The new look of this site rocks! I like the new bio, the postcard motif, and the extended contacts, but where will there be photos like mine? I got back from the Apple safely, so I wish you the same on your Southern tour next week.
Love, Greg
hi....just a fan here. i've yet to get the new album, but i have your live one....saw you open for blue mountain in chattanooga which now seems like ages ago. hope you come back through chattanooga soon, i'd be sure to make it. i promise to get the new album soon. cheers...
jake
dayna,
just wanted to tell you that your new album is AMAZING. is it unkind to say i like it so much better than the live one? (i am a from-way-back footprints fan, so i guess i can say that :) this album has _weight_, and _soul_, and it is carrying me through this winter.
come back and play at the kendall cafe again; your last show there was so good.
~Addie
i'm a local singer-songwriter who follows the careers of, and collects the work of other Philadelphia-area chyk singer-songwriters. Jen Hess, Mia Johnson, Dayna Kurts, Susan Bush, Doria Roberts (now based in Atlanta), Robin Renee...Nicola Visaggio, the list goes on and on. i saw Dayna years ago at Doc Watsons, i was wearing black leather and taking notes, and i think she (and her opener Shawna J.) both thought i was a journalist or a critic, which i am, but that night i was really just being a geek! anyway, so Jen Hess's new album "Remains" just came out and she lists Dayna Kurtz in the acknowlegements. that got me to miss Dayna's music. that and the fact that i've been covering her song "Wonderful" in local bars...but i'm between places right now and my stuff is in storage, so i went to Giovanni's Room (where i used to be the women's music buyer, and incidentally i'm the one who ordered her CDs for the store!) and bought myself another copy. i'm really enjoying it. and it was an added treat that i'd only brought two CDs to work (i'm a nanny now) with me, Dayna's and Jen's, and Dayna thanks Jen in HER CD, too! Too much! anyway. Dayna, you rock. so glad you've got a new CD out. can't wait to hear it and tell everyone i know about it. hope you're well, and maybe i'll see your next show at the Tin Angel.
pEaCe,
Cassendre Xavier
Dayna, I just wanted to let you know that your performance with Richie Havens in Asheville was amazing. I had never heard of you until that night, and then only as soon as you were anounced on stage. From the moment you walked out, i knew you possessed a powerful energy. and with every song, that energy radiated. i was so moved. i bought your CD, and i must say that every song is absolutely fantastic. it has been played in my player for days. thank you for giving out so much in your music. i hope there is the opportunity to see you again. until then, many blessings and peace! - Day (that long haired freak who you followed up Hwy 19 - i hope you had a great stay in asheville. ) P.S> say hi to the boys for me.
My God the new CD is beautiful!!! Everyone who worked on it did an incredible job. The music very original and creative and the songs are great, great, great. I couldn't hold my voice back. I just had to say it's awesome!!! Thank you!!!
Dayna,what comes to mind --Ella Fitzergerald, Bob Dylan, Helen Baylor, Mix with Dayna Kurtz know how makes a spluendus singer/songwriter metaphizo sound. The"jazz" mixed with folk music gives your music a sound that no other can duplacate. It is fresh and a new sound people catch on to.
Russ&Claire Dempsey
We like the CD a lot! ...play it often on our show, "Free For All" Fridays 10AM - 12PM, on WNTI-FM (91.9), free form radio voice of Centenary College, NJ. We hope you'll mail a copy of the CD to the station, for other DJs to play.
Beth & Jules Free For All http://www.wnti.org
Danya- Looking fotward to your Pittsburgh Show Jan 10 at Club Cafe. Karl
hi, my name is anna kurtz. i wanted 2 know if u were related 2 me? my dad's name is scott and he has a twin brother named jeff.
Dayna, Been a while since I caught you in Phila. We go back to "Footprints" at the Florabama about 6 years ago, as well as being a friend of Jack Williams. Great to see the new CD is out. You got some airplay on XPN (88.5-Phila) a few weeks ago. I just emailed info on your tour in Pittsburgh to my brother and another friend. Come back to Phila soon...we love you. It would be great to see you and Jack on the same bill. Thom
Hi. Why aren't you REALLY REALLY famous? What's the matter with the world?
Hi my name is Dayna Langlois!!
I just wanted to see this site and its really awesome and unique!!
Hey Dayna! I'm a singer/songwriter/wooden nickel philosopher down here in liddle ole Austin!I saw you play at the Florabama in 1995ish??? I heard your record for the first time yesterday and it killed me!!!!!!!!!!! Like I told my Austin picker pals[you probably know a few],You are TRULY ONE OF THE GREAT TALENTS THAT SHOULD BE MUCH,MUCH BETTER KNOWN!!!!!!!!!!! Web site ROCKS! KEEP ON PERSERVERING!!! Lucinda was playing for almost nothing when I moved to Austin in 1987. Best Of Luck & God Bless! C.U.
Beautiful, uplifting, well-crafted stuff! Thank you. Keep those cards and letters coming in.
Aaron Brown Brooklyn, NY
Dayna's music is nothing short of magical. She is able to blend husky vocals and minor chords, and rhythmic guitar with tell-tale lyrics to create a sound that's perfect for anything from dylan to ellington. She is a lyrical inspiration to any aspiring writer or poet; bitterly beautiful. Her music will touch your soul.
Dayna, I listened to your interview with David Dye this morning on World Cafe. You sounded GREAT and what a nice comparison to Tom Waits! I would also add Jeff Buckley to the list of influences. Anyway, I absolutely adore your new album. I listen to your music everyday and never tire of it. I hope to see you soon in the Baton Rouge/New Orleans area.
Dionne
Dayna: I have just finished listening to you on the World Cafe and all I can say is, WOW! I am positive that words could not do justice for what it is you do. You have simply left me liquescent! I hope you continue to pursue your music as you have, for the world knows not what is coming musically until the day they hear you. Thanks for inspiring me. I am a young 36 years old (ha ha ha), and also am a singer/songwriter. I must confess that I struggle with my passion as I was not supported in my dream during my youth. I continue every day to try and clear my soul of the negative messages I received as I must one day perform or I sware I will come back to this place again. Thanks again for a lovely afternoon at the cafe over my noon tea! I'll be looking for you on the road.
Love, Donna
PS: I don't think David could breathe after listening to your voice, just a little note from one woman to another. You definitely got to him, isn't it nice being a woman and having an incredible voice, he he he he!!!!
Hi Dayna
We met in 97 singing nouveax choral music with Renee Cologne. I got your album "Otherwise Luscious Life" back then and I've listened to it many times. My favorite song is "Just Like Jack" Anyway - heard you on WXPN today - World Cafe Show with the string quartet - it was awesome! So - Hello again! You sound great! I love your writing. I just finished my second album - www.gerismith.com if you want to check it out.
Best of luck to you! GS
Hi Dayna
We met in 97 singing nouveax choral music with Renee Cologne. I got your album "Otherwise Luscious Life" back then and I've listened to it many times. My favorite song is "Just Like Jack" Anyway - heard you on WXPN today - World Cafe Show with the string quartet - it was awesome! So - Hello again! You sound great! I love your writing. I just finished my second album - www.gerismith.com if you want to check it out.
Best of luck to you! GS
I have a CD store in downtown Decatur, GA. Just around the corner from Eddies Attic where Dayna is schedueld to appear in April. I have had several requests for the Postcards from Downtown CD and would be interested in stocking them. Please contact me via phone at 404-373-0524 or via e-mail mike@discover-music.com We also maintain a schedule of in-store appearances and would be interested in hosting an in-store performance by Dayna.
