For a woman who thrives on jumping into the unknown with both feet, Vanessa Lively took an unusual approach to her new album, Uncovering Stones. She and her producer-husband, Jason, planned it practically down to the last note before stepping near a recording studio – which happened to be a room in their Austin home, tricked out for the occasion by co-producer/engineer Keith Gary. Vanessa even painted the album cover art beforehand – on 42 canvas squares she then sold individually to help fun...