Vyktoria Pratt Keating: News

NEW CD! I have released a new Celtic CD titled:
"Errant Fairies and Murderous Maidens" this will
be available October 21st. It is live and was recorded in the excellent
acoustics of Bent River Books & Music in August of this year.
You can order your copy for $15 (that includes shipping) to:
Vyktoria Keating PO Box 985 Clarkdale AZ 86324 or pick one up at a show!

SOAP IS BACK! I have started making my great handmade soap, spritzers
and other bath yummies again. I used to have a store in New Mexico in 2005
and have since only made soap for my friends and myself. Down to my last bar,
I have once again plunged into this wonderful world that allows the chemist side of
my brain to come out. If you are interested, email me and I will be sending out a list
of items for sale.
Meanwhile...you can purchase soap at some of my shows and/or contact
me to set up an appointment to view/smell etc. Soap will be officially for sale
as of October 21st. and I will have some special "enchanted soaps" available!

OCTOBER 21st "HAUNTING HOUSE CONCERT" (and CD & Soap release!)
Creepy Celtic and Eerie Originals from 7-9pm at a lovely large home in
Cottonwood all decked out for Halloween. $10 includes music, treats & fun!
I will have some very special handmade soaps available this night as well
as my new Celtic CD! This event is by RESERVATION ONLY! So...email me
at vyktoria@sedona.net to RSVP and I will email you back directions.

OCTOBER 29th "ANNUAL HALLOWEEN CONCERT AT BENT RIVER"
I am excited to play in the new Bent River space at 1010 N Main in Cottonwood
There will be the usual great vibes, good friends and yummy refreshments plus
all my weird songs including, Frogs, Spider, Disembodied Voices, ETs and more!

I am happy to announce I will be Old Town Cottonwood's first regular mid-week music. Starting in Oct (the 5th) I will be performing at The Vineyard in Old Town from 7-10pm. There will be food and drink specials. Come down and enjoy some mid-week cheer!

My friend Carl Hitchens has just released an incredible book called "Sitting With Warrior".
to check it out:
www.iuniverse.com 1-800-288-4677
http://www.drumtalk-hitch.com/Sitting_with_Warrior/Sitting_with_Warrior.html

I am very pleased to announce that my CD "Things That Fall From The Sky" will be re-packaged, re-mastered and re-released in early 2011. The Cdw as produced by the amazing Andrew Giddings, long-time keyboardist for Jethro Tull. Andrew just released his first solo CD titled "Picture This" this Fall and recently contacted me about re-releasing 'Things" with a minor facelift and selling it alongside his CD. This is great news! you can check out Andrews work at www.andrewgiddingsmusic.com

Uilleann piper Paddy Keenan from Bothy Band fame is putting together
an album of his travels and is including a track from from my cd,
Blue Apples. Recorded in Charlottesville, VA in 1992, Paddy piped stellarly on a few cuts including "Buffalo" and he will be using that track on his new CD due for release in April 2008.

The Cd will have some of his own material and some live recordings.
There's a track written by Paddy and Steve Morse, guitarist from Dixie Dregs, now lead guitarist with Deep Purple. There's a track with Afel Boucoum nephew of Ali Farkatoure, Mali Africa; a singer guitarist from Japan singing folk song in Japanese, and many more intersting and diverse cuts.

Paddy writes:
"The song Buffalo would fit very well with a piece I wrote in honor of  Chief Black Kettle of the Sand Creek massacre."

Dear Friends and Fans!

I am pleased to announce the release of my new CD "Past Lives"
It is a very special CD of studio releases, demos and old bands of mine
from 1983 to 1991!! From my groups with Jay Keating and Akira Otsuka
to the very early years with Backstreet Rhythm Band. It's full of surprises!

