I play bottleneck slide on resonator guitars: my dearest collaborators. My 1930s dobros and my Nationals (old and new) open sound doors, so I get to hear things that I wouldn't, otherwise. I love to hear what these tremendously responsive guitars do especially when improvising with slide in open tunings.
I play instrumentals & songs with words: jazz, son montuno, festejo, zydeco, American standards, blues, and more. I sing in Spanish, English, French, Gaelic, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Tagalog, and Ukrainian.
I perform at festivals, clubs, radio shows, art openings, weddings, and private events around the United States midwest and northeast. Once I played from the back of a pick-up truck – with two tiger cubs – in a parade! I’m lucky to have joined forces with many gifted people, interpreting lyric and harmony with songwriters, siding vocalists, and surprised into new sonic spaces by other instrumentalists, poets, and dancers.