I’m thrilled to have received the word that my song “September Me,” from this year’s release, Still, was tied for #1 as the most played song on folk radio in September, 2022! It’s an honor to share that slot with the legendary Canadian folksinger James Keelaghan. Folk Alliance International compiles the data, and just put […]

Big news to share! I have signed a publishing deal with Chalice Press to publish a new edition of my book Worldchanging 101: Challenging the Myth of Powerlessness.  The new book, with significant updates and new material, will be called You Are Changing the World Whether You Like It Or Not, and is due in […]

I really enjoy a good conversation.  All three of these were good conversations, on varying topics, and I hope you will enjoy them! Resilient Expats, with Kim Adams https://resilientexpats.com/ep-28-you-are-changing-the-world-with-david-lamotte/ Kim holds conversations about living and parenting cross-culturally, and we had a rich conversation touching on many topics. Let’s Talk About It, with Pripo Teplitsky https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/peace-begins-at-home/id1435550119 […]

Every Monday, I send out a video of a song to my Patreon community, just to start the week off with a little bit of music. Last week, I had to work for it! Jess Fox, who helps me out with video, thought it would be fun to chop together an outtake reel, and did […]

Hey friends, Thank you for stopping by to check out this new project.  I’m really thrilled to be launching this Kickstarter campaign to help birth this collection of songs, and I appreciate your consideration of helping to midwife!  Here’s a little video about the record and how Kickstarter works (with big thanks to David Saich […]

On the first weekend in May, I’m gathering some friends for a weekend retreat in Montreat, North Carolina.  I’d love for you to join us. Here are all the details. Hope to see you in the mountains in May! David    

  Here’s a new song I wrote in the last few minutes of April, 2021.  Here in Western North Carolina, the trees and flowers and mountains themselves seem to be coming alive again, just as vaccines become more common and new possibilities emerge for people to safely gather again. The stories in the song are […]