"Love, the Heartache" release show, July 2025. Photo by Roger Averbeck.
Grief altar at the "Love, the Heartache" release show, July 2025. Gratitude to Lauren MacDonald & others for helping create this. Photo by Roger Averbeck.
"Love, the Heartache" release show welcome, July 2025. Photo by Roger Averbeck.
Recording studio. Jan. 2025. Photo by Elliott Mazzola.
In the recording studio, aka my kitchen, Jan. 2025. Photo by Elliott Mazzola.
"Musicians Against Racism." Dani Savage & Marika Straw, July 2025. Photo by Roger Averbeck.
The "Friend Chorus" at the "Love, the Heartache" album release show, July 2025. Photo by Roger Averbeck.
Marika Straw & Dani Savage, "Love, the Heartache" release show, July 2025. Photo by Roger Averbeck.
Piano fingers. Jan. 2025. Photo by Elliott Mazzola.
Home recording. Jan. 2025. Photo by Elliott Mazzola.
Recording studio, Jan. 2025. Photo by Elliott Mazzola.
When the kitty is exiled for recording. Sorry, Gorgeous! Jan. 2025. Photo by Elliott Mazzola.
Loved sharing the Tunesmith stage with two other phenomenal local composers, Seth Kinzie & Amy Fairchild. Enterprise, OR, Feb 2024. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.
Performing at Tunesmith, Wallowa Valley Music Alliance's songwriters in the round event, Feb 2024. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.
So honored by this packed & attentive crowd! The Range Rider, Enterprise, OR, Nov 2023. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.
Marika & Dani (The Fruit Snaxxx) performing at the Range Rider in Enterprise, OR, Nov 2023. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.
In an attempt to figure out how the heck to define my genre/music, we created the "Describe My Music" box. Enterprise, OR, Nov 2023. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.
Sweet, sweet, sweet note in the "Describe My Music" box from my friend DJ, who's been alongside this musical journey since it first began. <3 Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.
The merch table at my Nov 2023 Range Rider show included gay stickers for "People Like Us" local 2SLGBTQIA+ nonprofit, information on how to act in solidarity with Palestinian liberation, & the queer sex ed zine some folks were trying to get banned. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.
The Range Rider, Enterprise, OR, Nov 2023. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.
The Fruit Snaxxx's debut! The Range Rider, Enterprise, OR, Nov 2023. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.
Sun-kissed photo of the handmade flyer for my first hometown show at the Range Rider in Enterprise, OR (Nov 2023). Photo courtesy of Kyrie Weaver.
Carting the piano outside for the talent show at Strength for the Journey retreat for people living with HIV/AIDS at Suttle Lake United Methodist Camp (Summer 2023)
A lovely concert at Strength for the Journey retreat for people living with HIV/AIDS at Suttle Lake United Methodist Camp with composer Marek Harris (Summer 2023)
Schmoozing with Dani before my first hometown show, at the Range Rider in Enterprise, OR, Nov 2023. Photo courtesy of Roger Averbeck.
Playing at the top of the world! Aka the top of Mt. Howard Tramway at the head of Wallowa Lake, OR, 8150 ft! (Summer 2023)
Dani giving my keyboard the hugs & love it righteously deserves, Mt. Howard Tramway, Summer 2023
Performing at 8150 ft at the top of Mt. Howard Tramway! (Summer 2023)
Carting the keyboard literally up the tram in a gondola to play on top of the world! Summer 2023, Mt. Howard Tramway, OR
Cover art for my first single, "Waiting"
Performing at White Horse Black Mountain, Black Mountain, NC
White Horse Black Mountain, Black Mountain, NC
White Horse Black Mountain, Black Mountain, NC
Playing for a fundraiser for the BLOCK off Biltmore, Asheville, NC
Singing trad jazz with the Gravyhouse Storytellers, Asheville, NC
Singing at the Asheville Songwriters Association's Winter Round Robin, Fairview, NC
Sweet sharing time, New Year's Eve, 2019, Asheville, NC
Sweet sharing time, New Year's Eve, 2019, Asheville, NC
A wonderful time performing with friends, old and new, at the Sly Grog Lounge, Asheville, NC
The stage at Asheville Music Hall...right before I won 2nd Place in the 2017 Brown Bag Songwriting Contest! Asheville, NC
While studying abroad in Pune, India, I joined a drumming ensemble...
...became known for playing a drum called the dhol...
...made so many friends I came back to play with the ensemble again in 2016...
...learned how to dance dhwaj (flag) as well as play the dhol...
...and had the time of my life participating in the Ganapati Festival, Pune, India
There's no place like home, Joseph, OR
A house show at my father's house on my very own piano, Joseph, OR
Exploring the pipe organs of the Eastern Seaboard, New York, NY
My Moller pipe organ, Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Asheville, NC
Recording session for the WNC Original Music podcast, before the lights went out, Fairview, NC
Recording session for the WNC Original Music podcast, after the lights went out, Fairview, NC
Interview with Ron Taylor of the WNC Original Music podcast, in the dark of the May 2018 three-week rainstorm, Fairview, NC