Jenny Bienemann

Each Sunday, I send the Sunday Haiku Milieu email. The first Sunday of each month is New Song Sunday, and I include a new song.  Here is this month’s song, “Stranger.” 

TWO VERSIONS 

There are two versions: the Sunday Haiku…

Ashley & Simpson are Jennifer Ashley and Joel Simpson. Jennifer is a classically trained pianist, and also plays guitar and banjo; Joel plays guitar, mandolin, dobro, banjo and bass.  

Ashley & Simpson are folk scene favorites.  They bring traditional and…

RelationSHIP 

not everything  
has to go on forever  
to be a success  
   
a relationship  
after all is said and done  
is merely a ship  
   
sailing the high seas  
one wave after another  
of more aliveness  
   
though you set the course  …

Jonas Friddle:  the man, the myth, the legend.  You can find more about him  here: https://jonasfriddle.com.

As his website will tell you, Jonas Friddle is a singer, songwriter and Old-Time banjo player whose songs have received The John Lennon Songwriting…

A year ago, this weekend, my Dad made his transition from this life, to the next.  

Though we did not know it, my husband Robin's Mom was preparing to make her transition too.  She left this earth one week to…

"No" is not my favorite word.  I don't love it when a big old "no" comes at me, especially when it is coming FROM me. 

We live in a world of contrast.  "Yes" is as meaningful as it is, as…

I am a singer songwriter. I never considered myself a visual artist. I cried when I thought I had to pass an art class to graduate, as you learned last week.  Yet I had this romantic notion. 
  
I would take…

It is one of the profound joys of my life to write alongside fellow songwriters, to bring songs to life solo or in collaboration, and to share them with the world. 

This Friday, April 23 at 7:30 pm via Facebook…

Did you notice?  I took a little side trip this week.  I decided to write haiku based on what I drew, rather than what I spied with my little eye in my surroundings. 
  
This was kind of a big deal…

So much loss lately.   

Robin and I have lost 2 friends to Covid, one who was a year younger than I am, and in robust health.  We just went through St. Patrick’s Day, our first without my Dad, and for…

Life is not the same.  Yet, slowly, surely, like the flowers of spring, live music is returning. 

We tread cautiously, holding the urge to return to life alongside the knowing that it can never be the same. In a few…

Someone asked, how do you make time for this to become part of your life?  How do you even find time to write?  That’s a good question, I thought. 

Let's start with when.  When does this happen exactly? 

Well let’s…

It sure looks easier than it is.

Teaching, that is.

I say this with the certitude only someone who has taught a mere four classes over two days, can say. And, I was co-teaching! Robin Bienemann and I did it…

Jenny Bienemann:  ‘TIS THE SEASON TO GIVE – give something up, that is

I have given up so many things, so many ways, so many times. 

You learn a lot when you let go. That’s why it is important that…

Before you read this, take a look at these videos: Welcome in the Light and Your Own Cup.

I get excited.

A wonderful new venue in Arlington Heights, Hey Nonny, has invited Robin and me to take over the…