15th May 1999 Thanks to Julia Fain for this photo demonstrating that even at soundcheck, the women of SisterSound (Lexington, KY’s Women’s Chorus), have a great Southern sense of Gracious Living. Check out the tulips on the piano! One of my particular pleasures of the last few years has been performing with women’s choruses all over America. It’s been a blast! As I am fond of saying from the stage, I LOVE having the audience on one side of me and thirty + women on the other… it’s a Margie Sandwich! It has truly been a breath-taking experience to sing a song like Wake-up Call with that many voices. And… Read More
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23rd March 1999 I just got the following e-mail which rocked me back in my Doc Martens. Also I’ll share a story about this dear song that has moved me deeply. Peter, Paul and Mary recorded ‘Best Friend – The Unicorn Song” on their Reunion album some time ago. More recently, I had occasion to see P, P & M in concert in San Francisco. When Peter heard that I was in the audience he introduced me and then told this story. He recounted that during the last two weeks of his mother’s life, when nothing else could comfort her, she requested he sing one song over and over again.… Read More
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12th February 1999 One of the things I love about this website is that I am reconnecting with so many old friends. Here are just a few of the e-mails I have received since we launched our sailing ship out into cyber-space. From Massachusetts, Linda G. I’ve been a fan of yours since the mid-seventies when I first heard and saw you in NYC. Margie: I loved those shows at Symphony Space and Town Hall. It feels incredible to think that you’re still here and I’m 50, not 27. Margie: and I was 29… I know women’s music has changed a lot and so have the audiences, but there is… Read More
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10th January 1999 …..You know, I have to say I am riveted on the growing list of visitors to our site from countries all over the world. It gives me a whole new set of things to think about as a conscious woman artist. In the short time we have been on-line, we have had visitors from Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil… From the Mid-East…Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain… From the East… Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, India, Singapore, Taiwan…. From Europe… Scotland, Denmark, Belgium, Lithuania, Sweden, Slovenia, Germany, The Netherlands, Ireland, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Finland… Also, we have had cyber-travelers from Trinidad &… Read More
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