Waltz of the Asparagus People: The Further Adventures of Piano Girl

by Robin Meloy Goldsby

Overview

The Piano Girl journey continues.

Waltz of the Asparagus People follows the hero of Piano Girl, Robin Meloy Goldsby, and her family to Europe, recounting their adventures and frustrations as they learn a new language, adapt to a new culture, and find new friends. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, and always insightful, Goldsby’s lyrical stories reveal the trials and triumphs of an expatriate musician’s life, as Goldsby connects her music to family, friends, and home, past and present.

“Goldsby’s tales are often laugh-out-loud funny, sometimes poignant, and always abundantly human.”
Kathy Parsons
MainlyPiano.com

“Goldsby has a wicked sense of humor and a keen eye for the absurd. This is big-hearted, funny, truly eye-opening memoir.”
Publishers Weekly Starred Review of Piano Girl

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617927089
Publisher:	Bass Lion Publishing
Publication date:	05/08/2011
Series:	Waltz of the Asparagus People Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	300
File size:	315 KB

About the Author

Robin Meloy Goldsby is the author of "Piano Girl" and "Rhythm." Her third book, "Waltz of the Asparagus People" (Walzer der Spargelmenschen) has also been published in both German and English.

Goldsby's thirty-year career as a musician has taken her from roadside dives to posh New York City venues and exclusive resorts, and on to the European castles and concert stages where she now performs. Robin has four solo piano recordings to her name-Twilight, Somewhere in Time, Songs from the Castle, and Waltz of the Asparagus People (a collection of compositions corresponding to the stories in her latest book).

Goldsby has appeared on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, the Leonard Lopate Show, and Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland.

Robin is a Steinway Artist. She is also the author and composer of "Hobo and the Forest Fairies," a musical for children recorded by WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) in Germany.

As a lyricist Goldsby has penned songs for Till Brönner, Curtis Stigers, Jessica Gall, Jeff Cascaro, Robert Matt, and Peter Fessler. In 2010 her collaboration with singer/composer Joyce Moreno, "Slow Music," received a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Brazilian Album.

Robin currently lives outside of Cologne, Germany, with her husband-jazz bassist John Goldsby-and their two teenage children.