"Word from amber" archive
April 26, 2026
Greetings out there!
Whew – it’s been a busy season of for me in southern Arizona. I’ve had 22 performances this month (and it’s not over yet ;-) I’m excited to showcase ORIGINAL songs on Tuesday (4/28) with my fabulous musical co-inspirer and friend Sabra Faulk at Monterey Court. If you’re in southern AZ, we'd love to have you join us; and if you are elsewhere in the world, thank you for visiting my website. I am always honored to connect with you and sing to you through satellite and digital waves.
Much love and gratitude,
Amber
PS - THANK YOU Pima County Public Library Desert Streams for including my album Roots Run Deep in their audio streaming collection.
January 17, 2026
Greetings out there!
It’s been a delightful “winter” here in the Sonoran Desert – cool temps with a refreshing balance of rain and shine. I love hearing the hum of bees as they bustle to and fro pollinating the yellow brittlebush and creosote flowers - mother nature relentless in synergy to sustain life and its cycles.
I have recovered from an extremely busy past couple months and am excited to have creative time for songwriting.
THANK YOU to Pima County Public Library Desert Streams for including Roots Run Deep in their catalogue. I’m very honored to have my music be part of this streaming audio collection available to the community.
May we be relentless in our synergy to sustain life for each other and our planet in this short, precious time that we are together.
Much love and light to you,
Amber
January 2, 2026
Happy new year!
December was extremely busy for me with over 20 performances and many rehearsals with different band/ensemble configurations. I am grateful to have an abundance of “work” doing what I love every day. Thank YOU for being part of that.
Reflecting on this past year, I am grateful that I had several concerts with my full band playing our original music. I have been writing and look forward to working up new music with my musical collaborators and recording it soon.
Wishing you an inspired venture through the coming seasons.
Amber
August 18, 2025
It’s been a sizzly summer here in the Sonoran Desert. My schedule is filled with private performances. I’m SO grateful that they are indoors with the luxury of AC.
Wednesday is our annual Monsoon Concert at Desert Hills Lutheran Church. This year we’re performing in memory of Troy Justesen who produced these concerts since 2013. His vision was to offer them as a gift to the southern Arizona community who “stuck it out” through the hot summer months. Troy is deeply missed, and his legacy lives on in us.
We never know how much time we have together in this physical realm. Through the bitter and the sweet, I am grateful for all of it.
Thank you for taking a moment to connect with me via satellite and if you’re listening, via soundwave. I appreciate you.
Much love and gratitude,
Amber
June 4, 2025
I am excited for my band’s 20thanniversary concert at the Community Performance & Art Center in Green Valley this evening. Rehearsing songs spanning the last two decades of my songwriting career has been a trip (to say the least). Music continues to light up my soul (and neural pathways ;). I am so grateful to still be on this journey. Thank you to all my friends, family and supporters who have been part of this musical adventure. It’s your love that carries me through.
With gratitude,
Amber
January 7, 2025
Wow…January already!? Last year feels like the page turned quickly, and I wasn’t quite done absorbing the story yet. However, here we are, and I am grateful for the dawning of a new day.
In honor of 2025, I have a new release.
“Song of Thanks” was produced by my friend and musical co-inspirer Stuart Oliver. He sonically captured its meditative essence and mantra of living each day in “thanks” and love no matter how hard life gets. I am grateful to him for helping breathe inspiration into this song and expand my creative realms.
Thank you to my village of musical supporters who help me to continue create and record. I am filled with gratitude to “Live This Dream” everyday.
Much love,
Amber
July 2024
Summer is in full swing here with nature’s orchestra of cicadas during the day, crickets at night, and the after-monsoon-storm mating calls of Colorado River toads.
The end of this month marks 20 years since my debut album release Soul In Motion. It has been quite a journey since then. I am infinitely grateful I took the plunge from nurse to songwriter and dived fully into a life of music.
In 20 years, much has changed. Some songs continue with me and have morphed in their own ways. Here is one of the transformations - check out my latest single “There Is No End”. You can stream it on SPOTIFY, APPLE MUSIC, YOUTUBE, PANDORA, AMAZON, DEEZER and more.
For those of you who have traveled with me through years of soundwaves, THANK YOU for allowing my music to accompany your life. It is truly an honor to share my heart and soul with you.
Much love,
Amber
February 16, 2024
Greetings from the wintery Sonoran Desert. We were recently graced with snow-peaked mountains and temps dipping into the 30’s. Winter lasts about a week here, so I’m cherishing every moment.
It was a wild start to 2024 for me…however, I’m back in full swing. I’ve got new releases on the horizon and am busy with an abundance of (mostly private) performances (six this week!).
I’ve been writing and look forward to more studio and creation time this year, as well as live (public) performances featuring my original music.
I hope you’ve had a great start to 2024. And if it hasn’t been so great, then I hope you are getting through in grace…and that amidst it all, you remember to breathe, taking a moment to cherish that sacred breath. Life has a way with pushing us to (and often beyond) our perceived limitations. It's part of the incarnation, and this too shall pass.
Thank you for continuing on the musical journey with me. It is an honor to move through the seasons of life with you.
Much love and gratitude,
Amber
PS - If you need an extra infusion of love, here's a casually recorded/videoed live performance of my song “Came Here to Love” by my band
November 2, 2023
Greetings!
The temps have dropped in my corner of the world, and it finally feels like autumn in the Sonoran Desert. I welcome the season of long sleeves, simmering tea and candles.
It’s strange that as our hemisphere cools and nature slows down for winter, we seem to ramp up the energy into the “holiday” season. Fall has been a VERY busy season for me. I’ve been performing 5-8 times per week (mostly private gigs), working on studio projects and directing two church music programs. I love it all and am grateful that every day I get to do THIS for a living.
A lot of heavy things are going on in the world. To me, the longer nights right now seem to reflect humanity’s dark night of the soul. Life is bigger than soundbytes, and much more complex than the social media threads we weave. All I know is that I will continue to offer my heart and song; be mindful of my thoughts, words and actions; be grateful for every moment that I'm here; and do what I can to be and reflect light in the dark.
May we be led to a new dawn where ALL humanity - regardless of religion, ethnicity, race, skin color, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, social status – are respected and valued as part of the sacred web of life; and where this planet that sustains our very being is revered and mindfully lived upon by our species.
With love and light,
Amber