Well!! it's Spring, although you wouldn't have known it Saturday afternoon driving from North Vancouver to the Unity Church on 43rd and Oak St. I joined the wonderful Perry Dickeson in a Spring Concert Saturday night. Both our Moms, at the young age of 86 years, both professional piano players did some beautiful playing as well. A huge success!!

AUGUST had another whirlwind weekend at Pacific Contact in Metrotown. We rocked our five minute pitch and have offers as far away as Florida and England to tour!! Thanks again to the wonderful people that put on the event. It's so well organized and friendly!! AND it gets better every year!

I'll be playing a glorious event with Shari Ulrich, coming up April 13th at St.Andrew Wesley downtown. A wondrous choir, Shari's daughter, Julia and Bill Runge will also be there. I will be accompanying them on an awesome djembe generously on loan to me from my most excellent friends, Lisa and Jenny, the proud owners of Pacific Drums. Don't you just feel like you could do ANYTHING when the sun shines???!!!

Here are some up-coming dates:


April 5 Unity of the Valley Benefit Concert, with
Beverley Elliott, Ron Irving, Michael Vincent
April 13 St. Andrew Wesley with Shari Ulrich
April 25, 26 Coast Hotel Bar and Grill Shirttail Relatives
May 2 Terminal City Club Private Party
May 9,10 Rusty Gull Pub Shirttail Relatives
May 17 Shadbolt Centre for the Arts AUGUST Concert
May 30,31 Coast Hotel Long Bar and Grill
Shirttail Relatives
June 27, 28 Coast Hotel Long Bar and Grill
Linda Kidder Trio

Linda Kidder is proud to present, CLOSE TO BLISS. Insightful, delightful, witty and honest, this CD is a beautiful collection of original material.

Jazz, Blues, and Roots only begin to describe Linda's style - truly a charismatic singer/songwriter/performer with the voice of an angel.

Close to Bliss features musicians Michael Creber - keyboards, John Forrest - bass, Mickey Mekilok - drums, Norman Foote - guitar, Linda Kidder - bass, guitar, melodian, all vocals, Jim Salmon - percussion, special guests - Jim Foster, Ron Johnson, Brent Shindell, Rick Kilburn.

For more info on this talented artist, or CD purchasing contact:


inarow@normanfoote.com or lkidder@shaw.ca

or cdbaby.com/cd/kidder
or http://payplay.fm/kidder

Produced by Norman Foote & Linda Kidder

Released on IN A ROW Records.

Close to Bliss Cds also available at Indigo Books on Marine Drive, Chapters on Robson, Chapters Strawberry Hill and Chapters Pinetree Village