{"id":7357,"date":"2023-04-03T10:28:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T15:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomsmithmusic.com\/?p=7357"},"modified":"2023-04-03T14:14:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T19:14:41","slug":"the-kitchen-musician-april-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomsmithmusic.com\/?p=7357","title":{"rendered":"The Kitchen Musician ~ April 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello friends,<\/p>\n<p>I just discovered a song I wrote five years ago, but never shared in &#8220;The Kitchen Musician.&#8221; I sang it with my friend Rob Siegel at last week&#8217;s Javawocky Coffeehouse show, and gratefully a friend made a phone video so I can share it with you &#8211; plus a bonus song video!<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><HR><\/p>\n<p><H5>Index<\/H5><br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"#news\">NEWS:<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"#music\">THIS MONTH&#8217;S MUSIC<\/a>: &#8220;My Pennsylvania Heart&#8221;<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"#music2\">BONUS MUSIC<\/a>: &#8220;We Have Been Here Before&#8221;<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomsmithmusic.com\/?page_id=56\">UPCOMING SHOWS<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"#nonprofit\">FEATURED NON-PROFIT<\/a>: Everytown for Gun Safety<\/p>\n<p align=center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsmithmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tom-at-PCA-March-2023b-WWW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomsmithmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tom-at-PCA-March-2023b-WWW.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomsmithmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tom-at-PCA-March-2023b-WWW.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.tomsmithmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tom-at-PCA-March-2023b-WWW-547x410.jpg 547w, https:\/\/www.tomsmithmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tom-at-PCA-March-2023b-WWW-973x730.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.tomsmithmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tom-at-PCA-March-2023b-WWW-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tomsmithmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tom-at-PCA-March-2023b-WWW-636x477.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.tomsmithmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tom-at-PCA-March-2023b-WWW-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.tomsmithmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tom-at-PCA-March-2023b-WWW-90x68.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.tomsmithmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tom-at-PCA-March-2023b-WWW-110x83.jpg 110w, https:\/\/www.tomsmithmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tom-at-PCA-March-2023b-WWW-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.tomsmithmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tom-at-PCA-March-2023b-WWW-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tomsmithmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tom-at-PCA-March-2023b-WWW-782x587.jpg 782w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Parish Center for the Arts, Westford, MA.<br \/>\nPhoto \u00a9 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/dantappanphotos.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Tappan<\/a><\/em> <\/p>\n<p><a name=\"news\" title=\"News\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><HR><\/p>\n<p><H5>News:<\/H5><\/p>\n<p>I had a wonderful month with three live shows on consecutive Saturdays. On March 18th I shared a songwriters&#8217; night at the venerable Linden Tree Coffeehouse (Wakefield, MA) with good friends <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chrislavanchermusic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Lavancher<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kimmobergmusic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kim Moberg<\/a>. Then on March 25th, another songwriters&#8217; show at The Javawocky Coffeehouse (Brockton, MA) with my talented friend <a href=\"https:\/\/robsiegel.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rob Siegel<\/a>. Finally, on April 1st I did a short opening set for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reverbnation.com\/pinehillboys\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pine Hill Boys<\/a> at the Academy Coffeehouse (Francestown, NH).<\/p>\n<p>April is a bit slow for shows, so I am thrilled to join a small group for a songwriting workshop with twice grammy-nominated singer-songwriter superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/elizagilkyson.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eliza Gilkyson<\/a>. Hoping I can re-fill my creativity bucket. <\/p>\n<p>Currently, my next scheduled show is an open mic feature set at the Parish Center for the Arts, Westford, MA on May 28th.