Ida, the Blue Nile, the Jayhawks, the Beatles, R.E.M., Nadine, Kris Delmhorst, Peter Mulvey, M. Ward, Nick Drake, Mark Kozelek, Red House Painters, Josh Rouse, Joe Henry, Simon and Garfunkel, Talking Heads, Gemma Hayes, Hem, Tim Easton, Joni Mitchell, the Postal Service, Elvis Costello.... Who knows? Who can remember?
Some of these are influential at a frequency too high or too low for human ears to hear. But I bet some of them are pretty obvious.
Sounds Like
A relative stranger, whispering sweet ambivalence in your ear. The loved one, pacing nervously, a bitter secret half-told. Unexpected exuberance, felt but not yet quite believed.
The moon at midnight, a figure against the ocean, shutters buffeted by the wind.
Or: Nick Drake in love, Jeff Tweedy on fire, a Beatle all alone.
Raised by the Minnesota River, schooled among mountains and skyscrapers in Massachusetts, incubated in Silicon Valley. Used to play jazz piano without moving, now I sing and sway and play guitar. I'm in a band called Tin Cat. This band has many faces. Sometimes I drive across the country just to remember it's there.
The deadline to apply for a FAR-West official showcase is coming up July 31. FAR-West is a gathering of folk and acoustic musicians, venue promoters, house concert promoters, DJs and others. This year's conference will be in Phoenix, Oct. 24-26. There are four official showcase rooms over two nights, which means there are lots more opportunities for official showcase artists this year! Just visit http://www. far-west. org/showcases. html for information about how to submit.
hey... see you next week in Vancouver. You'd think, since we live so near each other, that we wouldn't have to go three states away to get together and play music. Hmm. We should think about that.
you should put up more of your songs. three songs, ha! what about "the thing I was going to say" or "Angelina" or- gosh- other songs! i am greedy for your songs!
sometimes you're neither here nor there, just drifting blinded in snow that ... now that I think about it, could be here, or could be there.
glad you're back.
