Talk about a special guest. Thats what we had on Friday 5/3/13 at 4:00PM. A singer supreme, a poet in the awesome category and an organizer extraordinaire (a la Davis flea market) that is Lauren Cole Norton. Just read some of the reviews-  “On time and timeless,” “mesmerizing”, and “the beginning of something great” have all appeared in reviews of Lauren Cole Norton’s music. Gesturing to her comfort in styles as diverse as country and jazz, folk and classical, Music Connection Magazine described Norton’s voice as “by turns, sincere and flirtatious”; the songwriting “sophisticated and modern.” She is a recipient of the Jack Kerouac Prize for Poetry, the UC Davis Dean's Prize for Artwork and Performance, and was named an Over the Edge New Writer of the Year, 2011. Her first album, “What Ails You” was released in 2012 and was recorded at the famed Hangar Studio in Sacramento.

Visit Lauren at https://www.facebook.com/lnnorton

BOSTON.

Todays show was going to feature Chris Clark, a musician from Boston. With all that is happening in Boston today Chris and I both felt today was not the time to focus on his new CD.

Instead LISTENING LYRICS reflects on the tragedy with the help of lyrics and music.

On this week's show we will hear from and interview Phillip Larrea. Besides hearing some of his poetry we will also expose his humor and maybe even an idea or two about getting rich.

Phillip Larrea was born and raised in Sacramento,  After a brief stint in Seattle, he moved to New York, because that's where they keep the money. He is a wealth advisor and syndicated business columnist with Examiner.com. In 2012 his poems have appeared locally in Medusa's Kitchen and Sacramento Poetry Art and Music (SPAM), as well as nationally in Nostrovia To Writing, The Artistic Muse, and internationally inThe Poetry Bus Magazine and Outburst Magazine. Phillip is the author of two Spoken Word CDs, "Loose Change" and "Scrapbook".

Phillip also has a new poetry collection from Cold River Press called "We the People" to be released  on April 5, 2013. And a chapbook from Writing Knights Press called, Our Patch.

http://www.coldriverpress.org/HTML/the%20people.htm
http://writingknightspress.blogspot.com/2013/01/our-patch-by-phillip-larrea.html

This week ( March 22 at 4:00PM) we will have the pleasure of having Tim and Ruby of Ruby and the Emeralds live in the studio.

Their sound is an integration of Ruby's Tex-Mex upbringing and musical heritage and Tim's deep folk, folk-rock and rock & roll influences. 

Many of Tim's tunes were composed in Mexico and weave Spanish language elements into verses and choruses, expertly interpreted by Ruby's native tongue. Their songs have a decidedly "Americana" acoustic instrumentation while reaching out towards a "world music" orientation in their use of percussion, horns and cultural touches.