Lets us know. Thank You. Mike
I heard you on World Cafe as I was driving from errand to errand, and I was totally blown away. I had to pull off of the road. That's only happened to me one or two other times in my 35 years of driving. I look forward to getting your ceedee soon. And I hope you make it to Denver soon.
a friend told me that there was a concert tonight. he wanted to go. it's the twenty fifth of january and i wished i could be there too. instead of on this side of the ocean.
i'm listening to your music. your voice and i feel like i'm treading in a sweet water. sweet on the tongue.
i hope you do make it over here. europe.
so for now, simply thank you. for the words. the thoughts and the music. sweet music.
angela
Just a note to you and your fellow musicians to let you know I heard you on World Cafe a few nights ago and I was blown away by your performance. Thought you'd be interested to know that your promotional efforts are paying off. A few days after the show, I found your site and ordered a copy of your new CD, which I can't wait to get.
Keep up the great work and please keep on making your music....
Best wishes -- Roger D.
I heard Dayna last week on World Cafe and I was completely blown out of the water. I've been struggling with a bunch of emotional b.s., and hearing her stuff was literally synchronistic. Talk about "conjuring".
Will get the cd. Will follow this career.
Thanks for the balls-out honesty.
hello dayna, i am a huge fan of your music. i bought the luscious life cd years ago at eddie's attic. i have worn it out. i am a painter, and i listen to it when i work. your songs have carried me along many canvases. thank you. i feel like i have lived a small life in your words. sincerely, emily boyd chattanooga, tn
Hey Dayna --
Saw you last night with Richie Havens in Harrisonburg VA. If I had heard your stuff before, I'd have gone to see you at Iota in Arlington VA last week, since I live in the DC area. Liked your set so much that I bought copies of both your CD's, and will commence to spreading the good word amongst my circle of friends at once. Drove two hours just to see Richie, and found myself blown away by you as well. Thanks SO MUCH. After looking at your schedule, I'm double-sad, because I missed you opening for Freedy Johnston, who also blows me away. You should get in touch with Rachel Cross (http://www.rachelcross.com). Trust me.
-Saint Bob, the great connector
Dayna: Wanted to tell you I ave spent a lot of time listening to your beautiful new record ... and now rigt now my fave song is Satisfied ..
Looking forward to Joe's Pub.
jim fouratt
hello-i got to your site from www.richiehavens. and i just want to tell you it's very well done, and nice to look at.
if he is a fan of yours you must be really something!
i hope to attend your next show in nyc.
kind wishes, belinda
I've heard a song from the soon to be released album which has lyrics to the effect "make a mess out of me" or something close to that. This song blows me away! Every once in a blue moon I'll hear something that just jumps out and is fresh, new, original etc. etc. I can't wait to get the CD.
corny
heard the tune on XPN. luv it can't wait to see and hear Dayna at the point on the 16th !!
Hi Dayna!
I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your performance at Joe's Pub last night; you can really belt out a tune, lady! You did a fantastic job and had a wonderful stage presence.
I hope to see you & Jeff sometime soon. I hope that you sell a ton of records.
Take care,
Hyla
Heard you on Idiot's delight & thoroughly loved the whole performance and appearance I also just ordered the CD. Keep making great music & much suuccess with the release of the CD
Steve J
Love Gets In The Way is the most beautiful song I've heard in decades!!!! I have just listened to it 9 times in a row and I think I cried on each listen. The emotion in your voice has reached down into the depths of my soul and is dragging my own emotions out, kicking and screaming. I am a songwriter myself and have been looking for this song all my life. I guess I can stop writing now.
I had the wonderful oppurtunity to see Dayna Kurtz for the first time last night in Huntington WV.(Mt.Stage)......I've never herad such an incredible voice.....I am an instant fan.
Dayna -- Thanks so much for coming to Huntington for the Mountain Stage performance. Listening to "Otherwise Luscious Life" right now -- hope to catch another show some time. Leslie
heard the show with vin ... really wonderful. and then i read your website bio and wondered, what the *#& was i doing when you were running cars into the ground between paterson and northampton, or wherever (hartford doesn't seem to attract much attention) ... i'm making my co-workers listen to the mp3 version of postcards and sending the link to my friends. just have to save up a little and order your albums. so glad to have made your acquaintance. john (don't fear the e-mail address; it refers to the colt building, where i lieve, and 4x5 film, which i shoot. apparently some people fear i sell (or worship) malt liquor or handguns.)
Saw you Saturday Night at Towne Crier, and thought you were terrific. Now that you are focused on your taxes, if you have any questions, I would be glad to help you. I am a NYC entertainment business manager who appreciated your "tax story".
I love your new song "Love gets in the way" it is so sensual and dramatic. Can't wait to hear more of you! -Jill Czahor
love the music dayna, i was introduced to it by my girlfriend who lives in philly, any chance of you touring the uk?
Hello - I cant' comment on the new CD (I haven't heard it yet, they tell me that it will be here by Saturday)but I wanted to say that the live performance that Dayna did in the studio at WFUV was fantastic. Too bad I didn't hear it until mid March! Hear the archive of the February 23, 2002 broadcast of Vin Scelsa's Idiot's Delight at: http://www.wfuv.org Mary St. Paul, MN
Hello! I just heard an interview on BBCRadio with Richie Havens and he mentioned you, so I decided to look up your website. Good luck with your new album!
I've never been moved to write to an artist before, but I received the two CDs I ordered from the website yesterday. I don't know what to say other than I haven't had such a reaction to someone's music in a long time. I was brought to tears immediately, and haven't stopped listening yet. I heard you on Vin Scelsa's show, heard you say you were playing at the Mercury Lounge, and thankfully bought tickets for my son and myself. I'm so very glad I did. Your lyrics are surpassed only by your beautiful musical expression. Thank you so much. I'm so looking forward to seeing you. Marie DiPrimo
Hi Dayna, We really enjoyed the house concert today with Walter Parks (Sunday, March 24th). The new stuff sounds great, and I'm glad several of the old songs are on the new CD. Thanks for playing 'Patterson' today! Good luck with the single and album! Brenda
Dayna, It has been many years and far too many shows since I have heard your voice. I need to have one of your 's in my collection. I wish you the very best and hope that you and I will at some juncture have the opportunity to sing together. W.T. greer...Bitter End nine years ago!
I first heard dayna's music today on wfuv in n.y., my favorate radio station. If it were'nt for them you would never hear music like Dayna's. Anyway, I was blown away!! She has a beautiful voice and has a wonderful touch on her Gibsons. Ilook forward to getting her cd and other works and am sure I will enjoy them very much. Thank You, Albert Facendo
Hi Dayna, Im an avid fuv listener and I had not heard of you until your interview on that station tues. 4/2/02. Your performance was wonderful and i asked my local music shop to order your new cd for me. I should have it in a few days. Beyond the music i really liked some of what you had to say. Your core philosophy seems to be very agreeable. If I did'ent have to get up at 4am thursday morning I would certainly head into town to hear you perform. Hope you perform locally again real soon. Hey, theres a small theatre in my town,Inter Media Arts Center (huntington L.I. home of Walt Whitman and Harry Chapin) seats about 250. Why dont you get a gig there? Glad I was tuned in when you were on. All the Best Michael
I was at your show at Joe's Pub. I was going to come to Mercury Longe last night but called and found out Richie Heavens was not appearing. What the hell?
