Articles on Whippoorwillma (Veloura Caywood):
February 10-16, 2005 View Magazine article from Hamilton
February 3-9, 2005 Now Magazine article from Toronto

She was born in Kentucky and lived there until she was 10. It was during summers at her grandparents’ Lake Cumblerland cabin that she first heard the whippoorwill chanting its name repeatedly every night. As she chanted the name with this unseen bird, she felt a strange connection to it, like it was taking over her mind. Today, she fully believes she is related to this mysterious night bird that repeats it own name over and over as she is often heard nightly doing the same.
Her family moved to East Lansing, Michigan when her father scored the trumpet professorship at MSU. This is where she went to high school and university. She recently moved to Brantford, and this is where she lives now. She was in bands throughout high school such as E.L. teen angst legends Vulture Island and the less angsty Atlantis. She then became the singer in the short-lived Motorhead-style band The Endtimes. After being annoyed with hauling equipment around and frequently misplacing patch cords, mic stands, microphones and other electrical band necessities, she decided to have a go at playing acoustically. She had written songs throughout high school and university and wanted to play them for more people than just her dad and/or housemates. She released a self-titled CD under the name Veloura Caywood for the Lansing-based Isoxys Record label of four-track recordings made over a period of four years. It is lo-fi, melodic, sometimes funny and light and sometimes irritating or crazed. You can still buy this exciting CD from Isoxys Records or CD Baby.
Whippoorwillma has traveled alone in her car quite a bit and it is because of this that she has taught herself how to yodel (with the audio help of Canada’s yodelling champion, Shirley Field.) Many a day and night on the 401, 402, and 403, and/or on I-69 she could be heard yodelling out of the windows of her speeding 1987 Jeep Cherokee, named JP, far across the country side. After moving to Brantford, she became friends with Wylde Swanda, Darling Starling and Princess Peacock. With Canarian, who could easily be her sister-in-law, they started the Flamingo-gos. This is quite a refreshing and rewarding experience for Whippoorwillma because she has always loved playing with a band, being loud, singing, and especially this style of music, whatever you wanna call it. Also, with the charismatic Frank Brownfield, she has formed the duo known as Song-A-Oke. They are MC’s and will MC any party or show – sure to delight and amaze!
Personal interests include her car (JP), her cat (Venom), driving, recording, listening, singing, old country music, psychedelia, outsider music, horror movies (read some of her horror movies reviews, psychology, scavenging, old clothes, white wine and honest, shameless, fearless people. Musical interests include The Pandoras, Earthen Vessel, The Seeds, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, song poems, Rodd Keith, Bev Marie, Doo Rag, The Monkees, Michael Yonkers, Yahowa 13, Kenny Roberts (best yodeller ever), most 60’s psychedelic music, Transylvania 500, Gmugah and Red Swan.