UNDER THE RESTLESS SKIES of LONDON

My inner thoughts are beginning to have a British accent...time to come back to the States.

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I first went to Portobello Road Market. I've had this vision of this magical place my whole life from the film "Bedknobs and Broomsticks"...in which the family flies their magical bed to this hidden gypsy market down a dark alley to retrieve a spell book. I believe the lyric is "Anything and everything a chap can unload..." and I bought everything they were unloading.

If you ever go, you must try this incredible little cafe, hidden just off the road...it's called "Charlie's" (link below). I had chicken celery soup, and coffee...just in case you were wondering. Oh yes, and words with the very cute waiter. This damn accent makes everyone appealing.

After staying WAY too long, I limped to the edge of the Thames River, to The Tower of London. I spent um, ABSOLUTELY ALL DAY there. I have attempted to get in several times before, first discovering it when I toured the UK years ago. I never had the time to get in, but today I was determined to brave the crowds.After standing in line for an hour, getting trampled on by an overly excited/spoiled Italian redheaded kid, I was granted access to this 1,000 year old fortress. I proceeded to get ABSOLUTELY LOST in the history of it. Everyone around me faded away, I literally do not remember any people at all...and when it was over, I had to take a while and get back into myself.

I was face to face with the Crown Jewels Collection...the jewels of the royal family dating back to the 1400s. I climbed winding staircases, so small you had to trudgesingle file...to enter rooms at the top where imprisoned traitors and (innocents alike) carved their names and stories into the stone walls as they awaited their executions. I sat alone in the bedchamber, in which the rulers as far back as the thirteenth century slept. I stood on the spot where Anne Boleyn was beheaded (and many others)...and stared across the grass to the room where she spent both her wedding coronation night, AND the night before her execution only THREE years later. There is a great deal you realize about life when you're staring up at an ancient building like that...

By now it was dark and freezing, and I walked across The Tower Bridge as I headed to The Old Vic for the comedy "Noises Off". I stepped into a very fancy place across the street, and had the most delicious tortellini with prawns. I enjoyed a heaping basket of bread and olives, to find out later they charged an extra two pounds for it...so I emptied what was left into my pockets and hurried out. (You think I'd really do that?). I must say, I've had my fill of taking myself out on dates for QUITE a while.

The show was hilarious, and I was incredibly overcome with emotion at being where my favourite actors carved their careers. Photos line the lobby of Richard Burton, Lawrence Olivier, Vivien Leigh and Claire Bloom on the VERY stage I was seeing. If that won't bring you to your knees out of gratitude for your chosen work, nothing will.

I ended the night by telling an Englishman at the bar that Brits SUCK at coffee...and he told me "We do tea, YOU do coffee...and you can't do tea for SHIT". I gave him that, and came home to make a cup of tea.

*MARKET...http://www.portobellomarket.org/

*CAFE...www.CharliesPortobelloRoadCafe.co.uk

*TOWER...http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon

*THEATRE...http://www.oldvictheatre.com/

AND WRITTEN ON THE TOWER OF LONDON'S EXECUTION SLAB MEMORIAL...

"Gentle visitor pause awhile, where you stand death cut away the light of many days. Here jeweled names were broken from the vivid thread of life. May they rest in peace while we walk the generations around their strife and courage under these restless skies."

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LOVE AFFAIR WITH LONDON

I wore myself out around London today. I was sad to leave my family in the countryside, but determined to get in and go to my places. I decided on this trip not to take any pictures. I usually document everything, and I miss the experience in the moment because I am too focused on capturing it to share later. SO, not one real picture from my adventures today.

I came into London on the train, and after quickly dropping my bags at a friend's flat, I went straight to "Fortnum & Mason" tea sellers, the most luxurious in the world...and of course they supply the Queen. The store was recommended to me by my acting teacher Gloria Gifford, a woman who LOVES beauty above all...and this place was HEAVEN...four floors of specialty teas, porcelain, crystal and sweets.

I spent all my day's money, and I'm going back tomorrow...I need a few more things.

