Set List: Saturday, May 12, 2012 – Flint House Show
- I Just Want to Be Your Last
- I Will
- Made a Mess (with Hannah Fralick)
- Damn Fine Day (with Hannah Fralick)
- Driftwood
- 500 Miles (with Paul Federici and Cory Glover)
Photo credit: Natalie BurgL o R: Cory Glover, Paul Federici, Mike Vial
Super excited to have my friend Paul Federici stay with us in Howell and join me for a week of Michigan shows! Here are the dates we will be playing together this week:
Thursday, May 10 – Paul will be on Pam Rossi’s Show @ uDetroit.com (noon), MI – info
Thursday, May 10 – Cafe 1923, Hamtramck, MI (6:30 PM) – info
Friday, May 11 – Wrought Iron Grill, Owosso, MI (8 PM) – info
Saturday, May 12 – Rust Belt Market, Ferndale, MI (3:15 PM) – info
Saturday, May 12 – House Concert, Flint, MI (7 PM) – info
Sunday, May 13 – Raven Cafe – Port Huron, MI (6 PM) – info
Paul and I met last fall at Catherine North Studios when we were both working on projects with producer Michael Chambers. His first release is a beautiful arrangement of reflective themes with similarity of City and Colour. The songs with Kirk Starkey on cello are captivating. (Kirk also played on my song “I Will.”)
I’m exciting to bring Paul here for his first musical appearance in Michigan. He’s one of those kind-hearted Canadians who you can become friends with after a 20 minute conversation, and it’s been a blessing to have friends across the Ambassador Bridge who are passionate about music and art.
Paul invited me to play at his CD Release show in St. Catherines in January! I survived a snow storm on the 402 making my commute a 9 hour drive to get there for a fun night of music. Fortunately, Paul should have better weather traveling to Michigan!
Classic Albums: Paul Simon’s Graceland
I’ve been watching the Classic Albums series on Netflix, and the documentary I’ve enjoyed the most is Paul Simon’s Graceland.
I feel so inspired about the story of how Graceland was recorded, how Paul and the producer just recorded jams and then took those ideas and wrote songs from them.
I also am inspired about how the story of the creation of Graceland emphasizes how “failure” can allow freedom (and time) for creativity! Paul Simon describes how the commercial failure of Hearts and Bones allowed him to go off on a journey, since no one was really paying attention to him, and just create something new.
There are some powerful quotes from musicians in the movie that I’ve want to type out to remember them:
- “The beast in the human is to tell yourself something is wrong when it’s right and something is right when it’s wrong.”
- “Art shouldn’t instruct, it should invoke…”
Hope everyone is having a nice week.
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be playing at Midwest Fest in September! My appearance at the week festival is Tuesday, Sept. 25 at KAYA Coffeehouse (more info).
The festival has put together a free download sampler of all the bands playing this year. Download, share, and love some great music, many from Michigan!
