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| Coming up on July 9, Penny will be performing a solo viola da gamba set at the Boomeria Organ Extravaganza in Bonny Doon, a fundraiser for the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival. | |
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| Posted: June 8, 2022 |
| New video, live in our project studio earlier this week doing an instrumental version of Luiz Bonfá's "Manhã de Carnaval" (theme from Black Orpheus). | |
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| Posted: May 25, 2022 |
| Here's a brand new video version of Penny's song "If I Give You My Heart" from her 1988 album "Organic Software vol. 3 - Often Running". | |
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| Posted: May 11, 2022 |
| Here's a new video (with lyrics) of "Electric Touch" from Penny's 1988 pop album "Organic Software vol. 3 - Often Running". | |
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| Posted: April 27, 2022 |
| Over a three year period beginning in 1985, Ms. Hanna penned and recorded three albums worth of pop tunes under the "Organic Software" banner. We're currently in the process of remastering and re-releasing all of these recordings. We're starting with Organic Software Volume 3 "Often Running", originally released in 1988, check it out here and on all major streaming platforms. | |
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| Posted: April 27, 2022 |
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As of this morning, this website has some new cosmetic as well as navigational changes.
Most notably, the content previously under the Audio and Video pages is now consolidated under "Music", with the following sub-menus: Each of those pages incorporate all related audio pages and related videos. Let us know if you have trouble finding anything... |
| Posted: February 26, 2022 |
| And the Valentine's Day card version is now up on YouTube. Feel free to share with that special someone in your life... | |
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| Posted: February 14, 2022 |
| Check out our latest single "Smitten", written for Penny's 2021 birthday. There will be a Valentine's Day video card version premiering on February 14, 2022, but you can listen to and download the audio now... | |
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| Posted: February 12, 2022 |
| New old video of Penny (backed by Slim) at the Austin Music Umbrella Songwriters Competition back in 1988 posted, watch and read more about it! | |
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| Posted: November 19, 2021 |
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As COP26 in Glasgow winds down with plenty of talk but little action on the climate crisis taken so far, we're excited to release a video version of our latest single "Nature Will Have Her Way". Please take a moment to enjoy the music and humor, but do take heed... |
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| Posted: November 12, 2021 |
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Thanks to trombonist John Tabler, we now have a cool audio cut of Penny singing with The Musicians Warehouse Big Band from somewhere back in the early 2000's. You can hear it on Penny's "About" page, just scroll down to the "1990s and Beyond" section to listen to "Every Day I Have The Blues". |
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| Posted: October 8, 2021 |
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Wow, I was able to talk Penny into singing another one of my songs! Dark humor alert: Our latest single "Nature Will Have Her Way" is a breezy jazz-pop bossa nova with a comic but dire warning for humanity. - Slim |
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| Posted: September 30, 2021 |
| Penny graced our project studio with her viola da gamba last week and here's one of the solo gamba pieces we captured on video. | |
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| Posted: September 4, 2021 |
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Gambas at the Blitzer! Santa Cruz Folks: Come see Penny this Saturday afternoon (Aug. 14) at the R. Blitzer Gallery. In a rare treat, she'll be performing solo viola da gamba in the art gallery from 1 to 2pm. |
| Posted: August 9, 2021 |
| Here's a picture of Penny playing flute with the Cabrillo Stage pit orchestra, July 2021... | |
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| Posted: August 1, 2021 |
| Just published: Here we are on video, live in our project studio (with looping), recorded earlier this week. It's an instrumental take on Neal Sedaka's "Laughter In The Rain". | |
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| Posted: July 9, 2021 |
| We've just released our latest web single "This Life We've Had"... | |
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| Posted: April 16, 2021 |
| Here's a brand new steel guitar instrumental in the Western Swing style: "Slidin' 'Round" | |
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| Posted: August 3, 2020 |
| Our new CD "The Birthday Sessions" is now available. Listen or download free of charge, or purchase the physical CD directly from us. | |
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| Posted: April 13, 2020 |