Hemlock Hill
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Hemlock Hill

The song of the day is Hemlock Hill. Written for memories of my grandparents summer home in North East Pennsylvania. These are some of my earliest memories, and we are still close to the home when we vacation today. The house called Hemlock Hill is currently owned by a family with roots in Cleveland Heights. This song is mostly about a…
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Minister Creek
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Minister Creek

In my free time of late I have been doing a lot of recording. I want to get better at the recording craft and the art of mixing. That happens by doing it. the simplest subject matter is my own music. These recordings are exclusive content on my website. I will be adding these routinely. This is a recording of Minister…
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Lantern bearer Award 2025
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2025 FARM Lantern Bearer Award

It was just announced that I am one of two recipients of this years FARM (Folk Alliance Region Midwest) Lantern bearer award. To put it mildly, I am crazy honored. this is a Lifetime Achievement award for work in Folk Music throughout the Midwest. The other recipient is Lilli Kuzma of WDCB in Decalb Il. I am still digesting the news.…
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What are we waiting for? It's Time CD cover art
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It is Time! Today is the day.

Today marks the release of my new album What Are We Waiting For? It's Time. The songs were written during the past few years with a majority coming after January of 2025.It's a diverse group of songs. My musical explorations of late revolved around the Piedmont Blues style I have been learning from Kevin Richards and the discovery of the ukulele…
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Finding joy in the ukulele
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Finding joy in the ukulele

This CD has been in the works for a long time. It began with a trip to Maui with my wife's family. Before we left, we decided to borrow a guitar while we were visiting. Instead I was lent an Ukulele. An instrument I had never tried previously. I started fooling around with it and ended up coming home with anew…
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New CD Art
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New CD Art

Here is a first look at the CD art for my upcoming CD project. I call the image "I Shall Not Be Moved". In my classes with Kindergarten and 2nd graders, we would sing this song every week and the kids would act out the lyric, becoming trees and water for the tree planted by the water.The image was shot in…
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It's Time, a new kickstarter campaign
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It’s Time, a new Kickstarter campaign

After a few years of not producing a CD of new music, I am getting ready to launch a new Kickstarter campaign in support of my upcoming CD "It's Time" on Sunday May 4. The new disc will feature all new songs reflecting on the world we find ourselves in today. The music is built around ideas that I developed while…
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Folk Alliance International Board of Directors
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Folk Alliance International 2025 Montreal

I just returned from a week in Montreal. It was a wild start as my flight was delayed due to a crash in Toronto. No fatalities and most of the passengers were avoided serious injury. The accident did set off a domino cascade of cancelations. I was fortunate, as a Delta employee was looking out for me and got me on…
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Professor Longhair Bust in Tipatinas
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Rebuilding

I just returned from a few days in New Orleans. When I arrived snow was melting and the city was recovering from a rare snowstorm that left more than 10 inches throughout the area. By the time I left, everything was normal and the temperatures were in the 50s. I would soon return to Cleveland, where normal was the abnormal in…
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Journalism in Song
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Journalism in Song

When I teach Stop the Hate, a songwriting workshop through the Cleveland Maltz Museum and Roots of American Music, to address issues of injustice, bias, discrimination, or exclusion, I make clear the importance of telling the truth and relaying stories accurately. My father, who passed away recently was a celebrated journalist in Cleveland. He was regarded as someone who reported the…
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