Thanking my lucky stars. Jamie traces the route of her decades long friendship with journalist and radio host Rick Kogan, their shared love of Chicago and their link with the late Studs Terkel.
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CELEBRATE Independent Women! Jamie O. July ENews
Jamie’s July Enews Celebrates Independent Women. Features musician Lily Floeter. Outdoor concerts July 15 & 17. Ticket deal.
July Blog SongNotes: Lily Floeter On Dissecting a Song
Jamie’s SongNotes blog features flutist, composer and musical arranger Lily Floeter. Her vast knowledge of music, well-developed ear and skill at transcription provided several arrangements of new material for Jamie and pianist John Erickson.
Jamie O. Bloomsday Chicago June 15/16
Don’t Miss it. Jamie sings CHICAGO BLOOMSDAY at
Chief O’Neill’s Pub, in new show written, directed and produced by JR Sullivan. June 15 and 16 at 6:30 & 8:30 PM
Jamie’s Summer update ~ songs, Bloomsday
Jamie’s summer update, with recently found song-singles and a Save-the-Date for Bloomsday Chicago.
SongNotes: Tell Me Who I’ll Marry
SongBirds Songs of Resilience. Jamie talks about singers that inspired the direction she took as a singer of international ballads. Here is an unreleased track of Tell Me Who I’ll Marry, based on a Polish folksong, made popular by the Judy Collins 1962 recording.
Jamie sings Ave Maria
SongNotes 1988. Jamie sings Schubert’s hymn ve Maria live at the Woodstock Opera House, honoring a family tradition from her mother.
Roots in the Garden song sampler
Singer Jamie O’Reilly shares a set of songs for listtening she performs in the Roots in the Garden Concert Series.
Jamie’s Roots in the Garden Series Begins its 2nd Season!
Singer and community activist Jamie O’Reilly brings uplifting, live outdoor concerts to Chicago area gardens and venues with the Roots in the Garden Series, now in its second year!
Jamie O’Reilly May, 2022 Enews
Read this blog in newsletter format.https://mailchi.mp/jamieoreilly/jamie-o-may-enewsbirthdaymothers-day-concert-lullaby-and-more A Note from JamieMay, 2022Bon Appétit I am facing my 64th birthday with calm. My birthday’s always Mother’s Day weekend. I get plenty of attention and the best of the spring flowers. I just read Julia Child’s memoir My Life in France. No feeling sorry for herself or settling […]