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| 02.14.10 | Happy Hallmark Holiday, ladies and gents. I'm making some great strides with recording, having at least started all eleven songs that will be on the next album and having finished a new song called "To Coast" that will appear shortly on a charity compilation benefiting the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. I've also begun putting together a summer tour with Tricia Scully, so keep a close eye on the shows page, as one may appear soon in your neck of the woods. Lastly, be sure to come out to Cowboy Monkey on February 27th to catch me playing with a band responsible for one of my all-time favorite albums (The Lesser Birds of Paradise). But that's not all - you'll also have the pleasure of seeing Good Night & Good Morning and My Dear Alan Andrews (all for one easy payment of $5)! |
| 12.10.09 | Stephen Carradini has posted a new review of "Counter Intelligence" on Independent Clauses this month. Go check it out, and leave some feedback for goodness sake! |
| 11.25.09 | I've been added last-minute to a December 5th show at Champaign's Cowboy Monkey benefitting A Woman's Place, a domestic violence shelter that serves women and children in four counties in Central Illinois. Not only is it for a great cause, but the lineup ain't too shabby either: Tricia Scully, Darling Disarm, and Snowsera... If I make it through these next few weeks, I'm hoping to set aside some much-delayed recording time. |
| 09.02.09 | There are two things you should know: recording is at a stand-still, and I probably won't be able to play as many shows as I'd like to for a while. Viva la musica! |
| 07.28.09 | I have new t-shirts available! I advise you to pick one up, if only to have a shirt with a bison wearing a bowler hat and a monocle... On August 13th, I have a show at Chicago's Beat Kitchen. You can buy advance tickets here, which saves you two dollars and a whole bunch of grief on the day of the show when you're wondering whether or not to go... Keep an eye out for more information on the August 8th show at The Oasis in Grayslake. I'll be playing alongside some of my favorite acoustic musicians - don't miss it! |
| 07.05.09 | Last week's tour with Tricia and Steph went wonderfully, and now that I'm done with it (and since I'll be working full-time come August), I plan to record throughout July with an unwaivering fervor. I'm truly excited about this batch of songs... In other news, The Vinyl Experience, a wonderful new independent music podcast, has posted its second episode, which features some tunes from and an interview with yours truly. The show's creator, Roger, has been incredibly complimentary and supportive, and his words in the podcast are no exception. Roger does an excellent job selecting and showcasing music, so make sure to check out the first two episodes as well as any future episodes. You're bound to come across some great up-and-coming musicians. |
| 06.04.09 | Get out your calendars, music fans! Every night from June 22nd to June 27th, I’ll be playing shows with fellow acousticians Tricia Scully and Steph Plant. We’ll be kicking things off in St. Louis with John Krane, playing by the lake at Chicago’s Waterfront Cafe (but not before making our way over to John Davey’s West Lafayette residence), and then wrapping things up with a musical nightcap at Sleepy Creek Vineyards. Check out the complete list of shows here or on MySpace, and be sure to come on out if you want to hear some wonderful music! Also, if you're curious about how recording's going, it's going! |
| 04.26.09 | The academic year is winding down, and things couldn’t be busier. Aside from lesson planning and paper grading, I’ll be performing this Thursday at the Canopy Club as part of a benefit show for Invisible Conflicts and the Center for Women in Transition, covering a couple tunes at Exile on Main’s Bob Dylan Day on Sunday, and serenading attendees of an artist reception at the Springer Cultural Center the following Friday evening, which will showcase the work of Kristi Rae Wilson and Phyllis Rash Hughes. I also hope to start recording another full-length this summer. Woo! |
| 04.01.09 | Bad News Bears: My hard drive crashed (quite literally) and I lost all the data that I did not back up. Among these data were lyrics, demos, and photos, so I’m pretty upset with myself for not being more prudent. I also lost contact info for some of the people on my mailing list. Even though I barely send any updates as it is, I encourage you to either re-send me your info or become a Facebook “fan.” I won’t spam you too much, and I’ll try to refrain from sending you the April Fool’s worm as an attached file named “free song.” Enough with technology, though… There’s an awesome show set for this Friday night at the Red Herring. We’re talking So Long Forgotten, Good Night & Good Morning, and Casados, along with out-of-towners Glowfriends. I open at 8PM sharp. |
| 01.11.09 | To start off the new year right I'll be playing four different times in the C-U vicinity, all in January. On the 19th, I'll be performing live on WEFT Sessions, a performance that you can stream live at weft.org. On the 23rd, I'll be playing at the Red Herring with Sunset Stallion and Tall Tale's Tracey & Tricia. The 24th will find me in lovely Dewey, IL for an acoustic show with Todd Reese, John Davey, and Tricia Scully, among others. And last but not least, the 28th brings me to Canopy Club, where I'll be joining some C-U favorites in playing alongside Chicago's Joe Pug. If anything, don't miss Joe Pug... The moral of this post is that there's hardly an excuse for missing all four shows. |
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