1. NEW ALBUM: My 2nd full length album is finally finished! I’ve decided to self release it in the beginning of April. Artwork and details to come very soon! The album is called, The Breaking of Our Days and it has 10 songs on it. Here’s the track list…
1. Some Other Plan
2. I Can Almost Tell
3. Two Directions
4. Meet the Day
5. Needle and Thread
6. Moving Slow
7. Down the Line
8. Forms of Getting Beat
9. Last Night’s Songs
10. Hidden
Here’s one of the songs one the album called, “Meet the Day.”
2. ALBUM RELEASE TOUR: going on tour with a band for the first time to promote the album. Focusing on some new territory in Colorado, Utah, Idaho and of course some key spots in Washington and Oregon in April.
3. POWER UND BEAUTY SPRING BREAK TOUR: I started a silly accordion project last summer and we are going from silly to seriously silly with some new songs, recording an EP and playing a tour around the Northwest at the end of March. Check out our schedule HERE.
It’s special to me when my music weaves in and out of people’s ears and finds itself resting for a period of time underneath some layer of soul or heart. In between feeling insignificant and lowly among such amazing music out there in the world, I enter into a moment of relief when somehow, somewhere, someone understands a bit of one of my songs how I understand it. Maybe it requires sacrifice of time, release of expectations or a bit of empathy. Sometimes singer songwriters have too much to say and people don’t have the energy to really “listen.” But when the time is taken or the situation and life’s climate is right, music can have some powerful effects.
The ability to inspire, to cause a tremble, a tear, a laugh, all in a moment of euphoria. The notes and rhythms and style and words that can come from a human in the correct conglomeration that matches up with another persons heart and mind and soul all at once is a worthy experience for seeking after. As a listener and a musician both, I find it amazing when power and inspiration can come through one person’s music to another.
Kaylee and I had a good time in Centralia and Portland seeing friends and eating triscuit nachos. Kaylee burped into the microphone once during a show and made lots of silly jokes and made Michelle and I laugh till it hurt just about every time we got into the car. We had plenty of silly times. We also got to play music with quite a few awesome people this weekend. Molly Rose and her new little trio group was fabulous. Noah and Abbey Gundersen are always amazing. Adam Shearer from Weinland played with a cello player from the Portland Cello Project which was very cool and White Hinterland sent us all into another world with their amazing array of noise confections and serene spacy layered compositions.
The weekend ended on a great note tonight in Kennewick at the Red Room. I have found a second home with a great group of folks who are so kind and supportive of my music. Not to mention my number one fan lives in Kennewick and tonight I got a kiss on the cheek because someone liked my set so much (don’t get any ideas, this was a unique circumstance). I realized tonight that I save special songs specifically for shows at places like the Red Room. Songs that just aren’t fit for most venues and most audiences. They deserve a certain amount of safe-guarding and the right type of pillows to brace their subtle fall.
So, thanks to everyone in Kennewick for showing up to our early show and making it a wonderful experience for both Kaylee and I.
Here’s a pretty nice video of one of my new new new songs? not just new, but times 3 new i guess.
Thursday was the beginning of my 4 day tour with Kaylee Cole and our good friend Michelle Riddle. Kaylee came to pick me up this morning and burst through the door exclaiming “Red lipstick every day of tour!” And of course she was wearing red lipstick. Bright red lipstick. If you plan on coming to one of our shows you will see it because she’s going to wear it every waking moment, maybe even while she’s sleeping too?
All three of us have really been looking forward to this weekend for a long time. I even died my hair red for this trip. Well, partially. Kaylee and I worry sometimes about people getting us confused. Mostly because it happens a lot. Our names both start with “K,” we both sing songs and are from Spokane. The blond hair thing was not helping. I thought it was time to go back to a more natural color anyways.
Our show at the Sunset was quite nice. I got really nervous and was really tired, but it still ended up being a good set. I really like playing at that place. There was quite a large crowd of good friends from Spokane who have either moved to Seattle or are working there. I felt very much at home.
Today we are off to Centralia to play a show with Noah and his band. It’s gloomy and grey and I’ve listened to the new Bon Iver EP about a thousand times this week. LITERALLY.
