Drove to Asheville yesterday for rehearsals with the amazing guys from freeplanetradio.  As we begin to play my songs, I am once again captivated by it all… I stop and reflect for a moment during Chris Rosser’s gorgeous cumbus solo – “how did I meet these guys, again?!”

Honestly, this has all been so Providential.   A musician friend’s recommendation, a myspace link to River Guerguerian, percussionist extraordinaire, an email, a phone call… and we drive up to meet River and Chris and Eliot Wadopian, grammy award winning bass player… and we  discover a mutual passion for good music, good food, family and of course, laughter…

I remember driving home from that first meeting, and my husband just looked at me with wide eyes… so what did you think?  He asked… and I just smiled… we both knew that God had orchestrated a very beautiful meeting for us with 3 amazing musicians who, on top of it, were really fun, down to earth people, too.

Listening to the music come alive yesterday during our rehearsal reminded me of all that once again…

We are in the midst of preparing for Saturday’s show at Artisphere in Greenville, SC.  And we are excited.  I love outdoor festivals… the atmosphere is so relaxed, and some of my favourite shows that I have done have been ones at festivals… dancing audience members freely swaying to the music…

Arev, Arev, Gakavig, Patsvaz Vart… we went through all our favourites.

It is going to be a fun night on Saturday!

Tags: Arev, Armenian folk songs, Artisphere, Chris Rosser, Eliot Wadopian, Gakavig, Patsvaz Vart, Percussion, River Guerguerian