I had a feeling that the Dixie Chicks might be a point at which your musical tastes overlapped with mine. I have 4 of their albums -- "Wide Open Spaces", "Fly", "Home" and "Taking the Long Way". I also have the DVD "An Evening with the Dixie Chicks Live from the Kodak Theatre". Great stuff!
"Jane" is going well. Today, I've finished work on the 18th chapter (2 more remain). If you'd like to see more of the book let me know.
Thanks for your lovely message, which I finally read in its entirety at work today. I'm afraid that there's no hurry about emailing me -- I am unlikely to be able to read my emails until at least the middle of next week!