EP RELEASE TRACK, FINAL RELEASE #5

For my big show December 2nd at the Old Church in Portland for the Minor Key Concert Series I'll be playing all the songs on my new EP which will be released on that same day. Each of the songs tell a story (kind of like the ones in my first album, Stern Little Stories) and as a preview I wanted to release each song for a 24 hour period.

FINAL SONG: ASHES OF REMBETIKO 

(This song no longer available for free but is yours for $1.25 HERE. )

  When you're a touring musician you go to a lot of places and meet a lot of fascinating people, and usually your time with them is brief. That brevity can sometimes give an illusion of depth, that wouldn't really be manifest if you actually had to do the real work of being friends. This song, written after coming home from a Vagabond Opera tour, is about how you sometimes can confuse the touring reality, with all its razzle-dazzle, with what really matters. The setting for it is Greece, hence the title. 
  I've always wanted to walk into a Portland coffee house, accordion strapped to my bosom and sing the first lines of the song:
  YOU HIPSTERS WHO DRINK COFFEE OVER A SEA OF SHIMMERING LAPTOPS! 

THE NEW EP IS OUT TODAY AND YOU CAN GET IT HERE!