NEWS
Happy Late Summertime! July was an amazing month!
PETER YARROW
The powers that be allowed me to meet the Folk Legend, PETER YARROW!
When we first met, he gave me a warm hug and said "I've been listening to
your beautiful music." We talked about songwriting, played and sang together
....it was an incredible afternoon. He was very generous with his time and left me
with some wonderful gifts. The afternoon filled me with inspiration and gratitude.
Peter is working on many wonderful causes ...check out www.operation respect.org.
7/30/10 Roots and Wings, UMUC, 88.1FM University of Maryland Radio Interview with John McLaughlin.
We had a blast-I played live in the studio. Great fun! Thank you, John, for supporting Local Music!
Layers-one of 8 Indie Releases featured on Dan Herman's, weekly podcast of Radio
Crystal Blue Novus Ordo. He played Late Summertime. The program can be listened to by going
to www.radiocrystalblue.com. and going to the archives for 7/18/10.
"Layers" on the FOLK DJ Charts is Number 13 for TOP ALBUMS of JUNE 2010! Lucky 13!
....AND Number 19 on the TOP ARTISTS OF JUNE 2010!
6/10/10
Steve Clarke
Host: Acoustic Planet (Thursdays 8 to 10 pm)
Erin Radio -- CHES 101.5 FM
Streaming Broadcast: www.erinradio.ca
"What a terrific album you've created with "Layers".
It's my pick of the month here on Acoustic Planet
and I'm sure it will quickly become a fave with the audience.
This is an album that starts with a voice that wraps itself around you like a blanket,
is held together with crystal clear recording and followed up with incisive lyrics
and superior instrumentation. This one's a winner!
Congratulations and thanks for sharing the music."
For more info about Acoustic Planet: www.myspace.com/acousticplanetsc
"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent." -- Victor Hugo
Community Wellness Center of DC.
Lynn had an opportunity to play some music at the Community Wellness Center of DC.
I was able to participate in a celebration for people who have survived cancer.
Rose Mary Dougherty gave an amazing talk on hope....it was truly inspirational.
I played some tunes and sang in a very relaxed, 'living room' setting.
Grace Girffith joined me there. It was an honor to meet all the people there and share some music with them.
Many wonderful messages came through....such as the sacredness of living in the moment,
looking at life from a different view and knowing that beauty lives inside each and every one of us
I came away inspired and filled with gratitude....even wrote a few lyrics when I got home!
Check out www.communitywellnessdc.org and pass it on to anyone you think might benefit from
their wonderful community.
Lynn received a review of LAYERS in the Maryland Independent!
You can view the actual article by going to my links page.
or read on...
Maryland Independent~Front Page: Weekend~'Layers' of Sound Power New CD from Local Folk Singer Hollyfield.
Hollyfield celebrates new CD
Friday, May 14, 2010
By DICKSON MERCER
Staff writer
Lynn Hollyfield will celebrate the release of her new CD, "Layers," when she performs at the Black Box Theatre at 8 p.m. May 15 with Grace
Griffith. Lynn Hollyfield, a contemporary folk musician and acoustic guitarist, has been performing around Washington, D.C., for two decades.
Known mainly for her contribution to a duo, Hollyfield & Spruill, she's now ready to release her first solo album, "Layers, and to celebrate
the occasion at the Black Box Theatre in Indian Head, where she will perform with Grace Griffith at 8 p.m. May 15.
Tickets are $12.
Through "Layers," Hollyfield presents a pensive, roots-driven collection of originals and two covers - Julie Miller's "Broken Things" and a jazz
curveball, "Dream a Little Dream of Me." Each of the dozen tracks features the artist's angelic voice and fluid guitar picking, but Hollyfield
is also joined by a variety of musicians who instill an array of equally melodic voices and instrumentation, from flute to piano and dobro.
They include Griffith, Brian Simms, Steve Wolf, Dan Schwartz, Diana McFadden, Nina Spruill, Jeff Harding, Jimmy Brink and producer Marco
Delmar. Hollyfield also collaborated with writer Carol Burbank to create two poetic tracks, "Climbing" and "Boats Gone By."
Hollyfield has placed highly several times in the annual Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Contest. With "Hollyfield & Spruill," her previous recordings,
"Slipping Time" and "Blue & Green," were each nominated for the annual Washington Area Music Association Awards.
Some of her influences are Neil Young, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, John Hiatt and Al Petteway.
LAYERS
Lynn's new CD has arrived!!!!!
