news + updates


november 25, 2011

finished writing this today. it's not the greatest recording in the world, but oh well! it's still pretty amazing what just a laptop can produce nowadays.

perilous

i must figure out what to say
should occasion make our differences clear and dividing
that is consequence
preparation, perilous
what if we can't go the same way back

now i see the sun go down
i know we can both see it fading
no explaining will change the evidence
but here, our predicament is you see things i call nothing

yes, i owe you this, in a sense
you raise me up in love and kindness
who could deny this?
there are drawings all in the wind
pulling pieces of my being outward
who am i, anyway?

i wish it were that easy

i can't be blamed for the things i said when i believed in them
all thought is subject to interpretation
what i call up just brings you down
you want the best for me and all i want to do is scale the wall


november 14, 2011

we had a great show this past Saturday! thanks are in order to all of you who came out, the Bank Street Coffee House, and the most excellent English musician Frank Brocklehurst, who accompanied on bass. in regards to that night, parker no smart and didn't bring a camera. so if anyone happened to take videos or photos from that night, perhaps consider sending them my way? :) xoxo


october 31, 2011

mark your calendars, because last Saturday's show has been recheduled!

in other news, Evan and i are getting back in the swing of recording, finishing up some final harmonica parts and getting vocals in the mix. we also recorded drum, bass and acoustic guitar tracks with some local musicians a few weeks ago and i feel very fortunate to be working with such talented and experienced people. more soon, and i hope to see you at the show if you're in the area!


october 29, 2011

unfortunately, tonight's show is postponed due to very predictable Connecticut weather. stay tuned for the new date! keep safe and warm tonight, everyone!


october 24, 2011

i keep meaning to make a video update, but then i get lazy or worried about one thing or another. essentially, the only news i have is that i'm playing my first "public" show at a coffeeshop in my hometown this Saturday at 8pm, with accompaniment on the bass by my friend and musician, Frank Brocklehurst. i'm nervous, but excited. i'll be playing originals from my earlier albums and also from the upcoming one! more details on the facebook event here:


september 13, 2011

time flies. this upcoming album's tracking sessions have begun and some songs have been sent back to the drawing board. but most are ready to move ahead and am excited to go through this whole process again. here are some pictures from our recording session this past Saturday. my good friend, Evan, is helping me with the recording and mixing.


august 17, 2011

hey. i'm playing a small show at my house next saturday (8/27). unfortunately there is limited space, so message me if you want to come. facebook info here.


july 16, 2011

hey everyone, i have just returned from one week at the Litchfield Jazz Camp, focusing on vocal performance. there is nothing quite like having your posterior handed to you multiple times a day. so i offer retroactively apologies for my singing/music in the past and am back to focusing on making this next album far better than the previous ones.

though the next four weeks i'll be consumed with writing musical arrangements for the NECC conference coming up in August, i hope to see you soon if you're in the CT/NY area, either at an open mic or even better, at the sweet Verboten and Dirtybird event (with Claude VonStroke and the Martin brothers) at the end of this month at Good Units in NYC. i would love to dance with you there. more soon. xoxo


july 1, 2011


as brilliant as the last

come, little girl, come down to lay down your weary head
your doubts and fears and anger you don't dare to confess
some days, the sun sets later, to always rise again
each time as brilliant as the last to prove its faithfulness

down here by the river, a stronger being drowns
believing in their weaknesses instead of calling out
'oh death, where is your sting', i've nearly reached my end
but who is that there, reaching out, to save me by his hand

no plan or hopefulness can explain what's said and done
or describe the lightness when someone gives you a reason to go on

hold and hide me deeply until i am done
'til i have earned my very last breath as well as could be done
oh, should earth remain the same 'til all our dying days
let best of what we have be shared, else we should be ashamed

come, little girl, grow up now and give up your pride
the same one offered for you when you were given life
some days the sun sets later, to always rise again
each time as brilliant as the last
to prove its faithfulness each time as brilliant as the last


may 16, 2011


Songwriter Showcase at The Woodhall School, photo courtesy Mick Cantarella

this past weekend was a lot of fun, playing at the Songwriter Showcase at The Woodhall School with five other musicians from the local area, Doug Mahard, Mitch Katz, Don Lowe, Christopher Ellis, and Becky Kessler. all incredibly talented and skilled artists and writers—i am very humbled to have been allowed to play on the same stage (shown above, myself, Doug and Chris)...read more >>


april 17, 2011



as usual, i'm sure this track will be a little different very soon.

air and light (demo)

mystery veils over endless sky
presence as vast as the most splendid encounters
of never-ending sight
proof of a glorious more
grant me that air and light

haunting and lovely image unseen
vision in echo of sound
captured—you, never—by fancy or dream
tell me where it can be found so i can never be lost

so, into searching we fall
for evidence more compelling each day
as we grow to see how small we are


march 5, 2011



wrote a quick song tonight.

make me wonder (demo)

somehow the strongest touch is none
the one you cannot give
turns out the fog is simply this: love, directionless

"i don't know what you want from me
i cannot read your mind
how am i not enough for you? am i wasting time?"

say it's worth it (what do i say? what do you say?)
you make me wonder (you said to give, and so i gave)


february 9, 2011

one year ago yesterday, Two in Tender was completed and officially released. and considering that today... the progress for this upcoming album has been sloth-like. for those of you who keep up with... read more >>


january 6, 2011



with great pleasure, i give you the official release of Konroy's remix of The Park's "Capital City". Official MP3 Download here. Check out the rest of Konroy's sweet minimal beats at his MySpace page.