NEWS and NOTES

Laurette Langille CD Sadly in September of 2008, one of my dearest friends and musical influences, Laurette Langille, passed from this life. Laurette was a renowned blues musician who won many awards for both her own performances and for the shows she hosted. Laurette never made a CD, but she was recorded often by Jerry Wolcott of In Tune Studios. Jerry sifted through all his live recordings of her solo work and put together an album of 12 songs including several of her originals. I did the artwork and now we're raising money to get them manufactured. We had a surprise album release at the benefit for Laurette's daughter, Tempeste, that we held in June 2009 at the Moose Lodge. You can get a copy of the CD now if you Click Here
New Album Still In Progress We got a lot of work done on the project in '09, but there's still a lot more to do. My other CDs each took 3 years to finish. There are always delays. David Jennings is engineer and co-producer on this album which will contain 12-16 songs with some great local players. I still wouldn't dare try to guess-timate when it will be finished...
Northwest Soundscapes That's the name of the 20 episode radio show we made in 2005, which was originally aired (and re-aired) on KMRE radio (102.3 fm) and later re-run on KAVZ (102.5 fm). I was the on-air host and Gary DePiro, the producer. The first hour of the program featured recordings and interviews with local musicians, and the second hour was live performances recorded at the Songwriters Showcase, a concert series which I organized and presented with the help of David Jennings on sound and recording.
Recordings for Songwriters-Musicians If you were one of the performers included in the concerts, and you still want to know if you can get a copy of the recording of your performance. The answer is Yes and Please follow this LINK for more details.
Slide Show A wonderful San Francisco artist named Anna L Conti used one of my songs as a soundtrack in one of her slide shows on YouTubes. Anna is a very fine painter, and a prolific artist. The show is a collection of cityscapes that is quite fascinating. To view the slide show, visit my MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/marciaguderian, and scroll part way down.
Of Dolphins and Guitars Many people ask me about this beautiful archtop guitar. It was made by David Krause of Seattle. Dave is an ingenious Luthier, who also makes classical and parlor guitars, mandolins and violins. All his instruments are finely crafted and imaginative in design. People ask me for his contact information all the time. You may email Dave at Krause_Instruments@hotmail.com, or visit his website at http://www.homepage.mac.com/sakrause
My Alter Ego is an Artist too Check out the gallery of my Fiber Art including sculpture and wall pieces in a variety of soft media. Click on the words "Fiber Art" wherever they appear on this page. Best Wishes to All