Outside North End Studio before we played. It was one of those great crowds that starts out small and then multiplies during the songs in sort of a ghostly way until the room felt warm and full. Certainly plenty of learning going on as we come into a new place away from the dissonance of […]
Babies and mama’s milk, dads and coffee. Happy times! Nice to be in Brooklyn with our dear friends Gabe, Holly, and sweet Sadie Ella. We had a cool concert last night with some amazing other acts - Peter Gordon, Joy Askew, Christy and Emily, CerAmony - a wild and imaginative bill. Got to perform for […]
The music sounded good in a whole different way here in Lansdowne. It was liberating to let the instruments be unamplified, just the vocals. Bob Beach played some great harp (the blown kind) on Lamps, and the small room really allowed for some headroom in volume and some intimacy - songs like Without Fear really […]
Last night at the PSALM Salon, opening for Phil Roy (an amazing guy, song-maker and singer). The guy Jamey who runs the place is likewise a magic dude, plays mean blues bass (including with John Lee Hooker), builds gorgeous mic preamps, talks music and Sufism. Tom Waits loves Phil and said about him, "enjoy the […]
We felt well welcomed by the whole community in Harrisonburg. Kirk, Kris, Abi, and Sofia (pictured here) made us some amazing pancakes. The Mennonite community is so great- Ted and Sue were great hosts, and the boys from Steel Wheels made us remember what we love about A) Original Americana, B) good heavy metal (thanks […]
Here we were of a hot fall night, yesterday - definitely not in Kansas anymore! The moon on its way up over the Mississippi, us crossing over and asking safe passage, forbearance, lightness even. Reflecting on our own new river-crossing song, even as the river itself reflected things strangely and seemed to be going in […]
The Wine and Music Festival was a sweet thing - met some lovely people, loved the music of Moors & McCumber, Russ Chapman, Sweet Sunny South, and danced our little fannies off to Buckner Funk 'n Jazz (see Facebook)! It's always energizing and affirming to be with our people up in this sacred-yet-irreverent corner of […]
It takes something on the supernatural axis to make a really good room for music, and Wildwood Sounds in Del Norte, CO has it. We had such fun bringing music there this Friday - the room sounds uncannily good. An auspicious start to our tour, connecting to the songline, the story, and the people…
Yesterday I took my dear daughter to dance class - the type of big-girl class where parents aren't meant to be in the room. Out in the foyer the parents were yackin' it up, and I found myself in a conversation with two of the other dads which was growing political and heated. I felt […]