It's too much pressure to write a eulogy, so this isn't going to be that. But the occasion is the same: Jon Atkins, my wife's uncle, has passed away.  

I met Jon for the first time when he was already…

To wrap this series up, here are 10 random pieces of trivia about the last song on my new EP, The Boy You Call Baby…

1. It's by far the most recent vocal recording, revealing a bit of change in voice…

Here are ten behind-the-music pieces of trivia about my recently released song She Loves Me Anyway...

1. I wrote it a few years ago, but held it until now. 
2. The opening line "I didn't say one kind word yesterday" was inspired…

Here are 10 behind-the-music trivia about my recently released song Lovers and Fools. 

1. The electric guitars are from the original demo...I just didn't feel like re-recording them to make them perfect, which is why they're a tad out of sync…

Dear Maybell began when I actually did sing to cattle out on a family farm, but as with all my other songs it ended up pulling from a lot of places to become a story that felt worth telling. I…

UPDATE 2/24/24: Check out a web-only release of a new version of this called When the Cowboy Rides Away (Ride On Edition) in honor of the passing of the person who the original album was dedicated to.

At this point…

The inspiration for Barn Dance came from looking at broken down old barns on a drive around the peninsula. On their path to return to the earth, I imagined their stories: the pride when they were built, the hard work…