Have you heard? We’ll be in Vienna, VA on Friday, April 24th!

“Every day you can create a moment of rest by daydreaming.”-Tricia Hershey, the Nap Bishop.

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35 years! And we’re still here, thanks to you. Read the rest: thenields.substack.com

Mary Oliver.

Enrollment is open for the next session of the Welcome Table Chorus! Thanks to all who came out to support The Center for New Americans and Jewish Family Services at our sold-out March 31st show at Bombyx. If you love to sing, join us (rehearsals start Tue, 4/7). nerissanields.com (click on CHORUS)

Special thanks to Rick at KZE for chatting with Nerissa about this Saturday's Nields show at The Buttonball Barn. Hope to see you there, friends!

We had such fun! Thanks to my spring retreaters for a lovely weekend of writing and to John W. Ballantine for summing up the experience. Join us next time - single days and/or full weekends now on sale at nerissanields.com

For our concert tomorrow at the Bombyx, we've hired some ringers: Ben Demerath on mandolin and Alison Eldredge on violin will be joining our own Jonathan Blocksam on cello. The show is a benefit for Center for New Americans and Jewish Family Service. Don't miss it!

“My eye caught something shiny at the stump of the rosebush, the one that used to climb twelve feet high against the side of Little Blue. I bent to examine it-a clear piece of plastic such as you would find over a pack of gum—harder than cellophane, softer…” Read more: nerissanields.substack.com

Visit our substack for news, shows and some really fun pictures! Oh, and please make plans to come see us in South Egremont, MA and Vienna, VA. We can't wait. thenields.substack.com

I’m so thrilled that two of the poems I wrote for 30 Poems in November have been published in Synkroniciti’s “Audacity” issue - and I’m in good company!  Congratulations to all of the contributing writers. Get the issue: synkroniciti.com/the-magazine...

In case you missed The Nields singing in the @DailyAntidoteofSong, you can still sing along here:

March 31st at Bombyx in Florence, MA: Join the Welcome Table Chorus (created/directed by Nerissa and Katryna Nields) for a gorgeous evening of music to benefit Center for New Americans and Jewish Family Service.

Nestled right in the middle of the week is my midday Wednesday writing workshop, where all genres are welcomed and magic happens on the regular. Meet your muse here in Little Blue!

Why do guitars crack in the winter, or THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MOISTURE IN MASSACHUSETTS FOR THIS PRINCESS OF A GUITAR!!! Also, A couple of spots have opened in my Wednesday afternoon writing group. Meeting 12:30-2:30pm from late March to the end of May. DM for more info.

Wow. Are we really here again?

Come see us in NYC or Philly this weekend, and get the rest of the news (including more SHOWS) at thenields.substack.com. Photo by Carly Rae Photo.

Can't wait to play City Vineyard in NYC this Saturday! Plus the food is delicious.

What an absolute joy to play with High Tea at Passim on Saturday night to a sold-out crowd! Finding joy and resistance wherever we can.

The Welcome Table Chorus

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Join our fabulous Welcome Table Chorus for a show at Bombyx on 3/31 to raise funds for both The Center for New Americans &Jewish Family Service. Our last show was such fun (see these clips) and we can't wait to be in Florence, MA together again for another wonderful evening of music. Come on out!

Start spreading the news! The Nields are at City Vineyard in NYC on March 7th!

March 20-22! nerissanields.com

Happy Ash Wed, Nields, fans! We're heading to Passim in Cambridge with High Tea on Saturday Feb. 28, then to NYC at City Vineyard on Sat. March 7. Finally landing with @Wheelzielives at 118 North in Wayne, PA. See you at the shows!

Looking for a tiny nudge to get you writing every weekday? We've got you.

Here’s a clip from Best Black Dress from our show last Saturday. That’s William Chalfant on lead guitar and Wes Chalfant on bass! Nate Mondschein on drums holding us all together. Video c/o @Grantsullivan

video by Carly Rae Photos!

Scenes from backstage at the Iron Horse before our show last weekend

Art’s purpose is to interrogate as well as entertain; like good religion, to comfort the troubled and to trouble the comfortable, even in a fascist regime. I don’t know the intricacies of the law or how to effectively debate. I cannot do anything… read the rest: nerissanields.substack.com

I don't know what I would do without my chorus. Thanks to Joeli Hettler for teaching us this song. And to Dane Kuttler for "Hold On," another one we are learning in Welcome Table Chorus. #mpls