Quantcast
Channel: music – Meanwhile, back at the ranch…
Browsing all 57 articles
Browse latest View live

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Sunday Column: The miles together

We’re leaving Nevada this morning, saying goodbye to our first National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. I’m sitting in my hotel room at the Rodeway Inn listening to sound of my husband’s breath rise and fall...

View Article



Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Let loose…

The world’s full of mustangs and stray cats and untamed men lighting smokes and making promises to you You show them the fences the spots that need mending and the holes in the trees in case you need...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

A day in the life…

And now for a day in the life of a woman who refuses to get a real, regular job and insists on taking on new activities as part of her “business plan” so she has time to take off singing, or...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Why not here? Big music in a small town.

Husband’s checking the air on the pickup tires and I just changed my guitar strings. Tomorrow morning bright and early we’re loading up our boots and guitars (and coolers) and heading west to the Red...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Sunday Column: Singing on stages

Whew, hello there. We’re alive and well out here in Western North Dakota after a five day trip with the whole fam and the band to White Sulphur Springs, MT for the Red Ants Pants Music Festival where...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Music Friday: Jiggity Jig

(Photo by Tim Frenz) Summer weekends means packing up my guitar and playing some music on a stage somewhere. This Friday is no different. In a minute or two I’ll gather my set lists, run through a few...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Sunday Column: Traditions, heartbeats, one another…

When I was about 19 or so I wrote a song called “Heroes Proved.” I was knee deep in college and missing home, missing a slower paced life. Missing college. Missing a time when neighbors came over and...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Swaying to the band at the bar on Friday night…

You are a hammer, you are nails spare change piled up on the nightstand I am half drunk water glasses on the coffee table top You are snap shirts over t-shirts long hair tucked under your felt hat I am...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Sunday Column: On passion.

My husband has spent a great deal of our lives together being the guy, the calming force, the quite supporter behind my passions. He has been the man who uses his vacation from work to drive with me...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Jessie Veeder LIVE Webcast Concert Tonight!

Pops and I have been singing together for a long time… Like, since my forever…. Like, since these pants, and that scrunchie, were in style… Tonight I have been given a cool opportunity to webcast a...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

A Girl Needs a Dog: Music Video Submissions

One of my favorite parts about making and performing music is meeting the people who have found they can relate to the songs I write. I’ve been performing out and about in support of my last album...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Sunday Column: Our songs.

It’s a nostalgic time of year. The Christmas tree is up and families are making plans to get together. I’m working on cleaning up the kitchen after a cookie decorating party that almost didn’t happen...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Sunday Column: Thousands of miles away…

January is a tough month for us here in North Dakota. It’s smack in the middle of winter. It’s generally the coldest, the days are the shortest and the holidays are behind us…ahead of us? More winter....

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

This is my Nashville. This is our music.

This is how I spent my week in Nashville. Behind the microphones, in a quiet space, singing and thinking of home and what the words mean to me. This is Bill, keeping it real. This is real Bill,...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Sunday Column: The Heart Won’t Lie, and other embarrassing stories about my...

Well, I made it home again, home again Jiggity Jig from Nashville last week and promptly lost my voice to a sweet little cold that settled into my chest and reared its ugly head midway through belting...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

A Girl Needs a Dog – Official Music Video

It’s finally up! The Official Music Video for “A Girl Needs a Dog” starring YOU and your dogs is ready for viewing. This truly was one of my favorite projects, getting a glimpse into the bond you...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Getting Dressed. The hardest part about my job.

Good Morning. I’m writing to you from my hotel room bed, instead of my comfy chair with the cat sitting on my keyboard. I’m on the road in the eastern part of the state for the rest of the week singing...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Sunday Column: How do you measure the value of art?

I’ve had the privilege during the last few weekends of February to be involved in a variety of celebrations focused on music. Last weekend, for example, I was one of dozens of local musicians who...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

A concert in the badlands (and a chance to win free tickets) 

Ever wanted to take a trip to western North Dakota? Well then it seems it’s time to visit the beautiful Medora in the badlands of my home state on July 18th. I’ll be performing on the Burning Hills...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Listen: Northern Lights

I spent Earth Day in my car driving across the state to get to a Lady’s Night Out event where I had the chance to talk and sing to them about the inspiration I get from loving and taking care of this...

View Article
Browsing all 57 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images