hi, Dayne...I came to your music through my friendship with George Hollier down here in Louisiana. Looking forward to your concert at his house in May. Manny Fuentes, Lafayette, LA
hi, Dayna...I came to your music through my friendship with George Hollier down here in Louisiana. Looking forward to your concert at his house in May. Manny Fuentes, Lafayette, LA
I Absolutley adore "Love gets in the way" It's one of the most honest songs I've ever heard!!! :-)
I Absolutley adore "Love gets in the way" It's one of the most honest songs I've ever heard!!! :-)
Dayna, I just purchased your CD. I haven't even listened to the whole thing yet, and I will probably respond later when I do, but I just wanted to tell you that I have new theme song for this new achingly beautiful, frighteningly real, wonderfully tragic period of my life I find myself in, and that's "Love Gets In the Way." I just wanted to thank you for writing a beautiful song that says it all for me right now better than I ever could have, especially since I may never get the chance! But at least I have some words and tones to say what I couldn't, and to do it with such style and class...thank you thank you more than you could ever know! -Mark Brown
"Love Gets in the Way" dropped me to the floor, what a song. There's so much strength in your music! -e
wonderful site. you are a great talent. may your many gifts bring you great success.peace. http://www.bardic.on.ca/ancient
Saw the show at the Tin Angel last night. Unbelievable. Only ever cried for joy at one other show - Jonny Lang. Every moment spent listening to Dayna is a gift. Met Dayna after the show, and she's got a wonderful personality, too... I want to know who the male musician referred to in "Somebody leave a light on" is... I'll be telling everyone I know and wearing out the CD (available on CDNow and at Borders, even though Dayna strongly supports the smaller vendors too). I've found a new favorite.
Damn, just moved from Perdido Key Fl to Philly, and missed you both times. Love the new album, and where have I been all these years missing you at the FloraBama (www.florabama.com)? Next time there (4/23) ask for my buds, Guthrie Trapp and the boys "Filthy Rich" (www.thefilthyrich.com). You two would compliment each other well! Hope to catch you next time in Philly, JA
hello Dayna someone at The Tin Angel show told me "Somebody leave The Light On" is about Kurt Cobain. Is this true and have you heard from Courtney Love? Very cool song.
Heard your song on XPN.org. Hope to see you this Sunday at The Evening Muse in Charlotte
to tedcorriero@aol.com - nope, it's not about kurt cobain...the first stanza refers to jeff buckley's death, though. i'm out here on the road - very psyched y'all are hearing me on the radio. thanks for coming to the shows/writing/etc. i'll check back in in a little while. i have vague plans to have a q and a page/ and a journals from the road page on the site, but life just keeps me from following thru on these things for the moment. be careful out there - dayna k.
Hello Dayna, Just recently saw your brief set at the Tosco Music Party in Charlotte. Loved what I heard, and following your request, phoned WNCW (NPR) to request that your disc be played. Seems I have been joined by others since Saturday evening, as I heard it played twice today while driving about. Hoping to catch your set at the Evening Muse, if that hasn't already happened! (Gotta go check your calendar!) Keep up the good work...you sounded wonderful Saturday night, and I loved your songwriting. Best Regards, Pete Davis
I played Postcards from Downtown during my Community Ed pottery class. (We are encouraged to bring music to share.) My classmates compared Dayna to . . . Nico, Roy Orbinson, Bob Dylan, and Nina Simone. I am not sure if this was a good or bad thing but the majority of them liked the CD. Mary in St. Paul, MN.
I sampled "Postcards" the other day at the Disc Exchange here in Knoxville, Tenn., and bought it on the spot. It's got "umph." Come play here sometime, please. -- Randall Brown
Hi everyone, I first heard D. K. at a funky little club in North Hampton Massachusetts in 1995, or 96. She was blowing me off my stool evey time she opened her mouth. And evey time I play her Footprints cassette that I bought that nihgt It blows me away again and again. In 1997 I moved to the California S.F. Bay area and have been having the darndest time finding D.K. music. I have searched for a CD of Footprints. Cannot find one. Nor can I find another cassette. I even took my tape to a local record/book store and played it for them and asked them to keep an ear open for any new D.K. tunes. No luck . I was just afraid wareing it out. That would be a shame. Low and behold I was surfing and saw that there is a new CD out called Postcards from Downtown. Where and when can I get it. Needless to say I love this artist's music. Make more please! P.
Dayna, Your vocals are a smoky, magic kiss. There are a whole bunch of people in Huntington, WV who would love to see you in May on your way to your Pittsburgh show. Any chance of adding a date in/around western West Virginia then? All the best, Lachlan
to :pjjsla@cs.com - footprints is, well, out of print...may rescue some tracks someday and put it on disc. the new cd can be bought here at the site, also in s.f. it's at amoeba. or online at amazon.com. to Lachlan: "smoky magic kiss" is about the nicest compliment i've ever heard. thank you. i just got a new agent, and i told her specifically to work on your neck of the woods, as everyone was so damn nice there. poetic too. best, dayna
Hey Dayna, Got the CD through the website and LOVE it! It been in the CD player in my car since I got it. Some songs got me from the get-go and others took awhile for me to get into to, but those are kinds of CDs that I really love. I just got your tour schedule, and I didn't see any Houst ton dates. I thought there was a tentative date at the Last Concert Cafe? ANYWAY, I hope you get through Houston soon so I can see you in person. Best of Luck, Jeff
To Dayna, Thank-you. Your music stirs my soul. I hope to see you in concert! Sincerely, Lisa Palombi
Hey Dayna! Got your new CD and I absolutely love it. Your melodies are incredible, your words are tragically sad and beautiful, and I really get a sense of you without even knowing you...the mark of a great artist in my opinion. I've been looking for something new that resonates and you've provided that. Thank you. Larry P.S. I'm in the New Brunswick area of Jersey and will be checking your schedule for dates round here in the coming months. Can't wait for a live performance. Take care.
Hey, Dayna: Just tuned into Mountain Stage driving to my local coffee shop and heard you singing. About drove my minivan off the road (yeah, a minivan. It's tan, too. Pity me.) Don't know what song you were singing, but I don't care. I plan to buy your CD today. Hey, if you're ever in the Midwest, please, please, please consider playing in Iowa City, or thereabouts. Despite being in Iowa it's actually a pretty cool place, and I know you'd draw a huge crowd. I'll be the guy up front with a rose in my teeth. Sending lots of love and good fortune your way. Steve
Dayna, Your sound found my ears via Vin Scelsa @ WFUV. Stunned and amazed and singing along I am. Was that Richie Havens singing also on "Somebody Leave a Light ON" or am I senile too. Thanks for something new and wonderful. Will you come back to Eddie's Attic in Georgia anytime soon? peace, Deborah
Well Miz Dana, I've had the experience, along with other music aficionados, of not leaving their cars until the song is over and have to wait until the DJ announces whom the artist was on the radio before they get out....oh yes, you gave me that one... But did you know that you stopped an incoming e-mail in it's tracks?!! I'd say that's pretty darn good! I attach a quote: " i (blah, blah) then came home...WNCW. oh lordy. they are about to play dayna kurtz. back to you when i can find my knees. (time lapse) goddess...what a voice. i tell you something, kay. me and some woman are going to cuddle up on that song some day..." Just thought I'd let you know we like your music.
