As I continue on this interesting journey of writing a blog, I have found that I am continually being introduced to new and often wonderful musicians. Most recently I was attempting to score an interview with one of my favorite folkies, Ellis Paul, when I was introduced to the music of Antje Duvekot (pronounced: Aunt-ya Doo-va-kot), a great new up and coming artist on Paul's label.

Duvekot has been making the rounds all over the country now for a while in support of her album "Big Dream Boulevard." She is now turning a lot of heads, and her song "Merry-Go-Round" was even featured in a Bank of America commercial last year.

So, on Thursday, Pioneer in the Valley is going to be heading over to the Goldstein Lounge at the Campus Center of Smith College to see Antje for FREE! Let me repeat FREE! From what I have heard of this woman so far, this will be one of the last times you get an opportunity to see her for free.

Antje's voice has this subtle tremble to it that magnifies the emotion in her deeply thoughtful and personal lyrics. She also plays a pretty mean acoustic guitar, and to top it off, I think the only thing more strikingly beautiful than her lyrics is her. She seems to be a very stunning girl.

I know we're really excited about this show, and I think you should be too! Please check it out, it's at the Goldstein Lounge in the Smith College Campus Center on Elm Street in Northampton. And stay tuned because we will be posting some video from the show later on.