Happy October! Good news! We are on the Grammy Awards® First Round Ballot 2025 in several categories for:
“14 Miles of Bad Road” -Best Americana Performance & Best American Roots Song
“Blue Ridiculous Love” – Best Alternative Music Performance
“Piano Moon” -Best Instrumental Composition
“I Will Rise” – Best Pop Solo Performance
You can hear or download our music on all digital platforms, i.e., Apple Music, Spotify, Soundcloud and check the videos we produced on YouTube and the link to the For Your Consideration page: https://www.carolynstriho.com/fyc/.
We are also happy to have more radio play this Fall on stations in Detroit, Metro Detroit, through Michigan, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon and Vermont
. There’s good news coming on a compilation album we’ll be featured for November/December too (“Folk Now”), and some new live shows later. Stay well and thanks again! Love,
So it’s October, and September is flying by with good radio play on many stations, including WKLT-FM (KLT The Rock Station) in Traverse City, WAKT-FM in Toledo, Ohio and Harrisville Michigan, Ocean Beach Radio in Oregon, Farm Fresh Radio in Vermont and upstate New York and WHFR Dearborn Michigan.
And in late September into early October, I’m excited to be appearing on Michigan’s Sonic Coast radio and also, on WYCE-FM in Grand Rapids, Michigan. New music released this year will be featured as well as a new interview. Updates on that soon, too.
I also am appearing Saturday Nov. 22nd at St. Dunstan’s Theatre in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan for the Stewart Francke celebration show – details on that shortly.
And there are December holiday dates Sunday December 8th at The Ferndale District Library at the Sunday Songwriter Series at 2 pm – and also , Mary McGuire and I are doing a special show at the downtown Ann Arbor District Library on Sunday Dec. 15th at 2 pm – both of these are free and will be wildly eclectic and a lot of fun with special guests! Scott Dailey and Ron Wolf will be joining us. Details at the links.
Celebrating 11 years cancer free, I’m thinking of Pinktober…but I’m also thinking of those who are very close to us with cancer. We are lifting up hope and health and let’s get a cure for this dreadful disease!
We have our 4th new song of the year! “I Will Rise” was recorded at Inner Door Music and Pearl Sound Studio and mastered at Jack White’s Third Man Cass Corridor Detroit. The demo version was in a PBS film “Those on the Front Lines of Cancer” and we performed it at The Pink Fund’s Dancing with the Survivors in Detroit.
I wrote “I Will Rise” after the Women’s March to invoke hope, especially after having breast cancer, but to connect with all people. With so much competition and anger among people, it gives a good focus on love and survival. It seems we can have hope and strength and come together.
“I Will Rise” has a compelling new video that Erin Zindle, Scott and I worked on together. I’m on vocals and piano, Scott is on guitar, background vocals and bass, and Lauren Johnson is on drums, too!
Also, Scott and I will be in Traverse City on northern Michigan’s WKLT-FM KLT The Rock Station’s with Terri Ray’s excellent “Garage” on Sunday evening August 25th at 9 pm EST! Tune in to hear our new music and interview at https://www.wklt.com/kltgarage
Speaking of radio, we are seeing many radio stations pick up my and Scott Dailey’s song “14 Miles of Bad Road” and also “The Bridge” with myself and Erin Zindle, great news! At the beginning of August, we just debuted at No. 163 in the Top 200 on Ocean Beach Americana radio nationally. And in July, we charted at No. 7 on Plaympe for the Americana charts, too! There are many stations to thank including WBZS 101.5 FM The Mountain – Roanoke, Virginia; CHRW 94.9 FM – London, Ontario Canada; KVRM 91.5 – Eugene, Oregon; WHFR-FM 89.3 – Dearborn, Michigan; WAKT-LP FM, 106.1 – Toledo, Ohio; WKTF-LP FM, 97.9 – Harrisville, Michigan; Sonic Coast – Detroit Metro and Northern Michigan; Radio Cobra – Detroit/Washington DC; WKLT-FM/KLT – Traverse City, Michigan
We had an incredible time performing for the fifth time with the amazing Don Was and The All-Star Revue at the Detroit Film Theatre/Detroit Institute of Arts in July. Thank you to Don Was, Ann Delisi, Ismael Ahmed, Gemma Corfield, the beautiful musicians and audience. Peace, Love and Understanding was the theme and “Let’s Work Together” and “People Have the Power” were so timely to sing right now – we had a blast playing these together!
Happy July! With a wonderful June of great gigs, traveling and another new music release, July brings more!
Good news on a new show – I’m performing at The Concert of Colors with the Don Was All-Star Revue with Scott Dailey and a dazzling lineup of incredible artists! Join us at the Detroit Institute of Arts Sunday evening July 21st from 8 to 9:30 pm. The details are here at https://dia.org/events/concert-colors-don-was-allstar-revue-peace-love-and-understanding This is our 5th time performing with Don and the Revue at the Concert of Colors and we’re honored and grateful! It’s free admission at the DIA Film Theatre, too! https://www.concertofcolors.com/
Also, at the end of the month our new song “I Will Rise” will be released on all digital platforms and will be part of the CD/album we’re putting together this Fall. The new YouTube video is almost finished and will be out the first of August, too. I wrote “I Will Rise” a bit ago, and am grateful to have it recorded at Inner Door Music. It was included in a PBS film in Detroit for “Those on the Front Lines of Cancer” and performed at The Pink Fund Breast Cancer Dancing with The Survivors’ show as well.
