Places I've Played

As International Women's Day was this past Wednesday, I was thinking about one particular place that I was invited to perform at and the reason I was contacted.  The lady in charge of the Women's Day Celebration events at a very prominent venue in Sundsvall, Sweden, contacted me becuase she had read about how I was bullied at school and of my journey to redemtion through music. So, this is where I played at:

"The Hall of Mirrors". Sundsvall, Sweden.

Music Bucket List

Many of the places I have and still are to visit here in Nashville have been and are on my music bucket list. I have been to concerts at the Ryman (original home of the Grand Ole Opry), walked up and down Broadway hopping in and out of honky tonks listening to music and ordering an occasional Sprite/Sierra Mist (if you thought I'd say beer, you were way off the mark since I don't drink) and have had the pleasure of experiencing The Grand Ole Opry shows. Those were my listening pleasure bucket list things to do, so why not list my own music bucket list performances I would like to do ....

1. The Grand Ole Opry

2. The Ryman

3. On the Music City Roots

4. In Branson

5. In Bakersfield

6. At Dollywood


This list is going to be updated with venues around the world. To be continued.


PS. If you have any suggestions, just comment below! Thanks :)

Marilyn's Song - A Living Room Session

A song that I wrote to empower my friend Marilyn and any lady that needs some encouragement after going through any kind of abuse:

"You're always only one good decision away from living the life you've always dreamed of" - Kriz Rogers

A Poem To My Granddaughter

The Poem To My Granddaughter is both a poem and a prayer. I wrote it in Swedish first, to dedicate it to her on her Christianing Ceremony at the church in Jättendal, but here I am posting both the original and the poem translated into English:


Den dagen du föddes var himlen så blå,
Träden så vackra - var gren likaså.
Vart litet korn grus gladdes just för din skull:
Må av all denna kärlek din själ alltid va' full.
Amen.

On the day you were born the sky was so blue,
The trees, oh, so gorgeous - each limb of them too.
Each grain of the sand felt pure joy over you:
May of all of this love your soul always be true. 
Amen.



©Kriztina Rogers

On The Chart!

Sometimes I feel the need to pinch myself in the arm.  Especially when I find out that my position on the charts is way up there. Recently I reached the #10 spot on the Reverbnation Americana Chart for Nashville! And I know that you who are reading this are part of my success. Thank you!

I Remember Elvis Presley

The first "taste"of Elvis Presley's music was given to me by my dad.  He gave me a Elvis Presley's Golden Records Volume 3 when I was seven. And I remember where I was when mom and dad told me that Elvis Presley had passed away; we were living in Stocka, in an apartment with the address Bergstigen 17C. Picture here below (from Nordanstigs Bostäder's website, thank you):

Our door was the third one. If you want to see the location on Google, here it is 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bergstigen,+820+74+Stocka,+Sweden/@61.89892,17.3449726,3a,75y,356.77h,68.94t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sCH-RHDpwONByjpeNwOColQ!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo2.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DCH-RHDpwONByjpeNwOColQ%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D349.13657%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x4664056d491441a9:0x641e66a9cc66713d!8m2!3d61.898816!4d17.3438057

Some of my absolute favorite Elvis' songs are (these videos are from random youtube users):

Two Elvis songs that I have sung multiple times at performances are "Teddy Bear" and "Love Me".

I remember Elvis Presley

Picture from http://www.angelfire.com/stars3/elvisonmymind/death/death.html

The Creation Of Eddy's Song

Where does a song start? In your heart? In the air? in the atmosphere?  I believe it is as unexplainable as trying to hypothesize on what God is all about (although I know that God is Love).  All I know is that it starts with a feeling and a thought.  Before that: all the places, encounters and experiences that lead to those.

Some of the elements of inspiration to"Eddy's Song" were that I was at a time and place where I had a guitar player that just had introduced me to the magic world of Billy Joe Shaver’s work.  The guitar player had also recently welcomed a son into this world whom was given the name Eddie.  My drummer had just had a daughter.  The thoughts of those new lives and the myriad of possibilities of obstacles and positive events the children would see on their way of becoming grown are what triggered my wish for them to have not just one, but many strong and loving hands to help lead and guide them through the can be at times enervating journey. 

Recently I performed a Nashville Showcase at Jeanne's Dinner Theatre here in Nashville and the first song I performed was "Eddy's Song". You can watch it here

You can also download the song from the Kriz Rogers'/Kriztina Ahs & Countryfied's CD "Roads" here

Foot note: the sub title of the song is "Everybody Needs Someone".