Coming up over the next few weeks, I have three amazing shows between the high desert and the Los Angeles area.

Saturday, February 23 at Landers Brew Co. near Joshua Tree, CA.  Moody Little Sister joins the Saturday night fray at Landers Brew for this month's last Urban Desert Cabaret.  Joe Garcia bookends the evening.  I'll also be playing a set before Moody Little Sister takes the stage for their Mojave Desert premiere.  I am so excited to have these friends play our little town.  I first met them in Portland.  Now they live in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico.  They took great care of us there.  Let's show them a good time here.

Friday, March 1 at The Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles.  We're playing this legendary club opening for the equally legendary Todd Albright. Todd is a Country Blues, finger-style guitar player and singer living in Detroit, Michigan. He's a man out of time... or at least, quite possibly, from another time.  Twiggy Pop will be joining me on upright bass.  Join us and Todd for an evening of rolling on the Mississippi River and desert winds.

Tuesday, March 5 at Matt Denny's in Arcadia - The Songwriter Serenade.  My good friend, Rags & Bones, played this evening a couple of months back.  I happened to be in the neighborhood and dropped in.  What an amazing evening!  J.C. Hyke puts this weekly series together featuring singer-songwriters from all over Southern California and beyond.  It's so important for songwriters and musicians to have a night like this that puts us all together - both artists and audience.  J.C. is building a community one brick, or one song, at a time.  I'm honored to have a chance to play this evening.  I'm looking forward to meeting the other folks on the bill and becoming a brick in this community.

I wrote a small piece for Billboard magazine about Crooked Rain's long journey to the center of my heart.  It's one of the coolest, and weirdest records from any time period.  The article compiles the thoughts of a number of people whom the album impacted including Lilly Hiatt, Larry Crane, Kurt Vile, Steve Gunn and Aaron Lee Tasjan.

It was an honor and a pleasure to work on this album.  Available today on vinyl and digital.  Read about the recording and mixing here.  Get the album direct from Beluga or play it on your favorite digital platform.

Susan Kearns' curated show opens Friday, February 1 in Joshua Tree, California at Gallery 62.  The show is titled SURFACES. Susan has six paintings displayed that were inspired by songs from my upcoming album, Down In The Wash, including the painting pictured above which is the front cover. The other artists in the show are Joanna Szachowska, Tobi Taboada, Michael Maxwell, Alane Levinsohn, Eric Banas and Francesca Spoonhower.  In addition to oil painting, there is sculpture, assemblage, encaustic painting and more celebrating texture and how artists apply surface manipulation to their art form.  There is an OPENING PARTY on February 9 from 6pm to 8pm.  Come on by!  Musical surprises might happen.

See more of the art here and get details for the opening party:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1188584121307900/