Oh, I just think Dayna is the most wonderful songstress. She makes me cry every time I hear her voice, it's so strong and weak at the same time, which makes her so human and she's always saying something that strikes a chord in me. Adrienne Leasa, singer/songwriter, http://www.mp3.com/absorbed
I'd just like to say that I think it's incredibly tacky to use another artist's message board to advertise your own shit, like the person above did, complete with link to what's most likely a crappy song. Cheers, Hazel
week and half ago I heard A song of yours' on wxpn,U of P in Philly, and a chill keeps running down my spine. Couldn't find you in local shops. Not a great surprise for smelly old Reading, PA. But, the Gods of the internet intervined and your likeness was pushed into my life via my mail slot. Ain't life grand? I read a bit of the bio, I thought Patterson was spelled with two letter "t"'s. I didn't check, so I am most likely wrong. Oh well. I love your stuff! I wish I could have you perform at my wedding in October. I like your songs that much. One criticisism, cities are incapable of feelings. If Patterson seems sad, you might be seeing your own reflection. People are there, living, loving and raising families, as they always have. I know there is more joy than then could ever be realized by any won person. Keep it up! keep trying to make me think! - Greg Hill Thrillhill@aol.com
I'm Jane-road manager for Susan Werner-big long time fan of Dayna's music, new CD is unbelievable. Any dates surrounding the Joe's Pub date June 19th-anything in Philly, NJ area? thanks
If there is anyone out there who can make a copy of Footprints for me, (I've gotten Dayna's permission on this) I'd really appreciate it. Give me an email if you're willing. Thank you, Beth
GREAT show on June 1 9 at Joe's Pub! Can't wait to catch you in Brooklyn next week.
I have been listening to Postcards From Downtown since well, actually I heard a track or 2 sometime before it was released when Randy Crafton played a work tape for me and asked "What do you think"? It's been a long time that I've been listening to music, having been born on 9/13/50 I've been together longer than the Who or Rolling Stones so as I said to Randy @ Joes Pub 6/19 "I don't get excited by much,,,but this" Personally I'd put Dayna up there With some much better know Talent, say a Lucinda Williams for instance. Though differant and coming from perhaps differant roots I tell friends if they Like smokey jazz/bluesy folk and have any discerning tastes left in their body then what are they waiting for! Truly loved the gig w/Randy, Richard on bass and Ethyl on strings @ Joes Pub. It really knocked me out and I was holding back! See you @ The Bottom Line 7/26 MMMM MMMM Good! Better than soup! Paul Wolf
Just found out about Dayna a few months ago on XPN in Philly. Love love love "Postcards". Looking forward to the Tin Angel appearance in August. The site is great. Can't wait to unwrap "Luscious Life" in the near future. Thanks Dayna, for insight and musical pleasure not easily found. You are truly beautiful.
Got tix for solarfest (sunday only) just to hear/see dayna live again, as good as the recordings are they can't give you what dayna gives you in a live gig. You folks that have not seen her, go out of your way to do so, there will be no regrets. It's been a long time...about 6 yrs ago @ the iron horse opening for richie havens, a couple times at the bookmill in montague ma. a tiny yet cozy place where 40 people could pack the place. I'm so glad i saw you there dayna, you sent chills down my spine...and still do when i listen to "postcards" fred astaire and miss liberty come to mind. Love the cds, see ya, tom.
Hey, Dayna. I first heard you several years ago at the Kerrville Folk Festival, and I was completely mesmerized. I always get friends to come hear you when you're in town (Austin), and they always love you. The thing I don't get, though, is why you're always the opener! I'm sorry, but every time you're better than the "feature", and your set is always too short. In fact, I usually don't stay for the headliner because how can they possibly follow you?! Sorry -- I'm just a music snob, I guess. You kick ass. So, I'm moving to Germany in two weeks -- when are you going to start touring Europe, huh? ;) All the best. Jennifer Kirkland
Hey, Dayna. I first heard you several years ago at the Kerrville Folk Festival, and I was completely mesmerized. I always get friends to come hear you when you're in town (Austin), and they always love you. The thing I don't get, though, is why you're always the opener! I'm sorry, but every time you're better than the "feature", and your set is always too short. In fact, I usually don't stay for the headliner because how can they possibly follow you?! Sorry -- I'm just a music snob, I guess. You kick ass. So, I'm moving to Germany in two weeks -- when are you going to start touring Europe, huh? ;) All the best. Jennifer Kirkland
Dayna, I just wanted to say what a pleasure it was to see you perform last night in Dallas! I think our favorite was "Just Like Jack". The only problem I had was with the idiots in the back of the club that wouldn't shut up! Best wishes for your success! Albert and Davia Madariaga
You really can stumble upon some amazing things on this here net! My God!, I can surely attest to your lengthy musical journ(ey/al). Congratulations on your staying power. You might visit www.vishelland.com for a trip of sorts... I know that your voice is as strong and sure as ever. Buena Suerte! \~VIS~/ www.vishelland.com www.mp3.com/vis
Dayna...saw you in Charlotte at that Sunday night Evening Muse show back some months ago...I'm hoping that you will come to the southeast again soon...do you have any plans set to do so? You're an amazing musician...I'm the one that said you sounded like a female Jeff Buckley :) Anyway, "lent" your CD to a musician friend of mine and I've not seen it again..guess I have to buy another. Hope all is going well with the jazz standards! Look forward to hearing you again. Next time you are in the southeast, I would love to talk with you about a musician that I work with (my part time contribution to supporting his grassroots efforts) and the possibility of him being an opener for your show...he's incredible & his music is a jazz influenced folk with heavy influences of Jeff Buckley, Martin Sexton, & Ellis Paul. He has some developed fan base in Decatur (Eddie's Attic) and Cary (Six String Cafe)as well as other areas of the southeast. Peace, Robin Hinnant Acoustic Soul - NC Support in Booking & Administration 704.619.1554 (cell/voicemail) robin@acousticsoul-nc.com
Dayna, I saw you ahwile back opening for Richie Havens in Flemington, NJ. I didn't know who you were back then, but you gave a hell of a performance! I love your music and hope you come around central Jersey soon.It would be really great to see some pictures on the site. Good luck Paul
Dayna, I saw you ahwile back opening for Richie Havens in Flemington, NJ. I didn't know who you were back then, but you gave a hell of a performance! I love your music and hope you come around central Jersey soon.It would be really great to see some pictures on the site. Good luck Paul
Big warm Hidy! from Austin, Tx. I just heard "Love Gets In The Way" this week on KGSR, found the CD today. Wow! I'll be spreadin' the word now. Brilliant and amazing work! When you come to Austin, I'll be there. And thank you, for the music.
I love Dayna's music!!! I was wondering if Cornerstone will ever be released on CD. My cassette is totally worn out. Please consider it. Thanks! Rose in HOuston
so glad to see that you're still at it. thanks for the website and the music. now i must obtain a copy of the new c.d. and do some catching up on where you've been. keep them old cars runnin' and keep safe!!....jere
Hey Dayna...Donna and Kelly from Still on the Hill here....PLEASE email us immediatly. I was getting a cuppa coffee at our coffeehouse down the street and saw that you are playing in town on Aug 17th. Do you need lodging??? We have a gig in town but yours is earlier and maybe you could come afterwards. It's a houseconcert with all of our close friends coming. I wish it wasn't the same eve so we could all come see you!!!! I really want to talk or email you. If you send us your personal email...I'll send a phone number and we can connect about this. HOpe you get this. Love ya DOnna
Look for me in the crowd when you come to Fayetteville AR Aug 17th. I'll be the 4th chubby, blond geek guy from the left with glasses. You'll recognize me cause I won't be able to stop making goo-goo eyes at you. I haven't looked forward to a show this much since Marcia Ball came to town, and then I couldn't make it afterall. Not this time.
Thank you for sharing your talent at Richie Havens' show at the Bottom Line. A new wonderful talent that will be on my list of favorites. Reminded me of a couple other songwriters who became new favorites, Greg Brown and Jeff Lang whom I got to watch at Irving Plaza a couple months ago. Thanks!
