This past Saturday night, I had the pleasure of being part of a benefit for WAMC public radio. I played guitar and sang harmonies to Wanda Fischer’s fine versions of Woody Guthrie’s ‘Pastures of Plenty’ and Tom Paxton’s ‘Life’. We were both surprised and thrilled when, during soundcheck, John Sebastian and Artie Traum agreed [...]

here’s a snapshot from behind the workshop stage. John Gorka and Dan Bern are relaxing between acts. The festival was a deep immersion into the wonderful folk community of both audience, promoters and performers. The late night song circles were perhaps the best part of the festival for me, though I loved Dan Bern’s mainstage [...]