Bloggerhythms

Welsh singer-songwriter, Judith Owen, Harry Shearer's wife since 1993, played a free, ninety minute concert at a small Portland, OR venue with a very cool name, Doug Fir Lounge , early in June. Unfortunately, it was only in front of a small crowd of less than fifty people. Nevertheless, everyone went home satisfied because, as good as her performance was, Owen is quite a hoot on stage. The singer-songwriter has a great sense of humor that kept the audience completely entertained. She talked a lot between songs offering up funny stories and one liners, often at her own expense. She enjoyed kidding around with people in the seats and the pianist even discussed her battle with depression that has plagued her for a long time. Owen performed most of her new album, Ebb & Flow which is a tribute to the "American Troubadour" music she loves from the 1970s, including Joni Mitchell, Carole King, and particularly James Taylor. She wrote in the liner notes, "I fell ...