Why Kristin? I guess I have to answer that with the same question she's posed. Why did the music pick her? I can't conscientiously tell you why I've shared this musical relationship for the past 24 years...It might have started with a personal moment. Meeting an artist and making a connection to their music at the same time is not unlike the imprinting baby birds have. If the timing and circumstances are right, a strong attachment is created. I will admit that the music does not always hit me with that WoW effect right away...Kristin's music can be light, dark, bitter sweet or sour. If you hear it when your not craving the particular flavor, it may leave you unfulfilled. However, if you try again, the songs will eventually wind their way into your mind. Kristin's music takes work to enjoy, just like anything worth doing takes effort. It's not easily digestible. When in the right frame of mind, the songs DO get in. If your lucky, they will settle into your head like the complex puzzle pieces they are. And if your extra lucky, that moment they click into place will elicit a very physical and emotional response. Interestingly, I've never paid much attention to the lyrics. I learned early on to not try and figure them out. Instead, I focus on the sonic textures created between these words, and the instruments. In Kristin's words, they create colors.

Just this morning, I listened (for the first time) to the Season Sessions version of 'And A She Wolf After The War'...One of my favorites that I felt I knew and loved.... I fell in love all over again. It's this ability to turn the familiar around and subtly twist it into a new form confounds me...

Cheers.