This past Saturday, Bethlehem released The Return to Innocence, Pt. 1 to a sold out audience. The show was much like the album – intimate, moving, powerful, blending nostalgia with modern curiosity and whimsy. We began the album in 2019, when Bethlehem explained her vision to me – adapting well known songs from her childhood…. read more
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each kindness
I’ve been so fortunate to have experienced many “pinch me” moments in my career so far. Recently, this came in the form of being asked to spend a week working at the Kennedy Center. I first met Rootstock Republic in 2019 through Monique Brooks-Roberts, who I met through Daniel Bowen (see yesterday’s post). Rootstock, along… read more
zora
I’m lucky in that it feels like everyone I work with in the studio is a friend. But in the case of Daniel Bowen, we literally grew up together. Daniel is an accomplished band leader, composer, arranger, and executive and artistic director of a very impressive and important non-profit called Symphony 21, whose mission is… read more
rocking & swing
I haven’t posted here since December. Yikes! Well, thought I’d begin the catch up process with an explanation of what I did over the winter. While it was cold out (sorta mild actually), I was holed up in the studio with Rob Hyman and Eric Bazilian of The Hooters. We worked in secret on the… read more