Christine VanHoy

Update from Christine VanHoy . . .

It’s Christmas Eve Eve, and we are almost ready for the visit from the big guy, my favorite Spirit, Santa Claus. He embodies, love, peace, kindness, magic, hope, and giving. I love this time of year. A time filled with holidays for everyone, and a chance to reflect on the past year, and start hoping for the new year to come.

While it hasn’t been a great year, it certainly has been an improvement over 2020. Whiskey Pass actually got to play live, and man did that feel good. Steven, Matt and I are headed into 2022 with new bandmates (Patrick and Phil), new songs, and the desire to keep playing and entertaining as many people as possible.

Go to link to see our schedule, and we hope to see y’all at one of our shows.

On another note, this time of year is also when the nominations come out for the Independent Music Network annual awards. I am happy to announce that I have been nominated for three awards:
Favorite Single "What If You Did" Christine VanHoy
Favorite Female Artist Christine VanHoy
Entertainer of the Year Christine VanHoy

Keep your fingers crossed for me.

More new music coming from me in 2022, so keep an eye out for those announcements. And make sure you watch for Whiskey Pass shows coming up.

I hope your holiday season has been filled with all good things, the coming year is wonderful, and you take every chance you can to spread the love, be kind, and keep music in your heart.

Christine
Lead Singer – Whiskey Pass, Singer/Songwriter, Recording Artist

Hello to all my musical friends out there. I hope you are all doing as well as possible in these crazy times of ours. It's so hard to look at or read the news these days, and I find myself constantly searching for the good in every day. Happily for me, I find that in my family, friends, and of course, the music.

Not much news from me, although I am working on a coupIe of new songs, I just wanted to touch base with y'all, to say hello, send my best wishes for a great day, a wonderful fall, and a blessed holiday season.
Christine

Hello All,
I don't know about you, but I went into 2021 cautiously. As anxious as I was to leave 2020 behind, I knew all the craziness wasn't going to stop at midnight on December 31st. And it didn't. And we're still dealing with this insane virus that has closed up all live entertainment, at least where I live it's still not allowed.

Keeping my fingers crossed for it to work itself out soon, so we can all get back to living full lives, and getting to see live music again. I have attached my most recent single release, because I need to hear the message myself - what if you did? Sometimes we second guess ourselves when we should just do it. Especially now.

But I did get some wonderful news recently, so 2021 does have some bright spots. My single "What Gives Me the Right" won best Country Single for 2020 and Inspirational Song of the Year 2020 for Independent Music Network's annual awards. So cool.

Be safe everyone. Take care of yourselves, and thank you for listening.
Christine

Hello All,
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are looking forward to a great Holiday Season, even with all the craziness in the world. Make it great.

Please check out my new single release, "What If You Did." It's my hope that it inspires you to do something that might scare you. I've always found that if I'm afraid to do something, then I know it's something I really need to do. Not always easy, and doesn't always happen, but I do find myself asking myself, "what if you did?"

Take care, be safe, and let the music take you away . . .
Christine

Today, June 9, 2020 marks the release date of my new single "What Gives Me the Right." A song for these crazy times, and all the time. My hope is that it helps us to think about how we think about others and other's situations.

I want to thank my co-writer Rob Matson, not only for the co-write, but also for doing the mixing and mastering of many tracks coming in from different places (all the vocals were done in my bedroom closet). And a big thank you to Smith Curry in Nashville and his band of merry musicians for all the amazing instrumental tracks. So much great music to choose from. To my Whiskey Pass bandmates, Jim Goodkind and Steven Gregory for all their helpful musical thoughts and ideas that helped round out the song. And a special thank you to my amazing granddaughter Lyric, who did background vocals for me, a first for her, and she was great. And to my husband Bob, who was with me every step of the way on this, and had such great insights for the song, I love you, and I love that we do this together.

It takes a village to make a song come to life, and in this case a virtual village due to sheltering in place. Thank goodness for digital.

All the best to all of you. I hope you are all safe and healthy.
Musically yours,
Christine