be on tour together again - in the U.K. and Ireland in November/December 2026!
We have shows planned from London, England to East Cork, Ireland. More shows are developing in the Bristol and Wales area and in other parts. Hey friends in U.K. and Ireland - If you know of any interesting venues and contacts to share, we’d love to hear from you! We last toured together in these areas in 2014 and have really fun and sweet memories. We are excited about re-tracing our steps through these lovely, friendly lands and re-connecting with friends there.
In July, I will be heading to the upper Midwest (Chicago/Wisconsin), then a short excursion to New England. (Again, please take a look at my tour schedule for these shows.) September will take me to New Mexico, and October to Colorado.
!! One LAST piece of news, hot off the press: My long time friend and producer in The Netherlands, Pieter Groenfeld, has produced a two CD collection of excerpts from live concerts guitarist Marvin Dykhuis, percussionist Paul Pearcy, and I performed in Holland in the early 90’s. I just got them and listened. I may be a bit biased, but I think they sound fantastic! Wow! We are so young and cute and sound pretty damn good ;-) ! I have about 25 sets available for sale. These are a limited edition and I’m not sure if I’ll get any more of them!
I can get you the set, with both CDs signed and dedicated for $50 plus shipping. They are available for sale on my website at Tiendita Tish (while they last - so hurry!)
Whew! Did you get all that?! Please feel free to re-read this. I am!
I hope to see you at any or many of these events. As we learn from life’s expected and unexpected occurences, we just don’t know what’s around the corner, so let’s appreciate and celebrate our health and relationships to the max everyday, above all the other bad Sh!t going on around us. I thought so. Agree?!
I surely appreciate YOU!
Sending love and abrazos all around. I will update soon and I look forward to seeing y’all down the road.
Tish
