Hello Friends! 

   It's Almost Spring!!

  Ever since Covid lockdown surprised us, I've been busy with the CD that we were scheduled to record in-studio that doomed March of 2020, recording instead at home in our musicroom, sending files backandforth with (Special Guest Drummer) John Scully (Duo Decibel System) and engineer/guitarist/drummer Dave Mann at Mann Wolf Audio in Oberlin, and, finally, 

     MY 5th CD is HERE!!!!!

                           BIG THANKS TO ALL WHO JOINED US DEC.27th FOR

           LIVE MUSIC & HOLIDAY CHEER AT OUR

               20/20 CD RELEASE PARTY

          AT  THE BEACHLAND TAVERN

       15711 WATERLOO ROAD 

           

 

 IF YOU'D LIKE a digital download

      ALL of that NEW MUSIC is  AVAILABLE ONLINE  

on AMAZON and CD BABY and iTUNES and SPOTIFY, ETC.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=anitakeys&page=2&crid=SKND6GOLIWHH&qid=1672848126&sprefix=anitakeys%2Caps%2C83&ref=sr_pg_1

https://music.apple.com/us/album/if-daffodils-could-sing/1655313382?i=1655313391

https://open.spotify.com/album/2dRvdGfD0fs8vWiqMOTLmw

  IF YOU'D PREFER an autographed hard copy,

simply email your address to msanitakeys@gmail.com

and for $20- Venmo or PayPal- I'll mail you one!

   ♪♪♪♪

     We Played  Brent Kirby's 10X3 at Bop Stop on March 15th 

(8pm slot, about 1 hour in)

watch/listen HERE:

 https://fb.watch/jmV2UDhIbu/

   ♪♪♪♪

   HOPE TO SEEYA IN 2023!!

FRIDAY, MAY 19th, 8-11pm

Millard Fillmore Presidential Library

We'll play our ANNUAL BIRTHDAY GIG

SUNDAY, JUNE 4th, 5-8pm

DRIFTWOOD POINT BAR AND GRILL 

AND a Bonus BirthDay Show

SUNDAY, JUNE 11th, Noon-2pm

CAVOTTA'S GARDEN CENTER

 Vicki Chew at 3pm!!

FRIDAY, JULY 28th, 8-11pm

Millard Fillmore Presidential Library

    ♪♪♪♪

  I previously released Two Time Tunes on June 1st, 2021,

as a little Hello Out There/Teaser for this new CD:

Check out On Borrowed Time and Easy Time!  

    Then on February 14th, 2022 a Valentine:

                          Roses and Loved Ones

https://open.spotify.com/album/1JmBYcplRBDOR3Y00Dz4Lt

    Celebrating June & Sunshine & Summertime:

            ♪  In the Sun ♪

https://open.spotify.com/track/1W5RH9gjUDNIVVnvLnsK5o?si=994ac3a9153e400f

       

                                     ♪♫♪

 

 

          A Look Back at 2022           

 anitakeys & friends played our Annual BirthDay Gig at

         Driftwood Point Bar & Grill 

        Sunday, June 5th, 5-8pm

            6827 Lake Road W. in Geneva, Ohio

AND MORE:

Friday, July 8th, 8pm: Millard Fillmore Presidential Library

Saturday, July 30th, 11am-1pm: The Spot (DUO)

Sunday, July 31st, 12-2pm- Cavotta's Garden Center

Sunday, August 14th, 11am-1pm: Cavotta's Garden Center

Saturday, August 20th, 1-3pm: Waterloo Concert Series at Beachland Tavern

Sunday, August 21st, 1-5pm: Geneva State Park

Saturday, August 27th, 4pm: Waterloo Arts Fest at Millard Fillmore

Sunday, October 9th, 11am-1pm: The Spot on Lakeshore (DUO)

Saturday, October 29th: 9th Annual Kiss Me Deadly Halloween Party at Becky's

Wednesday, November 16th: Brent Kirby's 10X3 at Bop Stop, 8pm

Tuesday, December 27th: 20/20 CD RELEASE at The Beachland Tavern

                                 

 

 

                                            ♪ ♪ ♪

            ALWAYS, there's Spotify for you streamers-https://open.spotify.com/artist/5IBKbEUcQZF3RlrqCC633Y     

 Please include anitakeys on your Spotify playlists!

    AND all 5 of my CDs are available on Amazon for Digital Download:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=anitakeys&i=digital-music&search-type=ss&ref=ntt_srch_drd_B00697FJ72

       

                

 

                  ♪ ♪ ♪  2021 GIG REVIEW   ♪ ♪ ♪

 Happily, we DID play a few lakeside patio shows again this Summer at Driftwood Point, 6827 Lake Road West in Geneva!  (440-361-4047 for dinner reservations) Big THANKS to All who joined us for an afternoon BirthDay Show on Sunday, June 6th, our Friday night show on July 16th and Sunday August 15th for the 5-8pm Sunset Show! And I played a Piano Duo show with Julie Slattery at Benny Vino Urban Winery at 835 South County Line Road in Geneva on Friday, August 20th, from 7-10pm. It was another rainy day for our lunchtime show on Sunday, July 11th, on the patio at Cavotta's Garden Center, but sunnier on Sunday, September 26th! It's a lovely open-air garden setting at 19603 Nottingham in Cleveland, a Wonderful Music space!

