As the special touring correspondent Marié will be keeping a blog of her adventures on the tour. Here are her entries for the first 3 stops in Portland, Seattle and San Francisco!

Day 1 of Lilith Fair – Portland, Oregon !

So today was my very first day joining the Lilith Fair!
We pulled up to the venue pretty early in the morning. There were rows and rows of buses, all filled with sleeping musicians and crew members.
I saw A Fine Frenzy come out of her bus and play catch with her band mates.. it was quite neat with the backdrop of the all the fields and tall trees here in Oregon.
I have to admit, I was a bit nervous about today.. it being my first day on tour and knowing that I’ll be doing double duty for all of it! (I’ll be performing and interviewing!)
I did a 30 minute performance on the B stage and couldn’t believe that everyone stuck around despite the rain which went from a little shower to a near downpour.
Not only did they stick around, I didn’t even see a single umbrella in sight, everyone had their heavy duty rain jackets ready to go.
I’m such a typical L.A girl, I don’t even own a rain jacket !
Later on in the day, I caught all of Colbie Caillat’s set. Two of my good friends are playing in her band and they sounded killer.
Colbie’s got such a soothing voice and her laid back beachy songs remind me of home.
I ended my first day on Lilith with an interview with an upcoming artist named Lucy Schwartz and another acoustic performance in the ABC tent.
It’s only 9:45pm and I’m already exhausted and ready for bed. Tomorrow : It’s Seattle !! and figure out bus situation day

Goodnight,

Marié

Day 2 Lilith Fair – The Gorge, Washington

Day 2 of Lilith Fair – The Gorge in Washington Hands down, this is the most beautiful venue I’ve ever been to in my life. I tried taking videos and pictures but I don’t think anything will do justice for how breathtaking the scenery is. The main stage is literally set on the edge of a cliff overlooking a huge damn and mountains in the distance. I’m still getting the hang of everything on this tour – The most important mission of the day is always to find catering first .. That’s where I usually end up spending most of my day. The food on this tour is insane!! It’s going to be hard not to stuff myself on a daily basis when there’s full catering all day long. I played the B stage again today as well as the ABC music lounge. The special guest in the lounge today was Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (my label mate on Hollywood Records !). I’m sure the interview with her will be up in a day or so! She rocked some killer 4 inch heels all day long, walking huge hills from stage to stage at this venue, very impressive. The highlight by far was watching Sheryl Crow from the side of the stage. Sheryl’s been one of my biggest musical idols and to be on the same touring festival with her is truly surreal. She gets hotter with age, what is her secret ?!! I love that you can bump elbows with such huge musicians on a festival like this. Sarah Mclachlan too is so warm and kind.. it’s very humbling to be around such talent. It makes me inspired to write songs of the same caliber that people want to get married to, to fall in love to, to cry to.. Anyway, the night is not yet over, I’m going to check out Sarah’s set !! She usually does a finale song with all of the artists but I think I’m too shy to go up. We’ll see what happens Goodnight, Marié

Day 3 Lilith Fair – San Francisco !

Day 3 of Lilith Fair in San Francisco was another beautiful day… I think everyone on the crew felt refreshed and clean after a day off for 4th of July! The layout for this venue was like a giant horseshoe with the Village stage on one end, the ABC stage on the other and the main stage in the middle. Since I had missed The Submarines in Washington, I was determined to watch them today (their last day on Lilith). They opened up the day on the ABC stage and played some of my favorites including You, Me and the Bourgeoisie – made famous by the Apple commercial ! I played the ABC music lounge tent, which is quickly starting to feel like home base for me on the Lilith Fair. I absolutely love the people who attend Lilith. They are so open to finding out about new artists and are really genuine music fans. I’ve had such an amazing experience meeting people after my performances.. every age, nationality, gender.. Everyone is welcome here. Unfortunately, I missed some of the main stage newcomers like Heart and The Bangles because I wasn’t feeling very well But from what I hear, they absolutely rocked the house.. Also new to the lineup was Miranda Lambert. I hope some of the newer artists will play a few more dates so I can check out their sets. Next up is San Diego.. I’m sure it’ll a be a hot one !! For now, goodnight Marié

Hello, Digbyholics!  How are you all?  :)

Well, in case you haven’t seen it yet, Marié uploaded a new video to take us behind the scenes of making her latest album, Breathing Underwater.  As you will see, aside from serious business, there was still time to goof around and show that its okay to be a dork.  Haha!  Enjoy!  :)

Potential Boyfriend Digbyholic Backfire

Hey hey hey Digbyholics!

So it’s time for another one of my MDD stories…

Like my other story, once again this one happened at my university.  I’m sitting in a library reading my Genetics textbook with my notes spread all over a table meant for 4 people (trying to looking as cool as ever, which might I add was a fail).  One second though, I’ll give you a little flash back here.

There’s this guy that I’ve been crushing on for almost a year.  Of course he has no idea and I don’t think I’ll be telling him anytime soon : P Well we’ve been talking for quite a while, but when the next semester started we started to see each other more often and hang out more.  I would get to school about 2 hours early to study, little something called being productive.   So one day he found out where I usually end up studying and he began showing up more and more often in the morning until it became an everyday ritual to come and sit with me while I did my studying before I went to my first class.

Okay well back to my story.  While I was reading, I was listening to Marie on my Ipod and because I was so into my reading, I didn’t realize that he was sitting beside me already.  I felt something/one tugging on my earphone and I turn around and smiled…

Him:  You seem busy? Haha.