I'm glad you still like being on the road most of the time. It made about 50 people in Fayetteville, AR richer last night. Your choice seems to give more to all the people you visit than you receive in return. You shouldn't be cheated. Your guitar playing is exciting and your writing and voice are fresh and strong. Just a wonderful show. Do come again. By the way. What's Monroe's stage name? Can I find some of his music on albums, cd's or mp3? You can't just tease us and run away. Or are you that kind of girl?
Dana, I just heard you on my computer on WNCW and hope you are well. I don't know if you remember me but we met at Jack Williams Edisto weekend in South Carolina. My girlfriend Dea, fiance now, enjoyed meeting you and loved your music. If you are in Columbia give us a call. My toll free office # (888) 746-5439 Ext. 211. Home (803) 376-4344. Take care. Loved the Songs on the web. Brand C. Baughman
Hey Dayna! It is with great shame that I have let so much time pass without trying to track you down. I should've tried harder to stay in touch with you. I hope this finds you healthy, happy, and nostalgic for poet friends of the past. with love, the ryk
Happy Birthday Dayna! Please come back to Decatur, GA & Eddie's Attic SOON!
Hi Dayna, I'm a fan from England and just wanted to say how much I enjoyed your new CD. I have also bought your live CD and would love to see you in concert one day over here in England. Thanks again for making beautiful music. Dave
dayna kurtz is by far the most talented singer/songerwriter of the century. I was fortunate to hear her and her fantastic and talented band play. I do hope you come back to Joe's Pub in NYC. i wish i had the talent that she possesses... it's in the genes, but the love for good music is where it stops...im desperately trying to play my martin. thanks u again for the great performance in nyc at joe's pub..u all are truely gifted. susan from NJ...
Wow! I've been hearing Love Gets in the Way on KGSR here in Austin recently, and I am really impressed. Do you ever play in this area? sabrina
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Got mailing list of some unconfirmed gigs in MA, I hope they become confirmed gigs at Club Helsinki and The Fire and Water Cafe. I will be there. I'm the guy who drove to VT to see you at the Solarfest...only to get there after you were done...you autographed my copy of "Postcards". I think it says "Sorry you missed the show", I won't miss these (if they happen), anybody not on time gets left behind! Best of luck to you Dayna, hope to see/hear you live soon. Thanks for signing the cd, Tom
I've gotta tell you, you have an incredible voice. The emotion, the passion....I'm hooked. It's a shame your at the Tin Angel the same night Sprintsteen is in town, Otherwise I'd be there. Keep up the good work, great stuff. MC
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hi i received an announcement about your mid-west tour, and I must say it was a blast from the past. I have not heard hide nor hair of you sice my college days at Indiana University while I was spending most of my social time with the band SARDINA or was it still THE GERUNDS when you came through town. There is one song that you covered that I can almost hear in my head still..but can't recall the name. You invited Michelle Marchesseault on stage with you for a duet, wow, how often do people get to hear a pair of voices like that on stage. I do not have as many ties to the music scene any more but still a few contacts, I am in Chicago now, I have lost contact with the band for the most part, PJ and I broke up but we are both doing well. If any of the old gang reads this drop me a line. Dayna my place is messy but I have a futon if you need one whil your in town, even though you probably don't remember me, Did you play at the Cheshire Cafe in Bloomington, I was a coffee slinger there for work study.... whatever, i swear I never writr on the internet it's kind of wierd just blowing words into the electronic wind...whooshhhhh, Marjorie
Hey! I was just foolin around, and was trying to find my name on a website! So anywayz, I know nothing about you, or what you sing, so bye!! by the way, my name is Dayna 2!!!
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Hi. I am Richie Havens' daughter. I was just checking out his website and came accross you (Dana). Anyway I would love to hear your music. I love your site, it is your sense of style that makes me want to hear your sound. I will look out for shows nearby. I am in Woodstock. Maybe you'll be in our neighborhood one of these days? Good luck. Rachel Marco Havens
Hi. I am Richie Havens' daughter. I was just checking out his website and came accross you (Dana). Anyway I would love to hear your music. I love your site, it is your sense of style that makes me want to hear your sound. I will look out for shows nearby. I am in Woodstock. Maybe you'll be in our neighborhood one of these days? Good luck. Rachel Marco Havens
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Hi Dayna, I am a singer sonwriter in Door county , Wi. I heard you at the Town Hall Bakery in Jacksonport about a month ago. I bought the last available Postcards cd that night. I thought you were wonderful and wish I could of talked to you , but many people were around. I love your voice, your lyrics ...very gutsy and from the heart. So important for us women to be able to be real in our expressions of who we are and how the world affects us. The arrangements on Postcards I think are brilliant and I love the darkness and the light in your music. I would love to cover a few of your songs if you wouldn't mind. How can I talk to you about that? peace, jeanne Yingst
Hi Dayna, I found your site on the web when I was looking for the name "Kurtz". Also my surname! I have now had a chance to hear some of your work, and I'm hooked! I shall try and get some of your music over here in the UK! I shall also be pestering the Radio stations here to play your music. Good luck! cousin??????? Rowley Kurtz Wales, UK
Hi Dayna, I found your site on the web when I was looking for the name "Kurtz". Also my surname! I have now had a chance to hear some of your work, and I'm hooked! I shall try and get some of your music over here in the UK! I shall also be pestering the radio stations here to play your music. Good luck! cousin??????? - Rowley Kurtz - Wales, UK
Dear Dayna, I had the privledge of being buried alive by your soulful music in Fayetteville, Ar. on November 7th, I believe it was. I had to dig myself out for days! The intimate gathering, the atmosphere of that wonderful home and your stories set to dirty guitar compelled me to give you what very little cash I had to my name at the time. I wanted to support this incredible talent in hopes that the universe would in turn support me for mine. You know how that works. So I gave you my money for one of your cd's. I got home and immediately wanted another dose of your soul. I have to tell you, I was so disappointed with what "over-production" did with your talent. I unwittingly bought the Postcards from Downtown cd which doesn't do you justice. Is it asking too much to buy a cd with my last dollar in hopes of recreating (in part) that night of the 7th in my personal space? I have since talked with several of my friends who were also there that night and bought this same cd. They too feel this dissapointment. I say this only as positive feedback for a talented woman who deserves to be represented in her best light. memories of you, Stephanie
Dayna, I would like my personal comments to be kept between just you and me. Please do not post my comments on this website. believing in you, Stephanie
Just heard your cd. It is one of the best things I've heard in years. Outstanding and inspiring work.
Dayna, We have tried to find your CD's for a while. We finally found your web site and ordered Postcards from the Edge. Can't wait to get it. Could you please let us know when and where you are playing and if you will ever come back to Atlanta Ga. Is there a place we can get "Footprints"? Please let us know. This was on my girlfriends Christmas list and I could not find it. Thanks Travis
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greetings from pensacola way.havent heard the new stuff yet,but i cant wait.old fan calling,new site looks great.signed f.b. songwritter photographer deadhead dan.
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Saw you in Summer '02 opening for Charlie Hunter. Never heard of you befor ethat night. You blew me away. I have played for 30 years and what I've heard,it most all sounds the same. You don't - at all. The public needs to know who you are on a grand scale. Thank you for giving me 45 minutes of your life on that one summer night at the Whitaker Center.
hey - just heard your song on the indie choice compilation - best damn thing on there, so great - going cd-hunting now. thanks.
