Terri Hendrix is The Spiritual Kind

Terri Hendrix is The Spiritual Kind
New Album Releases August 28

Nashville, Tenn. – On August 28, San Marcos, TX-based singer/songwriter Terri Hendrix shows her spiritual side on an all-new album. The Spiritual Kind, her 10th — and current — release, reveals her constant evolution of spirit and art.

Produced by long-time friend and mentor Lloyd Maines (Terri Allen, Dixie Chicks), this album is an exploration through new music avenues, a journey that Terri attributes in large part to the motivation she gets from Maines to dig even deeper into her creative well. “Lloyd demands excellence,” says Terri. “And when you're constantly put in a position where you have to be at a certain level for things to fly, I think it makes you better.”

Terri's raw talent is exposed in its most natural form on The Spiritual Kind, making it unquestionably her best album to date. On it, she sheds (though never permanently) her harmonica neophyte reputation and embraces her hard-core inner harpist. “What intrigues me about the harp is that it can sound like so many things: a voice, a fiddle, an accordion, even percussion.” Her solos on songs like, “No Love in Texas,” and the Jimmy Driftwood cover, “What is the Color of the Soul,” showcase her passion and desire to master what Terri describes as a “complex, beautiful instrument.”

The rest of the album displays Terri’s growing self-confidence, like a blossoming flower reaching past the garden gate to explore the world beyond. Each song runs the gamut from folk to pop to blues to jazz all the while casually carrying off the “anything goes” eclecticism that is typically saved for her live shows. “The idea was to venture into new territory,” says Terri. “There's not one song on here that has a pattern that we've done before.”

Terri’s foray into uncharted waters is most evident on “Jim Thorpe's Blues,” a song written for and about the Native American athlete who was stripped of his 1912 Olympic medal in a racially driven decision. The song, which comes later in the record, vibes with social awareness and a heated desire to change the very injustices that still plague the world today. “For me, that's really what makes this record different,” says Hendrix. “It's about awareness, and it’s about a tribute to the things and people that too often go overlooked,” like Lloyd Maines’ body of work and her dear friend, the late philanthropist and musician Marion Williamson, who passed away of cancer in 1997. “Acre of Land” is a tribute to Williamson, who taught Terri to play guitar in exchange for a little help on Williamson’s goat-milking farm. Terri credits Williamson with instilling in her the will and confidence to make a go at the music business, consequently creating one of the most successful DIY music careers to date.

Hendrix taps into her soulful side on the album’s title track, “The Spiritual Kind.” The song was written about an old cross that Lloyd Maines found and gave to Terri. This little cross became a peace symbol of sorts, bringing her comfort as she faced one of the most difficult times in her life — being diagnosed with epilepsy. “I feel I have had epilepsy my whole life but was diagnosed with it in 1993,” says Terri. “I kept it hidden till 2003. It was then that I faced the music and began a life-long plan to keep myself healthy and face the illness.”

Terri shares her cross with her fans who are struggling, hoping that it will serve as a source of strength and peace for them as it did for her. The only catch: the power of that cross must be ever shared and passed on. “Spiritual people have always inspired me,” says Hendrix. “I try to be one myself — it’s a work in progress.” Currently, Terri’s cross is with a woman battling cancer.

Beyond her music, Terri continues to reach out to and inspire her fans through “Goatnotes,” her blog whose name is an affectionate throwback to her days on Williamson's farm. Terri shares her heart through her journals, showing others that absolutely anyone can do any thing when they work hard and dream even harder. With all of her heart in every self-produced record, it's Terri’s fans that keep her soul full. “The music has let me be part of my fans' lives,” says Hendrix, “and that is my true reward.”

In addition to recording and performing, Hendrix shares her creative spirit with the students in her “Life's a Song” workshops, a program she conducts periodically with Maines. Each session, all of which are consistently sold out, exposes songwriters and musicians of all levels to a positive, non-critical and creative atmosphere for a weekend. “We brainstorm, write, go on dolphin tours, walk on the beach and play lots and lots of music!” Each student also gets a Hendrix-penned booklet called, “The Part That Ain't Art,” an introspective look into the music business — warts and all — from this true industry veteran.

Terri's spiritual flame is ignited by the friends and mentors surrounding her, and it is fanned by the songs that branch off of that very foundation. The Spiritual Kind guarantees a diverse journey pausing only briefly to reflect on the beauty that life brings. And, then the journey continues.

The Spiritual Kind is available August 28 in stores and online at terrihendrix.com and other music hotspots.

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Terri Hendrix's Website

The Spritual Kind - Song by Song

The Spiritual Kind - Bio

Tour Dates:

8/10/2007 Mucky Duck Houston, TX
8/11/2007 Music at the Gap Concert Series Copperas Cove, TX
8/14/2007 Santa Fe Bandstand Santa Fe, NM
8/16/2007 Old Blinking Light El Prado, NM
8/21/2007 Tavern on the Gruene New Braunfels, TX
8/24/2007 Casbeer‘s San Antonio, TX
8/25/2007 Third Coast Music Port Aransas, TX
8/28/2007 Waterloo Records & Video Austin, TX
8/31/2007 Nutty Brown Cafe Austin, TX
9/7/2007 Six String Concert Series Columbus, OH
9/8/2007 Black Swamp Arts Festival - Main Stage Bowling Green, OH
9/15/2007 Front Porch Concert Series Boulder, CO
9/16/2007 Friends Concert Series Colorado Springs, CO
9/20/2007 Steve's Guitars Carbondale, CO
9/22/2007 Lake City Wine and Music Festival Lake City, CO
9/28/2007 McDavid Studio Arts Center Fort Worth, TX
9/29/2007 Texas Nights Concerts Friendswood, TX
10/4/2007 Tommy Alverson's 10th Family Gathering Music Festival Meridian, TX
10/5/2007 SOLD OUT: "Life's a Song" Workshop Weekend Port Aransas, TX
10/6/2007 SOLD OUT: "Life's a Song" Workshop Weekend Port Aransas, TX
10/7/2007 SOLD OUT: "Life's a Song" Workshop Weekend Port Aransas, TX
10/12/2007 SOLD OUT: "Life's a Song" Workshop Weekend Port Aransas, TX
10/13/2007 SOLD OUT: "Life's a Song" Workshop Weekend Port Aransas, TX
10/14/2007 SOLD OUT: "Life's a Song" Workshop Weekend Port Aransas, TX
10/20/2007 The Woodlands Amphitheater Woodlands, TX
10/27/2007 Camp Street Cafe Crockett, TX
11/1/2007 Coffee Gallery Backstage Altadena, CA
11/2/2007 Acoustic San Diego San Diego, CA
11/3/2007 Concert Series Pleasant Hill, CA
11/9/2007 Studio E Sebastopol, CA
11/10/2007 Santa Rosa Concerts Santa Rosa, CA
11/16/2007 Uncle Calvin’s Coffeehouse Dallas, TX
11/17/2007 Cactus Cafe Austin, TX