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Here's the web version of another email I decided to send out today:

Hello, Everyone – 

Lately I've been thinking about how I can make a difference. It occurs to me that Facebook is such an information-overload place of fleeting…Read more

This note came to me today from my Canadian friend, client and fellow singer-songwriter Larry Pegg, who lost his daughter to suicide and is devoting his music to raising funds for youth suicide prevention and mental health resources via www.thehockeyproject.ca…Read more

Hello, Friends –

My friend and client Larry Pegg in Ottawa, CA, lost his daughter to suicide, and he's channeled his grief to inspiration with his music. He recently entered his song "We Love Hockey" to the CBC's Hockey Night…Read more

Vote for Valorie Miller in the 2012 Mountain Stage NewSong Contest 'People's Choice' category - watch her video and vote here: http://pages.citebite.com/m4b7a3f5ixfp

I had a great time performing tonight at Good Stuff Marshall! Special thanks to Dallas Taylor and his wife Māra who drove me out there and shot some new video soon to be released. In the meantime, I encourage…Read more

Dave Turner Creative has launched a new website for client Valorie Miller, an award-winning singer-songwriter based in Asheville, North Carolina, who tours across the US and internationally, and who released her sixth album, Turtle Shell, in July 2012.

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My 17-year-old daughter, Gracie Turner, is in New York this week and next attending iTheatrics' Broadway Academy. She is among a select few young thespians chosen to participate, and she received a scholarship to be there. I am very…Read more

My daughter, Gracie Keller Turner, in NYC attending a musical theatre workshop in New York City this week!

Hard work continues toward recovery. This week I have regrouped from recent challenges (mentally and creatively at least), and—despite not being able to go to New York City as planned July 28 through August 5—I have:

• Gone to work at…

I'll say it again to anyone who will read or listen. I am an artist. For my whole life I've been beaten down for this by a variety of people who will remain unnamed publicly. The message as to straighten…Read more

I was delighted a few weeks ago and then the other night to see (and hear) my friend and fellow musician Michael Libramento on national television performing with Grace Potter on Conan O'Brien and then again on Jimmy Kimmel's…Read more

My earlier blog entry today contained a bad link - it's fixed now.

I am to leave Asheville, NC, with my daughter Gracie (who's been invited to be in a musical theatre workshop) Saturday, July 28, for New York…Read more

I am to leave Asheville, NC, with my daughter Gracie (who's been invited to be in a musical theatre workshop) Saturday, July 28, for New York City. As of yet, I have no car and just a few dollars—but I…Read more

So I've given up Facebook and purged my email list. Hopefully folks are sticking with me through this blog and my shows feed. For those of you who are still reading, thanks! And if you can, use the share…Read more

There are about 1,300 people on my email list. If every one bought a single album, it would transform my life (and the lives of my children Sam, Gracie and Ben).



Further, if each reader of this…

I'm sure I'm late in this discovery but I found out about Daniel Johnston today http://youtu.be/iDXHxOykmvo. He, like me, was born in 1961. I think he's a bit crazier than I am (but that's probably why he's such a…Read more

THE GOD PARTICLE: I read with great interest the story about yesterday's possible discovery of Higgs boson, or "the God particle." http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/07/god_particle_discovery_may_hel.html. However, in my reading I still can't grasp what the hell it means. I'm not smart enough…Read more

After seeing Chris Smith at One Stop tonight, I dropped in at the Altamont Theatre (not Altamont Brewing Company) to see Mike Holstein's weekly original jazz series. It was wonderful to hear Michael Jefry Stevens on the piano along with…Read more

I was pleasantly surprised tonight, going in for dinner at One Stop in Asheville after work, to discover Chris Smith, whose music goes by the name Carolina Bound, performing. There are SO MANY singer-songwriters out there, but this one…Read more

SEASIDE, Calif. -- Working on multiple projects, booking gigs, soaking in the positive energy from a beautiful, warm California sun in a cloudless sky.



Just wanted to let everyone know that physical copies of my latest album, the two-CD…Read more

Today I simply grew tired of the clutter and noise on all of the social media, and I'm going to try to do something old-fashioned: Focus on real connections and word-of-mouth. Until further notice, information on my musical endeavors will…Read more

Thought I'd write note about White Horse open mic (http://www.whitehorseblackmountain.com/ 105C Montreat Road, Black Mountain, NC 28711, 828-669-0816) and why I'm behind it:

1 - As a musician, I have played many open mics locally and in other…Read more

By Dave Turner

Middle of the night
Neighborhood quiet
Except for the sounds of a few cars
On the interstate highway
Speeding by
Just over the hill.

Middle of the night
Feeling…Read more

Talking to myself inside my head,
Not dressed for the weather,
But warm enough to make it I guess,
Even though I don’t quite know
Where I aim to go.
Wheels on wet pavement
…Read more

Last night's open mic at White Horse Black Mountain (I host them each Tuesday evening) showed a bit of gathering steam after several weeks of snow-induced inertia on the part of performers and audiences alike. We had some great performances…Read more