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Newsflash!

I've entered the YouTube age! Thanks to our friend Teresa Tarasewicz of City Lights Bookshop in London, there's a whole bunch of videos of Girls with Glasses' recent concert at the Aeolian Hall in London. Click here to see the gallery.

In particular, you might want to check out the video of us singing The Streets of Burma, the song I wrote about the situation in Burma.

I've been getting a fantastic response to "The Streets of Burma," and hundreds of people have filled out Amnesty International postcards at my concerts-- so many that we are in the middle of re-printing the postcards now. We know that writing letters and postcards does make a difference, so please visit http://www.amnesty.ca/streetsofburma and sign the electronic version of the postcard if you haven't already.

January 2008

This month marks the launch of my new song "The Streets of Burma." I wrote this song after watching the TV news last fall and seeing the powerful images of monks and nuns in Burma peacefully taking to the streets to protest against the military dictatorship. Their protests were brutally suppressed. Watching these events unfold from half a world away, I was outraged, and concerned for the people of Burma. The TV news has moved on to other, more "exciting" events, but what has happened to the monks and nuns? What has happened to the ordinary citizens in Burma who long for peace and democracy? That's where my song "The Streets of Burma" was born.

And I'm proud to announce that Amnesty International has decided to use the song as part of its campaign to help free U Gambira, one of the monks arrested following the protests. You can listen to and download the song by clicking on the link above left, and you can find out more about the campaign at www.amnesty.ca/streetsofburma/

Please support Amnesty International's important work in this area.

In other news, I'm getting ready to hit the road with Girls with Glasses (the songwriting "supergroup" I perform in with Evalyn Parry, Karyn Ellis, and Allison Brown). In the next few weeks, we'll be performing in Peterborough, Creemore, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Kingston, London, and Ridgetown. 

And following that, I'll be  performing with Connie Kaldor at some beautiful venues like the Living Arts Centre (Mississauga), Brock University Centre for the Arts (St. Catharines), Gryphon Theatre (Barrie), the Stockey Centre for the Performing Arts (Parry Sound), and the Capitol Centre in North Bay. See my calendar for all the nitty gritty details.

For fun! Just for something a little different, I've created an Eve Goldberg crossword puzzle. Find out how much you really know about me! You can find the puzzle and the clues here, and the answers here. And if you get stuck, try surfing around my website for answers to the clues. Have fun!

In other news, my song "Little Boat" from my album "A Kinder Season" was published in the Autumn issue of Sing Out! Magazine. If you haven't got your copy yet, you can order yours directly from Borealis Records at 1-800-530-4288 or http://www.borealisrecords.com. I'm also proud to say that Ken Whiteley's new CD "One World Dance" includes two songs that Ken and I wrote together, "Lunch Counter Encounter" and "That's When I Need a Song."

My teaching schedule is pretty full, but I'm always taking on new students. If you are interested in learning basic folk, country, and fingerstyle blues guitar in a relaxed, supportive environment in Toronto, email info@evegoldberg.com I also help people improve their songwriting, singing, and have more confidence in performance. Get in touch if you are interested.

Features

As always, you're welcome to surf around to your heart's content in here. Some things to check out:

• You can add yourself to my mailing list by clicking on the mailing list page.

• You can listen to sound samples from A Kinder Season or Crossing the Water or Ever Brightening Day by clicking on music and following the links

• You can find my sister's recipe for Watermelon Sorbet — the inspiration for the tune that is now known to millions of Canadians as the theme to Richardson's Roundup — by clicking on eve's watermelon pages. 

• Pages for media and presenters, so if you happen to be one of those people, feel free to visit them.

That's all for now. Until next time, stay well, and keep singing!

Eve