tonya tyner

This past Saturday, I had my official debut CD release party, here in Austin, TX. I had pre-release shows in California and in South Carolina last year that were well-attended, but would you believe me if I told you I was terrified to have this party?  I've only been living in Austin a little over 2 years and have spent the majority of my time with one of many 'day jobs.'  Sure, I've made some friends at my church and at the Austin Songwriter's Group (ASG) events, but more often than not, I've been a…Read more

Someone using Facebook or Twitter just for fun must get annoyed with pleas from 'commercial' users like myself to 'follow,' 'like' and 'share.'

I hope you know it's not without reason that musicians ask for this.  In this digital age, press kits are often requested to book gigs, and venues want to know things like:

• how many fans do you have?
• how many people come to your shows?
• how many shows do you play and where do you play?
• how many people are on your email list?

That list of questions truly does go on and…Read more

Well this cell phone pic is actually of a better pic on my camera but somebody left her camera cord at home. I always have loved the colors of New Mexico. So far the NM playlist has included The Gypsy Kings and Paul Simon's Graceland.

I finally got my hands on a few of these! Available exclusively at my shows until the 9/12 release.
Left Austin this morning and plan to get at least to Las Cruces, New Mexico tonight but am taking my time.






 On the way out of town on 290, I saw this sign claiming the world's best chicken fried steak and wondered if they had tried my Mama's.



But I was not long for that junction in the road, and moving beyond, Fredericksburg, TX (which is the cutest dang town ever by the way) is in my rear-view mirror now...

Lots of things are changing and moving and shifting as I prepare to head out to California: gigs cancelled, gigs reborn, contacts renewed, plans constantly metamorphosing (ew that word looks funny but spell check told me to spell it this way... I was thinking something more along the lines of 'metamorphasizing')...  In response to FB "likes" and comments and such from my California peeps after I posted a new Big Sur gig announcement last night, I found myself in tears.
 

 

I think I had locked these…

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