A special greeting this month to my new friends from the Keene Music Festival and from my recent Amazing Things Arts Center show. This month’s Kitchen Musician features “Phil’s Guitar”, a new song about a very special guitar that a good friend commissioned. Welcome to my kitchen!

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I’ll be sharing my folksy humor alter-ego, including some unusual instruments. A “Will Rogers meets Mr. Rogers” kind of a show.

I’d love to gather my friends to support this evening show as I try out something new. Leave the tomatoes at home!

Is it summer yet? For Margo and me the answer is finally - yes! We are happily spending most of August at our New Hampshire cabin, taking a break from all (most) things of civilization. This month I have a big show to announce, and a free music download for your iPod!

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This month’s music comes from a show with my daughter Mally at the studio of HCAM-TV in Hopkinton, MA. Also, an invitation to join me at the Lizard Lounge on Tuesday evening, July 6.

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Turn off that radio, unplug your TV, pull the battery out of your mobile phone, and take ten minutes to join my family and me in our New Hampshire cabin. This weekend we had as much fun as anyone can have with a grocery bag full of apples and cheese.

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I have been feeling rather bifurcated lately (a vocabulary quiz word), bouncing between conflicting emotional states. There are so many reasons to believe that our world is very ill, yet all around me I see counter examples that make my heart sing with hope for healing. Join me in the kitchen and I’ll explain myself using a new song, countered by a few examples that bring me encouragement. I also take a moment to look back and reflect about the first three years of The Kitchen Musician.

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I will return to the venerable New England Folk Festival this month. This festival of traditional folk music and dance is in its 66th year, and I have performed at more than 25 of them! Exercising my traditional folkie roots, this month’s song is “Buttercup Joe”, recorded live last month at The Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley, MA.

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This month, the kitchen moves to Shirley, Massachusetts where you will join me at The Bull Run Restaurant for an informal recording of “You’re Not Alone”. I am glad you came by to visit.

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Come listen to my new song “Annie on the Stairs”, a collaboration with poet Bill Thibodeau. Welcome to my kitchen!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME !

Come help me celebrate my birthday at the venerable Bull Run Thursday Soundstage 215 Great Rd., Shirley, MA. I would love to see new and ‘used’ friends gather for dinner at this great venue. No presents… just bring your self and ears ready for some great music.

I am splitting the bill with Nate Smith (no relation, other than musical friendship). Nate is a seasoned singer/songwriter with an early Dylan flavor. Together, we make a pair of sixties-style folkies.

Doors open at 6:00 pm. and my 45 minute set starts promptly at 7:00. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. You can contact me to purchase tickets, or if you are willing to pay the service charge, please click to purchase tickets online.

A new snowfall here in Boston and a new decade for all. This month I share two songs from a recent show, plus a song to a Downey Woodpecker sung by a special guest. But wait, there’s more! – a great offer to join me when I celebrate my birthday in March. Welcome to my kitchen!

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December is here. Long nights, colder weather — time to share a song from warmer days. Welcome to my kitchen!

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