{"id":29,"date":"2026-11-04T21:01:44","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T21:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ginnymitchell.com\/staging\/?st-import=5703b44157b42b600703943e40791d1a"},"modified":"2026-11-06T16:31:22","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T16:31:22","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ginnymitchell.com\/staging\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"29\" class=\"elementor elementor-29\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af9412d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"af9412d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;tilt&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0,6V0h1000v100L0,6z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d39f74 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6d39f74\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da65723 elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"da65723\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tabout Ginny\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"display:block;max-width:860px;margin:28px auto 0;text-align:left;font-size:18px;line-height:1.75;color:#d6d2d4\">Santa Cruz singer-songwriter Ginny Mitchell began singing in a choir at age four. Her musical life has since taken her across Canada and the United States with a five-piece band and, more recently, across the U.S., including the Pacific Northwest, as a solo performer.<br><br>A national country music award early in her career helped launch a journey that includes appearances at the Kate Wolf Music Festival, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, Strawberry Music Festival, Sisters Folk Festival, and Nashville\u2019s Bluebird Cafe. Her music draws from country, folk, and Americana, with original songs alongside well-loved standards.<br><br>Her debut album, <em>A Wild Rose<\/em>, produced by Mark Schatz, featured B\u00e9la Fleck, Alison Krauss, and John Jorgenson. Her most recent release, <em>Just to Hear Your Voice<\/em>, pairs original songs with interpretations of classics such as \u201cStardust.\u201d<br><br>After years on the club circuit\u2014often playing five sets a night\u2014Ginny devoted a substantial chapter of her career to solo performances in hospitals and residential facilities for seniors and people with disabilities.<br><br>Alongside her solo work, she and longtime musical partner Patti Maxine have formed the Honky Tonk Angels, a country swing and boogie band. Ginny is now working on a new album featuring many new songs of her own, a song by her late dear friend, folk icon Mary McCaslin, and selected covers.<\/span><span style=\"display:block;max-width:700px;margin:42px auto;text-align:center\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ginnymitchell.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/9A0B3011-1691-43BC-A3B9-F2BE27C799D0_1_201_a.jpeg\" alt=\"Ginny Mitchell performing onstage with Peter Rowan\" width=\"1388\" height=\"1677\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;height:auto\"><span style=\"display:block;margin-top:12px;color:#bdb6bc;font-size:15px;line-height:1.6\">Onstage with Peter Rowan.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"display:block;max-width:860px;margin:48px auto 0;padding-top:32px;border-top:1px solid #443a42;text-align:left\"><span style=\"display:block;color:#bfa3b6;font-size:25px;margin-bottom:18px\">The first choir, age four<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ginnymitchell.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/716133CD-78A8-4CF8-BC04-5F49573D2768_4_5005_c.jpeg\" alt=\"Ginny Mitchell in her first choir at age four, second from the right in the back row\" width=\"664\" height=\"260\" style=\"display:block;width:100%;max-width:664px;height:auto;margin:0 auto 16px\"><span style=\"display:block;max-width:664px;margin:0 auto;color:#bdb6bc;font-size:15px;line-height:1.6\">Ginny is second from the right in the back row, beside her best friend Carolyn at the far right.<\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>about Ginny Santa Cruz singer-songwriter Ginny Mitchell began singing in a choir at age four. Her musical life has since taken her across Canada and the United States with a five-piece band and, more recently, across the U.S., including the Pacific Northwest, as a solo performer. 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