I'm having loads of fun doing choral arranging-- currently I'm doing a suite of choral arrangements of 5-6 songs from 13 WOMEN. The first one, “A Wave That Rocks Me”, was performed by the Zia Singers three weeks ago…

The Zia Singers musical director John Tiranno and I did several fun interviews to get the word out about "Voices of Life, Voices of Light", our winter concerts happening Jan 10/11th here in Santa Fe. My piece "A Wave That…

A couple of years ago my composer friend Kristina Olsen dared me to do a choral arrangement of one of my songs. Eventually I did, and then she dared me to pitch it to John Tiranno, the director of…

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.

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 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…

I drove into Bend a year ago on Oct. 22, 2021, following Tom who drove a 26' truck with all our stuff. I was happily listening to KPOV, the very cool eclectic community radio station here. So it's fitting that…

In the past four months I sold my home in Nashville, temporarily moved to Berkeley to be near my father and fix up his house, bought a home in Bend, OR, and drove all of my stuff across the country…

Spring is coming, vaccines are happening, and life is feeling a bit lighter these days.I'm happy to announce that the new album is out, please go the 13 Women page for music samples and lots of info on all the…

I was listening to David Wilcox' incredible song "Chet Baker's Unsung Swan Song" and it inspired me to create a new Spotify playlist. I filled it with one bummer song each from some of the greats: Joni, David Wilcox, Leonard…

There's much to do before the release of 13 Women, and since like most of you I'm still at home I'm sitting here doing it! Plus I've been playing all the songs to the dog we've been fostering, hoping that…