“My Heart Exploded Listening to Live Music.. and it wasn’t the headliners that got me“

June 2026. My 54th Birthday.

We have just had a week of live music, and I can feel it's effects. The power of the sound vibration in the body, the connection and energy between the performer and the audience, the universal themes expressed in song. POWERFUL juicy stuff. 

I heard the human voice described this week as an instrument. One that is inside of you, always with you, yours and yours alone. It can't be copied, borrowed, sold, used by anyone else. Once they perfect a guitar they can sell thousands of that model. But your voice - it is your instrument.

It has something to share.

It is packed with a message, a purpose, a "song" that wants to come out to the world.

Here's are my 9 days of Live Music in June 2026:

Day 1&2: The Railbird Music Festival in Lexington, Kentucky watching greats like the Lumineers, Tyler Childers, Caamp, & Houndmouth. Being in the swaying crowd, singing my favourites, and watching people sing every word to bands I had never heard of - with my husband, son, and some best friends.

Day 3: Nashville Honky Tonk Row - from Tootsies, the Tin Roof, and destination bars on the strip in between. We watched super talented artists woo the crowds as they hustle for tips doing what they love, sharing their amazing covers.

Day 4: In Nashville's Printers Alley beckoned by a delicious Nora Jones voice to spend our evening with a handful of others listening to an artist who has been singing for 2 years waiting for her "break".

Day 5: The Grand Ole Opry - last minute tickets, nosebleed section to a Don Williams tribute night - 6 artists, 3 songs each, among them Trisha Yearwood and Keith Urban. I cried a lot - Don and Trisha were among my Dad's favourites.

OK.... I wanted to give you that background so you know how prepped I was for live music.

Day 8: I was invited to my friend Chelsey Beda's Recital. Her Singing Teacher's Showcase of all her students songs. It was heartwarming to see each student perform songs with potent and personal messages, using their voices to share grief, love, desire, heartbreak, audacity, and confidence. Each song self expression at it's most vulnerable and most courageous.

Day 8: Rosie Crisp, daughter of my good friends, played at Found Bookstore. We gathered to watch her step into her power and share her amazing originals and great singalong cover songs.

This small stage, this first song, is where it starts for everyone who decides that they need to share their voice. All the artists I saw on my first 5 days, prepped me to be a good audience member for the new talents on my last 2 days. My heart almost exploded with admiration and affirmation when I watched those courageous first steps. I felt how much their voices matter.  

We matter. Every one of us.

Each of these brilliant bright lights taught me that how important it is that we share our voice. The incredibly brave AND vulnerable things we are here to do. To live our lives boldly, not knowing who needs to hear what we have to share, but knowing it is always worth sharing, that the universe will take care of ensuring that those that need to hear it - will.

I am not a singer. I am a talker. And I have a message. It is my goal to share it, and to create a space where we can collectively grow into our voice - getting comfortable with its power, truth and wisdom, and sharing it with vulnerability and courage - every step of the way.

You don't have to sing. But you have a message too, and a body that's been trying to tell you what it is.

Do you want to tap into that voice?

Learn how we do it here at Sister Science.

Here is a 30 min video: My voice, sharing with you, the steps Sister Science nourishes, creating the platform for your voice to shine.

Thank you for letting me share this juicy stuff, 

P.S. Listen to local talent @RosieCrispMusic, her song "Always Do" is something every Mom needs to hear.