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!
The Carolyn Striho Group is performing with The Orbitsuns on Saturday night, November 19th the weekend before Thanksgiving at The Cadieux Café in Detroit. With Scott Dailey, Todd Glass and John Barron rounding up the band that night, we’ll be performing new songs and many from my catalogue and surprise favorites. The Orbitsuns will follow up with a great set, too! Let’s celebrate November at The Cadieux Café where our shows with The Orbitsuns started in 2019. And it’s my birthday month, hurray. More details at http://www.cadieuxcafe.com
And my music fill be featured on WRIF Detroit’s Motor City Riffs on Sunday night, November 13 2022 at 9 pm EST. Tune in to hear The Carolyn Striho Group on 101 FM WRIF here at https://wrif.com/shows/motor-city-riffs/
Thanks also for the airplay on WDET-FM/NPR Detroit and on WHFR Dearborn – appreciated!
We performed at the Detroit Free Press Marathon in October to cheer the runners in October on a big morning in Detroit and Windsor, Canada. And I performed at a gorgeous wedding in Detroit in September.
The new recordings are coming soon as I’m working on 4 more songs to add to the album and finishing storyboarding a new video. Then there is the book and some new readings and working on another book. My songs have been on 3 compilation albums in the last 4 years in the U.S. and the U.K., and “Afterthought” was also included in a feature film, “Poor Greg Drowning.”
Upcoming is the single release will be coming for “I Will Rise,” then the EP/album with another couple of surprise releases with Erin Zindle (from Erin & The Ragbirds) and a new Striho/Detroit Energy Asylum release on Orchide Records – stay tuned and thanks for being patient!
Steady as she goes, wild leaves and trees ablaze. To November nirvana dark nights and new bells…let’s go.
Saturday evening, March 5th, Scott Dailey and I will be performing at Two James Spirits in Detroit’s Corktown as part of the Corktown Music Festival. Our percussionist Ron Wolf is joining us, too. It’s a benefit for 4 PAWS 1 Heart for homeless pets, so come on down to warm up and enjoy some music, spirits and good March hope. And wish Scott a happy birthday! Two James Spirits, 2445 Michigan Avenue, Detroit 48216 (313) 961-4800. https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/no-hamtramck-music-fest-in-march-but-corktown-music-fest-instead/Content?oid=29349382
Into Spring and beyond, we’ll be performing with the full band at The Cadieux Café in Detroit, 20 Front Street in Lake Orion, several music festivals in the Detroit area/Northern Michigan area, a possible return overseas to the U.K. – and more surprises with shows and traveling!
Thanks so much for the nominations in the 2022 Detroit Music Awards. Our band, The Carolyn Striho Group, is nominated for Outstanding Rock/Pop Artist/Group. I am nominated for Outstanding Songwriter and Outstanding Keyboardist, and Scott Dailey is nominated for Outstanding Guitarist. It’s an honor! https://www.detroitmusicawards.net/2022-nominees
Also, thanks for the big support for “Detroit (Maiden Energy)” which was on the First Ballot of the Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word Album 2022. https://recordingacademy.com/news We are praying for the people of Ukraine. Love, peace and hope remains. x Carolyn Striho
