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.
We are marking the calendar for Thursday March 21st with a new single release! Scott and I are releasing “14 Miles of Bad Road” and I have more brand new songs being released in April, May, and into June on all major platforms, culminating into a new album later this year x There are also videos so it’s an all new Spring fever.
I am singing and playing keyboards, with Scott Dailey on strong and wild guitar, bass and backing vocals, Lauren Johnson on drums, Jason Charboneau on cello, Chris Spooner on baritone bass, Ron Wolf on percussion, Chuck Alkazian at Pearl Sound for the drum sessions and Warren DeFevre at Third Man Records Detroit for the mastering. Also, special thanks to Erin Zindle for the incredible video work for the songs!
I’m also working on another two new songs and a new poetry and prose book. So my blog right here will feature the links to the new songs as well as video premieres on YouTube for each. And there will be news on radio interviews and airplay, too, coming up soonon NPR Detroit WDET-FM 101.9 and much more.
“14 Miles of Bad Road” is a rock and roll number that builds on guitar with a sneaky organ and and a bluesy feeling underneath. We’ve got a counterpoint singing in the verses and a wild fuzz guitar solo searching in the middle built on piano and guitar, with a hard, hard road.
And in April, we’re also releasing the song “Blue Ridiculous Love” (written by Scott and me) , and all single releases will be available digitally on Spotify, Apple Music, Soundcloud and Amazon, etc., but also as new videos on YouTube. Yes! We will eventually have a CD/viny release party as the songs will be available this Fall at shows, too.
While we had a huge end of the year at the end of December 2023 with many shows and television appearances, it’s almost Spring and time for all new! I’m updating so much right now.
Thanks for the love, support and patience!
Love, Carolyn, Scott and the Carolyn Striho Group ) x
Thank you for the Birthday wishes! So sweet! And good news – the new music is ready! Recorded and mixed here at Inner Door Music with drums at Pearl Sound in Canton Michigan and mastered at Third Man Records, Cass Corridor in Detroit, it’s going to be soon now! ) https://thirdmanrecords.comhttps://www.pearlsoundstudios.com So hopefully, my next post has one of our new songs included in it where you can listen or download as a bonus! In the meantime, get in the mood for the holiday with a reggae-tinged version of “Silent Night” we recorded for NBC Channel 4 in Detroit’s Live in the D ) See below )
Also, Erin Zindle and are honored to be on The Grammy Awards 2024 First ballot for Best American Roots Song and Best Performance, too. We found out our Michigan musicians The War & Treaty and Billy Strings, in the same category, are nominated for the Final ballot, which is awesome! Congratulations!
We are performing at the J Center /Berman Center for author Gary Graff’s Alice Cooper book this Saturday evening, November 11 at 7:30 pm. Scott Dailey, Michael Bermudez and I are looking forward to a superb night with other artists including Tino Gross and Righteous Deluxe. Details: https://www.michigan.org/event/alice-cooper-75-author-talk-and-tribute-performances
Then the next day, we’re performing at The Farmington Hills Public Library in Farmington Hills ! We are rocking the library at 2 pm before the Detroit Lions Game at 4 pm so you can join us and still make it home to see the game – Join Scott Dailey and me for some new music, poetry, and treats! We really are looking forward to a wide-open show with the baby grand piano, guitar, and some of our new material in different ways. Details:https://farmingtoncommunity.librarycalendar.com/event/music-fcl-carolyn-striho-and-scott-dailey-2406
Then looking at December where we have some more new music coming out and a date with favorites Vinnie Dombroski and The Orbitsuns at the famous Cadieux Café on Friday night Dec. 8th! There are a couple more exciting things coming up in December. And thanks to Depeche Mode for making my birthday an extra treat with tickets to their Detroit show -honored to be on the guest list from the U.K. to Detroit!
