Lots of great music here during the last few months, and some good stuff on the calendar for the summer!

Hanz Araki and Colleen Raney, Skip Gorman, Ireland’s Luke Concannon,  Nashville/Portsmouth long-distance overdubs between yours truly and the legendary Jeff Taylor, fiddler Laurel Martin, local singer/songwriter/guitarists Meg Hunter, Brin Banta, Chris George and Bob Moore, voice over work for Matlab and The Campaign Group.

There’s nothing quite like driving across New England on a beautiful summer day to play music, and I’m grateful to have opportunities to do just that in the next few months with the likes of Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki, David Surette, Ellen Carlson and Honest Millie, Great Bay Sailor, Ken Perlman, Taylor Whiteside, Laurel Martin and Mark Roberts.  And, right in the middle of it all, 3 or 4 days in Nashville mid-July producing and playing on various projects with Nashville Cats Chris Leuzinger, Jeff Taylor, John Mock, Wayne Killius, Robert Bowlin and of course the ‘Godfather’ of Irish music in Nashville, fiddler Bill Verdier.

Finally, I’ve started hosting a weekly drop-in song accompaniment workshop for all instruments, which is working out very well. It’s a good time for all, especially for me who loves to share what I’ve learned over the past 40 years about ‘framing’ a song to show it off in the best possible light.