I could have skipped the 500 resumes if I had better understood the importance of networking. I get frustrated watching some people try to network. They get too aggressive, telling people they need a job rather than letting businesses know why they should be hired.
Matraca Berg started young, hit big as a writer, hit resistance as a singer. She took a long break. Wrote songs for others. And left her cadre of fans cherishing her songs.
Southern storytellers have a singular gift for home and heart -- and the latest effort to celebrate women's lives is the musical Good Ol' Girls, now playing at the Black Box Theatre.
Planning to make a record of folk songs next, Suzy Bogguss hasn't released an album since 2007's jazzy Sweet Danger, but continues to earn her keep on the road.