Poorcastle Festival 2019

We can officially spill the beans! My band is playing Poorcastle Festival which falls the weekend of the 4th of July this year!

Lead guitarist Mark Hamilton, bassist Josh Johnson, and I are playing with Zack Kennedy on drums now, if you haven’t heard.

More details TBA.

https://www.leoweekly.com/2019/04/exclusive-heres-lineup-poorcastle-2019/

Thanks to Slugger City Sound for their preview:

Kentuckiana Pride Festival

I’m pleased to announce that my band is playing the Kentuckiana Pride Festival on Saturday, June 15th! Guitarist Mark Hamilton, drummer Zack Kennedy, and bassist Josh Joshson will be joining me.

Photo: Mickie Winters

 

Live Set with Kate Wakefield

Here’s a snippet of my live set from my little lovesick-Valentine’s run with Lung’s Kate Wakefield. She was kind enough to accompany me on backing vocals and cello while playing her own solo set (which is amazing, if you haven’t checked it out). There are a couple new songs here to make you weep.

“The Dance” Album Release and Opening

I composed the acapella piece for the title track of “The Dance” and voiced other poems which were produced by The Glass Eye Ensemble as part of their multimedia art installation which you can check out tonight at Tim Faulkner Gallery. Doors at 6p, followed by a brief live performance by me/Mark Hamilton and Ron Whitehead/Jae Grady at 8p. No cover. Thanks to sonaBLAST! Records and Howard and Nancy Bruner-Wilson for supporting this release. You can find the album here.

Solo Run with Kate Wakefield

My friend and cellist/ex-opera singer Kate Wakefield  (Lung) and I are doing a quick run over the Valentine’s Day weekend. Come catch us in Kentucky and Ohio!

Thu 2/14 – Cincinnati, OH – The Listing Loon – w/ Paige Beller

Fri 2/15 – Portsmouth, OH – MOM’s Basement – w/ Zack Kouns + KerryErin Coattails

Sat 2/16 – Lexington, KY – The Green Lantern – w/ Supercontinents + TBA

Sun 2/17 – Louisville, KY – Surface Noise – w/ Tender Mercy

Flyer: Kate Wakefield

A Martyr’s Death

My buddies at Prayer Line invited me to be an extra in their new video for their single “A Martyr’s Death,” an ode to the 1975 horror movie Wicker Man (I’m the bunny in blue). It was a lot of fun and a lot of work, but director Mike Thompson and his crew as well as actress Julie Streble did an amazing job.

Ron Whitehead and The Glass Eye Ensemble (featuring Sheri Streeter)

Photo: Yunier Ramirez

Photo: Yunier Ramirez

Photo: Yunier Ramirez

I’m pleased to announce a collaboration with outlaw poet Ron Whitehead and The Glass Eye Ensemble! More details to come…

Love in the Time of Hate

Thanks to Jake Hellman and Never Nervous for debuting this song.

As the rate of hate crimes continue to increase in the U.S. and a political movement towards homogeny swells, my heart was broken thinking about the prospect of losing those you love most—or yourself becoming a target—as I watched footage from last year’s Charlottesville “Unite The Right” rally in which a white supremacist drove a car into a crowd of people of color and anti-racist activists, murdering Heather Heyer.

May love prevail.

LEO Weekly

Thanks to Syd and the LEO for covering this.

New song – LITOH

On Friday, August 17th, I’m digitally releasing a song called “Love in the Time of Hate” that was inspired by the white supremacist attack on anti-racist protesters at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, killing activist Heather Heyer last year.

The track is a collaboration with producer/sound designer Gabriel Walker.

It’ll be available on all your favorite and least favorite streaming and download sites.

[Artwork by Fisher Williams]