Feature photo by Maya Kuper I’ve always been one to explore abandoned buildings. While I’m not exactly as ambitious as Lewis and Clark, I certainly can get the adventure itch, which can be just as much bravery as sheer idiocy (I was locked out on a roof once when the window I used to get […]
New Art Page is Up
Take a gander at the new art page with a smattering of examples: here.
Certain Buskers That I See
There are certain buskers that I see my favorite is the one guy that sings smoothly like he is crooning to a lover snapping gently in time while he sings classics like “My Girl” with such brevity of ego that the spirit lifts just to hear him whisked away into his own world as we […]
“Love Songs” Series: Four Singers & the Many Facets of Love (2/6, 2/13, 2/20/2020)
“Love Songs”: Four Female-Fronted Acts Team up for Three Thursdays, Bringing a Mix of Styles: Songwriter, Jazz, Blues, R&B and Torch February 6, 13 and 20, 2020 at Uncommon Ground Edgewater Chicago, IL — Music is one of the most emotional art forms and love is the perfect subject. Hear Chicago vocalists and songwriters […]
Sometimes I’m Happy
Stumbling through jazz songs, I find the classic “Sometimes I’m Happy.” I check out the Sarah Vaughan version. Then, I found the Joni Mitchell version. The difference was striking. I felt like the image of the plaintive cup of wine and cigarette on the cover image of the latter artist, made me want to proclaim […]
My Relationship with the Guitar
Since no one asked, I will throw some thoughts at the altar of “online content” and talk about guitar. Particularly, my relationship with the guitar. Someone said to me once that the guitar is a male instrument, but I have comfortably seen it as a female instrument (I mean B.B. King has Lucille, so I […]
Set List for the Coming Apocalypse of the Mellow
I Don’t Know Enough About You Lullaby of Birdland He Thinks I Still Care Hallelujah I Love Him So Comes Love Aged and Mellow Tears in Vain Another Night to Cry Walkin’ After Midnight Old Man of the Mountain You might wonder why this post modern indecipherable title resides here – and it’s because I […]
I Broke Down and Listend to Laura Nyro
Ok, ok, I try to be tough sometimes. Playing in a Tori Amos tribute show recently made me rethink that. I was raising my eyebrows looking at her lyrics, and wondering how I was going to learn the songs. While I meagerly pulled off my contribution to my act’s performance (I was just playing guitar, […]
Which Hand Are You Going to Ache?
A good friend of mine a friend I met by accident taking a book from a free book case on the street the kinds with the glass front and a little door you open with a knob He started talking to me as I was carrying a guitar case and he said he normally doesn’t […]
Burning the Love Letters
On a rare night off, I am home, and it’s winter, so the radiator is on. I start smelling something burning and look high and low. It seems to be coming from by the window. Is the radiator broken? Is the stove left on? Is there something burning downstairs? I fly out of the door […]