Influences:   Mark & Willow Rutherford; Dinah Christie; Dianne Heatherington; The Hussies (Dutra, Idlout, Rumball); Randy Newman; Nina Simone; Blossom Dearie; Erik Satie; Tori Amos; Lilianny Obando; My Warrior Mom; And all of the Dreamers, Storytellers & Truth Seekers

I live in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Since the beginning of lockdown I've performed a weekly livestream of original music on Youtube Facebook and others... edited to add - I am taking a few weeks off until restrictions for musicians open up so I can once again play in a safe and distanced way with my dear friend and killer percussionist Ray Dillard - or the end of FAWM - when I will do a live stream of exclusively FAWM created songs
Also attempting to write a song in real time on twitch for half an hour once a week on Tuesdays at 9:30am while my kids are next to me doing online school.
I love unreliable narrators, the unexpected and wonky melodies.
Pronouns: She/Her

Inspired by @ductapeguy and @moonraccoon I'm adding my fawm 2021 album cover inspiration

Also - my sister who is one of the most beautiful creatives I know has decided to hop on the FAWM train. If you're into the unexpected, you won't want to miss checking her out at @willow1

#1		Not Everyone's Gonna Like You singer-songwriter wurlitzer one-take	21 Feb 2
#2		Binky Binky anthem wurlitzer goat love-song one-take	17 Feb 4
#3		Those F150 Boys political protest wurlitzer singer-songwriter ballad one-take	10 Feb 5
#4		I Don't Like Snow wurlitzer ballad singer-songwriter songskirmish skirmish snow ...	34 Feb 7
#5		The Agnostic Blues cabaret wurlitzer one-take singer-songwriter comedy	15 Feb 10
#6		Yeah Yeah Yeah fakeit reverbarama wurlitzer	17 Feb 10
#7		Dear Elvis love-song dog-song one-take wurlitzer basset goofballs	13 Feb 11
#8		On This Saturday songskirmish skirmish s021321b one-take wurlitzer	16 Feb 14
#9		The Four Chord Real wurlitzer singer-songwriter one-take	10 8 weeks
#10		It's A Rule Breaking Kinda Day singer-songwriter one-take wurlitzer	11 8 weeks
#11		Jack and Jill singer-songwriter one-take wurlitzer nurseryrhyme dramedy	11 7 weeks
#12		The Greyest Day of the Year ss021921a skirmish superskirmish black and white ...	20 7 weeks
#13		Hankerin' ss021921m skirmish superskirmish banjo	14 7 weeks
#14		Afraid too long @richardmasters  folk -with-a-guitar late-to-the-party	8 7 weeks
#15		When I Was Three @lnh  sea shanty feminist acapella	9 6 weeks
#16		My Ashes Will Make You Brave songskirmish ss022721j heretic wurlitzer one-take	19 6 weeks
#17		Missin' Teeth ss022821k skirmish superskirmish missing tomfoolery	19 6 weeks

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  @kathym  5 weeks

  I'm still catching up on sending thank you notes for your having stopped by my song "When it Snows". I am so touched by the support and comments this song has gotten. I played this at a zoom open mic even though it's not quite polished and it was well received. I will be back in touch if I get the demo up in case anyone is around to listen. Your time and support mean so much to me and I really appreciate your having taken time for me.

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  @psyt 5 weeks

  Thanks for the listen and compliment. 😀

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  @safred 5 weeks

  Thank you so much for your lovely comments, I was amazed by the words of @mahtowin and wanted to present them in a way where they would have resonance and feeling 😀

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  @quork  6 weeks

  Thank you for your great comment. It was a lot of fun to write and record.

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  @mahtowin 6 weeks

  Thank you so much for comment. It's still a little miracle to me how this collab touches others by listening. I am a nativ german and I had some struggle with translation and also with speaking. But it seems it was done well. And the music of @safred fits so perfectly!

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  @hmorg  6 weeks

  Thanks for the comment on "Tarzan Movie"! It certainly was a blast to write. The title just popped into my head at work and my job is a bit mind-numbing, so I got to rolling ideas around in my head and when I sat down to write them down, I had the full lyrics written in no time. I had fun dropping obscure and not so obscure references here and there, such as the gorilla warfare and the end sample. Glad you enjoyed it. 😀

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  @fearlessflight2014  6 weeks

  Thanks so much for taking the time to listen to our song and the lovely comment you made. I appreciate it!

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  @rangermike  6 weeks

  Cassandra, I am finally unzonged, thank you. And but an hour before midnight. Pheeew! Sure didn't think I'd make it until my dad came through. Yeehaw. Going through your songs , there's so much great stuff here, including the collabs.

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  @richardmasters  6 weeks

  Hello, did you send me the wavs? No worries if you haven't had time - I know it's getting close to the finishing line now....

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  @gb9  6 weeks

  Thank you so much for the appreciation and kind comments on 'Escape Together' 😀

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  @richardmasters  7 weeks

  Whatever you choose to do, I know it'll be right 😀

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  @richardmasters  7 weeks

  Hello there! If you have the time at any time, you want to put some Wurlitzer on 'Afraid?'
  Btw, keep meaning to say I love your cyclopian doll - fab!

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  @richardmasters  7 weeks

  Great! We could ping-pong some lyrics, or I could set something you written to music or vice-versa...or something else..?

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  @tukayandryan  7 weeks

  Thank you so much for such lovely comments on 'Ride the Lightning'! It did feel a little high for me so you saying such nice things makes me feel better about my vocal! 😊

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  @leakyplusme2 7 weeks

  Thank you Cassandra for your comment on Chandlers video you are a lovely person.

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  @davidtaro  7 weeks

  Thank you for the awesome comment, Cassandra. Means a lot! And I’ve just noticed I need to check out your latest...

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  @mrgee1952  7 weeks

  Re: dark Side Lover Blues...don’t know where the lyrics came from. Just woke up with the lines running through my head.
  Glad you liked it.

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  @katestantonsings 7 weeks

  Your comment on my song, "Making Waves", made my day! Thank you for listening and thoughtfully replying!

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  @hyljetronic 7 weeks

  Thank you for your comment and for sharing your journey with your daughter! It made so happy!
  The thing in the end is in fact my inward scream. In the spur of the moment I decided to scream in my guitar's pickup.

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  @nateger 7 weeks

  Thank you so much! It felt edgy to share something so rough and weird compared to my thoughtful acoustic tunes. Your words help me feel more confident to keeping leaning into whatever feels good in the moment 😊

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  @moonraccoon  7 weeks

  RE: I'm in a Rush - Awesome! Do anything you like to make it work 😀

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  @dzdandcunfsd  7 weeks

  Thanks! I went to sleep with that one last night pretty unhappy with it and ready to start over, but was quite amazed at whatever magical elf must of done all that work while I was sleeping this morning 🤣

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  @jennakole  7 weeks

  Thank you for your thoughtful comment on my song -- I'm just coming back after a week away from FAWM and am super overwhelmed catching up on people's songs -- then I look at your page and you've got eleven damn songs already! nuts! a quick and dirty listen thru is very inspiring. Love the whirly and the concise thoughts in the lyrics. I'm excited to listen more once timing allows!

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  @davidtaro  7 weeks

  I'm not sure it's hugely on the nose tbh. If people weren't reading your liner notes first, I expect that would be the point where the penny would really drop. It's a nice line too 😀

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  @billwhite51 8 weeks

  thnaks for your comments on boomer no boom. the reverb was an effect but the falsetto was real.

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  @billwhite51 8 weeks

  in the late 80s, when my roommate was co ordinating musical acts for an animal rughts protest in DC, he spent a long time on the phone with laura nyro. they stayed in touch afte trhe event and, as he was often out of the house, i got to talk with laura whenever she called and he wasnt home.. remember when she opened for bob dylan she told me there was a clause in her contract that forbade her to make eye contact with him should they accidentally meet. she has so much wonderful music. i still havent digested it all. have yu eard morrisseys cover of wedding bell blues? its a gas.

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  @dzdandcunfsd  8 weeks

  He's a treat! you break out a harmonica and even if he's in a dead sleep he comes to sing along, will keep pitch and any rhythm you can play and he works for belly rubs. Now I just need to learn how to play the stupid thing hahaha. I didn't find that out until 50/90 this year and was recording a harmonica part with headphones on and thought wow that sounded surprisingly good and him outside the door howling was what I was hearing 🤣. Pretty sure it was coyotes, some neighbors have lost some dogs and one caught a pack in the act of tearing one up pretty good. They've mostly all, well I'll just say moved on though.

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  @chroes  8 weeks

  Thank you for your super nice comments on "Alone", especially for writing you like the vocals! (I feel very self-conscious about my singing.)

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  @davidtaro  8 weeks

  Hey there. Thank you for the lovely comment on Fairytale Blues. It really made my day 😀

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  @itoarazi 8 weeks

  Glad my track made you laugh! Thank you!

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  @winchperry 8 weeks

  thank you for commenting on my song What Day It Is in such detail! I appreciate it!

