"Smitten" is a jazzy love ballad written for Penny's 2021 birthday and
here it is in the form of a Valentine's Day video card. Feel free to
share with that special someone in your life:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBLlJZDdMX0
The MP3 version can be played/downloaded from our website here:
https://slimandpenny.com/web/articles/smitten/
Have a happy day and we hope the new year's treating you well so far!
We've just uploaded a new video of Penny performing on the viola da gamba in our project studio. Penny says:
"The composer and viol player Tobias Hume (c. 1579 – 1645) was also a soldier who traveled away from his native Scotland to the continent. Here is his "Pollish Villanel" a light hearted composition for solo lyra viol, perhaps inspired from the Italian 16th century Villanella. It appears in "The First Part of Ayers French, Pollish and Others" published in London, 1605."
And for those in our area, Penny will be performing on gamba with the Cherry Trio plus special guest violinist David Wilson at the Cherry Center in Carmel, CA on Sunday, January 2nd, thus reviving their annual tradition which was paused last year due to the pandemic.
Also, since our previous newsletter, we published a video from deep in the memory vault of Penny (along with yours truly) performing at the 1988 Austin Music Umbrella Songwriters Competition where she was a finalist and voted Best Female Vocalist for the outstanding performance of her tune "Love Rises Up".
And finally, we've had wonderful reactions to our "Nature Will Have Her Way" video, but it hasn't exactly gone viral yet, so if you're so inclined, please share it widely: https://youtu.be/-FsiZXEHbSw
Have a wonderful holiday season, and please do be careful out there during these insane times...