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I then made it over to Trafalgar Square, to "St. Martin in the Fields" church to see Romanian pianist VICTOR NICOARA give a concert. He was fantastic, and younger than me!

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Then I walked along the Thames River for hours, and ended up at The National Theatre to see a play called "Grief"...also fantastic.

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And to top off my theatre date with...myself...I walked home across the huge bridge that overlooks The House of Parliament.

Another full day tomorrow, all recorded simply in my own memory. Toss our damn technology and try it.

http://www.fortnumandmason.com/

http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/

http://www.stmartin-in-the-fields.org/jserv/concerts/index.jsp

THE UNFORGETTABLE BARBARA ORBISON

I have not been able to write about this until now, as it is a big loss for myself, my family, and people all over the world. Barbara Orbison passed away on December 6th. Barbara was an intensely inspirational woman, and has done a great deal for me in my music and personal life. She has always taken full care of me in Nashville, TN...where I have penned most of my current songs with her writers. My song "So I Fall" I wrote with Liz Rose, the incredible writer she mentions in this video...Liz did in fact win the Grammy for Taylor this last year. Barbara came to many of my concerts, and included my Roy Orbison cover song on his tribute album. (available on iTunes...http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/not-alone-anymore/id312549518?i=312549752)

Aside from work, Barbara and I had many beautiful talks about very personal issues, and she was a great help to me in making sense of my own young mind. I know I am still not fully recovered from the pain of losing her this week, and so this post is rather short. But I wanted to share this video...a lesson to us all to DO EVERYTHING THAT'S IN OUR HEART...BECAUSE WE CAN.

LIZ ROSE WINNING GRAMMY...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NORKCAKP7c

with whom I wrote...

SO I FALL VIDEO...http://youtu.be/35J-3kWoDTI

In which I was wearing...

PRETTY WOMAN PERFUME...http://prettywomanperfume.com/

...ALL BECAUSE OF THE ONE, THE UNFORGETTABLE BARBARA ORBISON.

I LOVE YOU

"LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL TODAY" documentary short

For those of you who missed this documentary...

MY SONG RECORDED BY CZECH ARTIST

I wrote this song with Rune Westberg...great to hear it recorded in Czech, by the beautiful Marketa Konvickova...

THANKSGIVING

"Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire, if you did, what would there be to look forward to? Be thankful when you don’t know something, for it gives you the opportunity to learn. Be thankful for the difficult times. During those times you grow. Be thankful for your limitations, because they give you opportunities for improvement. Be thankful for each new challenge, because it will build your strength and character. Be thankful for your mistakes. They will teach you valuable lessons. Be thankful when you’re tired and weary, because it means you’ve made a difference. It is easy to be thankful for the good things. A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are also thankful for the setbacks. GRATITUDE can turn a negative into a positive. Find a way to be thankful for your troubles and they can become your blessings."

— Unknown

They are not long, the days of wine and roses. Out of a misty dream our path emerges for awhile...then closes within a dream.

-The Days of Wine and Roses

LATE NIGHT OBSESSION

I could not be any more obsessed with this song tonight...

FALL FOR YOU w SECONDHAND SERENADE

A few years ago, I was in the grocery store and heard this song playing...the original radio version. I stopped walking, and stood still, just listening with my mouth open. I thought it was the most beautiful song, and I had no idea who it was. Soon I heard it again on the radio, and found out it was John Vesely, of the band Secondhand Serenade.

At the time, I was working on MTV's "Rock The Cradle"...and we were able to choose our own song one week, to sing on the show. I knew I HAD to sing this song, so I tracked John down and called him on the phone. He had no idea who I was, and talked to me while he smoked a cigarette outside his tour bus. He agreed to my request, and I sang the song at the piano the next week on TV...for 1.3 million people.

Not long after that, I was in New York on tour, as was John. He invited me to come out to his studio and sing on the new acoustic release of the song...which is this version. SO from standing in the grocery store, to your ears now, this was an ironic journey.

