The first of a three-part interview, in which Herzig talks candidly about her creative process, making music in the Nashville community, and her latest effort, “Apple Tree”.
They are one with their instrument. There isn’t a point at which the man stops and his instrument begins. This was Jaco.
As the Beast, complete with yarn-covered shirt, nose painted black, black socks for gloves, I proceed to have a somewhat choreographed fight with The Odd Lamb.
I came away having reaffirmed that I do not come to the opera to be told how to think about something, I come to the opera to have people and history come alive for me.
Part two of our interview with singer/songwriter Sandra McCracken.
Sandra McCracken’s songs remind us of the fundamentals of goodness, the hopeful truth of restoration, and our part in this healing.
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