Claudia Russell admits to once having a "love/hate" relationship with California, until she found a home in Berkeley. But she loves the midwest too, and returns to her roots here annually to see Minnesota and Wisconsin in the summertime.

She and her husband, Bruce Kaplan, visited us over a year ago when Claudia had a bad head cold. So she's back to do a "make good" performance. They produced a new live CD recently and are touring in support of that, and stopped in the Morning Show studio to play a few tunes.

Songs performed: "Ready to Receive," "Oh California," and "Stars"