Wendy Waldman: Piano, Vocals, Programming
Marcin Poszpieszalski: Basses
Scott Babcock: Crotales
Produced by Wendy Waldman
Mixed by Rob Hoffman and Wendy Waldman
Saida Staudenmaier: Artwork Illustration
Mark Nubar Donikian: Wilderness Guide

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Blue Balloon

A glimpse back across the ocean, time, memory and love-- maybe a tip of the hat to the great unheralded California style of the 1970s..artwork by Saida Staudenmaier, song written, performed and produced by Wendy Waldman, mixed by Rob Hoffman 

Waves

New piano song from Wendy Waldman. Thinking of so many people we've loved

How Do I

My Time In The Desert

Never Love Again

An optimistic blues tune, written by WW, featuring the great (if very private) Steve Ferguson on piano

The Luckiest Woman

Carves New Rivers

That's What Love Is

Blues, fun, love, and cars. Written with one of my favorite collaborators, the late great Reed Nielsen. Master slide work from Kenny Edwards.

New Mexico Cadillac

Title track to the album 'My Time in the Desert', written with Sally Berris, pretty much sums it up for me

Written with the great Gary Nicholson, this tune came to prominence with New Grass Revival's impossibly fast and masterful version. Here's the WW version,  conceptually designed by John Cowan, with wonderful guitar work from Mark Goldenberg and Kenny Edwards.

Can't Stop Now

My Last Thought

Always referred to this as a 'zen farming' song. Written with Donny Lowery, recorded and performed by many people, here's the WW version

You Plant Your Fields

The One Who Loved

Lush sonic soundscapes layered with rich vocal harmonies.

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Written, Produced and Arranged by Wendy Waldman • Recorded and Mixed at The Longhouse by Wendy Waldman and Robert Hoffman • Illustration by Saida Staudenmaier • Design by Mark Nubar

I was enjoying experimenting with vocal textures and contrast between sections of songs. The music was developing to my satisfaction: it had a cool middle part and I got to play electric guitar and have all sorts of fun in the studio. But I had no idea what the song was about.

Then came the terrible news of an attack on the American Embassy in Benghazi, Libya. I read about our ambassador Christopher Stevens, who tragically and unnecessarily lost his life in that horrible situation. The more I read about the kind of person he was, the more I was impressed with him. They said he was a true foreign diplomat, having found his calling working overseas. I read about how much he loved Benghazi and his job,  enjoyed walking through the city talking to folks, and enjoyed  the people in general. By all accounts, he was a very cool guy, someone I think I would have liked to have known and called a friend. It was so sad: he of all people loved where he was and was much loved in return by the community he served in Libya.

That’s when the lyrics to When the Eagle Flies came to me. I saw the eagle high above all of our madness, watching us all—with sorrow-or maybe detachment, as he makes his way home. This song has become, for me, the story of every person who has lost his or her life service overseas, and now takes that journey home.

Dedicated to Ambassador Christopher Stevens and his family

When The Eagle Flies - Single

When The Eagle Flies

Bryndle's iconic recording of Corn, Water, and Wood, written by Wendy Waldman and Carol Elliott. This song, which won a Wrangler Award at the Cowboy Hall of Fame for Michael Martin Murphey, has become a 'cowboy classic', recorded by many groups.

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