http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLngxSmvMD0

Just a little late for April Fool's day--a postmodern love song for modern lovers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ejMPz5yOb0

I thought that posting this video might demystify the guitar part a little for some. The geese might have been a little out of tune, but it's not that kind of video, after all. Welcome to my back yard.

Thanks to Joan Sherman, various presenting friends, and the Church of St. Andrew (Episcopal) in Marblehead, MA, I have a really busy spring and summer coming up. I've been Artist in Residence at St. Andrew's for a number of years now; throughout most of that time my focus has been on casting and performing my Meditations on the Passion, which will indeed be performed this March 21 with the core of what has developed over the years into a sort of repertory community of folk artists and dear friends, including the St. Andrew's choir directed by Amelia LeClair. But St. Andrew's has graciously expanded my role this spring; many weekends that I'm not on the road, I'll be debuting new songs written in response to the readings of the day. As a songwriter, this is an absolutely thrilling challenge (I sang the second of these new compositions this morning, having completed it last night). Like "Stir Up Your Power", "The Great Storm Is Over" and "Straw Against the Chill", I expect that some of these songs will make it into my general concert repertoire.

I'll be uploading more of the schedule of general audience concerts and workshops in the next week or so. As always, thanks for your support.

Joan and I just celebrated our sixth anniversary in Salem, and I'm still glowing from a lovely Christmas with family and friends. I'm prepared to face 2008 with hope and resolve; I hope the same is true of you if you're reading this.