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Maura Shaftoe

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Unfoldings

Reflections from a wandering heart. Stillness, quiet turns, and the art of choosing

May 24, 2026

Press Play

On a long road trip with my son, we decided to listen to every artist on his iPod. No skipping. That Ipod had all the things I thought were essential listening for a young adult of a certain age, some…

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Apr 5, 2026

When a Song Waits

Rarely have I experienced the mythical download of a song in under 3 minutes that walked through the door of a half remembered dream completely finished.

My process is far more fractured than that. I write while walking, sing melody…

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Mar 1, 2026

The Inheritance of Resolve

I can still hear my mum using the phrase “steel hand in a velvet glove.”

I always took if to mean resolve delivered with compassion.

The opposite of the tough/ marshmallow.

Internal steel is not brittle or cold or unforgiving…

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Feb 1, 2026

Solid Ground

Right now, things feel like emotional archeology. And that emotional archeology feels like noise, and not beautiful noise.

Like a strident undercurrent.

It’s feeling hard to make sense of the world.

As an artist, self doubt seems to come with…

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Jan 5, 2026

The Return

The return

I’m back in the studio recording songs I’ve been writing and co-writing for what seems like a millennia.

We had every intention of being here sooner.

The stars weren’t in alignment, for a while there, it felt like…

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Nov 20, 2025

The intersection of music and money

My music career is a creative outlet, a labour of love, a way of putting my life in order, a requirement as important as breathing.

It’s also a job creator.

Every time I send an e-transfer to a studio, a…

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Oct 11, 2025

When the dark starts calling your name

Ever feel that?

The dark.

Like you don't have the heart you normally have.

The compassion.

The loving kindness.

The patience.

The forgiveness.

The whatever it takes to be a better human.

That the dark is calling your name.

That…

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Mar 2, 2025

A Road Worth Walking

Easy to feel unsteady these days.

Or untethered.

For reasons beyond our control.

I wrote a song years ago for my mum primarily. 

" I often wondered what you waited for.

Forgiveness or a chance to find release

A thousand…

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May 13, 2024

Leaving Behind

It takes something to create.

To create enough space that something flies, flows or slithers in.

At times, dragged in.

Find the right or mostly right.

Convince yourself to put it out in the world.

Be heard or not.

Be…

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Jul 3, 2022

We do What We Do

I was going through some old promo, articles, show posters.

In the days when I was singing jazz. I am hoping my enthusiasm made up for a lot.

It's not what I do anymore, although it still…

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