Rise with Resilience & Resourcefulness Blog

Inspiration, touring, traveling adventures, and a hub for all Tony Memmel news. Spend some time in these pages and leave with stories and insights to encourage you and strengthen you as you go through your day.

May 5, 2019

Ministry

These local businesses and community members generously sponsored our school visits in McMinnville, TN this week PLEASE READ. THIS IS...

May 2, 2019

A Prince’s Palace and a Youth Palace

Elarji = Cheeeese … we had this for lunch. A cornmeal and cheese dish (similar to polenta), but so much cheesier, and therefore, so, so...

May 1, 2019

“Here’s a toast to… wait… who?”

Selfie time! A great concert with local Gori youth The rain streaked across the backseat car window, as I looked out over rolling green...

Apr 26, 2019

Tako and Gigi, and Two Different Days

Post-show selfie at Tbilisi State Medical University Tako and Gigi met us at our hotel to go over our itinerary for the week. Tako, local...

Apr 25, 2019

Georgia (the country) On My Mind

Hello, Georgia! This is going to be tough… Georgia has left an impact on me that’ll be hard to relay to you. I haven’t processed it all,...

Apr 24, 2019

Flash Mob at the Roman Theatre in Amman, Jordan

MUST SEE!! We toured the 1800+ year old, 6,000-seat Roman Theatre in Amman, Jordan, and brought some instruments along to play. FUN...

Apr 21, 2019

Two New Uncles

Beautiful Persian rugs in Azerbaijan Our final day in Azerbaijan was a day trip to the American Corner in Salyan. Not far from the...

Apr 21, 2019

Easter in the Holy Land

Easter in the air Happy Easter! I’m flying in the skies over Georgia, and in a few hours I’ll land in Dubai before making it to Amman,...

Apr 18, 2019

A Tar Solo

Selfie with friends at the vocational rehab center The morning was cool and clear, and our van pulled up to the gate of a campus in a...

Apr 16, 2019

“Easy-Peasy-Lemon-Squeezy”

Khachmaz, Azerbaijan Our first road trip of the tour was to a town called Khachmaz. It was about 2.5 hours by car. After leaving the high...

Apr 14, 2019

TV, American Center, and the Mall

A view of Baku and The Caspian Sea Early Tuesday morning, our team picked us up in a van to make our way to the ATV TV station. We were...

Apr 13, 2019

An American Band’s First Days in Baku

The night sky over Georgia Our van is on the way south to a city called Salyan. Out my window to the left is the Caspian Sea, and oil...

Apr 9, 2019

NEW ALBUM! – “This One’s For The Kids”

Our BRAND NEW ALBUM, “This One’s For The Kids,” is available NOW! EXCITING NEWS!! We released a BRAND NEW ALBUM today! “This One’s For...

Apr 6, 2019

Three countries. Three weeks. And a Trio abroad.

We just hit cruising altitude on our first of three flights in the next 24 hours. Tennessee looks green and pretty, and the warm sun...

Apr 2, 2019

SPECIAL STORY AND A BRAND NEW SONG!

I co-wrote this piece with the students at Huntley Elementary School in Appleton, WI, during my recent Artist Residency there. After...

Apr 1, 2019

A Three Country Tour!

HUGE NEWS! I’m headed out on tour to three countries this April! Tony Memmel and His Band are incredibly honored to be representing the...

Mar 9, 2019

Nashville TV News Feature

It was great seeing my Lucky Fin friend, Willem! We made the news! Nashville ‘s WSMV (Channel 4) did a really nice piece on my work in...

Mar 3, 2019

Big news from our family

Photo by Alison Weakley Hard work is a pillar of the message that I bring when I have opportunities to speak and share music around the...

Feb 7, 2019

A Word of Encouragement

To my Lucky Fin Friends who’ve had a hard week in the face of adversity, having been called “deformed” (and a number of other grievances...

Jan 14, 2019

Wisconsin Public Radio Feature

Artist-In-Residence at Crestwood Elementary – Madison, WI (Photo by Brad Kolberg- WPR) Exciting news! Wisconsin Public Radio featured a...