<\/p>\n<p>As always, all show details can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsmithmusic.com\/?page_id=56\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">upcoming shows<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"music\" title=\"My Pennsylvania Heart\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><HR><\/p>\n<p><H5>This Month&#8217;s Music:<br \/>\n&#8220;My Pennsylvania Heart&#8221;<\/H5><\/p>\n<p align=center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/2Z9eNSQdtLs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;My Pennsylvania Heart&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a9 2018 Tom Smith (ASCAP)<br \/>\nVideo: <a href=\"https:\/\/nicepace.net\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joanne Corsano<\/a><br \/>\nLyrics in comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My friend <a href=\"https:\/\/robsiegel.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rob Siegel<\/a> and I got together the week before our Javawocky Coffeehouse show to figure out if there were some songs we could play together. We have been friends for a long time, but never have we accompanied each other. One of the songs I chose was &#8220;My Pennsylvania Heart&#8221;, a song I don&#8217;t often perform at my shows. We thought it went well enough, so I told Rob that he could refresh his memory of the song by visiting my website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomsmithmusic.com\/?page_id=7\">Jukebox<\/a>, where I index all of the songs I share in <em>The Kitchen Musician<\/em>. The day before the show I received a text from Rob saying that song was not on my web site, as I had said. Sure enough, Rob was right. Although I wrote that song five years ago, I never included it in any Kitchen Musician. So I did a quick phone audio recording and sent it off to him. <\/p>\n<p>As chance would have it, one of my loyal fans (Joanne Corsano) did a phone recording of it at our show, and she kindly allowed me to share it with you.<br \/>\n<a name=\"music2\" title=\"My Pennsylvania Heart\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><HR><\/p>\n<p><H5>Bonus Music:<br \/>\n&#8220;We Have Been Here Before&#8221;<\/H5><\/p>\n<p align=center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/pddfYcEwwdo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;We Have Been Here Before&#8221;<br \/>\nBy Tom Smith, \u00a9 2017, 2020 Peabody Hill Publishing (ASCAP)<br \/>\nVideo: Steven Brooks<br \/>\nLyrics in comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here is another video from Javawocky Coffeehouse &#8211; this one from my first appearance there on May 13th, 2017 when I opened for the great duo Kim &#038; <a href=\"https:\/\/reggieharrismusic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reggie Harris<\/a>. (These days, Reggie is mostly performing solo.) Imagine my surprise when they returned to the stage for an encore, they invited me to reprise a song I had debuted in my opening set, with them assisting me by singing backup. I had only recently written that song, so you will see me sneak occasional looks at my lyric sheet. <\/p>\n<p>You can find the <a href=\"https:\/\/tom-smith-music.bandcamp.com\/track\/we-have-been-here-before\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">studio version<\/a> of this song on my &#8220;Planting in a Drought&#8221; album (2020) at my <a href=\"https:\/\/tom-smith-music.bandcamp.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As always, thank you for listening.<br \/>\nSteady on!<\/p>\n<p>Tom<\/p>\n<p><em>(If so inclined, I invite you to leave a comment by scrolling to the end of this page.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"nonprofit\" title=\"Featured Non-Profit\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><HR><\/p>\n<p><H5>Featured Non-profit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everytown.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Everytown for Gun Safety<\/a><\/H5><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.everytown.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomsmithmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/everytown-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"60\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomsmithmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/everytown-logo.jpg 131w, https:\/\/www.tomsmithmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/everytown-logo-90x41.jpg 90w, https:\/\/www.tomsmithmusic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/everytown-logo-110x50.jpg 110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/><\/a>From their web site: &#8220;Gun violence touches every town in America. For too long, life-saving laws have been thwarted by the gun lobby and by leaders who refuse to take common-sense steps that will save lives. But something is changing. Nearly 10 million mayors, moms, teachers, survivors, gun owners, students, and everyday Americans have come together to make their own communities safer. Everytown starts with you, and it starts in your neighborhood. By introducing evidence-based solutions in every town, we can end gun violence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Please join me in supporting the work of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.everytown.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Everytown for Gun Safety<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Other good organizations that focus more on gun safety and schools are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newtownactionalliance.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newtown Action alliance<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandyhookpromise.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sandyhook Promise<\/a>. 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