Vintage Vibes

As a kid growing up in Brooklyn, Val found pen and page to be an escape from the stressful demands of a figure skater training competitively with an eye on the Olympics. After practices on the ice beginning at dawn she would stop for coffee and linger in a booth writing for hours, often avoiding school.

Years later, after retiring from a professional performing career that included touring with ICE CAPADES, she picked up a guitar and began her songwriting journey.

With a diverse listening background ranging from Broadway musicals to rock, her interests began to gravitate toward artists with a jagged edge:  Rickie Lee Jones, Tom Waits and Emmylou Harris to name a few. Country music ironically spoke to a kid navigating crowded sidewalks and riding the New York City subways.

Eventually Val was recording her own emotionally driven tunes informed by her imagistic poets soul and love of collaging words into lyrics.

Today, Val plays with her band and fellow musicians and her music has been heard world wide. Her second studio album 'FANCY TOWN' was recorded in Nashville with the “Game Changers” from Jim Lauderdale’s band, and was released on CD in the fall of 2024.