Follow your instincts and go for what you want

MIRACLES in GRATITUDE

The sun rises in the morning and sets at night not because of it's "nature" but because the Light of the Creator gives it energy to do so. Viewing nature as the manifestation of the Light of the Creator helps you see that miracles are not a departure from nature. Everything is a miracle.

EACH DAY, RECOGNIZE ONE THING YOU APPRECIATE IN LIFE. DARK THOUGHTS GET BLOWN OUT BY THE LIGHT OF ABUNDANCE AND GRATITUDE.

TOGETHER FOR ALL TIME with TAYLOR LOCKE

So many songs randomly recorded for the joy of it...here's one with the incredibly talented rockstar Taylor Locke

SONG of the DAY-HANG WITH ME

Have an inspired & passionate day!

Love fully - tell the truth - take a risk - tell someone what they mean to you - tell someone what's been bothering you - blast your favorite song - create something - accept yourself

SHOPGIRL; On Love

"Some nights alone, he thinks of her. And some nights alone, she thinks of him. Some nights these thoughts occur at the same moment, and they are connected without ever knowing it."

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"As he watches her walk away, he feels a loss. How is it possible, he thinks, to miss a woman whom he kept at a distance so that when she was gone, he would not miss her? Only then does he realize that wanting a part of her but not all of her had hurt them both. And now he cannot justify his actions, except that well, it was life."

-Shopgirl

THE DAY AFTER YOU

I wrote this in Nashville with Tommy Lee James. I am recording it for my new album. Enjoy.

FAREWELL STEVE JOBS

"Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on."

-STEVE JOBS (1955-2011)

30 MINUTE INVESTMENT IN YOURSELF

Take 30 minutes to unwind and nourish your Soul! This is an extremely powerful lecture by Michael Berg.

TIME FOR ME TO FLY (cover)

Original song by REO SPEEDWAGON.

My Brother Spencer gets yelled at a lot for having insects in the house

This is SO stupid. Good times at home...

MUSICAL OBSESSION OF THE DAY

You know I love you, but I just can't take this...OOOOOOOHH

YES PLEASE

Material World Miracles

Thursday August 25, 2011


Miracles in the material world are preceded by miraculous changes in your own character because physical reality and human nature are intimately connected.

Creating extraordinary transformations within allows the universe to externally express this inner change.

Ignite the power of miracles today. Free yourself from selfishness, hatred and self-pity.

*www.Twitter.com/YehudaBerg

For any questions or inquiries about this tune up or Kabbalah in general, please email support@kabbalah.com

THE LONGER THEY NO, THE HARDER THEY YES

Thank you Gloria Gifford for this gem

TONIGHT'S OBSESSION

VIRTUAL CONCERT!

http://vimeo.com/27634520

Above is the link to the BackBEAT demo I did for the company...I am doing a full virtual concert within a few weeks on their site, check for the show date/time and tune in!

4 am Poetry...'Dark Night of the Soul'

My Official '1882' Music Video

*This video has many personal touches, including my Grandfather's real WWII letters home (in the beach scene) and my Grandmother's wedding ring.

SPECIAL THANKS to Colin Owens, Jesika Miller, Mary & Lane Weitzman, Ashley Stapleton, Rachel Loftin, and Grace Recor...you made this video possible.

'1882' EP AVAILABLE ON ITUNES AUGUST 15, 2011

'I Like Andrew' for THE ART OF ELYSIUM

This song was written by a little girl in the hospital...myself, the Actors, film makers, and musician Chris Price contributed to creating this video and recording...it was debuted at 'The Art of Elysium's' last function. Bravo Brianna!

'SO I FALL' MUSIC VIDEO FROM MY DEBUT EP!!

Here it is, the FIRST OF FIVE videos from my debut ep...Thank you JON DANOVIC for creating it and appearing in it with me! And thanks to my hot and talented band-Nick, John, Chris, and Sal.

(Ep and videos available on itunes within a few weeks)

ONE MORE TRY by George Michael (COVER)

A POEM

Loving you is impossible, because you're you and I'm me

If I were paper you'd be the scissors that cut me to shreds

But why am I the victim?

why don't I send you peace and erase your number?

