"Waterdance is one of those albums that come along once in a lifetime.
There are not enough positive words to describe it and nothing negative, that can be said.
It's EXCELLENT!"
--Patrick Servanton, France.

"A soulful blend of blues, country
and great songwriting."
--John Nelissen, President of the Dutch Country DJ Association

"I must say I really like Waterdance, it makes me almost walk on water."
--Tobias Hultqvist, Radio City97 and Smalands Country Club, Sweden.

The "WATERDANCE" CD is available here.

Junk Cars

"Car Talk" the nationally syndicated radio talk show featured on all NPR (National Public Radio) stations is going to use Tanya's new single, JUNK CARS, on their show. "Car Talk" airs 10:00 a.m Saturdays on NPR, other airings and information can be found at www.cartalk.com

Suspect Angel

During a time in my life when I was feeling very alone and not very positive about my marriage or my career, a friend, whom I barely knew, appeared with a kind word and some desperately needed encouragemnt. It had a tremendous impact on me at the time and I was inspired to begin writing Suspect Angel. I didn't finish this song until three years later when another friend, who had an enormous impact on my life and future, inspired its completion.
This song is also dedicated to a very, very special woman who practically raised me and was with my family for twenty years. She truly was an earth angel in spirit, deed and example.

Somewhere In Time

Every year in the fall, I try to take a trailride with my horses in the Great Smokey Mountain National Park. I consider it a spiritual sabbatical, a time to reflect on my life, and very often it has been a time to evaluate my hopes and dreams and the way I have endeavored to bring them to fruition. Quite often, through the years, I found myself happily there alone and always fantasized that someday I would meet the man of my dreams on a remote mountain trail, who would instantly recognize me for his long lost love from another time and place.
This song evolved over two years of trail rides and in the original ending, I never was found by this mysterious lover, however, I became convinced that perhaps the ending could take a turn for the better. When we began working on the album, it occurred to me that this song, with yet a few more edits, would make a smashing duet...enter Jim Peterick (Survivor) and hopefully the rest will make history.

I'm Already Gone

Sometimes art precedes life. Some say we create our own reality. I'm still searching for the truth about these speculations, but this song could make a convincing argument for the latter. I penned this song with the help of a mega talented man named Johnny Neal, a true soul survivor.

Posse's (Paying off the Sheriff)

This is a true story (as true as I dare tell), about growing up in East Tennessee. Everytime I go home now, I get more material for the song from folks who knew this colorful character and who spent a lot of great times in his "joint".

Slow Burn

Here is a story about taking risks with your heart and the consequences if you don't.

Time Will Tell

Most of this song was written while riding on the back of a Harley Davidson down the Natchez Trace Parkway between Nashville, Tennessee and Tupelo, Mississippi. It was a time when I dared myself to dream the impossible dream; and it came true!

Bad Things You Do

This is dedicated to all of the schoolgirl crushes on all of the jerks that didn't deserve them.

Some Kinda Spark

I know that I'm not the only person who has noticed that trying to sneak a peak at someone in another car is almost always met with discovery no matter how subtle one tries to be. I thought this phenomenon deserved some recognition.

Samantha (Don't Make Me Beg)

Once a upon a time in the back of the Nashville Scene (a local Nashville, Tennessee publication), I read a simple plea from some heartbroken fellow...it said (you guessed it), "Samantha don't make me beg"; that was it, simple and in bold letters. I thought "what a title", then I thought, "I'm female, how am I going to write this one?" So I put the idea away on the back burner for a few years but kept kicking it around and then as it usually happens, once again, life, in black and white reality, showed me the way.

Long Distance Heartache

I could write an entire novel on this subject...a mini-series...a full-length motion picture! I settled for a song.