“Home Is Where The Heart Is” now available on all streaming platforms. Get it today: https://artists.landr.com/homeiswheretheheartis The video is dedicated to my mom, DeDe, who passed away in 2020, and features me playing guitar in a Los Angeles backyard where coincidentally Def Leppard recorded the music video for their song, “Now.” The video also features a few personal images of my mom and I together. The song is inspired by both the opportunities and struggles of having my heart in two places. When I used to hear the saying, ‘Home Is Where The Heart Is,’ I always thought it was a tacky phrase. But now I feel like I fully understand what it means, and it doesn’t feel so tacky to me. The catalyst for my transatlantic move was about meeting my wife 22 years ago and all the incredible energy one feels when you fall in love, but to add the same-sex marriage ban aspect to it, I ended up breaking a lot of hearts, namely my family, friends, and even my own because my heart always felt like it was in two places. The song has become an affirmation that my home is wherever I am. Each time I sing it, it takes a bit of the sting away because it reminds me that I’m home within myself. I hope this song will relate to anyone who is separated from the people they love.

"Slow Dancing" is now available on all Streaming Platforms. Here's a link if you would like to add it to your playlist: https://artists.landr.com/064837413747 Instead of making a big deal out of your next Friday night, why not stay home and slow dance with the one you love? I hope the song inspires you to remember that there are simple ways to keep love alive. I wrote the song after playing a gig of mostly linedance music all night. At the end, I played a few ballads. It was wonderful to see all of these ‘in love’ couples slow dancing to the songs I was singing. In fact, it was downright sexy. It made me miss my wife who was traveling thousands of miles away. Inspired by all the sexy people on the dance floor, I went home and wrote the lyrics while pining over my wife, who coincidentally does not like to slow dance. I guess you can say, I was fantasizing that she would come home from her trip and slow dance with me on a Friday night. The video features all kinds of 'in love' couples slow dancing. They reflect some of the couples I saw on the very night I was inspired to write the song. It was wonderful to see two women dancing together, younger and mature couples, trans couples, and hetero couples all on the same dance floor in this small town bar out in the countryside. It gave me hope to see that all kinds of different people can slow dance together under one roof. It was like a metaphorical rainbow roof dancing above all of our heads. I hope you enjoy it and I would love to hear your comments. I hope you might even want to get on my email list to find out about my next music releases by visiting: www.ritadelosangeles.com

Born and raised in California, I have wonderful memories of living there throughout my child and adulthood. I loved the blue skies, the beaches, the laid back life, the people, and the beauty of the Cali from my childhood. As I grew older, the Cali I loved changed. The skies turned brown from smog, the traffic got worse, the homeless problem escalated and crime skyrocketed. I moved in 2011, but I still miss my friends and family who remain. Each time I visit, I'm happy to be back but I also can't wait to leave. This song is about the contradiction of my feelings; the love/hate relationship I have with California. I hope you like the song and will add it to your Spotify or iTunes playlist.

Here I am performing with Hammond Organ extraordinaire, Bryan Davenport, from Oxford, England. We're playing as the Music Duo, The Blazing Cowboys, in the "Saloon" at Restaurant Lindenhof in Lindlar, Germany. Booking inquiries: www.ritadelosangeles.com

"Old Time Rock n Roll" Cover with new friends at the 2T Lindlar Brauerei in Lindlar, Germany in April 2023.

The Blazing Cowboys strike again with positivity! Rita on guitar, with Bryan Davenport on Lead Vocals & Hammond Organ... his signature cover that is always a crowd pleaser. The pub crowd always likes to sing and whistle along. Booking inquiries: www.ritadelosangeles.com

"Home Is Where The Heart Is" is a song I wrote in January 2022 about having my heart in two places... namely in California where I'm from and in Germany where I currently live. I performed this at Mad Mike's in Temecula, California on January 30, 2023.

"In The River" Acoustic Cover bei einer Taufe für die Evangelische Kirche Lindlar, August 2022.

I'm the lead singer and acoustic guitarist for a country rock band in Germany called Lonestar Rebels. This is a video montage of a few of our summer concerts playing the first song in our concert repertoire, "Welcome."