I made my first visit to Derry in 2007 and always love coming back to this corner of the world.  Thanks to Matt Cahoon, Janice Edwards, and the whole gang at the Pinkerton Academy for hosting me in their beautiful theater once again. Hope from How We React and How We Recover (2018) It AllRead More »

If you just stand next to Jeremy Jordan on a train platform or in line at the corner deli, you might not realize he’s a phenomenon. Some people announce themselves merely by their presence, the tilt of their head, their laugh; that’s not Jeremy. Instead, he’s the kind of natural wonder that sneaks up onRead More »

In memory.

I saw Aretha Franklin perform live only once. In June 1997, probably as my birthday present, my Dad somehow got tickets to the opening night of the JVC Jazz Festival, which was called “Aretha’s Gospel Crusade for AIDS.” In the course of the evening, there was speeching, preaching, and performances by Joshua Nelson and BobbyRead More »

So Cynthia texted me to ask if we could get together while she was in town to make some music. So I thought she just meant to, like, come over to my house and sing. So it turns out, no, she wanted to do a concert. So, thing is, I wasn’t going to do anRead More »