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Music To Our Ears from page 43

On tour with Yamin are Paris
was on tour with Jewel, I was playing
Bennett, Bucky Covington, Chris
as a duo with a keyboard player. This
Daughtry, Taylor Hicks, Mandisa,
time, I'm with a full.band."
Katharine McPhee, Kellie Pickier, Lisa
The new recording, released in July,
Tucker and Ace Young, and they all add is titled Bird on a Wire in honor
to the show-biz feeling that is very dif- of her late uncle, folksinger Aaron
ferent from his life in Richmond, Va.
Lightman. He made a 1969 recording
"I've wanted to be a performer since illustrated with the image her album
I was 6 years old, but I never really
title conveys.
had the drive to pursue it 100 percent
One song, "Better," was written for
until I went to try out for the show:'
Lightman's sister, who was pregnant
says Yamin, whose most recent job was with a son, and projects what the
bagging prescriptions at a pharmacy.
new mom will say to the newborn.
"I gigged around town with a couple "Good Find" has to do with discover-
of local jazz bands but wasn't consis-
ing something special in the midst of
tent. I also recorded demos and did
monotony.
some parody songs for a syndicated
"All the songs are about me and dif-
morning show."
ferent facets of my personality;' says
Yamin, partially deaf in one ear
Lightman, whose own favorite singers
and fighting diabetes, auditioned for
include Motown legends Stevie Wonder
American Idol at the urging of family and Aretha Franklin. "Every song is dif-
and friends. Although he did not come ferent and has its own influence:'
out on top, he seems to have touched
Lightman, who grew up outside
many people and has agreed to be a
- Philadelphia, started to train her voice
spokesman for the American Diabetes by joining choral groups. While work-
Association.
ing toward her degree in communica-
"The TV show recently raised the
tions at the University of Wisconsin,
age limit, and I figured I wasn't getting she started appearing in jazz clubs and
any younger:' says Yamin, who enjoys
worked in Bangkok for a few months.
strumming a guitar, playing basketball
After teaching herself guitar during
and watching movies. "I never real-
her college years, Lightman began writ-
ized how far it could take me. I was
ing songs. With graduation behind her,
confident in my ability and talent,
she moved to New York, where she circu-
but the support I got was an absolute
lated a demo and found management.
surprise."
"I recently did a show at a JCC
Yamin finds touring much more
in New Jersey," says Lightman, who
relaxing than appearing as a television attended a Jewish summer camp. "I
talent contestant. The judges and cam- think that Judaism for my family has
eras made for lots of tense moments.
been a series of traditions."
"I want to hone my skills on the
Although Lightman- has appeared at
road and become a better performer:'
a South Carolina music festival with
says Yamin, who turned to cousin and
Train, she didn't have a chance to get
rock producer Josh Abraham for man- to know the band's members. She
agement advice. "I want to perform as
hopes the upcoming concert will pro-
long as my body, mind and spirit can
vide more time for that.
-
do it."
"My album is in stores now:' says
the singer-songwriter, whose boy-
Bright Light
friend works in the management side
Toby Lightman, becoming known for
of show business. "I'm very excited
her acoustic rock and soulful vocals,
that the recording is out."
visits Michigan
Tuesday, Aug. 15, for
the second time this
summer. Earlier, she
appeared with Jewel
and Rob Thomas.
"I'll be perform-
ing songs off my
old (2004's Little
Things) and new
records," says
Lightman, 28, who,
Singer-songwriter
in other years, trav-
Toby Lightman opens
eled throughout the
the show for Train at
state as she enlarged
Meadow Brook Music
her career. "When I
Festival.

