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Brandi Carlile: A concert to remember

Brandi Carlile is DIVINE. Her music, her vibrant lyrics, and the way in which she connects with her audience, are spectacular!

Linda and I attended Brandi's concert earlier this week and I cannot possibly think of a better time I have had in a long time! I can tell you that nothing can be better than getting the chance to take pictures without anyone telling us not to, and getting the chance to get as close as we wanted to (or needed to in order to get good shots) to the artists! We got to listen to some of our all time favorite songs (most of which Linda and I have heard over and over again only because we both have similar quirky ways in which we over-listen to our favorite tunes) and we even got a sound preview of Brandi's upcoming CD, due to be released in the Fall.  This was truly an amazing concert that I highly recommend to everyone!

If you are already a fan of Brandi's music, you probably already know that her lyrics are fantastic! If you haven't heard her music yet, you need to do that now! Really. Two of my favorite songs are called The Story, from her second CD and Follow, from her first CD. Both songs have lyrics I can deeply connect to. And who doesn't relate to the fact that we all must follow our heart to see where it might take us, or that all the lines across our face tell the story of who we are. I think I better go now, I need to go listen to her CDs one more time!

I'll share a few pictures of the concert here, but you can also visit my flickr page as well as Linda's blog and flickr page for more pictures of this event!

   

   

 

Roaming the Desert with Photographer Kyle Cassidy

Photographer Kyle Cassidy has been roaming the Mohave Desert with his camera, his ipod, and his thoughts and we are so lucky he did. Kyle created Mojave: A Travel Diary in Words and Images which can be ooohhed and aaaaaahed over and downloaded (for free!) here. The photographs are stunning and full of emotion, as are Kyle's words. Pay attention to both so you don't miss anything!

Kyle Cassidy is an award winning writer, photographer, and graphic designer living in Philadelphia. He is the author of six books, most recently Armed America:
Portraits of Gun Owners in Their Homes, which was named one of the 100 best books of 2007 by Amazon.com. His Photo-a-Week blog was one of the first photography blogs on the Internet and is viewed by some crazy thousands of people every day.