A note from Tennessee. We were trying to pick up from the storm and aid tornado victims here, when the Coronavirus shut everything down. The last show I got to emcee was Tuesday night, March 10th, at City Winery for All Hands On Deck Tornado Relief. Then a week later, on March 17th, WMOT, my radio station, was supposed to do a member’s only Wired In Concert at City Winery with Lilly Hiatt, Paul Burch and Sadler Vaden. Part of the proceeds were earmarked for tornado relief, but the night was cancelled for safety’s sake.

I trust you and your loved ones, friends and family, are in isolation. I hope you are, while we await the first wave of this new disease to make its way through the world. It has wreaked havoc for all of us that encourage audience attendance. All the artists, venues, and the folks behind the scenes have basically lost their livelihoods. We are all in it together, and somehow, we will get through. That said, I know that life will look different.

Lilly Hiatt has a new album called Walking Proof, coming out on March 27th. It’s been three years since her last, Trinity Lane, and it is long awaited in my book. Lilly combines coltish energy with lyrical vulnerability, as she was able to deal with a tangle of emotions after the year-long Trinity tour. She synthesized those thoughts into the songs. What with the virus having put a halt to life as we know it, please support our artists in any way that you can. BUY their music and merch, check out live streaming events and please tip, and be ready to jump for joy when we can do live music events again. Lilly came to play for the Music Fog cameras in a private session last year. Here is our recording of “Some Kind Of Drug," from the new album.

- Jessie Scott