News! Hey y’all, I’ve got a new record coming out. It’s titled “When I’m Called” and it will be available July 12 on Fat Possum Records. You can preorder the album here. It features nine songs - some of them traditional & some not so traditional. One of the more traditional songs is called “Going to Georgia” and you can hear it now at the listening places. Enjoy !

Hi Friends,

I’ve got some shows coming up. The Wednesdays-in-September residence at The Cave in Chapel Hill rolls on this week with very special guests Joe Westerlund and Sam Moss. Keep your ear to the ground for detais regarding more special guests & friends dropping in for the last two Wednesdays. It’ll be fun.

North Carolina friends: I'll be playing songs at The Cave every Wednesday night in September!

Doing some summer dates with my friend Sam Moss opening.

Spring shows! Come say Hello to me! 🥁

Back home for a bit after Europe & will close out the year in these places. Y’all come say Hello if you can 🌿

UK & EU friends: I am headed your way in October. Come say Hello! 🌿

Happy to say that I’ll be opening for The Decemberists this August at many beautiful venues, indoor & out, throughout the country. Come say Hello! 🌿

Very happy to say that I’ll be playing a number of shows this April in support of The Magnetic Fields! 🌿

Thanks to NPR Music for asking me to do a Tiny Desk Concert. It was fun! That’s Libby Rodenbough playing fiddle and harmonium and singing backup, and that’s Casey Toll on the upright bass.

Good morning, I’m very glad to say that I have a new album coming out soon! It’s called Good and Green Again and it will be available January 21st. You can hear the first track “Love Farewell” now at all the usual listening places & you can pre-order the record now from my store.

Hi friends, here’s a recording of my full set at the 2019 Brooklyn Folk Festival at St Ann’s Church in Brooklyn Heights, NYC. My friend Eli Smith - founder of Brooklyn Folk Fest and Jalopy Records - asked me if I wanted to release this and I said “Why not?”

Dear friends in England, Scotland, & Ireland:

I’ve decided to cancel my September overseas dates, though certainly not for want of trying.

I’ll be making some cinematic noise in Knoxville on July 8th. Read more about this event at bigearsfestival.org

My recording of the song “Hills of Mexico” is out today. Enjoy 🌿

”Hills of Mexico” is from a family of narrative ballads in which the singer-narrator is approached by a stranger in transit with a business proposition that turns out to be not so great for singer-narrator.

My recording of the song “Copper Kettle” is out today. Enjoy 🌿

“Copper Kettle” sings like a traditional ballad from the days of the whiskey rebellion but it was written in the 1940s by a man named Frank Beddoe for a stage production titled “Go Lightly, Stranger.” The Chicago folksinger Bob Gibson recorded it in the 50s & Joan Baez recorded it not long after that. Then it became something of a standard in folkie circles.

End of the Road Festival has announced their lineup for September 2021.

More info here: https://endoftheroadfestival.com

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The good people at Uncut Magazine are now featuring a series of videos of some Paradise of Bachelors artists making music in our respective habitations. They appear on Thursdays at 1pm EST / 6pm BST. 🌿

The wonderful James Elkington kicked off last Thursday & is followed by my esteemed pal Kayla (Itasca) this Thursday (5/21), followed by me on May 28, & the series concludes with a performance from the great Michael Chapman on June 4. Enjoy! 🌿

👋 I’m playing a couple shows in southern California soon:

April 8 at Gold Diggers in LA &
April 9 at Greater Goods in Ojai.

Tom Brosseau opens both shows!

Come say Hey 🌿🌿

I’m glad to say that I’ll be playing some shows in Ireland, Scotland, England, & The Netherlands this Spring.

Come say Hello!

More details forthcoming 🌿