I’ve been a fan of Christine Lavin’s since I first discovered her music in the early nineties. She’s insightful, sings and plays beautifully, and she is incredibly, side-splittingly funny (often ending her concerts with a baton-twirling routine).  A great entertainer, and, as I’ve discovered more recently, a wonderful human. I kind of guessed that last […]

I got the word yesterday that my song September Me is a finalist for the 2023 USA Songwriting Competition in the Folk Category. The winners will be announced on Nov. 22, and there are some great songwriters on the list. I’m honored to have made it this far. Below is the Folk finalist list, if […]

Such a delight to have a good long conversation with my friend Alonzo Johnson about changing the world, on the occasion of my new book, You Are Changing the World Whether You Like It Or Not, being published on Chalice Press.  I hope you will enjoy it, too.

powered by Crowdcast (note that David and Hannah have created a web page that goes into the details of production and other aesthetic choices they made in the making of the Look Away video. Check it out at www.LookAwayProject.com) Join Hannah Garrity and me this Saturday at 2PM for the release of the new music […]

Hey friends, I’ve got some exciting news to share.  The release date for my new book, You Are Changing the World Whether You Like It Or Not, has been set!  It will be out in bookstores on July 25, 2023, less than three months from now.  Foreword by Brian McLaren. What’s more, you can now […]

In 2004, Deanna and I got married. Being a fairly nerdy pair, we couldn’t think of anything more fun to do on our honeymoon than go to Guatemala, stay with a family in a homestay, and go to language immersion school for two weeks. It was a blast. We made some friends while we were […]

Hey friends, I’m taking an amazing trip with good friends this summer.  You’re invited. My dear friends Gareth Higgins and Brian Ammons lead retreats in Gareth’s native Northern Ireland, and they have changed a whole lot of lives through that work. Here’s a bit about their retreats from their website, irelandretreats.com: The story we tell […]

The Folk Alliance International Folk Radio Charts for January of 2023 were released not too long ago, and it seems that my album Still, released in June of 2022, is still in the Top 40, at #35. That’s eight months running in the Top 40! Its highest slot as an album was #4, and it held […]

As the world continues to gradually reopen, I’m so enjoying being back on the road. To facilitate that process, I’ve just begun working with not one, but two new booking agents to help me organize the calendar and connect with the venues who might value what I’m doing. In the early part of next year, […]