It is tricky to make a joke on stage. You can feel people checking whether you’re joking, confessing, or being accidentally honest. A line you thought clearly ridiculous can land […]

Open stage nights are usually modest affairs. A few chairs, tables, a borrowed PA, twelve people pretending not to rehearse in their heads while silently panicking about what they’re about […]

I’m performing in Stratford soon, the town where Richard Manuel first learned how to turn feeling into music. It’s strange and moving to bring my songs into the place that […]

To her, these were songs about the world being wrong. About gatekeepers misunderstanding originality. About experts mistaking sensitivity for weakness. She took pride in her resilience, in the fact that […]

The high school performance was like that Dead song – what a long strange trip it’s been. I sat there listening to them grind through songs from the ancient record, […]

I watched the footage of the Grammys. The Brian Wilson, Joe Cocker and Warren Zevon tributes did me in.

There was a new couple who played the open stage. She is from Toronto originally and has a nice voice. The melodies were angular and unexpected as was his guitar […]

UNEXPECTED TEXT: Good day! I am Reid I wish to ‘cover a new ‘role that has come lately opened up. I’m around-can we talk when you are? ME: Reid. You […]