It is time, apparently, for a quarterly update. I'm crossing streams a bit here, bringing a few snapshots from Mirah's recent visit. I was honored to drop in and watch Jherek Bischoff record his arrangements on her [devastatingly beautiful] new record. That sweet sun soaked single mic'ed process isn't conducive to a lot of shutter clicks, sadly, but this gives a qu[...]
THANK YOU Zale, Wendy, Terry, Pendarvis family, and every single volunteer. Love to the artists who made this what it was for me: Fruit Bats, Vetiver, Bill Callahan, Wye Oak, Old Light, Jesse Sykes, Black Mountain, dozens more. Super bonus extra love to our band [Barry, Brad, Kyle, Josh] to our right hands [Val + Bryan] and to Damien's soul brother and our soul famil[...]
The last text I got before getting on the plane to begin this tour was: "You are lightness." With that, I put the phone on airplane mode and jumped into all of the following: [+ hopefully more detailed stories coming on tumblr as the tour unfolds.] A quick word on Record Store Day, coming up on the 16th - two releases that are near & dear to my heart will [...]
Yesterday afternoon, Damien officially began his TENTH record. Naturally, in the time it took Shealynn and I to run out and get burgers, he and Swift recorded 5 immaculate tracks of guitar & vocals. Two hours later, 4 more. Their pace is inspiring, as is the end product. /// We began our trip down to the studio on Friday, with a stop in Tacoma to see Case S[...]
Today is my 31st birthday. Or, as my 18 year old sister likes to put it, 'the start of my 4th decade.' Auspicious! I picked this important day to make an important announcement. You might notice one word missing from this site in the past week. The word? Photography. It's not that I won't continue to take photos; asking me to get rid of my camera would be[...]
