Category Archives: Songs

First February Song: “The Sun Shines On St. John’s”

It’s February, which means it’s February Album Writing Month again. FAWM is a community project in which thousands of musicians around the world try to write 14 songs in 28 days. This is my third time doing it, and so … Continue reading

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Texas (Sun to Sun)

I spent Tuesday in Texas. We had crossed the state line from Louisiana the night before, stopped at San Antonio early in the morning, and by breakfast time we were in Del Rio, the “queen city of the Rio Grande.” … Continue reading

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Sunset Limited

I’m freeloading on someone’s wireless connection during a stopover in El Paso, Texas. The train is running a bit ahead of schedule so we’re sitting at the platform for a little while. I took a walk alongside the train, and … Continue reading

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Candy Girl, Or, How To Spend a Saturday Afternoon

I went to an old-time jam with my friend Kari the other night and she played a lovely tune called “Candy Girl,” which I’ve heard her play but never learned. We played it and I got a sense of the … Continue reading

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An End To Cynicism?

For the first time in some months I updated the songs on my MySpace profile. I hate the site and its miserable UI, but it’s the most important social networking site for a musician, so I should pay more attention … Continue reading

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The John McCain Blues

I am, strangely enough, feeling almost optimistic about the election. Partially because of something Obama said in an excellent article this weekend in The New York Times Magazine, when the reporter asked him about how he would appeal to the … Continue reading

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Protected: More FAWM Thoughts

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Fourteen February Songs

I came, I saw, I FAWMed. The songs aren’t perfect. Some are pretty rough, others are better than I expected, and some were completely unexpected. But they’re 14 songs that didn’t exist when this month began.

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Protected: FAWM Halfway

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Protected: The Severance Reel

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