I found out mLive ran their article (click here to read) about my upcoming Ark show and accident as I was leaving physical therapy, and saw a missed text message from Chris Buhalis:
“I’ve heard of people using saw injuries to promote their careers, but getting hit by a car just to get some publicity seems desperate.”
LOL!
Thanks to Marty Slagter for interviewing me.
Heads up Michigan music fans: Chris Buhalis’s brilliant new album, Big Car Town, is now on iTunes, Spotify, etc!
(One correction: no songs are about Dan Achen on this new record. Slagter asked about my music history and how I found myself writing about the life and death theme. I got a rambling about how great Dan Achen was as a producer, how he died suddenly before we finished recording Burning the Boats at Catherine North Studios, etc.)
I’ll be on Ann Arbor 107.1 FM today to talk about the upcoming Ark show, new record, and the balancing act of parenthood and music life.
Tune into the Acoustic Brunch with John Bommarito at 10 AM (EST) today (my segment at 10:15 AM)
Then later tonight on Tree Town Sound with Matthew Altruda at 6 PM (EST).
Also, big thanks to Martin Bandyke for having me on the 107.1 FM Music and Mocha series the day after my accident!
Indie Feed included “We’re Not Here Anymore” in their “Weekly Update” playlist, a four-song set of acoustic tunes.
Listen to the playlist here, and give Indie Feed a Youtube follow:
https://youtu.be/PrdTuU8jcB4
Featured artists in the playlist include:
Jonny Carroll – “February”
Joel Ansett Music – “Turn to Gold”
Neo & Neo – “Californian Sun”
Mike Vial – “We’re Not Here Anymore”
© Photo used in artwork; Nicolò Di Giovanni – Compaccio, Italy – Download picture here: https://goo.gl/AmUwzL
Whoa, the record received quite a press quote:
“The album is a warm, crisp collage of Americana coiled with lots of contemplative lyrics narrated by an artist who sounds like he’s enjoying the radiant sunrise after a proverbial dark night of the soul.” – Jeff Milo, the Current
Jeff Milo, asked such thoughtful questions, and I appreciate his long-form review of my new record for his blog. I offer some thoughts about the accident and Ann Arbor’s fruitful scene.
Read the blog here:
http://deepcutzmusic.blogspot.com/2016/10/a-world-thats-bigger-interview-with.html
Girl on the Mountain, Boy on the Beach
This folk song in DADGAD is my favorite to play from the new record, a contemplation about the refugee crisis.
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“Girl on the Mountain, Boy in the Beach”
A girl climbed the tallest mountain,
And the light from the sun in the sky
She found a juvenile traveler
He was watching the moon die, the moon die
The girl ran down the mountain
The boy lay down in the beach
Passion gave in to power
The sun and the moon never reach
Did you need a little hope this morning?
Did you need a little hope, did you cry?
A father readied a journey
A mother made up her mind
Children fleeing their country
Can you give sight to the blind, the blind?
A girl ran down the mountain
A boy lay down in the beach
Children fleeing their country
The sun and the moon never reach
Did you need a little hope this morning?
Did you need a little hope, did you cry?
This song was a 2016 Grassy Hill Songwriting Competition finalist, performed at CT Folk.
Live video done by Charlie Steen. Audio by Solid Sound Recording Company.