Or better yet, change my number and skip town

Either way, I would still think about you and cringe every time I see scissors

-Lucy Walsh

ELIZABETH TAYLOR TRIBUTE

Yes, I'm in an Elizabeth Taylor phase. This tribute by Paul Newman brought me to tears, I think its very emotional and beautiful

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FILL YOUR SPACE WITH PASSION

My friend/fellow artist Jesika and I are settled into our new home...and it is bursting with creativity. Exactly the home environment we were both craving. I've added many touches to make this space mine. Surrounded by my favorite things, it takes alot to get me out of the house these days! I really feel a bedside table is essential to healthy living...it should bepeaceful and inspiring to you. On mine, I have a picture of Ama (The Hugging Saint), as well as my crystal light, a book I'm reading, and a journal.

My room is also filled with my oldest books, and my favorite pieces of art.

While I'm making music upstairs, Jesika is painting her next masterpiece downstairs. We are still close enough that we can share stories and laugh.

Her art is already filling the walls of our place, the latest one of Johnny Depp's lady.

And of course, the meditation center...where my Zohar is displayed under Buddha...positive energy for the room.

I'd love to hear about your home space and how you fill it with your passions...tweet me at www.Twitter.com/TheLucyWalsh

xo
FOR MORE OF JESIKA'S ART...www.Jesika.me

CAN YOU SEE ME IN THIS 'FIVE FOR FIGHTING' VIDEO?

I appeared in Five For Fighting's music video for the hit song '100 Years'...I just came across it online. The way it happened was really cool, one of my proud accomplishments. I had never heard the song, and a musician friend of mine named Ryan Cabrera gave it to me one day and said 'You should learn how to play this!' I sat all night in my room playing the song, I loved it so much. LITERALLY the next day, my manager called with an audition...to be in the video...and we had to play the song in the audition. TALK ABOUT BEING PREPARED. So I went, along with 200 other actors. We all had to get up one at a time and play the song on camera, in front of the entire group. Everyone had sheet music, except me. When it was my turn, I walked up and sat at the piano. The casting director said 'Where's your sheet music?' and I said 'I don't need it.' I closed my eyes and went for it...and booked the job. The shoot was a blast, except for the fact that I had to be strapped into a harness and climb 25 feet up a tree...which was terrifying. BUT, when there are 40 crew guys on the ground waiting for you, you just gotta do it. John Ondrasnik is an amazing musician, and I was so happy to be a part of his beautiful video. ENJOY

Lucy Walsh SINGING Runner Runner

SUNDAY BACKYARD SINGING

Me and Taylor Locke singing Chris Price's 'Suicide'...these guys are insanely good musicians and we always ask each other to sing on different projects. Between the two of them, they play in ROONEY, THE ROUGHS, and PRICE.

Singing at SONOMA COUNTY FAIR

Found this old video of me singing 'Lullaby' at the Sonoma County Fair last year. I had enough funnel cake that day to last me all year.

CAMILLE PAGLIA's PLAYBOY INTERVIEW

I was turned onto this brilliant writer named Camille Paglia, and I love this interview she did for Playboy. Now ladies, don't get your panties in a bunch over what she has to say about feminism...I personally love her stance. Take ten minutes and read!

PLAYBOY: Do you support the men's movement?

PAGLIA: I think it's absolutely necessary. It's no coincidence that Tim Allen's book is vying with the Pope's for the top of the best-seller lists. He is one of the voices of men who are looking to define masculinity in this age. Robert Bly does this, too. We have allowed the sexual debate to be defined by women, and that's not right. Men must speak, and speak in their own voices, not voices coerced by feminist moralists. Warren Farrell, in The Myth of Male Power, points out how much propaganda has infiltrated the culture. For example, he says that the assertion that women earn so much less than men is bullshit. The reason women earn less than men is that women don't

want the dirty jobs. They aren't picking up the garbage, taking the janitorial jobs and so on. They aren't taking the sales commission jobs that require you to work all night and on weekends. Most women like clean, safe offices, which is why they are still secretaries. They don't want to get too dirty. Also, women want offices to be nice, happy places. What bullshit. The women's movement is rooted in the belief that we don't even need men. All it will take is one natural disaster to prove how wrong that is. Then, the only thing holding this culture together will be masculine men of the working class. The cultural elite--women and men--will be pleading for the plumbers and the construction workers. We are such a parasitic class.