Hi Dayna, I saw you last night at the Living Room 2/5/03 after Rebecca Martin. Rebecca encouraged me to stay to hear you. I'm glad I did. I'm buying both of your CDs. My friend Sue, who I brought to hear Rebecca with me, thought you were awesome too. You unzipped this huge zipper from chin down, ripped yourself open and unapologetically spilled your guts unscensored. The courage, the honesty, I just sat there trying to remember to raise my jaw up, because it kept falling down. Your a great performer, you have a strong, clean, full voice and vocal sound, and the one or two screams that you issued were the best quality screams I've heard out of a singer in a long time. I loved the song Jack. Good luck with the wedding and congratulations. Please put me on your mailing list. Sincerely, Sherrin Bernstein Touch Fitness, Inc. Personal Training and Massage Therapy 140 E. 46th Street #6B NY, NY 10017 Touchfitness@aol.com 212-953-6904
Dayna, I just wanted to thank you for making such wonderful music. Love the cd's. Can't wait to hear the next one !!! Thanks, Dave
hello chuck, lovely lovely voice words and music, a real inspiration to anyone who wants to perform from the heart, pwease come to the uk velly soon so we can see yaz! Bryan
Really cool to meet you last week opening shows for Dr. John. Dig the CD too, nice surprises with the production. See you in New Orleans soon.
I'M A LIFELONG FAN. I MET YOU AT A WOMYN'S MUSIC FESTIVAL IN NORTHAMPTON MASS BACK IN 92. OR WAS IT 93? I'M SURE YOU REMEMBER ME, I WAS THE TALL ONE WHO HUNG ON TO YOUR EVERY LYRIC, CHORD AND NOTE. I BOUGHT FOOTPRINTS ON CASSETT AND I'VE PLAYED IT TILL IT IS ABOUT WORN OUT. I STILL WEEP WHEN I LISTEN TO TOUCHSTONE. RE-RECORD IT ON CD IN FUTURE? I'M HAPPY TO BUY ANYTHING YOU RECORD, PLEASE DON'T STOP MAKING 'YOUR' MUSIC. PERHAPS AT SOME CONCERT IN THE FUTURE...I'M THE TALL ONE OUT THERE, WHO IS MESMERIZED BY YOUR MUSIC.
You can add to the list of radio stations playing the CD. I heard it on Radio London, the BBC station for England's capital, played by Robert Elms, and had to stop driving to listen. Wonderful. John Howard
dayna just got postcards and luscious entranced me and i still weep persist spinning your spells like to a flame i come still
Dayna, Thank you so much for braving the winding roads of the Ozarks to perform at the house concert last night. I'm among the Little Rock contingent — the ones who arrived a little late — and we had a wonderful time. Your smart lyrics and mournful voice made the drive completely worth it. (And I'll swear to anyone that we saw a bear.) Be sure to add a Little Rock venue on your next tour through here. Juanita's and Vino's are always good spots to play. Carla
Well, I´m a huge fan of music in general and I work in a record store. Two days before, the promotional girl of Dock company give me the postcards from downtown cd and I was hipnotizaded with the voice of Dayna Kurtz. I appreciated this touch of jazz sensibility in songs, darkness vibes in others, and the arragaments in general. I hope that someday, Barcelona (Spain), will be in her tour list. Thank you.
Dayna, Best of luck with your release and tour in Europe. You're goig to blow them away!!! I predict great things are coming your way. One note at a time... la da da, Rick Rock
dear dayna, i just bought your postcards album. it really moved me "all the way down". it's great to hear real music in these synthetic times! i hope you'll come to holland and play some live gigs, you can check out the downtown's here. keep on playing your music! warmest regards ronald, (probably a fan for ever)
hi, i just saw Dayna in Paradiso in Amsterdam this evening and wow. Read a fantastic review on her cd this week, by accident, and noticed she was playing in Paradiso so went of course, after having bought her cd. Absolutely amazing, very pure, great voice and guitarplay... i'm very impressed and happy to have her cd in my collection. grtz Corine
Dear Dayna Last week we discovered your amazing CD and yesterday we saw you in Paradiso Amsterdam. It was again an amazing experience for which we want to thank you. It was a pleasure to be at your official debute in Holland. And we're convinced that you will take home all the grammies next time, so that you and your friends can play checkers with them. Wow, that coffeehouse in New York must be one of the best places in the world. The combination of a voice that can express the moving lyrics you write so brilliantly is very rare and we hope that you will record a lot more albums with your own songs. Looking forward to those and hope you come back some time in the (near) future. In the mean time we will give all our friends your cd for their birthdays! Hope you have some time to wander around in the Netherlands, if you ever want to come to Leiden (40 km from A'dam) I would be honoured to show you round! thanks Annelies (Who was so stupid to leave the setlist you wrote) & Frans
Hi Dayna, Today I heard your music for the first time and I love it. I only heard the song on this website. I want your new CD and I'm exited about it.I missed your concert in Paradiso, Amsterdam and I am not able to see you in Deventer. Hope you'll return to Holland for more concerts. Hope to see and hear you soon. Lots of luck. Nida
Saw your gig on Monday night - (opening for Johnny Dowd at the Borderline in London) and was completely blown out of the water! So very glad to have bought Postcards cd and am so looking forward to seeing you when you return Take it from me the 12 Bar is great but too small! try the Troubadour and get some PRESS! we NEED you here in London. Come back soon!
I love the voice, the songs, the lyrics. It's great. I keep playing the cd over and over again. What a pity I missed the shows in Holand. Please, do come back and I will be in the first row. Paul Gerrits from Amsterdam
Dayna, Read a great review in the newspaper and next week you played in our smalltown Austerlitz, where nothing ever happens. For more than 25 years I'm a music fanatic. Sometimes I think: and now it's over, I've heard it all and the next moment I'm happy to be taken by surprise. A long introduction to say I love your songs and the beautiful balance and silence and soul in them and your concentrated performance. I'm happy with what you do now and very curious what's gonna come. Hope to see you soon again in Holland!!
Dayna: While sitting in the waiting room of Dr. Conti's office, I heard the most incredibly beautiful music. It had a Mid-East flavor, mandoline and violin and was so beautiful, that I had to find out from Chris, what I was listening to. Needless to say it was you. I am now waiting for a download so I can stream excerpts from your second album. When I get up enough ambition to go get my wallet, I will type in my Visa number and order the album. The one selection I heard was captivating. Thanks
Hi Just discovered your music, after reading an article in a dutch newspaper. Miraculous and marvellous is your music, i i'm pretty suprised. There is only one dark point...................i just dicovered today (april 16) that you had a concert in the netherlands afew day's ago, i missed, sh... regards ralph www.ralphbakker-rotterdam.luna.nl
Oh my sweet Jesus, I knew you were a kindred spirit and my NEW SUPERHERO when a friend said she had a new record that I just had to listen to and once I got it I literally haven't listened to anything but 'Postcards' since. That was 2 weeks ago and I've been infected. I sing it all the time, revel in the kickass brilliance of the songwriting and knew upon first listen that it was produced by Craig Street (I'm a huge Joe Henry/Casandra Wilson fan.) I woke up this morning to It's been a long time, in my head before I even opened my eyes as the first few moments of waking. That's how I want my day to start, not compulsing over all the busYness that sometimes is my life but waking to beauty. I love music and being a maker of music and I just wanted to thank you for being a maker of exceptional music. You make the world a better place for being here and sharing this gift. And these days the world could stand a little lovin' via the beauty of art. I know that making music and getting it out in the open makes for an uphill (on your bloodied hands and knees, sobbing and wailing) climb at times but despite the business aspect, I hope it is more joy than drudgery for you because this record is genius! and it's changed my life, raised the bar for me as an artist and reminds me (in it's sheer brilliance)that this is why I sing, this is why I write my little songs, this is too, why I'm here. So I just wanted to say THANK YOU and keep making your beauty mark on the face of this hidious business. May your dark (seemingly at times)dim little soul light shine out and guide all of the good lovers of great music back to ourselves and ultimately to eachother. Don't mean to get all intense and shit on ya so early in the morning but I just felt compelled to say how I feel about this record and that I just read the article from Womanrock and Thank You sista for settin' all the 'Seatpeeeers' straight! Jesus Christ there's nothing, NOTHING worse than sitting on someone elses pee. So upon ending this love rant I want you to come tour thru Austin. Me, Niki Duncan, and Richard Buckner live here so that's reason enough to route the tour accordingly. I think Richard is actually in Europe this summer and I don't know if you're friends or not but I noticed somewhere you mentioned you'd opened for him and he's my other Superhero and a dang nice guy so I just thought I'd up the antee by mentioning that he lives here now. So that's it really. If you want to check out a few of my babies I keep them warm and bundled over at CDBABY for now www.cdbaby.com/nikiduncan/cd and I hope you get this message. If this is being read first by one of your devotee hardworking subsuperheros that keep the ship afloat whilst you rock in the freeworld office personnel PLEASE forward this onto to Dayna. Thank you all and goodnight. Niki Duncan
Hi. Dayna. I just want to tell you i really liked your performance at "Herman's barn" sunday april 13th as well as our ride back to Amsterdam. i'm sorry i couldn take you all the way to the Rembrandtsplein. I hope you come back to holland soon and when you'r in my neighbourhood i will visit your show and if you need a ride then; just tell and i will fill the tank with diesel :-) (and install a GPS-navigationsystem) hope to see you soon. Henne.
