Music

"Silver Lining, Silver Steel" is a collection of 16 songs written in Boston in 2001 and 2002. The songs are poetic and positive, reflecting yearning, exploration, and joy. Rocking, sweet, and reaching out, these songs ring like bells with layered guitars, piano, and vocal harmonies. It's first single, "River" has delighted audiences from Maine to California. In addition to original songs, "Silver Lining, Silver Steel" also includes my musical settings of a famous prayer by Saint Francis of Assisi and the poem "Fisherman John and Fisherman Jack" by Alfred Lord Tennyson. ($10+$3 shipping)

"Orchard" (2002) is a mix of songs written between 1997 and 2001. A diverse collection of music, it brings together catchy melodies, beautiful harmonies, and a wide spectrum of poetic vision. Containing 19 songs and over 55 minutes of music, "Orchard" reflects its namesake in that each song is a different fruit. The collection delivers a wide array of music from pensive guitar songs to bluegrass, jokes and nonsense, to heart-felt hymns. ($10+$3 shipping)

Clippings: Songs From the Orchard Floor (2002) is a conglomeration of 8 songs that were vying for space on the Orchard CD, but their cases didn't hold water and they were thrown out of court. Then, in a striking show of solidarity, they organized and lobbied for inclusion in their very own EP. Management had to listen, and by the end of they day this eclectic combination was produced. Contains a rare cover of The Temptations', "My Girl" and the first 2 songs of my otherwise unfinished 1997 rock opera, "Brotherfly". ($6+$3 shipping)

"Songs From the Valley" (2000) is a sweet and searching mix of guitars and pianos surrounded in vocal harmonies. Containing over 50 minutes of music, its 15 songs circle around themes of comfort, forgiveness, and innocence recovered. These songs are poems set to music. Their images are of adventure, nature, and exploration. ($10+$3 shipping)