Masinda

I am married but I use my maiden name. Why? Because years ago I promised my father I would. When I was writing for Sheet Music Magazine, I received a lot of reader write-in mail, all with music related comments or questions……except for one. It was addressed to me, marked ‘Personal’. The letter writer introduced…

“In Times Like These”

Have you ever wondered what might inspire someone to write a song? What event or circumstance motivates a person to sit down and write the words and/or music? In 1944, in the height of World War II, the stress and conflict weighed heavily on British housewife, Ruth Caye Jones. In the midst of going about…