Lynn is branching out on her own with her first solo recording.
Layers is a collection of mostly original songs set in tasteful arrangements
varying from guitar and voice to more filled out settings
with vocal harmonies by Grace Griffith and a varied array
of musical guests including Brian Simms, Steve Wolf,
Dan Schwartz, Diana McFadden, Nina Spruill, Jeff Harding,
Jimmy Brink and producer Marco Delmar. Two songs are a
collaborative effort in which Lynn weaves melody and music
to the extraordinary poetry of writer, Carol Burbank.
Lynn's interpretation of Julie Miller's, Broken Things and the
Jazz Classic, Dream a Little Dream of Me, demonstrates her
versatility as an artist and performer.
For more information on how purchase Layers, please write lynn@lynnhollyfield.com
You can get a copy of Layers...just go to discography on this website!
Special thanks to Noah Urban and BFG productions.
Noah is an amazingly talented photographer and graphic designer.
He is responsible for the potography and beautiful CD design of Layers.
Also, he designed this website!!!!
Check out his work at http://www.bfgproductions.com/graphic-design.html
Some exciting news Spring 2010...
My performance segment that was taped last December
for The Coffee House: Musical Traditions with David Eisner
is now being aired. You can view the clip at
http://coffeehousetv.org.
THE COFFEE HOUSE is a monthly, hour-long, cable, satellite TV,
and Web magazine of public affairs and the arts produced just outside of Washington, DC.
Other exciting news...
Lynn was MUSICIAN OF THE MONTH for April on www.BoneSighArts.com
Bone Sigh Arts a wonderful company featuring the amazing talent of writer and artist, Terri St. Cloud,
set in soulful, inspiring products that truly lift the human spirit.
....and yeah, Terri is my best friend in the world...my tea buddy....
but I'm still truly surprised and honored to be up on her site.
Her writing touches the lives of all her read her work...she has
an amazing ability to connect to others
Check out her wonderful work at www.Bonesigharts.com by Terri St. Cloud
On 2/20/10, Lynn played to a full house for her first of many CD release concerts
at the Homegrown Coffeehouse, in the heart of her community in Accokeek, Maryland.
It was a fantastic show with Grace Griffith, Dave Abe-fiddle/mandolin,
Steve Wolf-Bass, Jimmy Brink-perucssion and Paul Nahay-keyboards.
We had a blast and look forward to upcoming concerts promoting, Layers.
On January 23rd, 2010 Grace Griffith gave me the opportunity to perform with her at the Birchmere, Alexandria, Va
as part of the 24th annual WFMA Benfit Concert featuring The Women of Folk Music. The performers included Herdman, Hills
& Mangsen, SONiA & disappear fear, Catie Curtis, The Nields, Maura Kennedy , Hot Soup!,
Lisa Taylor, Doris Justis , Carolyn Hester, Lea, Grace Griffith and myself. I am still soaring
from it all...the energy was amazing and the variety of talent, genres, and style, of all the women there, was
incredible! I am truly honored that I was part of it all and left feeling inspired to be a part of something
so great and powerful...women and music.
www.wfma.net
I continue to have many playing opportunities with the multi-
talented and inspiring, Grace Griffith and continue to co-host the SAW>
Open Mic, with David Weaver, on the 4th Thursday of the Month
at the New Deal Cafe in Greenbelt, MD 20770
301-474-5642.
www.newdealcafe.com
More News.....
My dear friend Terri St. Cloud (www.bonesigharts.com) and her sons
developed a website, www.toughangels.com, as a means to help raise awareness and
some funds for some incredible women doing important work in South Africa.
These women are helping other girls and women who have been the victims of
unthinkable physical and emotional abuse. Grace and I recorded a song for the site.
I hope you'll take some time to check it out and if you have the means
to make a donation or even just pass it on to others it would be greatly appreciated.
I look forward to promoting LAYERS. Hope to see you soon.
Lynn grew up on Staten Island, NY and quietly took in musical roots
that stem from listening to the classics sung by Mom
in the kitchen to sing-a-longs around the piano,
and hearing older brothers musical selections of early Beatles to Cream....
- Click here for Lynn's Bio -
You have a magnificent talent, you soar higher than a Boeing.
When you're onstage and doing what you do, it's hypnotizing, or mezmerizing.
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lynn hollyfield is both a musician and a holistic health provider.
believing strongly in the connectedness of life as well as the
sacredness all around her, she gently pours her love into all that
she does. lynn's sounds soothe the soul and open the heart to becoming more.
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