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UPCOMING SHOWS Wednesdays at Havana, New Hope, PA NJ STAGE - ISSUE 58 into lyrics the way that I can now. Those songs were very personal in a very sad way. I feel like this re- cord is my personal journey from Digging For Daylight dig that I was in and now, here I am today; yes, it’s still a personal journey, but it’s a much more positive one. It’s a journey that I have been proud to be on, and proud to change the negative things in my life and come to where I am today.” She credits her ability to move from writing in a more general way to a more personal style as some- thing learned from her favorite art- ists. One influence in particular is her husband who has written some of the most soul searching, person- al songs of any New Jersey artist in the last 20 years. All of her song- writing influences inspire her to be a better songwriter. She wants to give listeners the feeling Sheli gets when she listens to them - where every song hits home and means something to the listener. INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 68