My pals in Ireland, DUG (the band) invited me on the road with them for a string of USA tour dates on the West coast. I don’t make it out there that often, so I took them up on it. What helped me say yes was the opportunity to hang […]
When I first started talking about this trip with Seth Mountain, my Korea liaison, he spoke highly of a songwriter named Kim il Du. It is always an honor meeting an artist’s favorite artist, and Seth assured me il Du was the real deal. I traveled solo by railway from […]
In honor of his first headlining USA tour right now, here is a blast from the past. Y’all might remember when me and Sam recorded a couple songs in Edinburgh years ago (https://youtu.be/67eY_u0dwSc?si=lGOHilgrxVY5DBEO). This one was recorded that weekend as well, us wandering around the old historic downtown, where he […]
We headed down to New Orleans to catch up with Esther Rose and her band. I’m not as well versed in the various parishes of the Big Easy as Esther is, so I had no idea where we might end up when she invited me to come record some of […]
One of the first artists ever to grace the GemsOnVHS stage (virtual stage?) is/was Erin Rae McKaskle. We go way back, and reminisce fondly about a Nashville that feels long-gone. Back when we’d sit for hours in the summer, late into the AM hours of the next morning, on Cafe […]
Y’all know I’m a Tennessean for life. One of my favorite vistas in Tennessee, if not the world, is a mountain rising into the clouds, larger than life. Roan Mountain offers some of the most spectacular views along the Appalachian Trail, straddles the border with North Carolina and holds a […]
What’s up family, got a travel restriction special for y’all today. Obviously only recently have we been able to cross those ever-lovin’ national borders, so we’ve all been missing out on the opportunities to find folks like Jeremie and Cat up in Canada. Well, they sent this one via the […]
This truly proves we have been at this awhile. The last time we ran across the band Resonant Rogues it was the year 2014, a year so long ago that they listed their Reverbnation as a link to their music. The younger versions of Sparrow and Keith played an accordion […]
Second installment of the couple days I spent with Nick Hans, my buddy, in the shadow of the mountains in New Mexico. This was shot in a horse stable he has converted into his house, and indeed that is his truck in the background. The dog is also his – […]
A day on the east side in Nashville with our friend Angela Autumn. We crammed into the little kitchen amongst some thriving plant life with her bass playing compatriot Noah G Fowler (no relation to Matt Fowler) to hear what she has been working on. I hate to take part […]