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  @mandolinda  8 weeks

  Don't you love your candy message.. FAWM loves you. So do we all. Happy Valentine's Day

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  @dzdandcunfsd  Feb 14

  Thanks! I finally listened to that no-listen, there was one guitar line buried real deep in the mix that is going to get used elsewhere, and dropping that one out actually made the other thing make more sense. So yeah, well worth a go I think, it spawned two things at least 😁

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  @candle  Feb 14

  Thank you for your comment on Saturn's Night. It was fun to put together - even with the DAW crashes (darn FAWM gremlins! LOL).
  
  See You In The Shadows…

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  @gnashattack  Feb 13

  Thanks for your comments on "Complex" and "Birthday." And yeah, the do-re-mi challenge was RIGHT up my alley. I tend to stick to the same three chords anyway lol. 😀

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  @reklov  Feb 12

  Just listened to @ductapeguy 's birthday song and wanna wish you belated a very happy birthday! 😀

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  @moonraccoon  Feb 12

  That 2nd "yeah" in Yeah Yeah Yeah I Remember? Yeah there's something about singing a major 7th when it isn't in the chord that makes me very happy.

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  @dzdandcunfsd  Feb 11

  As you should! Even just after listening to a few of your tracks(so far) I think slothcore would suit your voice and that lovely organ nicely! I'm scared to listen to your F150 Boys 😁 I think that's a mighty fine truck! even though I'm more of a Chevy guy hahah

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  @dzdandcunfsd  Feb 11

  Thanks! and that's a great album cover btw! I'm a huge fan of happy accidents 😁

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  @leslie  Feb 10

  Thank you for your comment on Only Ophelia Knows! I am thoroughly in love with it right now and it meant a lot to read how deeply it affected you.

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  @prsongsmith  Feb 10

  I’m so glad you enjoyed “Frog Sex Party”! And I’m delighted to hear I’m not the only one who’s had this experience! 😀 thanks for taking the time to listen and comment.

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  @mandolinda  Feb 9

  You have to remember, this was before computers existed, we researched everything from books, that for the most part could only be used at the library. Construction at Robert’s was finished around 72, I think, they wouldn’t let us use most of it.

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  @tukayandryan  Feb 9

  Thank you for the lovely feedback. Would love to know what you think of our others 😊

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  @faststrings Feb 9

  Hey crutherford, many thanks for your comment on Snow I appreciate it!

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  @kevinmason  Feb 8

  You are so kind 🙂 Thank you for the supportive words, they keep the songwriting fire warm!

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  @wacha  Feb 8

  Thank you for your very kind words on "Right Inside Our Door", I may have been a bit harsher on that one than I should have been.

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  @metalfoot  Feb 8

  Thanks for the kind words! I miss the snows of Georgian Bay. It's cold here but not nearly snowy enough. And the Canadian Tire here doesn't sell cross country skis, which makes me sad. I have had said climbing issues on skis at Horseshoe and at Lafontaine in younger years.

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  @porrectus  Feb 8

  Thanks for the generous comment on The Snow.

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  @mandolinda  Feb 7

  I marvel at our Barrie possee. Such a wealth of talent, and all around nice people.

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  @dasbinky  Feb 6

  You will be hearing from my attorney. 😉

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  @dragondreams  Feb 5

  Aww. We had two. Esther was the first. She was loyal but mischievous. And LARGE!
  Then we got Bambi, a gorgeous dark grey pygmy goat. Esther had been bought by one of our uncles who was going to butcher and eat her. Our Irish grandmother stepped in and Esther died of old age.
  Bambi died quite young when he badly injured himself jumping over a fence. I'll try to find the photo of my sis and me with Esther and post it to FB.

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  @dragondreams  Feb 5

  Thank you so much for the lovely feedback, Cassandra! 😀
  I really appreciate it from the Wurli guru! 😀

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  @billwhite51 Feb 5

  thank you for your comments on boy of the year, that is my favorite verse too. i had just completed a novel and sent it out to some agents, imagining that it may be rejected on the grounds that there were too many chapters and all of them were too short. then i thought that was probably true, not only for my novel, but for my life,

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  @laytay Feb 4

  thank you Cassandra! I will re finished jonny. 😀 thanks for the request.

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  @aprilm  Feb 4

  Thanks! I will be recording maybe tonight if I can - need to find some quiet time to do it!

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  @moonraccoon  Feb 3

  😁

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  @mandolinda  Feb 2

  @crutherford so how did you put your album cover here? What format does it need to be saved as?

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  @tseaver  Jan 31

  Welcome, and happy FAWMing!

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  @lnh  Jan 30

  Hi! Xoxo it’s a miracle, I think I found everyone!

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  @dragondreams  Jan 24

  Hi Cassandra. 😀

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  @mrgee1952  Jan 23

  Promises to be a great FAWM!!