82% Chance of Rain
I’m happy to announce my sextet’s second album, “82% Chance of Rain,” out in April on Seattle’s OA2 Records. We recorded this one back in August of last year, and we’re really pleased with the result! I wanted this one to sound a little less “jazzy” than Otis Stomp, both musically and in recording technique, [...]
Cascades
One of my favorite places to write music is on trains. Most recently I was taking Amtrak’s “Cascades” line back and forth between Seattle and Portland quite a bit last fall and had some quality time to work on new kora band tunes. I’m now happy to share with everyone the result, a new tune [...]
Country Music and Authenticity
Since before he even moved to town a couple years ago, I had gigs with electric/acoustic bassist Sam Howard on my calendar, thanks to our mututal friend Russ Kleiner, who moved to Portland from NYC a few years ago and convinced Sam to make the jump a while later. Since then I’ve had the great [...]