It's a beautiful day in Largo Vista, Texas. I am now halfway through my "Flatland Towns Tour" with Walt Wilkins, which we have now renamed "Chasing A Taste Of The Glories." Is the name change confusing? Yes, absolutely. The…

Hello, all good people,

Just a quick note to let you know that I have a few shows in December, including one on Sunday, December 7, to benefit one of my very favorite places on earth: The Mansion on…

"There is a kind of love that happens in tiny little moments, and it lands just like a sparrow resting on the wave.”-Gardner/Berardo. 

Handshakes and Low Fives,

This is just a quick note to let the sparrow put the word…

“Music can heal the wounds which medicine cannot touch.”-Debasish Mridha.

Welcome to these weird times. Things are moving fast. This is not an easy crossing. The world we are living in feels unsteady. You don’t need me to tell you…

Yeah, 

I have a NEW SINGLE and it’s available on all streaming outlets!

“We Don’t Live There Anymore”

The character in this song is ruminating on some old habits while remembering when time was spent “beating…

Hello Everybody,

Just a quick note to invite you to my show in Lawrence,
Massachusetts with one of my very favorite friends to share a bill
with, Louise Coombe.

The show is this Saturday, November 16 at 7:30 pm…

Aloha,

I’m glad to be alive and I’m glad to be your friend. It’s that simple. Really. There is no equation that can explain how or why we found each other, but we have and that is glorious. I really…

“You can chase the truth, but you’re probably standing near it.”-
That Alone Will Set You Free - MDB

Dear Friends. 

Today will mark my first full-length, music release in just over ten years.   Here’s the thing: The Beauty Of…

Ok! It’s May. 

Things are beginning. Look how far we’ve come together. I’m glad you’re here with me. Let’s get into it. 

I am writing to you from Nashville, TN, a town famous for bachelorette parties, hot chicken sandwiches, and…

Hello. Handshakes. High fives.

Just a few brief words in case you like to keep track of music events of all sorts particularly ones where I am appearing.  I wanted to get the word out that I will be performing…

I wish I was a headlight on a northbound train…

It was a shock to the lungs when we pulled into the heavy air of Denver. We made the drive from Topeka, Kansas after a great night in the very…

The tourist traps are empty
vacancy abounds
Almost like it used to be
Before the circus came to town.”
- M. McAnally, J. Buffett

Welcome to September, 

I’m going to have to leave this place. It’ll be just one more…

Ahoy,

This is a letter to you to tell you about how me and my friends are going to celebrate the end of August and the winding down of summer. We are going to get together and we are going…

Dear Reader, 

It’s a beautiful morning here on Block Island. There are large, white, and puffy clouds in the sky that remind me more of a Kansas plain than a July summer in the Northeast. I’m drinking a coffee at…

Good Friends,

In early June, I returned to my home in Rhode Island from Texas with a deep appreciation for my experience throughout the month of May.

After the moving and enlightening process of running a Kickstarter campaign, I got…

Hello Music Lovers,

I hope that this note finds you in a good place with a strong spirit and belief in the good things to come.

On my end, April has been an amazing month, full of music and discovery…

Dear Friends,

I woke up on Sunday in a rush to get out the door. I answered a few emails, checked my bags to make sure I had what I needed for my Texas trip, and had a quick look…

Hello My Good Friends!

I write to you with a full heart on the day of the release of my newest single record “Letting You Blow Away” while simultaneously finding myself at the halfway point of my Kickstarter campaign. It…

Friends and Neighbors,

We are one week into our Kickstarter campaign for my late April, recording project with producer, Walt Wilkins in Austin, Texas. So far, I have been blown away by the generosity, and the good spirit for the…

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

I haven’t made a full-length record since 2013’s Whalebone. Ten long years. The world has changed so much in those ten years. I could tell you all the reasons why here, but I will…

“Saddled up, pushing through. I am traveling with you.” - Traveling 

Friends and neighbors, 

I am very grateful to be on this earth with you in this year of 2023. This isn’t just a thing I’m just saying. I sincerely…

High five! 

Good greetings. Peace to you and your people. I just want to write you this quick note to let you know about some upcoming dates with my friend, the brilliant Abbie Gardner. It’s a Fall tour and it’s…

Hello Treasured Friends, 

I just got home from a great tour of the West and my enthusiasm levels are running high. Beautiful drives across the Mississippi, and Kansas into Colorado, Wyoming, and back to Nashville, TN. All the shows…

Mahalo,

The September sky over old Harbor was spectacular when I sat down at the empty outside bar to speak into my handheld phone machine to dictate this note to you. Clouds parted just enough to reveal A pinhole of…