Songs: Ohia’s seminal record Didn’t It Rain was just reissued by Secretly Canadian. We didn’t know that was going to happen when Seth Vanek and I got together to plan ourpart of You, Me, Them, Everybody’s Important Records. the result is that we sang Two Blue Lights and Blue Chicago Moon and Seth talked beautifully … Continued
Brandon Weatherbee wrote some super smart stuff about Steve Albini, and being a music fan in the post-label age. You can read it here, and see video of some great performances that Brandon curated, including Seth Vanek and myself covering Blue Chicago Moon by Songs:Ohio while I keep my eyes resolutely closed.
The People’s Climate March is all about the love, coalition building, and a way forward through the morass of politics. Here’s my essay for Tikkun Daily about the march, and about my favorite part, the Paper Boats project.
Jennifer Pastiloff was kind enough to publish my essay, The Way of the Backer, about the perils of Kickstarter on her site, The Manifest Station. I got to go deep about making art, and asking for money. And it was pretty restorative.
February is gonna have a joyful noise, me and some of the Joni crew, plus vibes, opening for Thomas Comerford at Martyrs’. Come on out and get heartbroken.
Otter time again, this time with two shows!!
On October 6 the band and I will be playing at The Whistler as part of their Playing Favorites series. In this series they ask Chicago bands to choose a record that got them into music in the first place, then cover it top to bottom. I chose the iconic Joni Mitchell album, Blue, a … Continued
They vinyl arrived! The vinyl arrived! My firs time with a real record with my name on it. Kickstarter made it happen, really grateful.
On September 22 we release the vinyl version of Slipping the Holdfast at Saki Records with an in-store gig alongside our pals Panoramic and True, great day to come record shopping!
https://soundcloud.com/morningshiftwbez/a-whirlwind-year-for-musician Man, the trip to WBEZ was incredible, and we lucked out by scoring the same studio day at Hoosier Momma Pies, we got leftovers, and had a great time talking with Tony Sarabia. Damn!