HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! WOW!!! 2011 is here! Hope your holiday season was full of good cheer!!!! Here’s to peace, joy, and rockin’ music all through the year!

I am very blessed to be making muse and music with a variety of womyn and ensembles around Northwest Arkansas. Among the most prolific is Big Bad Gina currently gearing up for our second recording project with Crisp Studios and headlining 3 festivals in 2011. Stay tuned! www.bigbadgina.com

Then the fabulous and funky, profound and punky duo that is Jorian Oxygen is claiming some gigs around Fayetteville and also scheming and plotting studio recordings of our Edgello compositions; that would be lyrics by Oxygen Edge and arranged by Jori Costello making use of our poetic license: “Edgello”! www.jorianoxygen.com

News of the Muse! My longtime musical merry-maker, live jukebox, “one more song” poster child, Niki O’Brien has moved to NWA and we’ll be carrying on our tradition of playing all the classic favs that have bonded us together going on 2 decades. So you’ll be hearing more about that! www.facebook.com/nikio’brien

And the topper, I will be combining all these wimmin and then some on my next solo recording project in the works. I am thrilled to be arranging some new songs and of course mixing up some old songs for my next and long overdue solo album, “Earth Tones”. And you’ll of course be in the know of all that. www.joricostello.com

And then be looking ahead to March for the 3rd Annual Fayetteville Goddess Festival. A 3 week long urban festival celebrating the Divine Feminine. This year’s theme is “Restoring the Balance”. The festival includes art, music, performance, theater, workshops, vendors, and YOU – if you would like to volunteer in any area for any amount of time, please contact: www.goddessfestival.com

Thanks for the love of the music! Shine your light!
Blessings to you ALL!