Dana Little

Spring things.

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:42:00 -0700

It’s spring, which means: I’m happily writing new songs and getting ready to ship off a whole slew of “Patterns” to get reviewed.

Next Show: 2/17 @ The Roost!

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:23:00 -0800

Next Show: 2/17 @ The Roost!:

Playing with New York’s Ari Hest (www.arihest.com) and Bellingham’s Cara Alboucq (www.myspace.com/caraalboucq). I can’t wait, but I will.

I wrote this song looking back on my least favorite new years...

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:33:33 -0800

I wrote this song looking back on my least favorite new years from way-back-when. This new year, I’m thankful that even then, the songs still haunted me, and (better yet…despite all doubts) love got through. Here’s to a new year of faith, hope and love. Especially love.

A Totally-80s-Christmas scene I totally stumbled upon last...

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:01:00 -0800

A Totally-80s-Christmas scene I totally stumbled upon last month. Rad.

"Give You the Ghosts"

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:25:00 -0800

"Give You the Ghosts":

I give you: “Give You the Ghosts” by Sanoma (the band I get to play in when I’m not playing in my band)…free for the taking (i.e.,

downloading

, sharing with friends, singing along with, etc.)!

If I could write songs that sound the way this looks, I...

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:59:00 -0800

If I could write songs that sound the way this looks, I would…and someday, maybe I will. Until then, I take photos so that I won’t forget.

merry music!

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:38:48 -0800

merry music!:

Click above for “A Little Christmas” music, and may it add to your merry week!

Sanoma meets Christmas

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:59:30 -0800

I play in a band called Sanoma. It’s one of my favorite things to do. Today, we’re working in a studio in B.C., finishing up a perfectly, wintery Christmas song just in time for this fine, fine holiday. I sure like it all: Sanoma and this song, and this holiday. More to come oh-so-soon about “Give You the Ghosts.”

This is, undoubtedly, one of my favorite Christmas songs. The...

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:55:00 -0800

This is, undoubtedly, one of my favorite Christmas songs. The words were written as a poem on Christmas Day 1864 and were set to music less than 10 years later. I recorded it nearly 150 years after that.

It was beginning to look a lot like Christmas a few weeks ago...

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:17:00 -0800

It was beginning to look a lot like Christmas a few weeks ago (as shown here)…and that was a few weeks ago, if you know what I’m getting at. Things I like here: charming, little Christmas trees, brick walls, tree ornaments, felt snowflakes, candy bowls, grandma’s piano, and coffee table books from friends.

If you ask me, red & green are totally in right now and...

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:52:00 -0800

If you ask me, red & green are totally in right now and candy machines are making a comeback (as if they ever - ever - should have gone out of style). So, sure, filling up my carousel candy machine with festive-colored candy might make me trendy. If so, I’ll take it.

A Little Christmas EP (2009). Artwork by DJ Morgan. Recorded by...

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:28:35 -0800

A Little Christmas EP (2009). Artwork by DJ Morgan. Recorded by Ira Merrill.

A Little Christmas

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:25:00 -0800

A Little Christmas:

Click the link above to listen to “A Little Christmas”, an EP I recorded in an old mansion with my friend, Ira Merrill, one winter afternoon a couple short Christmas seasons ago.

Dana Little and a small pumpkin, following a sweet little...

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:01:05 -0800

Dana Little and a small pumpkin, following a sweet little songwriters’ soiree at a delightful coffee shop in quaint Bellingham.

I know - that, there was a lot of adjectives, but I wanted to be clear about the context behind this precise photo and precise pumpkin.

I had the most delicious, miniature pumpkin pie just hours after this photo was taken, as I’m sure you can imagine.

Patterns & Facebook

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:48:46 -0800

Patterns & Facebook:

Patterns is now listen-able and get-able on Facebook. Yes, the Music Store is pretty new, and pretty, too. You can listen to the songs from “Patterns” there, and download any of them at your leisure, too, if you don’t have ‘em yet. (That’s right, I said ‘em - it’s a time and text saver, obviously.)

A crowded snapshot of all the dear songwriters and musicians...

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 21:03:00 -0800

A crowded snapshot of all the dear songwriters and musicians from the Songwriters’ Soiree this past weekend (from L to R): Sanoma, me plus Nick Rubert, Cynthia Marie (of the Golden Tree Story) and Chandler Stone. Good grief, it was fun.

Friday, Nov. 4th, 2011.

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:36:00 -0700

Friday, Nov. 4th, 2011.

This is my very own Wandering Genie. That’s not a made-up...

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:33:00 -0700

This is my very own Wandering Genie. That’s not a made-up name…I insist. This Genie has somehow found its way into my life…and heart. Tonight, it will find its way into my show at Three Trees. It looks better (and more colorful) from where I’ll be sitting, so I wanted you to get a glimpse of the Genie from my perspective. You’re welcome. (Gummi Bears not included.)

This is precisely what I think about tonight’s show in...

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:12:51 -0700

This is precisely what I think about tonight’s show in hot-chocolate form: sweet, charming, kid-friendly, and a little bit surprising.

My friend, Seth, snapped this shot of us during sound-check...

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:40:00 -0700

My friend, Seth, snapped this shot of us during sound-check before a show at this charming Seattle coffeehouse earlier this year. It was a sweet, little party that night…but then, I think every show is a party.