Country Girl

When my younger daughter was born and we settled on naming her Nevada Rose, I said that sounded like a great name for a country singer.

I couldn’t have forecast that 19 years later she’d be front of stage with her guitar and her beautiful voice... and with me on drums in the band backing her up.

One of the songs she was playing at this one-off performance was “Jolene” – but a much darker reading than Dolly Parton’s - so yes, my country singer prophecy sort of came true.

Except that this particular “country singer” has mastered piano, violin, organ and sax, and also the composing and conducting of classical and choral music.

And all that I definitely couldn’t have forecast... any more than all the rest that is still to come from this remarkable musician.