amsterdam is looking out for another visit of you; but w've to be patient and wait untill your kid is born. have a wonderfull time untill and after that. but please don't say goodbye to the circus, because your best sweetheart will have a good time too in amsterdam and europe.
The site is nice, only, where is she from? America, England. I just love music in every way, and by coincidence i heard her CD in the CD-store this morning and fel in love with it, and her voice. LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!!!!!!! Cees Peters Voorburg. The Netherlands
The site is nice, only, where is she from? America, England. I just love music in every way, and by coincidence i heard her CD in the CD-store this morning and fel in love with it, and her voice. LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!!!!!!! Cees Peters Voorburg. The Netherlands
excellent cd!!! I really LOVE the last track. All the lyrics are wonderful. :) Great job! Ludo move.to/multi-panel
Hey, my name is Jan aka Piv Huvluv, standupcomedian in Belgium (dutch spoken part) I saw Dana playing a support act (solo) for Mark Olson & Victoria Williams in Leffinge (Belgium) and I was quite impressed by her voice and what it did to me. The next day I went to my local record shop and bought Postcards from Downtown. Since then the cd is my constant companion in the car when I come back from another show far away from home. Sometimes I have to wipe away the tears in my eyes when a song like Love gets in the way comes to me loud and clear, driving on the highway home. Thanks Dayna, and I loved your version of Parlez-moi d'Amour that you played there in Leffinge. Put it on your next record !!!! Please come back to Belgium and bring in the band !!! Jan/Piv
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i really can't bear it another minute - when are you returning to London /// we need you - will i have to fly to holland???? your songs are part of my blood now.
Great music, haven't been swept away like this for a long time! So glad you're performing in The Hague in June!! (http://www.themusicinmyhead.nl/ Mick
Hi Dayna, I just heard (& saw) you on Barend en van Dorp on the Dutch TV. Great performence and wow I'm impressed! Loved your voice. Thanks for that. I'll check out the rest of songs. Kind regards from a brandnew fan and good luck, Andrew
I just saw Dayna on a Dutch television show, she has a really beautiful voice, and I loved that song "Love Gets In The Way" !
This is love at first sight and I'm afraid I'm not the onely one in Holland after your great performance tonight at Barend en Van Dorp.
Hello Dayna. I saw your performance in the dutch barend & van dorp tv show mai 20, and I realy LOVE it !!!!!, what a beautiful voice, and what a beautiful song. I will hear more, tomorrow I went to a cd shop!!! When Holland love your music,the world will follow!!! I hope to hear and see you soon, ***** john
She's Great !!!!!! I've seen her for the first time on television in the Netherlands on Barend en van dorp. She sounds great and has a big voice.I hope to see her soon on life stage. Dayna you're the best! Wil Luyt
Dayna, last night I was watching Barend en van Dorp on the tv and I was stunned by your live performance on tv. I'm surely going to buy your cd's, Locky Lockheart
Dear Dayna, never heard of you untill yesterday evening (Barend & Van Dorp).You took me by surprise!! I loved your voice instandly (as well as that song). Now I'm curious for the other songs, so I'll buy your CD today. This might be the start of a new, long lasting love. Jan Dekker
Great Performance on the "Barend & Van Dorp" show last night, Great song!Now i am gone listen your whole album in a record store soon.
Hi Dayana, We saw you too in the Barend and van Dorp shop. My girlfriend watched you breathless. When you finished she yelled, " Please no talkings, let her sing another song. " So 5 minutes ago i went to the record shop and bought the CD. ( A late mothers-day present lol) I'm sure this will be my favourite the nexth month ( together with Patti Smith) Succes Willem Smeenk
Saw Dayna for the first time yesterday on Dutch television and she really made an impression on me. It's her voice, the lyrics but also the instrumentals which forced me to look on the Net for more information on her. Will buy het cd pretty soon. John
Dayna, Your performance on the Barend & van Dorp show in the Netherlands yesterday was so good! Since your album came out in the Netherlands I'm a huge fan. Did you know that "Postcards from Downtown" has a five star rate (that's the highest) in every single music-magazine in our country?!? Well, I'm the first to understand why! I love you music, I love your lyrics, but most of all: I really, really love your beautiful voice. Thanks for making the music that no-one else could make... See you on the 5th of June in Paradiso, Amsterdam! Rutger ps: After reading all those messages on the bottom of this guestbook, I'm sure you've made a lot of new fans in the Netherlands since your perfomance yesterday.
Dear Dayna, Welcome to The Netherlands! Also saw you on Dutch TV (first time)...... "love gets in the way" ...... talking 'bout a-way ...... was blown away! ...... you're just fucking great! ...... I even posted on your behalf in The Band guestbook that evening http://theband.hiof.no/guestbook/guestbook.html (b.t.w. a great site too, make a post there! ;-) please keep on singing ...... and please don't forget us. regards, Norbert
saw u on the dutch tv program ''barenden van dorp'' the song ''love gets in the way'' its beautiful....just like u!
Hi, I saw you yesterday at 'Barend en van Dorp', it was a amazing performance!! I can't wait until 5 june! Greetings Dennis
Hey Dayna, I saw u on the show Barend en van Dorp in Holland. I heard you sing and I was sold to you're voice. good luck and keep on singing Girl. Greetz from Holland, Djaell.
dayna: do you have any plans to come to seattle any time this next fall? i understand that it may seem a long way away but it would outstanding to see you up here. ive seen you mostly in baton rouge and lafayette, louisiana: M's Fine and Mellow Cafe and then a bad ass house concert in lafayette. woohoo! laissez le bonne temps roulez!! just wondering if you'd ever want to come up to seattle and play (?) thought i's at least inquire. thanks. daria kallal DLKallal@aol.com
Dayna, I have seen you on Dutch television on May 20, 2003. You sung "Love gets in the way". I loved it. Love, David
After watching Dayna on Dutch television I am totally addicted Gerhard.
After watching Dayna on Dutch television I am totally addicted. Gerhard.
