I love y’all and guess what - we have just 3 days left to make Dreaming Aloud a reality on Kickstarter. We are at 85% - sooooo close!

Thank you to all who have pitched in so far, to folks who have upleveled their pledges (!) and thanks in advance to the folks who will put us over the finish line ❤️. Head over there now to

In it for the Love…

Why do we do it? Why do we make art?

The music business is full of egos, manipulation, self-doubt, hustlers, scams, big highs, painful lows.

The only compelling reason I have ever found to keep making music, playing shows, making albums - is the human connection we make through music. That feeling like you’re onstage, just channeling something, letting it pour through you and out into the hearts of those folks in the audience who just needed to hear that line today.

Anyone who sticks with a life in music for the long term will tell you - they’re in it for the love.

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New England! Come see me and my pal, Jenny Reynolds in a couple weeks!

11/15 Club Passim, Boston, MA

11/16 Portsmouth Music Hall Lounge, Portsmouth, NH

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