I will have hard copies available at my performance next Friday 5/25 at The Fire in Philadelphia as part of the 2nd annual Sundrop Music Festival.  You can find out more information here.  The digital version will be available on my recently created bandcamp page starting next Tuesday 5/22. I hope once it’s available you’ll carve out 20 minutes from your day to listen to it, and purchase it if you enjoyed it.

Also if you’re in Philadelphia this Thursday 5/17 I will be performing a short solo set at Milkboy in Philadelphia.  You can find out more information on that performance here.

I will also be performing on Friday 6/1 in NYC with the Azrael String Quartet at Googie’s Lounge above The Living Room with two fantastic songwriters Mary Bichner and Kevin Johnston.

Hope to see you all soon!

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Thanks to everyone who came out to the ClassicAlive event with the Carpe Diem String Quartet at the World Cafe.  It was a wonderful show and we had such a great time!  I’ll be back on that stage Wednesday 5/9 at 9:30pm playing solo with a great singer-songwriter from Alaska named Meg Mackey.  You can find out more info and purchase tickets here.

Also I recently created a Bandcamp Page to make digitally available some of my previous recordings that until now have only been available in hard copy.  You can now download my recent covers EP – Second Hand Songs, and you can also download my first solo record – Ghosts.  I hope you’ll take a moment to pick up those records if you don’t have them already.

…and I have some very exciting news I’ll be sharing in the next week or so!

Till then,

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Just a friendly reminder about my performance with The Carpe Diem string quartet at The World Cafe Live in Philadelphia this Sunday 3/25 at 7:30pm.  I’m very excited about this performance and hope you can join us!

…and if you’re planning on coming, please purchase tickets in advance by visiting the World Cafe Live website.

See you there!

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I have an exciting show coming up on Sunday March 25th at 7:30pm upstairs at The World Cafe Live.  I will be performing a collaborative concert with the Carpe Diem String Quartet.  This is a wonderful string quartet – currently touring the nation – that has been defying classification and crossing genres for many years now.  Carpe Diem will be performing pieces from their diverse repertoire and together we will be debuting a new work of mine for voice and string quartet as well as performing songs from my new record The Plague.  This promises to be a truly memorable evening and I hope you can join us!

Tickets can be purchased here and I hope you will take the time to purchase tickets in advance and join us for this wonderful concert.   A ClassicAlive! event, this concert is presented by LiveConnections.

See you there!

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here’s a video of The Carpe Diem String Quartet -

Hope to see you this Saturday night 2/11 at Milkboy in Philadelphia as The Prospects and I perform.  I’m looking forward to playing a show with these guys again as it’s been quite a few months since the last one.  You can purchase advance tickets here.  Also on the bill is my good friend Marc Silver and the band Exit Clov from NYC.

See you there!

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We have a very special performance coming up this Sunday.  The Azrael Quartet and I will be performing a few songs at Andrea Clearfield’s Salon this Sunday 1/29.  If you’ve never attended one of Andrea’s salons they really are unique and memorable.  You can find out more information at www.andreaclearfield.com

Also The Prospects and I will be performing at the new Milkboy in Philadelphia on Saturday 2/11. you can purchase tickets here.

And I’m pleased to announce a very special concert coming up at The World Cafe Live in Philadelphia.  Presented by LiveConnections, I will be teaming up with nationally renowned Carpe Diem String Quartet for a collaborative performance.  A ClasicAlive event, we will perform material from “The Plague”, They will perform selections from their repertoire – including the great Debussy string quartet – and we will also collaborate on some special surprises.  This is going to be a very unique, genre bending performance and I hope you can join us.  You can purchase advance tickets here. And I strongly encourage you to do so.

Hope to see you soon!

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Here is the first movement of Debussy’s String Quartet in g minor performed by the Leonor Quartet-

And here is my favorite movement of any String Quartet I’ve ever heard…just absolutely perfect in every possible way-

Due to some complications with the venue the show at NY Bagel and Deli for next Saturday 1/14 has been canceled. I will let you all know if there’s a new date, but for now the next show will be an appearance at Andrea Clearfield’s Salon in Philadelphia with The Azrael Quartet and a performance with The Prospects at Milkboy in Philadelphia.

In the meantime, here’s another video from our performance at The Key Studio Session in November…

…this song is available for download from WXPN’s The Key as part of their Key Sessions compilation. You can get it here.

Hope to see you all soon!
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Due to some problems with the City Kung Fu Neck Tie has to close shop for a little while and my show there tomorrow night 1/3 has been moved just down the street to The Fire (4th and Girard). The show starts at 8:30 and my good friend Ron Gallo from Toy Soldiers has been added to the bill. Hope to see some of you there!

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Hope you are all enjoying the holidays! I have some great shows coming up I wanted to let you know about, including one next Tuesday night 1/3 at Kung Fu Necktie in Philadelphia. I’ll be performing some songs I haven’t performed in years with some old friends of mine.

I’ll also be performing at New York City Bagel Cafe and Deli in Chadd’s Ford as a duo show with my cellist Krista Umile on Saturday 1/14;

At Andrea Clearfield’s salon with the Azrael String Quartet on Sunday 1/29;

And at Milkboy in Philadelphia with The Prospects on Saturday 2/11.

You can find links to purchase tickets and other info on the shows page of my website.

And don’t forget to vote for me for the Tri State Indie best indie acoustic artist of 2012 if you get the chance. You can do so here. Voting doesn’t end until February so vote as often as you like. You can vote once every 12 hours.

And finally, here’s another video from my performance with The Prospects and The Azrael String Quartet at the XPN Key Studio Sessions from November. We’re performing a song called “Up To Here” from my new record “The Plague” – which is available on iTunes and at shows and was recently included in Philadelphia City Paper’s list of top 50 albums of 2011-…Hope you enjoy!

Hope to see you all soon!
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I’ve been nominated for a Tri State Indie artist of the year award and I hope you’ll take a moment and vote for me by going to the vote page on their website.

You can vote once every 12 hours, so whenever you think about it, stop by and drop a ballot in the box!

And don’t forget about the show this Saturday 12/17 at The North Star in Philadelphia. You can buy tix here

And here’s a video giving you an idea of what the performance will be like…

Hope to see you there!!
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