Check for “I Will Rise” here at: https://carolynstriho.hearnow.com/i-will-rise Featuring vocals and piano from me, Scott on guitar, bass and vocals, and Lauren Johnson on Drums. Mixed at Third Man Records Cass Corridor Detroit by Warren Defever. Drums at Pearl Sound Studios with Chuck Alkazian, Canton Michigan.Give it a listen and download if you can July 31st! Thank you !
We thank so many stations for the airplay! It’s really appreciatedxo
There is the new release on Bandcamp as well with Detroit Energy Asylum – if you read this far, you should really check it out if you can. It’s called “Landslide of Life.” What an album, and I’m so happy to hear that it’s out on Detroit’s Orchide Records. https://detroitenergyasylum.bandcamp.com/album/landslide-of-life-82-22
And grateful to be writing, as it has been 11 years since I had breast cancer. Sending strength to those fighting cancer, and all my best.
Happy June ! And a 3rd New release this year! Our new song “Piano Moon” is out now! The new song is available on all streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, YouTube and more. Check it here at https://carolynstriho.hearnow.com
With Jason Charboneau on beautiful cello, Scott Dailey on fiery haunting guitar and Ron Wolf on shimmery percussion. I’m on a symphonic piano and hope you enjoy it! I wrote the song both in Detroit and Italy and am happy to finally have it recorded and out in the world. Another version with vocals will be released at a later date, too.Recording and Production – Inner Door Music, Michigan; Mastered at Third Man Cass Corridor Records, Detroit, Michigan Warren Defever. Cover Photo in Frascati Italy at Scuderie Aldobrandini
Here’s a direct link to the Youtube video, which just came out today! )
This month on Friday June 7th, Scott Dailey and I are bringing our wildly electric duo to the Nor-Easter’r Festival in northern Michigan, and it’s going to be a brilliant time on a great festival! Join us on our Saturday show in the afternoon at 2 pm EST – there’s some super bands on this Festival, join us! ! Details :https://www.noreastrfest.org
Then we team up with our musician friends cellist Jason Charboneau, bassist John Barron and drummer Todd Glass to play a big set of music with our pals Vinnie Dombroski and the Orbitsuns at Detroit’s Cadieux Café summer party tradition – June 23rd at 3 pm EST – details: https://cadieuxcafe.com/
July brings us a return to Detroit’s fabulous Concert of Colors with Don Was and the All-Star Revue at the best art museum in the USA – Detroit Institute of Arts! We’re back for a 5th time and it’s always a great night. Details coming soon.
With many music releases, teaching and traveling, I’m honored and happy to be here on the planet still as a 11 year survivor of breast cancer. And thanks to all the radio stations playing our music, including NPR in Detroit at WDET-FM, WHFR-FM, WKLT The Rock Station in Traverse City and more. We will have a new EP this year, too! And another new song is coming…”I Will Rise” – stay tuned.
What a month April turned out to be – so wonderful! Scott Dailey and I had a sold out show at Trinity House Theatre with Mary McGuire, Laura Rain and George Friend on April 19th in Livonia, Michigan. Then Scott Dailey, Ron Wolf and I performed at the NFL Draft day in the D – Detroit downtown at Capitol Park on April 25th.. These shows were some of our best and we’re grateful! And our 2nd release of 2024 is out now! Here is “Blue Ridiculous Love” released on April 26th. It will be on all digital sites – Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora et al, and the YouTube lyric/imagery video is here, too.
“Blue Ridiculous Love” has a hypnotic energy, soaring voice of poetry melody and a singing guitar hook. driving drums propelling energy of the song of wistful love and hope, “Blue Ridiculous Love” has truths and questions, both. (Inner Door Music, 2024).”
From multi-award winning singer/songwriters Carolyn Striho and Scott Dailey. Vocals – Carolyn Striho; Guitar and background vocals – Scott Dailey; Bass – Scott Dailey; Drums – Lauren Johnson. Song Production Inner Door Music and Pearl Sound Studios. Mastered by Third Man Detroit Cass Corridor, Warren Defever. Release Date: April 26, 2024 Detroit Michigan USA
May is also bringing our upcoming 3rd Release, “Piano Moon,” a flourish of an instrumental song with a nod to gypsy classical and Trans-Siberian Express that’s a pleaser! Excited to bring that song out soon/
Andthere are some new shows to talk about for June in the next blog, both in northern Michigan and down here in Detroit. Stay tuned – these are some nice ones coming up in June at the Nor-East’r Music Festival and in Detroit at the Cadieux Cafe We’ve had good airplay in Detroit and through Michigan with “14 Miles of Bad Road” and hoping to continue it with the new “Blue Ridiculous Love.” Thank you.
And a new Detroit Energy Asylum CD is on its way. Detroit Energy Asylum was a collective of marvelous Detroit musicians. While I fronted the band, wrote most of the songs, and sang and played keyboards and guitar, we were a true force of nature onstage together as a unit and in the studio, if I can say so myself (thank you!) DEA was something to see and hear. So stay tuned for an update on this album from Orchide Records Detroit and Freddie Brooks. It sounds great and features David McMurray, Luis Resto and much more.
There is more to say, but alas, time is flying, I’m teaching and singing, and Scott and I are so honored to have so many special new songs and opportunities. Saluting the Universe and praying for peace xo
