It has been a year and a half… 18 months… roughly 550 days… since the world as we know it came to a screeching halt and a lust for toilet paper overtook the land and ended that urge to go out and TP somebodies house. Not my first choice of things to stockpile. But those first few months did drive home to me the idea that there is a very real limit to what any of us can stockpile, or hoard might be a better, though harsher, word. Though we certainly need to obtain food on a fairly frequent basis… things…
Read more- oh man... has it been this long? I have been super busy and some things got tossed aside
- lets see... Harbortown finally has, and has had, some live gigs after such a long drought with the pandemic. Great to reconnect with the band and we are sounding better than ever.
- back doing school programs with the Noble Maritime Collection. Always rewarding and fun.
- lots of new songs that I have been test driving at sessions to positive reviews. Hope to get some of them recorded soon in at least demo form
- heading back to the UK in September... YAY... and plan to have some folk clubs lined up so stay tuned for dates, or if you are over there and want to see me... please let me know...
- both the shanty and the Irish sessions are still going strong online and have been a Godsend during these troubled times. And folks have really stepped up their game now that they can't just hide in the background. So beautiful to see and hear.
- big thanks to Jim and Pat Gill who continue with the weekly Irish music at their house. Such a welcome respite and some fine tunes are played.
- Just recorded some pirate songs for a video that the Noble is putting together about Grace O'Malley. A big thanks to Dawn Daniels for all the work she gives me and the faith she has in me. Greatly needed and appreciated.
- the City Artists Corp Grant program at SI Makerspace in October was amazing and such fun to get to reconnect with the always wonderful Naomi Sturm and to revisit the work we did when I was a Folk Fellow on her Working Waterfront project. More to come on that.
- another thank you to Historic Richmondtown for having us back as part of the Tavern Concert series again this year. It was closed for the past 3 years or so. We has a sold out show in our favorite venue and had a blast doing it.
