Hey everyone, I don't often send out newsletters or write new blog posts. I usually reserve these for big events like album releases, but I want to let you know about a show I have coming up that I am really excited about. Friday, December 19 at 7:00 pm, I'll be presenting a show called "A Very Dylan Christmas" at Opening Bell Coffee. And I've been waiting to do this show for years. Right now, you're probably thinking, "A Very Dylan Christmas?" That sounds like a very weird C

The new album, Standing on the Shoulders, is out now, wherever music is sold. Get it here: https://linktr.ee/christinehandmusic "Standing on the Shoulders" is my second full-length studio album. It was produced by Milo and Scarlett Deering, and recorded in Charley Pride's old studio in Dallas, TX. The album is a tribute to family, in all its messy beauty, and it intertwines real-life family stories with meditations on loyalty, loss, and love. "Standing on the Shoulders" wrap

After 20 years making music in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, singer-songwriter Christine Hand announces her debut studio album, The Book of the World, available May 7, 2018. The Book of the World features sweet, bluesy vocals over vintage folk-rock instrumentation. The songs celebrate everyday inspiration found in coffee cups and bluebonnet fields, imagining all creation as a book of revelation. The CD release celebration will kick off at 6:30 pm on May 6, 2018, with a full-ban

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