A while back I recorded another live show for the amazing singer songwriter (and far too infrequent bandmate) D.B. Rielly.

Live From Chester Connecticut is getting national (and I think international) airplay and some really good press! For example:

“D.B. RIELLY IS DAMNED FINE. SOMEDAY THE REST OF THE ROOTS WORLD IS GOING TO FIGURE IT OUT FOR THEMSELVES. UNTIL THEN, TRUST ME: SEEK OUT LIVE FROM CHESTER.”

– Donald Teplyske, Fervor Coulee
Read the entire review HERE.

Check out all the reviews and where it’s playing HERE.

Finally ran cat6 cable to the studio (I thought my days with a crimp tool were over)!

“Big whoop?” you say?  Big Whoop indeed! Because the SSL Nucleus doesn’t play well when it’s connected to a mac getting it’s IP address over WiFi.  Don’t ask, it was months of maddening back and forth.  But… now it’s working like a charm! (and the near gigabit up and down speeds don’t hurt either.

BBC News just posted an article on Perry Serpa‘s new record!!

“He’s a very smart songwriter and I think he’s done very well,” says Hornby. “It sounds like an early Elvis Costello album to me, once Elvis had started filling out his sound a bit“.

Read it here:

How Nick Hornby’s Fictional Album Became Real.

Super proud to have played some small part in the creation of this record.

I recorded a few vocals at Seaside Lounge and did some “pre-mastering” at The Whelping Box.  Perry and I both think it came out great… and so does Nick Hornby!

“Magnificent. I love every song, words and music. I’m happy to think that my book has somehow produced work this good. It works completely on its own terms, and sounds complete in a way that very few albums do anymore.”

–Nick Hornby

A FICTIONAL ALBUM IS BROUGHT TO LIFE: 
WHEREFORE ART THOU? SONGS INSPIRED BY NICK HORNBY’S JULIET, NAKED

Album Features Contributions From Friends, Laura Cantrell, Scott McCaughey,
Aja Warren, Edward Rodgers and Don Piper, Among Others

LISTEN TO THE FIRST SINGLE: