That happened in June 2006. The reasons for it were not totally clear, but it felt in keeping with her obviously sensitive personality. Fears of her falling into the deep end of new age silliness proved unfounded, however. She did press on with fulfilling a lifestyle characterized by elements of hippie lore, but with a clarity of purpose and great care to fit it into the real world. Two cases in point: selling her music for no fixed price, leaving it up to customers to pay what (and even if) they wanted; and going on a "salon tour," leaving the organizing of the small-scale concerts to fans (thus sidestepping all commercial promotion to rely heavily on word of mouth), playing to audiences of 30 people at a time.
The salon world tour successfully took place during 2009 and 2010. Nevertheless, during her Issa years, Jane had continued regular touring in Canada and the U.S., all the while keeping the fans informed on the progress of her new recordings through her website. In late 2008 she released her first Issa album, Dragon Dreams, with the subtitle "The First of a Story Told in Three Parts." The second part duly arrived a year later, called With What Shall I Keep Warm? (both albums proving that she had lost nothing of her exquisite musical qualities over the years in between). The latter album, however, ended up being released with both names, Issa and Jane Siberry, on the front cover. Coming in the middle of the album trilogy, it might make for a bit of confusion, but in December 2009 Issa announced that she had returned to her former name of Jane Siberry officially in November, stating as the reason for it: "All I know is, 'It is time.'" ~ Alan Severa, Rovi
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