by Marshal McKitrick | Jul 17, 2016 | Uncategorized, Videos and Vlogposts
I moved to the Sacramento area in the fall of 1981. I wrote River City Trouble in the late 80s. I was paying attention to the local and regional issues of the day and managed to include a veritable grab bag of those issues all together in one song. I think this must...
by Marshal McKitrick | Jul 9, 2016 | Videos and Vlogposts
Gaia’s Voice is an original collaborative piece referring to the Goddess, Gaia. I understand that Gaia was the ancient Greek Goddess of Earth. According to Hesiod’s Theogony of 700 BC, she was the ‘first to arise from chaos’. In the Homeric...
by Marshal McKitrick | Jul 1, 2016 | Videos and Vlogposts
One of my great joys is collaborating with others to create something new. A few years ago, my wife and I were at an office warming party for our good friend, Darlene. One of our other good friends, Karene, had the idea for a new song and had written down a few...
by Marshal McKitrick | Jun 29, 2016 | product
For all of you that signed up right away to receive the Notes from the Meadow emails, I decided that I wanted to give you the chance to be the winner of a give-away. I had Dena design several possible prizes: Then I did the drawing on Summer solstice: Congratulations...
by Marshal McKitrick | Jun 23, 2016 | community, songwriting
In these days of genetic engineering, tons of pesticides, and other offenses to the senses, we frequently say, “It ain’t natural.” This song is dedicated to the spirit of FairPlay Farm and all of the unsung and unknown organic gardeners and farmers...