I don’t know the exact date, but this summer (if we get summer…if it ever stops raining), it’ll make ten years that I’ve been writing songs. I only know this because the second song I wrote was fairly date-stamped to […]
Songs and Stories #107: Backstage with Megan Slankard
Click to hear episode #107 (time = 28:11, size = 23.0 mb) File this one that ever-expanding file of “artists I’ve almost met”. Bay area songwriter Megan Slankard and I have lots of musical friends in common, and we’ve almost […]
Politics and Cell Phones
I always say, “none of my songs are political. I just write about every day stuff.” My friend Judy called me on this recently and said, “lots of your songs are political. You just don’t think you’re obvious about it.” […]
Video: Bacon Finally Goes Too Far
I’ve made it a point to narrow the focus on this blog to (well, mostly) music news, podcast updates, or anything related to foster pups (or kittens). You’ll never find discussion of politics or finance, and the only soapbox I’ll […]
“Hangin’ It Up” at FAR-West 2010
One of the fun things about mashing a lot of music folk together is that you never quite know what spontaneous playings might occur…or who might suddenly show up at your late-night showcase and join you in song. Case in […]
Songs and Stories #100: Mary Gauthier – Songwriting, creativity, and when the muse finally came around
Click to hear episode #100 (time = 41:14, size = 30.7 mb) I’ve been hanging onto this interview for a few months, because I wanted something special for the first triple-digit episode of “Songs and Stories”. The first time I […]
Songs and Stories #99: “Off the Road” with Laurie Jennings and Dana Keller
Click to hear episode #99 (time = 53:07, size = 48.7 mb) I *almost* met Florida-based songwriters Laurie Jennings and Dana Keller when they made their first trek to the east coast two years ago. We had a near-miss on […]
Franti Hits One Home for the Giants
Even the casual visitor to this site here on the Interwebs knows I’m a huge Michael Franti fan. And anyone within earshot of the bay area knows that the San Francisco Giants won world series (first time ever, since they […]