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Fall stuff

Lots of things going on with podcasts!  

The American Story by Christopher Flannery is now live - some of the background music (violin and guitar) was done by Alayne Wegner and myself. The stories are inspiring and thought-provoking -…

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August

I just returned from the Swannanoa Gathering and had a wonderful time with John Gorka, Don Henry, Amy Speace, Peter Mulvey and many others!   Soon to come - some videos from the Rialto Theatre with Kerry Kean (as Goslee Reed…

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Podcast of American Stories

I have been working on providing some of the music for a podcast of American Stories.  My friend and fellow musician, Alayne Wegner, and I are recording some traditional American folk songs on guitar and violin, so violin duets of…

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Acoustic Rainbow CD

My song "Yellowbud" will be featured on the next Acoustic Rainbow CD which is mailed to 500+ radio stations! This makes me very happy, and makes my granddaughter do a little dance, since the song is one I wrote for…

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Goslee Reed & Kean

My duo with Kerry Kean has been busy the past few summers playing in lovely outdoor venues.  Out favorite is not exactly outdoors - rather it is inside an old stone chapel called Quarry Chapel in Gambier, Ohio.  We like…

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New in 2019

So much has been happening in my home town of Mount Vernon lately - the biggest thing is the opening of the Woodward Opera House.  This historic gem was built in 1853 and has been restored to the 1880's look…

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2016 happenings

I am excited to be attending two songwriting events this year - one in February: Ten Pound Fiddle Red Cedar Songwriting Festival in East Lansing, Michigan with Jamie-Sue Seal, John Latini and Jonathan Kingham, and the other Camp Ned in…

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The Heritage Singers ~ "Feed the Right Wolf"

The Heritage Singers are an a capella group directed by Marty and Joe Bell.  We perform a variety of songs - from hymns to pop and in between.  Recently, Cliff Davis, a composer and arranger in the group, arranged my…

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Camp Nuhop Songfest on NPR

A piece was done on NPR about Songfest at Camp Nuhop - it aired on July 3, 2014 on WKSU from Kent, Ohio.  Here is a link to the piece - it is so wonderful how it finishes with two…

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All Living Things published in Pass It On!

My song written with First Graders at Dan Emmett Elementary has been published in the latest issue (Fall, 2013 - #75) of Pass It On!, the journal of the Children's Music Network.  This song can be heard on the…

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