Thank you all so much for coming to our CD Release Concert! We really enjoyed playing for you and look forward to seeing you next time. photo by Patti Cooper I’m thrilled and grateful to report that our friends Tom, Emily and Henry Landmann not only made a weekend trip from Wisconsin to attend our… Read More Video from the CD Release Concert
Photo by Patti Cooper You Are Invited! What: CD Release Concert for Folk Songs You Never Sang In Grade School When: Saturday, July 8, 2017 at 7 pm Where: Uptown Bill’s Coffee House in Iowa City Keith Reins and I are thrilled to be releasing our album Folk Songs You Never Sang In Grade School… Read More CD Release Concert
Introducing Nina, my featured musician for July and April! Shortly after Nina and her wonderful family moved to the area, I noticed her beautiful voice and serene presence in the Family Folk Machine and my heart leaped in recognition of a true up-and-coming artist. Nina’s innate talent is matched ounce for ounce by sheer determination… Read More Congratulations to Nina!
I recently had the honor of being interviewed by writer Dannye Chase for her delightful new project The Bright Side Blog. Dannye is as gifted an interviewer as she is a writer and we had a lot of fun discussing creativity and parenting along with many other things we have in common. Stop on over… Read More Interview with Dannye Chase
Borrowing from my charming, talented and articulate pal Jeffrey C. Capps because it all applies to me too (and why reinvent the wheel?): Dear Friends, It’ll be a busy musical weekend for me, and I hope to see many of you! On Friday, I am honored to join Tara in opening for John Rapson’s must-see… Read More Ready, Set, Summer!
Introducing Ambrose, my featured musician for May and June! Ambrose’s talent for composition has been emerging alongside his pianistic abilities beginning very early on in our musical adventures together. Ambrose has the unique and precious ability of finding and revealing stories in his music. I feel so grateful for the gift of witnessing him discover himself as an artist.
I don’t know how I got lucky enough to be a part of this project but I am surely grateful. “Over and over, we forget what being American means. The radical premise of our nation is that one people can be made from many, yet in each new generation we find reasons to limit who… Read More Hot Tamale Louie
Captain Charles Boycott was a land agent of absentee landlord Lord Erne living in Lough Mask House, County Mayo, Ireland in 1880. Harvests were poor that year and the farmers working Erne’s land were unable to afford the rent. There are vast swaths of context that I’m not including here because so many valuable resources… Read More Boycott
St. Patrick’s Day as it is observed in most American cities is a consumerist sham. Sure, it started in the early 17th century as a religious feast day honoring the death day of St. Patrick in 462 AD, but it has devolved to a level of kitsch that deters many from any desire to observe the day at all.… Read More St. Patrick’s Day 2017
Introducing Anna, my featured musician for March and April! Anna and I both have April birthdays, we both love to play fiddle and we are both devoted fans of Hamilton so we have plenty in common. Anna is an enthusiastic and creative musician who takes risks and reaps the rewards of her courage. She has so much… Read More Congratulations to Anna!
