Fl!p Breskin has made such a career of finding and
spreading other people's best songs that people who've been listening to her for
years don't realize that many of her most moving songs are her own compositions.
She has a tape-and songbook, Songs Of Compassion, with seventy-odd songs you'd
really like to know; a tape-and-booklet, Playparties and Clapping Games showing
how much fun you can have without musical instruments, and her CD, Promises I've Kept,
is a mixture of original songs, collected songs, and lovely guitar instrumentals.
Scott Katz
is the only writer that Fl!p thinks is funnier than I am.
His CD Wrong! is mostly hilarious and often deep. He sings like a gravel truck
and has hot musicians backing him and his guitar.
Tom Hodge - More Than a Killer Scrabble Player. Tom is a quiet, deep, contemplative writer. His long-awaited CD
Shadows and Light is here and it's great.
If Rick Keating's songs were fish, they'd be barracudas. Rick is a
poet and the most powerful writer I know.
Meryle Korn knows more parodies than anyone and is a virtuoso autoharp
player. She's also a killer songwriter who can make you cry for two reasons in two
minutes.
Rob Lopresti
is the only songwriter that I'd swap all of my songs for all of his. His CD
Can I Blame You? features a cross-section of Bellingham
musicians and a bunch or really good, really insightful songs.
Joni Miller writes songs with more edge than a barbershop
full of straight razors.
Brian Robertson finally recorded Saltchuck Serenade after
years of everybody bugging him to make a CD. Brian was born in a fishing town and was
a commercial fisherman. He's a strong writer and he's really been there.
I won't mention Linda Allen, Marie Eaton, Tom Hunter .... who already
have songs out there.