The CD features 20 songs with 15 originals (13 of which never before released) and 5 covers!
Order yours for $15 (add $3 shipping for 1st Cd and $1 per additional CD)
To: Vyktoria Pratt Keating PO Box 985 Clarkdale AZ 86324

Here's a track list for the new CD "Past Lives"
1983- with Backstreet Rhythm Band
Message of Love (Pretenders)
Fast Buck Freddie (Airplane)

1985-8 track demo with Pete Kennedy on Guitar
Textures of the Forest
Primrose
Hold On
Devan

1988-with AV (VPK & Jay Keating band)) from the studio
release "Bohemians in a Bourgeois Town"
Up to You
Dancin in the Rain (Jay Keating)

1989- solo studio
Racin The Sun

1990-with Daddy Long Legs (w/ mandolinist Akira Otsuka & band)
Backwoods (Becca Davidson)
Sylvie
How Many Hearts
Slipstream
Shame of Doing Wrong (Richard Thompson)

1991- 4 track demos (w/ cool percussion & harmonies)
Open
Inner Sky
DinosaurGummyBear
Women in the Country
My Mother's House
Marching Into Paradise

BRING ME TO YOUR TOWN (OR LIVING ROOM):
I love doing house concerts, parties,
community centers, clubhouses, churches,etc. If you would like to have me perform in your town, in your local community center, or even in your living room for 30 of your friends, please feel free to contact us to arrange a show. This is easy to set up and is a nice alternative to bars and noisy restaurants.

The best way to find out where I am playing is to sign up on the email list.
You can sign up here on this website or simply email me at:
vyktoria@sedona.net and I will add you to the list.

Sorry to say this show has been cancelled. I've decided to postpone any band gigs til after the New Year for family reasons.

I have put my awesome rock band back together. Our first gig is Nov 5th.
see the show listings for more info

The wonderful arts and entertainment paper for Sedona and the Verde Valley has done a great interview and story with some cool pictures. Thanks to editor Dan Engler for an accurate and intelligent review. Click on the link below to see the full article

http://verdenews.com/main.asp?SectionID=74&SubSectionID=514&ArticleID=31698

My favorite talk show in the world,
Coast to Coast AM played my song "Into The Amazon" as part of their bumper music on July 5th 2009.
The show, hosted by George Noory, is heard by millions of listeners all around the world and specializes in UFO, parannormal, conspiracy and alternative news topics with top researchers, authors and experts.

Hello Friends and Fans!

I am very excited to offer several new items for sale, a re-issue of
my CD from the Jethro Tull tour (complete with Ian playing flute!)
and more.

I am very excited to offer the following exclusively to my fans:

Item #1 SOMETHING ABOUT DRIVING CD Live from the Jethro Tull tour that I opened in 1999 all over the US and UK. 9 songs and 8 intros (these intros are all great raps,
most of them over 1 minute long relating humorous stories etc) There is a GRAND introduction from Ian Anderson himself, as well as members of Tull backing me up
on a few songs. The CD features the original artwork, 6 panel insert and tray card in jewel box. PRICELESS but you pay only $20!

Item #2 GREATEST HITS CD "MONUMENTAL" I am happy to say I have made the ultimate compilation CD. 15 songs including cuts from Blue Apples, This Guardian at Noon,
one song from Something About Driving, an AWESOME version of "Spider" that I thought was long lost (produced in 1995 by Christian Quick), a live version of "You and Me" from a recent show with Ralf Illenberger that just rocks, a full length version of "Holy Day" from 1997 with harp, synth and flute, AND a brand spankin NEW song never before released entitled
"The Face on Mars". This song was recorded by Billy Moss (of Stevie Nicks fame) and features great bass, sitar and keys..very cool.
YOURS for only $15!

Item #3 JETHRO TULL MEMORABILIA PACKAGE This features a copy of Something About Driving (personally autographed), a very cool Tour Book, handmade and put together from all my photos and memorabilia from the Jethro Tull tour (set lists, journal notes, posters, itinerary etc)
20 pages color and b&w. AND a bonus CD of the original messages that Ian Anderson left on my answering machine in 1998 PLUS a long lost recording of my old band in Virginia doing my favorite Tull song "Inside". The recording features Greg Howard (of Dave Matthews fame) on Chapman Stick and includes some funny banter too. So to re-cap, this mega package contains the LIVE Tull tour CD, The Tull Tour Book, and bonus CD!
PRICELESS but you can have it for $35!

