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
We’re back with more new music and live shows – This Friday, April 19th at 8 pm, we’re be performing at the charming Trinity House Theatre in Livonia, Michigan, 15 minutes from Detroit, with ultra-talented fabulous artists Mary McGuire, Laura Rain & George Friend, and me and Scott Dailey – this is a big night! We are performing a singer/songwriter rave up showcase, together and separately – so you’ll have to be there to see it in person! Details and a few tickets remaining at https://www.trinityhousetheatre.org/events/
Thanks to Ann Arbor writer Lori Stratton at The Stratton Setlist for the splendid article about our new song “14 Miles of Bad Road” and the show at Trinity House, too. https://strattonsetlist.com/
Also, we will be opening the downtown Detroit NFL Draft Festivities. Scott Dailey and I are performing on Thursday, April 25th from 11 am to 1 pm – come on down for our set and the party downtown at Capitol Park near Campus Martius! Ron Wolf is joining us on percussion and the details for Draft Day in the D – Opening Day – are right here https://downtowndetroit.org/event/draft-day-in-the-d/
Scott Dailey and I are also debuting another fresh, brand new song on Friday April 26th on all digital platforms with another new lyric/imagery YouTube video – stay tuned for “Blue Ridiculous Love!” It’s a hot one, also recorded at Inner Door Music and Pearl Sounds Canton, Michigan. The song and video are all ready shortly with even more new music coming.
And finally, there is a new release retrospective from Detroit Energy Asylum on Orchide Records Detroit, too, featuring many song I wrote or co-wrote and sang – some never before released! It features me on vocals/guitar/keys with Dave McMurray, Randy Jacobs, Luis Resto and many more called “Landslide of Life” – more soon on that.
And if you are still reading, Scott and I are debuting a new CD/album with many of the songs we are now releasing. Whew – a big year of new music. Thanks for listening, sharing and downloading and purchasing “14 Miles of Bad Road” released last month, we’re grateful. Available on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon and Bandcamp and of course, right here to watch/listen on YouTube:
“14 Miles of Bad Road” is a bad ass rock and roll story that builds on guitar with a sneaky organ and and a bluesy vibe. We’ve got a counterpoint singing in the chorus and a wild fuzz guitar solo circling a wishful reminiscing and lost hope. Check it right here!
With Scott Dailey on guitar, vocals and bass, Lauren Johnson on drums, and me on vocals and keyboards, “14 Miles of Bad Road” was recorded at Inner Door Music and Pearl Sound Studio, mixed by Scott Dailey and Carolyn Striho and mastered at Third Man Records Cass Corridor/Detroit. And more releases coming in April, May and June culminating in a new album this year. Join us with a bigger bog update and more treats soon – new shows, and new video, too. Many thanks for listening – Happy Spring
