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WesFest 5: A Concert to Benefit the Wes Wehmiller Scholarship at Berklee College Of Music is happening at on Sunday 2/28 at The Roxy in Hollywood

ADVANCED DISCOUNTED TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH 2/25!! CLICK HERE TO GET YOU SOME!!

For 5 years now Bryan and I have been joining friends new and old to celebrate the life of Wes Wehmiller, our friend and contemporary at Berklee College of Music. Our way of celebrating is to rock the house and raise money for the scholarship at Berklee established in Wes' name. We've raised over $50,000 so far. Pretty rad, huh?

Speaking of rad, check out our headliner Tal Wilkenfeld (aka Jeff Beck's hot young Aussie chick bass player - WAY rad!!). She'll be playing with her own band: Oz Noy (guitar), John Beasley (keys) and Vinnie Colaiuta (drums). There's more info on my calendar page about the show

CAN'T ATTEND BUT STILL WANT TO CONTRIBUTE? We understand that there are plenty of you who won't be able to attend the event but still wish you could help out. We invite you to check out the WesFest 1 and WesFest 2 DVD's, as well as the one and only CD from Wes' band I, Claudius: Bleed (The Wes Demos). The sales of all these items also count towards the WesFest 5 fundraising total

Click here and scroll down on the WesFest page to see all of the products available to support this year's fundraising drive.

I suppose that should say "Tweet Tweet Blog Blog" but I couldn't resist the random Prince reference. OK so I haven't been great about keeping things updated here...likely because I've been Twittering like a junkie. Sorry 'bout that. But now through the magic of the interwebs I have my Twitter feed posted right here on the front page. So even if you think Twitter is for bird brains you can still sneak a peek at my latest thoughts without having to drink the kool-aid. You're welcome. (If you are drinking the Twitter kool-aid - follow me @kirasmall!!)

You may notice also that the rough version of "I Will Raise My Voice" is no longer available for free download. We left it up longer than we thought but have taken it down in anticipation of the record it's on being released. Soon, my pretties, soon. Thanks to those of you who downloaded it and are digging it. That song has really touched people and for that I am deeply touched myself. Again I say...

Thank you for giving me someone to sing to - it's how I remember who I am.

Adorable Husband Bryan Beller and I have been playing as a duo (when he's not busy touring in a cartoon death metal band) and are having an absolute blast. There's video proof of said blast on my video page, again over to the left there. We're booking house concerts and venues all over the place. If you'd like to see us in your town, give us a shout. It's probable we'll end up posed like this at some point. Don't believe me? Book us for a house concert and find out.

New site design! (all over, see?)
New video posted! (on Video and More page)
New flash audio player! (right down at the bottom - click to play)
New concert dates! (on Calendar page)
New home address! (on file with post office)
New attitooood! (thank you Patti Labelle for singing inside my head as I typed this...)

I'll post more new pictures sometime soon. But we just moved and I have a cold and I have to go buy more Kleenex. Illuminating, I know...