We’ve been all over this year from Detroit down to St. Petersburg and Treasure Island in Florida, and back in Michigan from Traverse City to Grand Rapids to Ann Arbor and back up near Big Rapids and Cadillac, Michigan. I’ve been teaching down here every day and working on new poetry and compiling some really cool stories of my music life. It’s a lot to work on a new book, but I found even more poetry from many years. This could be an adventure and I hope I get there with the new book. Scott has been undergoing treatments but his health is stabilized even with these strong treatments. We are grateful and hope things continue to improve. He will also join me on the new shows this month. He is hoping to finish some new songs as well.
So here we are with new June shows with the full band too!
Friday to Sunday, June 13 to June 15 is the marvelous Nor’Easter Festival up in northern Michigan- we’re back again this year performing on Saturday June 14th at 5:30 pm on the Main Stage. It’s a really cool festival and it’s tucked into the northeast side of Michigan (if you keep driving you go straight to Lake Huron!) There’s a super lineup of excellent artists and vendors!! Join us and check it out for tickets and camping at https://www.noreastrfest.org/
Wednesday, June 18th, we’re with the full band at the beautiful Ferndale Summer Concert Series located at The Ferndale Library courtyard at 6:30! NPR Detroit’s Jeff Milo and the Ferndale Library have teamed up for a great series this summer! It’s free and I hope you can come out to it at 9 Mile and Woodward – not too far from Detroit in a special place – Ferndale, Michigan. Details at https://www.fadl.org/scs
Thanks also for the recent airplay on several stations. Internationally, we’re over on Blues Radio/Corner U.K. in London England, and on Noel Casey’s After Midnight in Dublin Ireland. Here in the U.S. thanks for the airplay at WYCE Grand Rapids, WAKT-FM Toledo Ohio, WXTF-LP 97.9, Harrisville Michigan, WDET-FM NPR Detroit 101.9 FM and Radio Cobra Detroit !
We’re back from winter’s depths of injury and illness. There is still a lot to go through health wise, but my arm has healed up and I’m ready to play guitar and piano again. I’m really grateful. Scott’s entering a new treatment for his condition, but we hope to do some really cool gigs this year. We released new music last year and would love to record more for the album this year. We have some sweet new shows coming up and later this year, some in our hometown of Detroit, Michigan, too.
Sunday March 30th 2025 –We’re excited for an afternoon matinee gig in the splendid Ann Arbor Downtown District Library with a live show with Mary McGuire and me from 2 to 3 pm! Also featuring Scott Dailey and Ron Wolf, we hope to see you at 343 S. Fifth Avenue, Ann Arbor MI (734) 327-4300. More details https://aadl.org/
Thursday, May 1st, 2025 – WYCE 88.1 FM Grand Rapids – I’m back on the air with Chris Cranick and WYCE for a new live interview, music and poetry leading up to my Schuler Books & Music Event the same evening! I was honored to be featured on WYCE last year, and invited back. Tune in from 2 to 3 pm to listen live here https://grcmc.org/wyce/listen
Thursday, May 1st 2025 – Schuler Books Grand Rapids – yes! I’m back with a brand new Book Event and also playing some music. It’s from 6 pm to 7:30 pm – I’ll be reading from my “Detroit (Maiden Energy)” book with new poetry from an upcoming book I’m doing, and several songs! Join me at 2660 28th Street SE Grand Rapids, MI (616) 942-2561 More details at:https://www.schulerbooks.com/
Friday and Saturday, June 13th and June 14th 2025 – We’re delighted to be performing at this very special, enchanting northern Michigan Music Festival – The Nor-East’r in Mio, Michigan with fantastic Michigan artists including The Accidentals, Erin Zindle and more – Come on up and see the Carolyn Striho Group with new music and poetry – – see you there in June! Details: https://www.noreastrfest.org/
With more airplay receive from the FolkNow compilation for “I Will Rise” and new stations picking up, it was a good holiday season. This Spring, we’re hopeful for good health and happy to wish you an early Spring.
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
