What am I up to Now ??

May 3, 2024 Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

“Civil rights never enter society elegantly.” I said to a newspaper editor who recently asked for a statement for the record after a contentious County Supervisor meeting. I am a musician, but I am also an advocate. I’ve been advocating a lot in these parts of Wisconsin. I’ve been writing a lot too. I’ll write more soon to share. If you want to contact me it’s easy enough.

Greetings from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin…

July 28, 2021

Breaking News: Cathy Grier + The Troublemakers will be representing Paramount Music Association and Wisconsin at the IBC International Blues Competition in Memphis January 19-23, 2022

1. We performed at the annual Paramount Blues Challenge on Sunday June 27th in Waubeka, WI. Competing with 7 other bands, we won the right to represent not only Paramount Music Association, but the State of Wisconsin at the International Blues Competition to be held January 19-23, 2022 in Memphis, TN. The winner of the solo category is Madison's own "Too Sick Charlie."

Stay tuned, and check out our calendar for our Summer gigs

Happy Summer, please stay safe by getting vaccinated!!

Cathy

January 4, 2021 Happy New Year.

I am honored to be a featured artist at American Blues Scene with the premiere of my lyric video for I’m All Burn.

The album continues to be on the Roots and Music Report Charts It was #1 on Wisconsin Blues charts last week and is still on the top Blues and Contemporary Blues charts including #122 for the year 2020. And it’s also on United Kingdom’s IBBA charts (Independant Blues Broadcasters Association).

Here’s to a Healthy and Happy year,

Cathy

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Read my latest newsletter December 8, 2020

What Am I Doing Now? I am thrilled that my new album I’m All Burn is available. Between sending out CD’s and downloads to fans, friends, critics and DJ’s, I’ve been gardening. I have a lovely garden with lots of sunflowers and perennials, now all gone to sleep for the winter. Now I have more time in my home studio to write, record, and create, which I call my soil-less garden. There are so many connections between a soil garden of flowers, herbs, fruit and vegetables and a soil-less garden of my music Both take my creativity into full focus. The unknown of how anything turns out, is the exciting part. I do to do, and enjoy the doing. Does that make sense?

I am in Wisconsin making my way through all the richness that nature provides and trying to stay positive in a world that seems close to a precipice of proportions not seen in generations. I continue to stay positive. Although all my gigs have been cancelled, my music is a healing experience for me. I look to you dear reader to also check in and let me know how you are doing. You can email me at info@cathygrier.com If you have a local radio station or publication that you feel would be interested in sharing my new album, please let me know.

Previous post April 15, 2020

Greetings from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin…

What Am I Doing Now? In these unprecedented and uncertain times. The truth that Life as we knew it is over, is quite the challenge to digest. Honestly, there is no way we could, or should go back to the way things were. There is so much to get right. Even with the fear of the pandemic as it covers our planet, there is so much promise in the air. Remember that fear is a contagion as much as love is. I chose the latter.  But what else am I thinking about besides staying healthy and needing to reach out to you?

Social distance dancing alone in my living room.

I am thinking of all the music

and all the dreaming we never had time to dream, that we’ll now be dreaming.

Great time to make things better by making better things.

what is emerging?

Let’s collectively and personally reach for better.

Settle into this ride, and to not be content on waiting for it to be over.

What a powerful and beautiful time this can be.

What would you change now that you have time to think about it?

What can you dream into being?

That’s what’s on my mind.

After almost 20 years in New York City and most of my life on the east coast (except for the ’90’s when I lived in France), to find myself in Wisconsin has been an incredible life changing decision. Especially now.

While we are social-distancing and basically socially-connecting online, from March 16 to April 1st, I made daily, videos of me dancing alone (my poodle Lily isn’t in to dancing), to my as of now unfinished album I’m All Burn. I was planning on releasing it this Spring. Yet it is stuck in the shuttered recording studio (Makin’ Sausage Music, in Milwaukee)unmixed and unmastered- the most important steps to complete before I can release it. So I figured one way to share my record is to play it and dance, which is what I do when I feel the stresses of our World’s situation. You could join me too. Make a video and post, and be sure to tag with #WeCanDance so we can all find and share it.

Besides spending quality time dreaming of my next steps, I am watching online all the amazing live performances and spontaneous conversations. I am also listening to Steel Bridge radio, it’s an online radio station (and now there is a wonderful App- IOS devices and Android), where all content is written and recorded at the Holiday Music Motel. There’s a lot of music that has come out of Holiday Music Motel for many years. I am proud to be one of the artists in this eclectic and talented group of songwriters. With pAt macdonald of timbuk3 and Purgatory Hill fame (with melaniejane) and Jackson Browne involved in the mix. I have been happily involved in this unique songwriting music scene since 2016. 

Musically I am feeling stronger than ever and will allow these weeks and months of not being able to perform to reveal new and wonderful things. Songs? Poems? Videos? Blog? Plus I have my new record to release. I am learning IGTV on instagram and am posting there too, not to mention my facebook, and twitter accounts.

Some people still refer to me as NYCSubwayGirl for my years of performing in the train stations and subways of NYC. I do miss performing in the Music Under New York Program. Everything is shut down now for the unforeseeable future. I can’t imagine a world without live music in public spaces. For now it is all happening deliciously online.

You can always join my e-news list, or connect send me an email.

We will get through this together!

Warmly,

Cathy Grier

Sturgeon Bay, WI

April 15, 2020

PS the original idea for creating a Now page, came from Derek Sivers

All we got is each other, and I pledge to keep on singing and trying to bring joy in this new world we are learning to navigate. Your support can help me do just that.

While my album I’M ALL BURN, was stuck in studio awaiting reopening, I started a fun crazy project where I danced, sang to it, and rattled off as many positive comments as I could. I have always felt the need to share the love energy, and that my power to heal lies in song and my personal expression. I finished posting the dance- songs on April Fools Day, and appropriately ended the series with my song What Fools Do. Hope you keep dancing however you are getting through this challenge of life during COVID-19.

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