  AND WATERLOO ARTS FEST was BACK!! ALL DAY Music, Arts & Crafts all over Waterloo on September 11th! I played the Millard Fillmore Presidential Library at 5pm with drummer John Scully, and we had a BLAST!!

 We played Becky's Annual Halloween Party/Costume Contest again- with Miss Melvis, Kiss Me Deadly and Meg and the Megnetosphere - on Saturday, October 30th, downtown Cleveland. Big Fun!! And I played a fundraiser with Ryann Anderson (on bass) for Cleveland Rocks- hosted by Charlie Weiner and featuring LOTS of local Musicians- at The Beachland Ballroom on Waterloo on Sunday, November 7th. 

 I played a few John Lennon songs at the tribute concert on December 8th at The Beachland on Waterloo- what a Wonderful Night of Music!! Big Thanks to Everyone who played and danced & sang along!   https://www.facebook.com/AngelleSheridan/videos/1066554217494933/

                                                         ♪ ♪ ♪

   Our last LIVE (outdoor) 2020 performance was a Waterloo Tower Series performance on the Sculpture Garden Stage, presented by Cleveland Rocks Past, Present and Future, in September 2020. anitakeys and friends opened the show for local favorites Moko Vovo!  View Video Here: https://www.reverbnation.com/q/7ty9ki       or

facebook.com/ClevelandRocksPastPresentAndFuture/videos/439773096996054

 

 Also in 2020, I played several 48 Hour Virtual Concerts with Ryann Anderson on bass, from our Musicroom, and had videos included in Charlie Weiner's Virtual Concerts that you can find on YouTube!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUMif0NS7fDyjlZ02mgH0Zw 

   If you're inspired to lend SUPPORT, here's my virtual tipjar:

                                paypal.me/anitakeys

                                            Namaste.

 Looking for some background?

   I'm Cleveland area singer-songwriter Anita Herczog.

  I perform all around town as anitakeys ♫

  I have recorded 5 CDs of Original Music, starting with watertalk in 2011. watertalk, produced & engineered by Byron Nemeth, was begun in his Cleveland studio and completed in his Arizona studio. watertalk features Special Guest performances by Deanna Brzozowski, Wanda Sobieska, Karmi James, Byron Nemeth, Carlos Jones, J. Scott Franklin, Tim Sprow, Darren "Cholly O" Evans, Jeff Anastasia, Rob Hunter and Peter "Pedro" Dell. 

  In June 2013, I released Twenty Twelve, recorded with friends Ryann Anderson (bass) and Lorne Franklin (congas/djembe), engineered by Tracy Marie and Mastered by Paul Hamann at Suma Studio. Twenty Twelve features Special Guests J. Scott Franklin on "Serenade of the Sky", Matt Harmon on "Nothin' Left" and Reginald Redd on "butterflies".

  In September 2014, I released Dreamsongs and Misfits, featuring new (dreamsongs) and a few older, previously unreleased songs (misfits), featuring yours truly on keys & vocals,  with Quinn Sands on harmonies & hand percussion, Ryann Anderson on bass, Lorne Patrick Franklin on congas/djembe/assorted percussion and Tony Kazel on drums. Recorded Live, mixed and Mastered by Dave Mann Wolf at Mann Wolf Studio. 

           BIG THANKS TO ALL WHO ATTENDED  ♪ DREAMSONGS AND MISFITS ♪ CD RELEASE PARTIES at Euclid City Limits & The Barking Spider Tavern!

 

    Several Songs from that 3rd CD: Bad Dreams, Fallin Again, Always, We Make Music & It's A Lovestorm AND a few from my newest CD, Who She Is, are included on this Music Player! 

                                         ♪ ♪ ♪ 

  My fourth anitakeys  CD, Who She Is, was released at the start of 2019! It includes 4 previously unreleased songs: Mother Earth Blues, Soggy Shoes, Nobody Whispers and Letting Go as well as a solo piano lullaby I wrote for my niece, Prayer For Dana, along with remixes of 2 songs previously released as singles- Who She Is and Wedding Song. Recorded again in Mann Wolf Studio by the very talented Dave Mann Wolf and featuring Ryann Anderson (Bass throughout and Rhythm Guitar on Soggy Shoes) and Lorne Franklin (Bongos on Letting Go and High Hat Cymbals on Mother Earth Blues) from the Friends band as well as Special Guests/Longtime Friends (and local favorites) Carlos Jones (on Vocals and Bongos on Soggy Shoes), engineer Dave Mann Wolf (on backup Vocals on Letting Go & The Ahh Song and Lead Guitar on Who She Is) and Jeffrey Bowen on Congas, wood blocks and guiro...I'm VERY EXCITED to share this recording with you!!

 LISTEN on Spotify HERE:

https://open.spotify.com/album/2RAjbdmQNp6SRsDlMPht1J

 

 

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                     FOR SOME SWEET MUSIC ♫

                                     

 

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