Journal
Japan with Lisa Hannigan
Nearly 3 years ago, i toured Japan for the first time. I accepted the invitation with uncertainty, believing that –since i had never been– i’d be starting from scratch...
Touring with Lisa Hannigan
dear friends, now it can be told… throughout much of june, i will be touring in collaboration with my friend and sister, the great lisa hannigan of ireland. we...
GONE / NOT GONE: Levon Helm in Motion
This past Tuesday afternoon, many of us began to receive and share word that Levon Helm was in the final stages of his long and heroic battle with cancer....
The New Bonnie Raitt Album
I am delighted that Bonnie Raitt has finally announced the upcoming release of her first studio album in seven years, “Slipstream.” The project, releasing on her own newly-formed Redwing...
Album release show: ‘Reverie’ in its entirety
My new album, “Reverie,” will release on October 11, and as such, I have been invited to perform that very evening at the historic Largo/Coronet Theatre in West Hollywood;...
Reverie: a raw and raucous and messy affair
Dear friends of the fourth estate. I thought it might be a good idea to bring news and announce my intentions to you directly, since time is short and...
Flesh And Blood, This World And The Next: Solomon Burke’s Funeral
I got up early this morning, put on a black suit and drove through a pissy rain, past the airport, to Gardena in south Los Angeles for Solomon Burke’s...
THE DEATH OF WILLIE MITCHELL
These are dark and death filled days we are inhabiting. As optimistic as I feel about the new year ahead—and I do, for reasons I can’t exactly account for,...
PRODUCING LEGENDS
Mose Allison, Harry Belafonte, and a poem from France It would seem that, even here in Southern California, autumn is upon us. It may reach 74 degrees today, but...