I began to realize this in the Seventies when I thought women could do it on their own. But then something would go wrong with my car and I'd have to go to the men. Men would stop, men would lift up the hood, more men would come with a truck and take the car to a place where there were other men who would call other men who would arrive with parts. I saw how feminism was completely removed from this reality.

I also learned something from the men at the garage. At Bennington, I would go to a faculty meeting and be aware that everyone hated me. The men were appalled by a strong, loud woman. But I went to this auto shop and the men there thought I was cute. "Oh, there's that Professor Paglia from the college." The real men, men who work on cars, find me cute. They are not frightened by me, no matter how loud I am. But the men at the college were terrified because they are eunuchs, and I threatened every goddamned one of them.

PLAYBOY: Do you think that feminism is antisexual?

PAGLIA: The problem with America is that there's too little sex, not too much. The more our instincts are repressed, the more we need sex, pornography and all that. The problem is that feminists have taken over with their attempts to inhibit sex. We have a serious testosterone problem in this country.

PLAYBOY: Caused by what?

PAGLIA: It's a mess out there. Men are suspicious of women's intentions. Feminism has crippled them. They don't know when to make a pass. If they do make a pass, they don't know if they're going to end up in court.

PLAYBOY: Is that why you've been so critical about the growing number 6f sexual harassment cases?

PAGLIA: Yes, though I believe in moderate sexual harassment guidelines. But you can't the Stalinist situation we have in America right now, where any neurotic woman can make any stupid charge and destroy a man's reputation. If there is evidence of false accusation, the accuser should be expelled. Similarly, a woman who falsely accuses a man of rape should be sent to jail. My definition of sexual harassment is specific. It is only sexual harassment--by a man or a woman--if it is quid pro quo. That is, if someone says, "You must do this or I'm going to do that"--for instance, fire you. And whereas touching is sexual harassment, speech is not. I am militant on this. Words must remain free. The solution to speech is that women must signal the level of their tolerance--women are all different. Some are very bawdy.

PLAYBOY: What, about women who are easily offended and too scared or intimidated to speak up?

PAGLIA: Too bad. You must develop the verbal tools to counter offensive language. That s life. Feminism has created a privileged, white middle class of girls who claim they're victims because they want to preserve their bourgeois decorum and passivity.

PLAYBOY: You're expecting girls to stand up for themselves in a culture that discourages them from doing just that?

PAGLIA: That's right. We must examine the degree to which we coddle middle-class girls. There is something sick about it. The girls I see on campuses are often innocuous, with completely homogenized personalities, miserable, anorexic and bulimic. The feminist movement teaches them that it's men's fault, but it isn't. These girls go out into the world as heiresses of all the affluence in the universe. They are the most pampered and most affluent girls on the globe. So stop complaining about men. You're getting all the rewards that come with the nice-girl persona you've chosen. When you get into trouble and you're batting your eyes and someone is offending you and you are too nice to deal with it, that's a choice. Assess your persona. Realize the degree to which your niceness may invoke people to say lewd and pornographic things to you--sometimes to violate your niceness. The more you blush, the more people want to do it. Understand your part of it and learn to parry. Sex talk is a game. The girls in the Sixties loved it. If you don't want some professor to call you honey, tell him.

'The Girls' on Hollywood Blvd

After my concert at Hard Rock last week, my best friends and I stood on the Blvd to watch for my billboard. We even cheered with some enthusiastic tourists across the street...good times. Watch.

