23rd June 2001 It seems like I have been working on AVALON since I was born. The fact is, I began writing most of the music for Avalon three years ago. We formed “The Avalon Project” to move it out into the world on CD and in concert as soon as I completed the work in the fall of 2000. The recording process began in the middle of January 2001 and we released the CD at the end of April. Let me just tell you how happy I am to say I am now taking a vacation. The adjacent photo will give you an idea of where I will be… Read More
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1st March 2001 As if making a CD isn’t stimulating enough, another dream of mine has just come true. A recording of Dusty Springfield singing my song, “Beautiful Soul” has been released after being locked in a vault somewhere for 27 years. Like many women I know of a certain age, I began listening to Dusty Springfield when I was a teenager. Her renditions of “I’m All Cried Out” and “You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me” sent me into a swoon each time I heard them. What I identified with was her voice: the mix of power and vulnerability, of longing and defiance. When I became a singer-songwriter… Read More
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1st February 2001 “The Avalon Express” has left the station! I am currently rocketing along… passing through the recording of basic rhythm tracks, stunning harp and string lines. The “ripe and luscious” backup vocals have just been laid down. In the middle of all this I received the most beautiful message from Dorothy Abbott, a woman I first met in Florida when she produced Liz Story, Barbara Higbie and me on our “Three of Hearts solo piano tour.” She is a dedicated activist deeply involved in international feminist radio programming along with many other concerns. Though I had forgotten all about the interview she cites, I’m glad I still agree… Read More
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8th January 2001 Margie sitting at the piano.[/caption]You know how I like to keep you posted. I am now within moments of beginning rehearsals for my new CD. I am doing last minute things like watering my plants before I climb into Spaceship “Avalon” and take off. Very thrilling and very anxiety-producing at once, as you might imagine. The players are coming to town, the piano has been tuned, the schedule is becoming clear. Please check out the section on this site called “The Making of Avalon.” We will be putting up photos of process as it unfolds. I can think of no better way to celebrate and honor a… Read More
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