Just Announced - PNW Run w/ Circles Around The Sun☟
Extremely hyped to announce we’re joining Circles Around The Sun for four shows in the Pacific Northwest this October. Tickets on sale now and likely to sell out quickly. Come on if you’re comin’. Artwork by Madalyn Stefanak.
10.12 - Portland, OR (The Get Down)
10.13 - Seattle, WA (Nectar Lounge)
10.14 - Seattle, WA (Nectar Lounge)
10.15 - Eugene, OR (WOW Hall)
September Live Performances☟
We’ll be warming up for our CATS tour with a couple of shows in September. Next weekend (9.9) we’re out in the gorge at Trout Lake Hall. We’ll be joined by Cosmic Gnarly, a new Grateful Dead covers group led by Dana Buoy making their debut performance. Later this month (9.21) we co-headline Mississippi Studios with Shady Cove + Ryan Oxford opening. Tickets for both on sale now.
Guest Mix - Smithsonian Folkways☟
Was recently tapped by the kind folks at Smithsonian Folkways to curate a ‘People’s Picks’ playlist featuring tracks from their deep catalogue of beautiful music. Tracklist below. Listen here.
Lucinda Williams - Sharp Cutting Wings (Song to a Poet)
Lead Belly - Easy Rider
Mr. Greg, Cass McCombs - Friends from All Around the World
Michael Hurley - I Like My Wine
Sagegrass - Tennessee Blues
The Allen Brothers - Are you Feeling it Too?
Kevin Roth - I Looked Away
Jeff Ampolsk - The Unknown Gambler
Jean Ritchie and Doc Watson - Swing and Turn Jubilee
Jim Ringer - I Gotta Get Drunk
Barbara Dane and The Chambers Brothers - Pack up Your Sorrows
Ron Turner - Rollin' to the Border
Guest Mix - Tales & Travels☟
Also put together a guest playlist for Tales & Travels (a new cannabis brand) to celebrate the launch of a new strain, Cosmic Cloud. Tracklist below. Listen here.
Frank Locrasto - Simple Times
Jon McKiel - Mourning Dove
Delicate Steve - Street Breeze
Mapache - What a Summer
Grateful Dead - Cosmic Charlie
Bobby Lee - Impregnated by Drops of Rainbow
Anna Butterss - Doo Wop
Phil Cordell - Red Lady
Will Van Horn - A Horse Named Zelda
Paolo Casa - Watch out!
The Scorpions - Nile Waves
Helado Negro - Outside the Outside (Edit)
Parsley Sound - Ease Yourself and Glide
Surprise Chef - Deadlines
Ezra Feinberg - Palms Up
Dougie Stud - Another One for Slug
Dorothy Ashby - The Windmills Of Your Mind
Misha Panfilov - Baltica Calls Me
Jeffrey Silverstein - Cosmic Scene
Headcleaner August ‘23☟
Enjoy the August edition of my Headcleaner playlist series here. Photo by Roberto Johnson.
Reading, Listening To☟
Reading:
Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner
How Black Musicians Carved Out a Space in Ambient Music (Okayplayer)
Listening:
Mapache - Swinging Stars
Jonny Nash - Point of Entry
Greg Foat, Art Theman - Off-Piste
Crying In H-Mart is so GOOD! Thanks for the tip on Jonny Nash...at first I thought you had a typo in Johnny Nash, LOL.