Two opportunities are coming up for Island audiences to enjoy an evening of music by Lindsay Tomasic, an accomplished singer and songwriter from Los Angeles.
Tomasic will perform at a free Ober Park concert slated for 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, July 23.
The concert is the latest in a series of free summer concerts presented by Vashon Park District and Vashon Allied Arts.
Tomasic will stick around town after the Ober Park gig and take the stage at Café Luna the next night for another free show starting at 7 p.m. Friday, July 24.
Tomasic grew up in Michigan, the daughter of a copper miner.
In 1987, she left her family behind to move to Los Angeles and try her chances of making it in the music world.
In the 22 years since then, she’s developed her art to the point that Harry Maslin, who has produced Bonnie Raitt, James Taylor, Carly Simon and David Bowie, said, “In my book, Lindsay Tomasic is among the best singer/songwriters in the world.”
Tomasic works steadily in the television industry.
Her compositions include the theme song for “The Roseanne Show” and music for “Desperate Housewives,” “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” and “Malcolm in the Middle.”
“The Most Amazing Dream,” Tomasic’s sixth album, includes songs that range from a paean to Monet’s garden, “Spring in Giverny,” to the emotional toil of watching a friend drift away in “Lost in Blue.”
Tomasic also explores topical themes, including the downsized economy of “Now What,” the diminishing water supply of “Not a Drop to Drink” and the forces that conspire to deny freedom in “Cry,” a rallying call to repeal California’s Proposition 8.
“They were written in quiet spaces away from the studio,” Tomasic said of her newest collection of songs.
“Probably half were created on airplane flights, when I would wake up and the visuals would start coming,” Tomasic added. “I would take out my notebook and by the time the plane was landing I’d be singing the chorus.”
Joining Tomasic will be musicians Novi Novog on viola, Larry Tuttle on upright bass and Tom Brighton on percussion.
— Eric Horsting is a former Beachcomber arts editor who writes
art news for Café Luna.
