I can't say that I've ever done a show with a poet, dancers, a comedian, AND an improv group. I'm looking forward to this one! 

Tuesday July 30th, 7:00 PM at Santa Fe Improv 1

202 Parkway Drive #A SF, NM 87507

Advance tickets: https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/livearts-santa-fe/668347777594c4297c19a787/tickets

Me and Tom Manche post-gig at the late great Radio Cafe pre-pandemic. Feels like a million years ago. I'm looking forward to this gig, hosted by Ron Whitmore. Tom and I will trade songs for 90 minutes.

Here are the cool feet of cool bassist Chazz Frichtel as he played some very cool bass on tracks for my new album.

This is not a mouse being held up by super drummer Waldo LaTowsky. It's one of the many strange percussion instruments he brought to the studio when I told him I wanted weird percussion on the new album.

Tom's new studio is up and running here in Santa Fe--I just put down some guitar tracks for a new album. Nice to be recording again!

I've just moved to this beautiful town filled with creative lovely people. I'm walking distance to cafes, a river walk, buildings that are several centuries old, art galleries, and much more. I can't wait to explore this magical place. 

Once I'm settled I'll get back to recording my next album. I have piano and guitar down for most of the songs but had to take a break from production to pack up and move.

I had so much fun teaching and performing at California Coast Music Camp in the beautiful Carmel HIghlands. I taught songwriting and vocal style. I performed songs from 13 WOMEN and tried out a couple of new ones. I'm not sure what was more fun: playing piano in the rock band at the dance, sitting in on Stevie Coyle's fingerpicking class, or sitting in on Ami Molinelli's percussion class. It's fun to perform and teach but it's really fun to be a student. Next week I head to Circlesongs in SF to study with the legendary Bobby McFerrin.

Been thinking lately about good ways to practice voice, guitar and piano as I get in recording mode for my next album. This blog is spot on, whether you sing or play an instrument. 

I heard Portland poet Brittney Corrigan read some of her lovely poems from her new book Daughters recently. In it she "reimagines characters from mythology, folklore, fairy tales, and pop culture from the perspective of their daughters". For instance there's a poem written from the perspective of Bigfoot's daughter that's great. She talked about "persona writing" and I realized that's what I did when writing the songs for 13 WOMEN: I inhabited those amazing women for a while.

I moved to Bend over a year ago, but with the Omicron variant raging last winter and my father's passing last February it feels like I'm just getting started. I've been writing songs for a new album I'll record in 2023. Meanwhile I'd better learn to cross-country ski since it started snowing here on Halloween and is still at it.