JESIKA MILLER: ARTIST

Between music, acting, books, and art, my new household is bursting through the rafters with artistic activity. My roomate JESIKA MILLER is an incredible artist. Over steaming cups of coffee this morning, she showed me her art website and I am so blown away I had to pass it onto you. These paintings, drawings and mixed-media sculptures are alive with emotion and personality...each one a world of its own. Jesika's art has sold all over town, and she is always creating new pieces and working by personal commission. I am lucky enough to have her pieces up in our house until they disappear one by one to lucky buyers like yourselves...get into Jesika's art and learn more about her right now at the link below!

http://www.wix.com/jesikamiller/jesika-website

Monologue

Do not be alarmed, this is not real. It is an acting monologue. It is the character of 'Kim'...played by Anne Hathoway in the film 'Rachel Getting Married'

Enjoy. xx

Walsh Dazzles The Hard Rock Cafe in Hollywood

Walsh Dazzles The Hard Rock Cafe in Hollywood

'Dream A Little Dream Of Me'

Messed around in rehearsal with this song, played it last week at my Hard Rock concert...enjoy.

FACE TO FACE

Yesterday I took my keyboard and spent time with a teenager battling a serious illness. When I got there, she was very unresponsive...cold, detached and quiet. I played my own music for awhile, and kept asking her to play for me...after several tries, I finally got her to take the piano and play. SHE WAS BETTER THAN ME! She played the most beautiful classical pieces, and with more feeling than I've heard many performers. She completely came alive with energy. We played for an hour, and by the time I left, she was bright-eyed, singing, and asking me to come for another musical visit.

I left the visit so inspired that I am still beaming. What a change I had seen! What beautiful music had come out of this girl, one who at first seemed uninspired. It was such a powerful experience, for us both.

Then last night I headed to a charity event for a children's hospital. It was held at a club-type venue, with a red carpet and gifting lounge for celebrities. Fun...entertaining...but does it have anything to do REALLY with getting face-to-face with someone in need? Listen, I am all for charity events, etc...but I do have an issue with people's shallow intentions. Most people head to these 'Charity Events' for the gift bag, for the red carpet, never digging into what real charity is. I have experienced this shallow intent for years in Los Angeles, and have even been guilty of it in the past. But let me tell you, there is nothing more powerful or SIMPLE than getting face to face with someone in need, and lifting their soul. Is it scary to see people suffering? Sure! Is it uncomfortable to care about a strangers life? SURE! But after just a moment, it is the most natural thing you've ever done. THIS is real work that will change you. THIS is what matters. Don't lie to yourself and say you do charity work by making appearances.

By all means, go to your parties, your fundraising galas with the amazing gifts and red carpet photo opps. But remember, that is NOT the meat of helping people. It is easier than you think to reach someone on a personal level...one-on-one. Whether its reading to an elderly person, coloring with a child, or playing a song for someone, the opportunities are all around you. I've even included some links at the bottom of the page to help you get started.

GO SHARE YOUR LIGHT.

http://www.theartofelysium.org

http://www.sfk.org

http://www.bluecross.org.uk/

BEHIND THE SCENES GRAMMY DAY!

I did a segment for the E! Red Carpet GRAMMY Pre Sow...and of course filmed behind he scenes for you. Enjoy.

YOU HAVE A GENIUS

Dear friends, this video was sent to me by a good friend, after she saw me perform a few nights ago. She said she was totally lost in the performance, and that it reminded her of this talk that Liz Gilbert gave. I did myself a favor and took 20 minutes to watch it, I hope you take a timeout and do the same.

It made me smile and cry to hear what she says about what 'happens' to different artists when they create their art...I thought of my own process. When I write a song, the song swirls above my head in a dense, furious cloud. Its up to me to reach up and snatch the pieces down. That is how its always been, every time. There, my secret revealed. What 'happens' to you?

WATCH WATCH WATCH and PASS IT ON.

BACK IN TIME studio video

I was in the studio all weekend finishing up my new ep, here's a video diary for you. Very Bohemian, don't you think? This is some of the piano on 'The Awakening'...can't wait for you to hear it next month!

'MY ONLY DRUG' at ROOM 5

I played a concert at Room 5 with my friend Taylor Locke and his band The Roughs. At the end of the night I got back up and sang with them. It was a packed house and we had a great time. Enjoy.