A chance meeting at Northwest String Summit last year lead up to this week's guest, Karen Lasher, coming on No Simple Road. Karen is a music fan with a passion for helping the musical community bring the vibe and love of the music festival out into the world at large! We talk to Karen about her musical roots, her vision for the community that we all love so much, how to keep ourselves healthy throughout the season, what we can do to bring the vibe home with us, and a whole lot more!Become a Patron through Patreon.com - This is how you get involved in making sure we can continue bringing you conversations with artists and talking about the things that connect us as a Family! JOIN THE NO SIMPLE ROAD FAMILY!Leave us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you get NSR!***THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY THE AMAZING AND INCREDIBLE SHOP TOUR BUS & DEFYNE PREMIUM CANNABIS!!!!INTRO MUSIC BY AND USED WITH OUR GRATITUDE AND THE PERMISSION OF:ANDREW HENDRYXMARCO BENEVENTOCIRCLES AROUND THE SUNDid you know that music can accelerate child brain development and strengthen intellectual, emotional, and motor skills, as well as overall literacy? Bringing music into the classroom can help kids explore the mind-body connection and become comfortable with self-expression. Sadly, many children’s music programs are lacking in the resources they need to let kids explore this creative space. That's why Osiris is happy to partner with The Mockingbird Foundation. Founded in 1996, The Mockingbird Foundation is a volunteer-run non-profit organization dedicated to improving access to music education for America’s youth. Each year, the Foundation awards grants to dozens of music education programs, and funds those grants through a combination of fundraising, publishing, and the curation of Phish.net, one of the earliest Internet fan communities. Mockingbird is entirely volunteer, with no staff, no salaries, and no office - so every dollar really does make a difference in providing children’s music programs with the staffing, instruments, and support they need. The foundation gives over 100 - 150,000 dollars every year in grants. To donate or to learn more, visit mbird.org. That’s M-B-I-R-D - dot- orgNo Simple Road is part of OSIRIS MEDIA. Osiris is creating a community that connects people like you with podcasts and live experiences about artists and topics you love. To stay up to date on what we’re up to, visit our site and sign up for our newsletter. Osiris works in partnership with JamBase, which connects music fans with the music they love and empowers them to go see live music.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/nosimpleroad. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.