It's been a long time since I heard such a beautiful voice and fabulous lyrics.Not to mention the band! I play "postcards from downtown" every time I'm painting. It's very inspiring. Thanks a lot for your music!
he, really enjoyed the show in the burgerweeshuis in deventer! You kick ass big time. we hope to have you back next season, love rob
he, really enjoyed the show in the burgerweeshuis in deventer! You kick ass big time. we hope to have you back next season, love rob
Mz. Kurtz: Love your music! I am 54 and on a music quest. It has made so much positive difference in my life to be exposed through the Net to all of what I have been missing, finding all these gems amongst the rubble that the music industry has made. My wife wonders at my favorites(not that we don't share a wide spectrum of music in common), making me wonder lately what it is I like, and why. The only answer that I can come up with is this: the story, and the ability to tell it in a song. A great voice helps too. You have it all. I hope to hear a new album from you soon. Best of luck, Marc
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Dayna - i am keeping my fingers crossed for a London gig mid-June. Its been a long time....since i heard a voice that takes me to the ends of my heartstrings. Would you do this one thing - PLEASE PLEASE bring some copies of the 'Otherwise Luscious Life' CD to sell at the euro-gigs....i've looked high and low and that cd doesn't seem to be available here. I really want to bring some mates to hear you - so post those dates as soon as they are confirmed. Consider the 'Troubadour' in London - a great venue and really fine crowd. love from koko
Fabulous Voice!!! -cuts into the true touch of loving and being loved- What an unexpected surprise... I went to hear the Blind Boys of Alabama in Harrisburg, Pa. expecting to mend a broken heart by listening to some old time gospels and just have a night of 'Church'. I caught your act late, but just in time to be infected by 'Love gets in the way' and 'Last good taste' Thank you... your voice, your guitar playing, it all made for a proper introduction towards healing my wasted soul. Of course I had to buy your 2002 CD, 'Postcards from Downtown' its one of my favorites in my CD player!!!! I can't wait until you're back in the area again.
Amsterdam, 6/3/03, I bought Dayna's album only a few days ago and at first I didn't know what to think about it. Was this a woman singing or a man? How about these simply mental lyrics? But now, after listening to it on my discman in bed in the wee small hours of the night, I'm sure of it! This is the best singer/songwriter's album since Lucinda Williams "Car wheels on a gravel road". Can't wait to hear her next album and I'm definitely going to her show in Paradiso this week!
Dayna, It was a pleasure listening to you sing and play at The Whitaker Center on Thursday May 29th. I liked your words. Thanks for sharing your gift with us. Mary Kingcaid- new fan
Dayna, It was a pleasure listening to you sing and play at The Whitaker Center on Thursday May 29th. I liked your words. Thanks for sharing your gift with us. Mary Kingcaid- new fan
Im paradisum: Dayna in amsterdam Yesterday my sweet friend came to pick up at work and we drove in her silver spider Alfa 147 to the centre of sunny Amsterdam. We pulled in at the closest parkinggarage from Paradiso, which later turned out to cost 1,5 euro per half hour. And headed out for a meal.<br> Enjoying the nice weather on the terrace, excellent indonesian food & belgian white beers and very amusing stories on her new lover, Dayna just walked up the street, followed by the band and a camera. So i could not resist the moment and yelled Dayna You're the best, see you in Paradiso. Dayna smiled and said to her cameraman: "Well looks like you missed you're moment." Waived and walked in the same restaurant to also have some excellent indonesian food.<br> We were joking around with the waiter and asked him if he had struck a deal with paradiso to send all bands to this nice place. He answered Nee but well yeah a lot of artist had eaten at his place, like Bruce Springsteen and Eagle eye Cherry, and lot's of others but he couldn't remember. I thought this to be a very strange combination to remember firstly and i am still very curious who all these other artists are ..... ?<br> We got down to the Paradiso early and got to sit right before the stage. It has gone fast with Dayna. 2 months ago, she was playing solo, we could buy tickets at the door and the paradiso was crowded, but not too crowded. And now she's back with a band, sold out house within a month and a camerateam. Turns out she was shooting a DVD of this gig. I already own the ryan dvd (no time to see it, only got one friend with a dvdplayer), so i guess it is time to buy a dvdplayer. And last time someone out of the audience had to replace a broken string, this time there was a guy who switched the guitars.<br> The gig was again good. She played the songs from her Album, old songs from earlier times and some new ones. The band played her slow songs a bit to fast. My baby and me liked them better when she sang solo, but her faster songs sounded great with the band. It was a wonderful evening, the crowd clapped and stamped her back three times and you could she was touched by that and that was so sweet. So i hope that she enjoyed the evening as much as we did, even though maybe it wasn't ther magical music night. I guess artist must have that feeling once in a while that everything just works out, all chords are just right, the voice is perfect and timing as well. And those must be the magical ones. Where is the line between very good and genius? With Dayna is it almost indistinguisable.
Dayna, great site! Its good to find you again. I first heard you play in '91 at the Skylight Exchange in Chapel Hill, NC. I bought your "Footprints" tape and nearly wore it out playing it very often over the years. I am elated to be able to order your two CDs now. I'm still waiting for a west coast show ;-) Love ya, Mark
Dayna, I saw you yesterday in Chesterfield Café (Madrid). I got to tell you that it was wonderful. I'm going to buy your Cd right now because I love the way you sing and play those wonderful guitars. It would be great to know what kind of opened tuning you use in your guitars, because almost with every song you changed the tuning. Thank you for your passion and strong feelings. Adiós. Jaime
Dayna, Paradiso 2 days ago was just the most amazing show I've ever been to! Thank you so much!! Your voice is live even more (well: much more) powerful and beautiful than on the album! I already have Postcards since the first day it came out in the Netherlands, but I can't wait to find and buy and listen to a live-album of yours. Love, Rutger
I was very impressed and influenced greatly by your way of writing and the use of your voice. Shockingly beautiful. It's givin me strength to take music as a career. That it still can be done among these years. The path sometimes comes black, with the only light to lead is one alone and solemn beam. Thank you.
your music is wonderfull
I was really impressed by the Paradiso show on the 5th of june. Thanks!
Excellent. I didn´t know Dyana. After listening her record "postcards from downtown" I think I will be his fan for all my life. She has left a deep impression on me.
Hi Went to the Amsterdam Paradiso concert june 5th Really great, became an instant fan Dim
dayna, thank you for the best album this year!! purity,that's what it is. Marijke
dayna, thank you for the best album this year!! purity,that's what it is. Marijke
well, London is especially beautiful this weekend - and the only thing that can improve it is to cap off the evening with one of your gigs - but alas i've checked all the listings and you're not here. Please come back soon - koko
Dyna: You have a real hidden admirer in the states.I probably admire you almost as much your husband and I love you a lot also.We are very proud of what you what you accomplished and we look forwar to see what you will accomplish.In my opinion your success is just starting.All my love.MANNY
Dayna, Your performance in Paradiso on the fifth of june is my second favorite concert of all time. My all time favorite is of course your first concert in Paradiso. In that one your singing, timing and stature were mesmerizing and stood up to the high expectations I had after being totally impressed with Postcards. But for some constructive criticism. In my opinion you probably have two or three songs which require a band. As for your other songs, among which all of your more reflective and sentimental outings, I advise you to loose the band and stick with the accordeonplayer. On the fifth of june the band played way too fast on Postcards, Love gets in the way and Fred Astaire. Maybe the DVD aspect of the whole thing also got to your nerves. You looked a lot less relaxed than the first concert. Anyway even if the band hadn't played too fast, they just don't add to the quality of most of your songs. One last thing, please don't become another Nora Jones and keep up the good work form postcards. There are enough good&smooth jazz singers as it is. Hope you'll be back in Holland soon. Frans