iPhone users will find a little purple icon that will take you into the wonderful world of iTunes podcasts. And for those with an Android, check out an app called Stitcher.  

So why are we suddenly concerned whether or not you’re listening to podcasts? Because we want to make sure that you check out OUR new podcast – Musically Speaking. Yes, we are dipping our toes into the podcast waters and so far we’re really enjoying it.

Musically Speaking is a chance for us to not only share a song (which we’re sure you know we LOVE to do!), but it’s also an opportunity to tell how that song came to be, what it means to us, and to explore what it might mean to you. We also laugh a lot! Hope you’ll join us for the music, the message, and the fun!

Musically Speaking is an intimate conversation between Grammy-nominated/hit songwriters Stowe Dailey & Karen Taylor Good (StoweGood)—and you. Individually, these mature women have survived difficult childhoods, cancer, child-rearing, aging parents and the music business. Together, these two sister-friends travel the world sharing their powerful songs and stories via concerts, keynotes, workshops, retreats—and now—podcasts! Their work, described as “music for grown-ups” has been called “life-changing and transformational.” It doesn’t hurt that they’re funny, too. So stop reading this and start listening already!

Musically Speaking Podcast

Here are some numerical highlights of a recent tour of Texas:

20 Days on the road

13 Venues

15 Presentations

3 Hotels

7 Wonderful Host Families

9 Dogs

2 Cats

1,550 Loving Peeps to play in front of

4,050 Miles of java-fueled chatty-chat and mind-numbing map-reading

After all that we are still the best of friends! We are grateful to all who contributed to making this a successful tour and we have fond memories from the cities we visited: Metairie LA, Corpus Christi TX, League City TX, Houston TX, Austin TX, Ft. Worth TX, and Dallas TX.

Here’s hopin’ that we’ll be in YOUR town soon!

Much love,

Karen & Stowe

Karen and Stowe as “The 117-Year Old Woman on Beautiful Brokenness” bare their souls in their first TEDx Talk. Please check it out and share the video!

What a wonderful surprise when you realize the incredible value of your time here on this planet. Your wisdom, your experiences, your knowledge… Joy awaits you, and those with whom you choose to share these beautiful gifts you’ve been given. You’re not done yet, sweet one. No, not by a long shot. You’ve only just begun!

We hope that what we love to do inspires you to do what YOU love to do!

AND we hope to see you somewhere down the road!

With much love,

Stowe & Karen

What a difference a week makes! Last Monday in our home state of Tennessee, it was -5°. Today finds us turning on the air conditioner in sunny Florida as we wend our way from Jacksonville to The Villages, near Ocala. We’ve started our first road trip of 2014 with a bang.

Some of the high points so far are:

• A super great host in Jacksonville who fed us gourmet food, killer coffee and joined us in an impromptu evening of Christmas caroling. What fun!
• An enthusiastic crowd for both of our Sunday presentations
• A surprise visit from The Queen of Heavy Mental—Jana Stanfield
• Special guests (fans from Karen’s country music days) who flew in from Virginia, as well as old friends from St. Augustine and Amelia Island.
• An impromptu mini house concert with old and new friends

Thought for the day:

Unstructured time leaves room for magic.

Going with the Florida flow and sending lots of love your way,

Karen & Stowe