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Posted By Marian Runk,
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Updated: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
My new music video, "New Year," premiered at Rainbow Rodeo last week, and is now up on my YouTube channel!
"Marian Runk takes a cautiously optimistic approach with her meditative video 'New Year.' The song tumbles off of Runk's tongue like a minuet, an almost stream-of-consciousness account of a small moment that ends up revealing a large impact."
Posted By Jolene Dixon,
Sunday, December 7, 2025
Updated: Monday, December 8, 2025
Hey yall!
Your melancholy Christmas song has arrived.
It's about letting go and trying to hang on to the beauty at the same time.
The unreal feeling of Christmas time in California, almost like they're faking their way through the holiday. And sometimes I've felt like I had to fake my way through the holidays.
Grief and heart ache don't take a Christmas vacation. And for most of us, they make themselves rather cozy, in fact, around the fire.
It's ok to be a little melancholy in the winter. Tis a season.
"Patch of Blue" is Wattle & Daub's fourth album and includes the help of several Chicago area musicians. The tracks are a mixture of a subtle commentary on these times and a sense of hope that might be offered. The album is available for streaming and downloading at all the usual places. Several of the twelve tracks are starting to get some much appreciated airplay. All songs are originals.
1. If I Were a Tree
2. Jimmy Carter Hammer Song
3. Back Too Soon
4. Washington, Illinois
5. Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda
6. Winds of 1933
7. What Do They See?
8. Don’t Pursue a Kangaroo (A Cautionary Tale)
9. To the Field
10. Patch of Blue
11. What Good Is a Prayer?
12. St. Adalbert