UK Tour is on! July 21-31, various club dates and festivals across England!

  Maren's major label showcase went great. We're working on some co-writes to get enough material for her next record.

  Maren won the Terry Awards "Rising Star of the Year" at the show November 2005.

  Several major record labels have contacted Maren recently to request materials and discuss her career. We'll update as things progress.

  Maren has written 5 new songs since Grammy Camp and most are now in her live show.

  "Walk On" the title cut of Maren's debut CD is going to be featured in an upcoming film called Sweetwater. It's an independent film that will be at film festivals all over, and maybe picked up for national distribution. Check out www.sweetwatermovie.com for more info.

  Walk On is now distributed nationally at various record stores across the nation!

  Maren has been accepted with a full scholarship to GRAMMY Camp, an exclusive program for high school-age music students. She flies to L.A. for nine days of intensive exposure to all aspects of the music business, gets to tour the GRAMMY Foundation and absorb advice from GRAMMY winners and nominees.

  Maren competed and WON in 95.9 FM The Ranch's "Texas Shootout" 5 nights in May. Each night they pit one artist's song against another and fans phone in votes for their favorite. Maren beat Derryl Dodd, Aaron Watson, Colin Boyd and Keith Urban. Winners who make it 5 in a row are retired. 

  Maren just signed a national distribution contract with Double XXPosure Media Group, which will get "Walk On" into all the best stores!

  Maren will be live on the Front Porch with Justin Frazzell on April 24. Tune in to KPLX 99.5 FM at 6:00 p.m. for the interview and performance.

  QuickDFW, the handy little newspaper put out by the Dallas Morning News, features Maren as Band of the Week in their paper (and on www.quickdfw.com) the week of February 7.

  Virgin Megastores has agreed to stock Maren's CD in their Grapevine Mills and Dallas locations. Look for her listening post prominently displaying "Walk On." Now anyone can listen to the entire CD before buying!

  Maren has signed with Hat Creek Productions to promote her first single "Hit the Ground" to radio. Promotion begins January 13, 2005.

  Maren performed in her high school musical on November 3, 4 and 6, thus the absence of dates on her music calendar. She is the only freshman to garner a lead role in "Seussical the Musical," based on the stories of Dr. Seuss.

  The CD is done and released on October 11. Available now. See Music page for details. 

  All tracks are finished. Mixing is underway. The rough mix is awesome enough. Can't wait to hear the final mix. Mastering should be complete by early September. First pressed CDs should be done by early October. 

  Rhythm tracks have been laid down in the studio by Dick Sims (Eric Clapton, Bob Seger) on keyboards, Eddie Cantu (Willie, Bruce Robison) on drums, Scott Boland (great session and live player!) on guitar, and Maren's regulars Randy Langley and Eric Zukoski. Lloyd Maines (credits too numerous to list, but he produced the last Dixie Chicks CD) put down pedal steel and dobro recently.

  Recording begins for Maren's first full-length CD begins in August! Stephen Doster (Nancy Griffith, Double Trouble, Dr. John/Willie Nelson, Stanely Smith etc.) will produce. 

  Maren made it to the finals of the B.W. Stevenson Songwriters' Competition April 27 at Poor David's Pub. Although she didn't win, she was one of only 6 to final. Congrats to Kristy Kruger and Josh Weathers, who won first and second place.

  Maren opened for legend Marty Stuart at the Horseman in Ft. Worth March 13. Both put on a good show and Marty had Maren and crew on his tour bus for some hospitality and great advice on the music biz.

  Maren's has written or co-written around 10 songs  which, along with a cover song or two, will be on her upcoming debut CD. We're deciding where and whom to record with right now.

  We'd like to welcome Eric Z to Maren's band. Eric is playing quite a few dates with Maren on standup bass. Drummer Tim Macon is joining us for some choice performances with full band.

  Maren's date opening for Gary P. Nunn on January 31st was a hit. She received a standing ovation from the large crowd on hand. Never saw one of those there before!