Last night was exactly the kind of night that this residency was built for – the premiere of two new songs, beautiful performances and surprising reinventions of older material, a wide variety of styles and energies all feeding each other, great musicians making music together, and an audience that was ready to follow wherever theRead More »

When we did the inaugural concert of this residency back in December, the only real regret I had was that many of my favorite collaborators just weren’t available to join the stellar group that we had, and among all those people, the most important one was Andréa Burns. Andréa and I went to French WoodsRead More »

A cornucopia of wonderfulness at SubCulture, as the Glorious Laur-ius joined the Caucasian Rhythm Kings and our special guest Mairi D-P on the Big Violin. Laura sang virtually every note she sang in the Avery Fisher Hall concert of Parade earlier this year as well as a song cut from Bridges during previews, Mairi didRead More »

A real honor to be featured at this year’s St. Louis Cabaret Festival, alongside such amazing performers as the incredible Marilyn Maye and the truly magnificent Christine Ebersole. Not only were we all performing, but we also were part of the teaching faculty (along with some rather distinguished company like Faith Prince, Don Rebic, AlexRead More »

Musical fireworks last night at SubCulture, with an amazing group of musicians, all bringing exceptional new colors to my work and all of us pushing each other to new and sometimes really weird places. When Gary, Randy and I started playing trio shows together in 2002, those shows were heavily reliant on a lot ofRead More »