Item #4 A PIECE OF VYKTORIA'S GUITAR! Yep that's right. In order to buy a new guitar, (I rolled over my favorite Takamine with my CAR..TWICE, in the parking lot of a gig in March) I am auctioning off pieces of my old one that got smooshed. This guitar has a RICH history and was my favorite. It played over 2000 shows and has shared the stage with many musical
luminaries. It was at Kerrvillle, Telluride, all over the place from 1994-2009. Imagine this...your
very own chunk of guitar (approx 2x3 inches), handsomely framed with a background of text telling
the history of the guitar. Each one unique and numbered and autographed. A true "piece of art"
and a great conversation piece. There will only be 50 of these available.
TRULY PRICELESS but yours for $25!

Irem #5 THE WHOLE NINE YARDS everything above for the one low price of $65

ALL PRICES INCLUDE SHIPPING AND HANDLING. TO ORDER, SEND CHECK OR MONEY ORDER PAYABLE TO: VYKTORIA PRATT KEATING
PO BOX 985 CLARKDALE AZ 86324

Fee free to pass this email along to any music lovers and Jethro Tull fans you might know.
THANK YOU ALL VERY VERY MUCH!
Vyktoria Pratt Keating
www.vyktoria.com

Edited from 2 workshops in Sedona
2 hours...$25 send check or mo
to Vyktoria Pratt Keating PO Box 985
Clarkdale AZ 86324
Gavin Carruthers & Vyktoria present: The Pluto Experience
Astrology, Music, Myth & Healing

I am happy to announce that Gavin and I will be presenting the PLuto Experience at a new venue...Sedona Heartwalk. See the shows link for details, directions.

Gavin Carruthers & Vyktoria present: The Pluto Experience
Astrology, Music, Myth & Healing
Join with a group of other spiritual
seekers on a journey of self-discovery
and self-healing. Astrologers and teachers
Gavin Carruthers and Vyktoria Keaing will
weave the 5,000 year old Sumerian myth
of Inanna and Ereshkigal throughout the evening,
bringing Plutonian symbolism to life through
lecture, music, story-telling and meditation.
The astrological Pluto represents the urge to
get in touch with that which is most true and
most real in our lives. In these extraordinary
times in which we are living, we are all being
challenged as never before to honor our
spiritual truth, to honor the deeper reasons
for us being on planet Earth at this time. 
The Pluto Experience helps us to clarify, empower
and embolden our lives.  The evening will feature
4 Plutonian songs by Vyktoria.

The Pluto Experience Returns! with Gavin Carruthers. Saturday April 4th 2009 from 7pm-9pm at Unity Sedona. We will blend astrological monologue, music, myth, and guided imagery.
$20. 65 Deer Trail in West Sedona
928-282-7181

ASTROLOGICAL READINGS: Having studied for 12 years and reading
professionally for 7, I offer personalized astrological readings, taped or in person. These are very comprehensive, not a "generic printed astrology profile".
The reading is taped, 90 minutes, and the cost is $150. Email me for more info. vyktoria@sedona.net

Personalized natal and transit
readings. Inspiring and illuminating,
helping you to better align your life
& goals with your soul’s intent.

Vyktoria's penetrating insights and the ability to communicate in a compassionate and enlightening way, have been a source of inspiration to many. She draws on myth, alchemical symbolism and psychological tools of transformation that honor us as co-creators. She has studied with Liz Greene at the CPA in London and Gavin Carruthers in Sedona AZ.

Free Will is ours with every choice we make. An astrological
reading helps to clarify those choices and our best times and
avenues for maximizing our understanding, success, healing, growth, and bettering our relationships with each other and ourselves.

QUOTES FROM CLIENTS:
"Your visionary & interpretive gifts are outstanding.- that was the most
sensitive & insightful description of my personality, goals, problems I’ve
ever received over all the years I’ve had my chart done!” Rena Gorlin DC

“It is uncanny how right you were with virtually every aspect of my life. I plan on taking your advice!” Alan Rogowski, Chicago IL

“Thanks for the excellent reading. I found it to be right on the money.
I truly value your insights and compassion”
Joanne Stato Baltimore MD