"Camp is very entertaining, and they say we'll have more fun if it stops raining..." - while this might be the attitude that some kids harbor about roughing it at summer camp, this is not true of happy camper Vicky Pratt Keating. She emerged from her wilderness adventures with thrilling memories and haunting impressions that shaped her future inclinations. Born and raised in the urban wilderness of Washington, D.C., her childhood summers were spent deep in the more esoteric wilds of Appalachia, and at a southwestern Virginia camp. Here she found mysteriously intriguing elements that left her forever changed. Surrounded by the captivating enchantment of nature, Indian legends and lore, Keating found wisdom and enlightenment. Round the campfire Keating discovered the music of The Doors, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell; and she discovered the direction that she wanted to take with her life. What eventually evolved from these mystic campsite revelations was an imaginative and fanciful acoustic pop disposition. Along the way, Keating merged some rock and roll into her folksy camp perspective expanding her total panorama and creating her own radiant and luminous musical landscape. Now a resident of her beloved Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia, Keating recently recorded a debut album Blue Apples. The 14-song CD is filled with touching heartfelt vistas which she hopes will share her goals of finding "anything that has a transformational quality." Poetic, evocative and haunting, Keating looks to the promise of the new year after an intense 1995 of near constant touring.