Nicole:  Yeaaa, Genetics…you know how it is. Haha. How about you? How was your class?

Him: It was alright. Prof actually got stuff done today.  So are you listening to?

Nicole: Marie Digby… wanna hear?

Him: Sure! (I give him my earphones and he flips through her songs as I continue reading)

Nicole: How is it? (He nods his head with a smile on his face) Yea? Listen to this… I love this song (I change it)

Him: Whats the title of this song?

Nicole: Avalanche…

Him: I see. So are we still going to (insert our friend’s name here)’s place later? I’ll drive then I could most likely drive you home after that.

Nicole: K.. whatever works.

So we go to our friend’s house after school and have a great time… The next day the same routine happened, except when I got up to go to class…

Him: (gets up) Nicole! Wait! Have something to tell you!

(Here I am having a total adrenaline rush and an ‘oh my gosh, oh my gosh what’s he gonna tell/ask me?!’ moment because you all obviously have an idea of what I wanted him to ask me )

Nicole: Yea? What’s that? (trying so hard to keep my cool)

Him: I downloaded Marie Digby’s Unfold and Breathing Underwater Albums last night!! Awesome stuff she’s got! Thanks for telling me about her!

(Way to kill an adrenaline rush, dude.)

Nicole: Ha… no problem….she’s great right?

Him: Awesome

Nicole:  (‘pffft…’)

Lesson learned from this story, it’s easy to spread the love, but easier to spread MDD. Whether if we’re young or old, or whether we’re ‘crushable’ classmates or not

True Story!

Signing off.   *Nicole*

Oh by the way, hopefully all you guys have gotten the opportunity to read my previous story “Butch Little Fan Boy”.  Thanks to all who did and for the wonderful feedback!  <3

Butch Little Fan Boy

Hey there Digbyholics!

It’s story telling time! So what’s Life like as a Digbyholic? Well from my point of view, I’ve had some experiences here and there that I’d like to share with you folks.  Here we GO!

By this time in University final exam time was again just around the corner.  Everyone’s busy cramming in every single crevice of the library that I usually study at.  This forces me to go study in another building, one that I’ve never studied in yet.  I find a nice spot in this other building.  A nice open, space with a huge table I can use all to myself.  I sit down and try to get my ‘study face’ on.  I have the tendency to listen to music when I’m studying so I set up my laptop and plug in my earphones.  After a few hours or so, I decided to take a break from studying, look up Marie Digby videos and I pull up her “That Should Be Me” cover on Youtube.  In the middle of this, a punk looking, built guy, give or take over 6 feet tall… walks up behind me and says something to me.  I couldn’t hear him so I took out my earphone and asked him to repeat himself.  Our conversation went a little something like this.

Guy: Is that Marie Digby? [Whispering]

Nicole: Yes? [a little weirded out]

Guy: Man I love her! Is that a new cover?!  I don’t remember seeing that one!!

Nicole:  Kind of?

{By this time, I was laughing on the inside.  Is this guy serious?  Another Marie Digby fan?!  Sweet!}

Guy: Can I listen too?

Nicole: Sure?

{Scared that he’d do something if I didn’t let him 0_0 Keep in mind this guy was a very big guy…}

He sits down, takes an earphone out of my hand, and listens to Marie do her thing. He began to bob his head and hum along quietly.  When the song ended he gives me back my ear piece and says…

Guy: Hah! She actually made Justin Bieber look okay for once…  Thanks for letting me listen. Didn’t think I’d find other Marie fans around here.  Name’s (insert name here) by the way.

Nicole: Nicole.

Guy: You should hit me up here when her next cover comes out though. I really liked that one.

Nicole: Haha…… ha. Kay?

Guy: Well I gotta run. Peace.

I guess I’ll leave it at that for now.  We all know how Marie becomes a part of our lives and how MDD has the tendency to spread. Whether if we’re young or old, or whether we’re scary built guys or not

True Story! 

Signing off.    *Nicole*

Hello fellow Digbyholics!  We just wanted to take the time to say a really big THANK YOU to all of you for choosing Digbyholics.com as your all things Marié Digby source!  Today, according to our flag counter, we just hit over 100,000 visitors!  Yeah!  To everyone who helped us out by sending us Marié Digby news going on in their country, to everyone who participated in our fan collaboration videos, to everyone who participated in our “Confessions of a Digbyholic” segment, to everyone who let us post their Marié Digby videos and pictures, to everyone who has sent us nice comments…THANK YOU so much!  You see, Digbyholics.com is a fan site run by fans, for fans!  In other words, Digbyholics.com wouldn’t be as awesome if it weren’t for all of you as well, so THANK YOU!  Your support really means a lot to us, and we will try to do our best to continue and keep you all updated with the latest Marié Digby news!  Let’s continue to show our support and  love for our favorite role model!   

AND because you have all been so awesome, our good friend, George, sent us an interview video from Causecast of what Marié thinks the word “peace” means.  Also, another good friend of ours and admin of mariedigby.org, Claire, put together the bits and pieces of the new song that Marié shared in her “How I Write a Song” video, which may be called “This Life.”  We thought that it would be interesting to hear the new song put together. 

Enjoy the videos and stay awesome Digbyholics!  <3

“What Does Peace Mean?”

“This Life”