acoustic music

Songwriting and honesty — my own truth tale-ing

November 17, 2009

I had high hopes for this blog post, which I am writing one day after arriving home from NERFA, the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance — an inspiring gathering of folk, acoustic, blues, roots, americana and contemporary singer-songwriters and musicians from around the Northeast and Canada. The trip had been planned for months, including a role [...]

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Songwriting Scene: Long Island

September 16, 2009

No, the title of this post is not an oxymoron. There is, in fact, a nice songwriting scene on Long Island, which I have to say surprised me, being a Long Island native myself (Hicksville, exit 43 on the Long Island Expressway, off of South Oyster Bay Road). While at age 16 I left Long [...]

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What are your favorite songwriter-friendly venues?

August 3, 2009

I’m compiling a list of the best songwriter-friendly venues in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and beyond…both for emerging singer-songwriters and touring professional singer-songwriters…would love your feedback and suggestions! I’m not counting house concerts here…will do a separate post on that. Just a few off the top of my head in order to get started, and [...]

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Falcon Ridge Festival Emerging Artists 2009

July 2, 2009

So the annual Falcon Ridge Folk Festival in Hillsdale, NY is a very cool place to see up-and-coming as well as nationally-known singer-songwriters…I’ve been there a couple of times and saw some favorites including Shawn Colvin, Richard Thompson, Tracy Grammer and Girlyman. The Emerging Artists performance is always really fun — great to see new [...]

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