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On Caring to Write Real Paper Notes | “I Could Write a Book”

By: Naomi Bird October 12, 2019 Saturday SongNotes, Song NotesArt, Autumn, books, faith, jazz, music, Nature, paper, publishing, SongNotes from the Birds, writingLeave a Comment

A physical thing – a piece of paper, a journal, a letter, a book – shows a special kind of care.

Learning to see the beautiful changes that come from the pain of lost love | Lessons from Autumn Leaves

By: Naomi Bird October 5, 2019October 5, 2019 Saturday SongNotesArt, Autumn, Autumn Leaves, faith, heartache, jazz, music, Nature, relationships1 Comment

That girl might blame herself for wasting time and hurting friends and being weird and starting marriage off with some major baggage. It’s easy to assume that, when changing for the better, sooner is better. It is the long summer of green that ripens us to thrill as the fall colors reveal themselves.

You Can Do Anything Better at the State Fair: a Duelling Duet Debut

By: Naomi Bird September 3, 2019 Collaboration, Recordings, Song Notesdigital music subscriptions gifts, History of the state fair, Minnesota musicians, Twin cities recording artists, twin cities singers, Twin cities tenor for hire, writing about songsLeave a Comment

Originally published via email on August 3, 2019 It’s August in Minnesota. Yellow tassels of corn are glistening back at the sunrise. White and blue and grey tents form a poky patchwork over the vegetable stands at urban farmers’ markets. Something just shifted in the air and the angle of the sun to signal that…

Have you heard? N&N concerts coming up!

By: Naomi Bird August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 Arts in Our Community, Concertizing, EventsBlaine, entertainment, Events, Excelsior, grandparents gifts, house concerts, Minnesota, piano and voice, st. Paul, Twin cities concerts, twin cities musicLeave a Comment

Sept 14, 15, 21 in Blaine, Excelsior, and St. Paul, MN

“O Sole Mio” – a collaboration to inspire creativity and appreciation

By: Naomi Bird July 20, 2019August 22, 2019 Collaboration, Song Notesappreciation, Art, beauty, classical music, collaborative art, creativity, music, Nature, sunrise pictures, sunset pictures, sunshine1 Comment

My desire was to inspire simple creativity by inviting people to participate in an easy collaborative project. Twenty-two people said, “Yes! Here’s my bit of beauty for you!”

Fountain of Blessings: on fountains, gratitude, and a hymn

By: Naomi Bird June 29, 2019July 4, 2019 Song Noteschurch music, Come Thou Fount, digital music, folk music, hymn, Mark Hayes, music downloads, Nathan Bird, sacred music, Singing, SongNotes from the Birds, voice, waterLeave a Comment

Throughout all the verses of “Come, Thou Fount,” Robinson draws arrows from the gifts to the Giver, from the gifted to the Gifter, continuously tying us to our source and purpose.

From Nashville to Northfield: the Journey of an African-American Spiritual

By: Naomi Bird June 21, 2019July 4, 2019 Music Legacy, Song Notesacapella, African-American spirituals, American history, Black Lives Matter, Down to the River, Fisk University, folk music, SongNotes from the Birds, Underground Railroad, voice, waterLeave a Comment

The voices of an all-black ensemble were on a mission to save their school, and in the process pave the way for much of what Cantus sings, and for much of what many of us have come to love about American folk music.

Boating Through Marriage, with Depression

By: Naomi Bird June 20, 2019July 4, 2019 Song Notesclassical singing, depression, faith, folk music, hope, marriage, mental health, music, piano, SongNotes from the Birds, voice, waterLeave a Comment

Literal water makes an appearance this week with “The Water is Wide.” Did you just start humming the tune upon hearing the title? Probably. It’s a favored folk classic that has traveled the world for over a hundred years.

October SongNotes Theme Reveal

By: Naomi Bird October 4, 2019

Monthly Themes, Song NotesArt, Autumn, entertainment, music, Nature, SongNotes from the BirdsLeave a Comment

This month, in our region of the world (Minnesota, USA), we are turning the corner into the lower temps of autumn. For the Bird home this means three things:

On Caring to Write Real Paper Notes | “I Could Write a Book”

By: Naomi Bird October 12, 2019

Saturday SongNotes, Song NotesArt, Autumn, books, faith, jazz, music, Nature, paper, publishing, SongNotes from the Birds, writingLeave a Comment

A physical thing – a piece of paper, a journal, a letter, a book – shows a special kind of care.

Learning to see the beautiful changes that come from the pain of lost love | Lessons from Autumn Leaves

By: Naomi Bird October 5, 2019October 5, 2019

Saturday SongNotesArt, Autumn, Autumn Leaves, faith, heartache, jazz, music, Nature, relationships1 Comment

That girl might blame herself for wasting time and hurting friends and being weird and starting marriage off with some major baggage. It’s easy to assume that, when changing for the better, sooner is better. It is the long summer of green that ripens us to thrill as the fall colors reveal themselves.