I wrote this song a few months ago. It’s another challenging guitar song. I am learning a lot about recording, but not enough. And mixing is its own quandary. My friend Laurie died 19 years ago yesterday. I lit a candle for her that night, as is, I heard, the Jewish custom. She understood the …
Last fall I visited the National Museum of African American History. I went back again in July. It’s an amazing museum, one of my favorites. So dense with artifacts and stories, and powerful emotion. It’s impossible to come to terms with even a small part of the stories of suffering, atrocity, and evil that slavery …
Every few months, and I wish it were move often, I sit with my dear friend Peter Berryman at what used to be Cafe Zoma, and we talk. Every conversation fills me with inspiration, recognition, wonder, and reflection. And lots of joy at the connection. One of our topics is music and songwriting. He said …