Category: music

  • 19 from 2024

    19 from 2024

    Here are 19 of my favorite songs that I heard first in 2024. Lots of country, instrumentals, jazz, and a few pop tunes and other surprises.

  • 16 from 2022

    16 from 2022

    Here are 16 of my favorite songs that I heard first in 2022. Lots of jazz and ambient country with some other surprises.

  • 16 from 2023

    16 from 2023

    Better late than never, here’s a 70 minute mix of the best songs I heard first in 2023.

  • Sbarro in Baltimore

    Sbarro in Baltimore

    I have been trying to make a habit to write more songs more frequently. “Sbarro in Baltimore” is a simple tune I wrote while on a business trip.

  • Same Old Me

    Same Old Me

    I think i’ve been writing this song in the back of my mind for a couple of years but it came together all in one afternoon. Made this recording in the bathroom the next day after work. I’m getting better and better at writing and singing, but i’d like to start being more consistent, making…

  • Good in 10 (2023 version)

    Good in 10 is a playlist of ten songs that together paint a picture of what “good music” is to me. Created on Nov 1, 2023.

  • Good in 10 (2002 version)

    I created this ten-song playlist in 2002 to epitomize my idea of “good music.”

  • Can’t Ignore

    Can’t Ignore

    Written over several days worth of yard work, a couple of nighttime scribbles, and three afternoons helping direct parking—singing into an empty parking lot. This first draft recording was made with just me and the guitar in the dining room, direct into a stereo mic on the evening of June 19, 2023. Listen and download…

  • Song: Here

    Song: Here

    This song was written pretty much in two sittings. I am not a real banjo player, but the banjo was in my hands when the words came and I’m glad it was. This is the second draft of the song, recorded live into my phone on the deck of our place in Western North Carolina…