OMG people last week was so amazing!!!

If you follow me on FB or Instagram or Twitter or have seen me at all since I got home, you know that I pretty much had the best time ever and am still kind of on cloud 9.

Some highlights:

*Spoke to Deanna Walker’s songwriting class with my manager Charles Alexander. Deanna’s class is where I met Stan when we were in college. It was very nostalgic to be there after all these years. I don’t know if I was necessarily qualified to be on the “other side” of that class, but it felt full circle-y.

*I got to write with some amazing people. I left each session feeling like I had really learned something from each writer and also explored something new in myself. Thank you so much to Mark Selby, Jenny Gill and Deanna Walker for all these new and magical horizons!!

*I made a new friend who I am absolutely obsessed with- Ms. Jenny Gill. She has a heart AND a voice of gold. I only wish we lived closer and could hang out and sing together every day. She is a beautiful person, and her talent is really ridiculous. Can’t wait for her record to come out and melt everyone’s faces.

(click to watch Jenny Gill live)

*I got to play a show with Matt Mangano (Matt used to perform with John Mayer in the early years), Maureen Murphy (this woman is so so good!), Josh Day (he also plays with Sara Bareilles & Adam Levine from Maroon 5) and Brandon Conway. It was 45 minutes on stage of total magic. I LOVE these people. Matt has been a dear friend and a muse for over 10 years now, and whenever we play together, I feel in my heart that the stars align. The talent of this band was just insanity!! They are all musicians at the top of their game, and I had SO much fun getting to play and sing with them. It was a show I’ll never forget.

Here is a review of the show by Carol Buttenham at her blog Carol’s Choice.

*I ate at Calypso Cafe two days in a row. The Lucayan salad continues to be one of the best meals on this planet.

*I got to visit old friends who I love more than words can say.

So yeah, it was an amazing trip that could have only been better if Jeremy were with me. But it’s been three days since I returned, and I am still so overwhelmed with thankfulness and so so hugely inspired and excited for what is to come. Thank you mostly to Charles Alexander for his ridiculous support and encouragement!!

Stay tuned for things to come and all my thanks to you out there for listening and believing along the way!!!

(Stop The Presses: Please check out Ash Thursday’s new video. They are awesome! Ash is a dear friend and part of my band here in the Bay Area, as is Betsy Adams – the guitarist in Ash Thursday)

Bye y’all,

Keeley

HAPPPPPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!!!

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I don’t know about you guys but as soon as the clock struck midnight on New Years Eve, 2013 rushed in with a gust of excitement and relief! I am jumping into this new year with lots of anticipation and joy and wish you all a year of happiness and peace and just plain magic!!!

One of the things I am most excited about for this coming year is the chance to dive head first and at full speed into this whole music thing. I’ve been plugging along for many a year now, but for 2013 I am freshly inspired and re-dedicated to following my dreams and making things happen. Starting with booking some sweet gigs!

Friday, Jan 11, 8pm, Room 5 in LA!!! My first show of the new year!

Future opportunities to play and perform in LA at this excellent venue are predicated by how well this show is attended. So I would really appreciate your support if you live in the area. Would love to see some SoCal faces! I have a new guitar that sings like a bird and a new song or two.

V. exciting!!

Also if you share this event on Facebook or Twitter (if you tweet), you get a 10% discount on tickets. If you want to help promote the event on your Facebook profile, here is a FB timeline friendly pic that you can upload to your profile. No pressure. Just a suggestion. Right click & download.

Stay tuned for lots of gigs up in the North Bay and also the southeast! Heading to Nash in Feb for some much needed southern comfort and can’t wait to play and write and see my Tennessee magics.

Thanks as always to all of you for your support and love and inspiration! Hope to see you out there soon!

Love, K

This Wednesday, October 10, is the season premiere of the ABC series “Nashville.”  In honor of the show, we put a little music video together as a tribute to the Nashville I know and love. We are also giving away “Nashville” from my album, “The Mechanics of Leaving.”  Click on the widget below to download. Enjoy!

Please like Keeley’s Facebook Fan Page and Listen to the entire album via BandPage.

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Spring is really a’comin, day light savings this past weekend and allergies in full bloom. I love this time of year and the subtle hints of warmer days ahead, of flip flops and shorts and long days outside. I can’t believe that we are this far into the year already but then again I think I say that in every newsletter!

Things have been awesome on this end, I had an amazing and wonderful trip to Nashville two weeks ago, got to play a show and visit pals and scheme lots of magical future plans. Nash will always be a dear city to me and I count myself as incredibly lucky to call it a second home. Here is a video clip from my performance at The Basement. That’s my dear friend & producer Matt Mangano alongside me.

copy/paste link to share on Facebook: http://hitson.gs/keeleybasementnash

I’m gearing up to play some pretty cool shows so mark the calendars!!

Sat April 28: 8:30pm at Genghis Cohen in LA, $8

Thursday May 10: 8pm at Hotel Utah in San Francisco opening for the amazing and glorious Jen Foster!! And I will be accompanied by a gaggle of ridiculous musicians. So.Excited.

Thursday May 17: 7:30pm at Murphy’s Pub in Sonoma. Free!

More to come and one super exciting one to announce for June so get ready!!

One quick shout out- my old pal and fellow Vandy a cappella junkie Mr. Chris Mann is melting hearts and stunning the masses on this season of NBC’s THE VOICE!!! Be sure to check him out, he is a true talent and so deserving of this and he will realllly knock your socks off with his powerhouse voice and stylings.

Thanks so much to all and everyone for their support and kindness, hope to see you soooon!!
Keeley

We just heard that “So Easily Afraid” was used in Ep. 9 of Season 3 on Venice The Series. I’m so honored.

Well, here it is. Keeley’s first music video. “Not Since I’ve Been Home” was shot, edited and directed by Jeremy Hogan.  The song is off the Three Cities CD which is available for sale here. Help yourself. And feel free to like and share.

Thank you so much to everyone who checked out ‘Honestly’ on Venice last month!!!

If you missed it, the song "Honestly" was featured on the season premiere of Venice The Series, an online web series soap opera. You can view the show here. The song comes on at around the 18:00 minute mark. (Note: The show is best viewed by grown ups):

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To get a free copy of "Honestly" – just click on the image below to download it.

If you like it, please consider sharing on FaceBook and/or sharing on Twitter.

2 weeks ago, I fractured my right elbow. It sounds pretty nasty. I’ll be honest, it hurts, but it could be 1,000 times worse. After a trip to urgent care and then to the orthopedic, I’ve been given a sling and a four to six week window for recovery. In the meantime I’m actually encouraged to NOT wear the sling as often as possible (which is awesome because frankly, the sling is miz) and to try to extend and curl my arm. I can still run and am expected to regain full range of motion- playing guitar is a few weeks out but just because it will hurt. The Doc said as long as it doesn’t get bumped again, it will be fully functioning before Christmas. I’m pushing for a miracle at the three week mark so I can aggressively help put up the holiday decorations next weekend, but really, one day at a time.

I’ve broken things before, I’ve gotten super sick and had to take things easy for awhile, had to take care of myself and simplify. When I tried to lay my arm on the x-ray table and realized it was not going to happen, I was struck with the notion that I was about to be taught a lesson. Read More »

I found my first grey hair yesterday morning. It’s really not a big deal, I know. A lot of people have grey hairs. And it was just one. But I stared at it for a long time, more in wonder than in horror. Where am I in life?

When I first graduated from college, something happened and I woke up one day totally consumed with getting wrinkles. I had NEVER thought about it before, and certainly never been worried about it before. And suddenly, there I was in CVS, combing the beauty aisles for a product that might stop the little crow’s feet in their tracks. I was only 22! I was just learning how to not take my body for granted!!! Don’t let me get wrinkles now!!! I bought something from Neutrogena-which somehow made me feel better about it, like it might actually be good for my skin. It burned. It was awful. I don’t even know if I made it through the whole bottle. And in the end, when I looked at my face up close (not really recommended in any situation), nothing had happened to those baby wrinkles. They were there and they were going to stay and probably get bigger and deeper and all I could do was pray for acceptance. After all, weren’t they really just reminders that I was alive? Read More »

As I write this I have totally abandoned my steadfast plan to unpack, return emails, do copious amounts of laundry, review and revise my to-do list and in general recover from a week away from home. Instead I’ve plowed through two heaping and glorious pieces of gluten free quiche that Jer made while in my pjs and subsequently climbing into bed. I lost the ambition pretty quickly.

Really, I just want to talk about the tour and remember every hilarious and wonderful moment on the road.

There are so many things I feel deeply and profoundly grateful about this past week. Here they are in the best way I can lay them all out.

Whit and I got the chance to traverse what is surely one of the most beautiful places in the country- and it’s all along the 5!!! The 5 North is decidedly different from the 5 South. It is green, lush, mountainous, and just plain gorgeous. Read More »