Life | Love | Melody | Music

Husband. Father. Singer. Songwriter.

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Happy Birthday, Bowie. #NowWatching David Bowie: The Last Five Years https://www.instagram.com/p/BsZuqk8H3u_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1uprh22ob5pjl

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Performing at the Skylark Club in Seattle, where I kicked off a solo acoustic tour 10 years ago today. The month long tour covered the West Coast and parts of the Midwest. I made several new friends and countless memories on that trip. Mostly, I proved to myself that you can do whatever you set your mind to. I’m proud of what I accomplished. It’s not easy to travel around the country and perform by yourself in front of complete strangers, but I did it! With vision, passion, courage, and hard work, anything is possible! #tbt #throwbackthursday #independentmusicartist https://www.instagram.com/p/BpGQrvrHN5n/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1de9p6o5fbn8k

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Top Albums of 2016

Bowie. Prince. Cohen. For music lovers, 2016 was brutal and full of loss. The silver lining is that we were left with some great music. Here’s a list of my favorite albums from last year:

David Bowie - Blackstar

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree

Ed Harcourt - Furnaces

Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

Leonard Cohen - You Want It Darker

Butch Walker - Stay Gold

Griffin House - So On and So Forth

Keaton Henson - Kindly Now

Jim James - Eternally Even

Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - I Had A Dream That You Were Mine

Honorable Mentions

Pete Yorn - Arranging Time

Joseph Arthur - The Family

Slow Club - One Day All of This Won’t Matter Anymore

Gregory Alan Isakov - Gregory Alan Isakov with the Colorado Symphony

Agree or disagree, I’d love to hear from you! What are your favorite albums of 2016? Comment below.

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Album of the Day: You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen

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In my happy place.

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Album of the Day: Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens

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Album of the Day: Black Messiah by D’Angelo And The Vanguard

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Album of the Day: Kintsugi by Death Cab For Cutie

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Album of the Day: The Grave & Unfortunate Life of Lord Hoffway & His Magnificent Piano by The Idyllists

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Album of the Day: You Are All I See by Active Child

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Album of the Day: LP1 by FKA Twigs

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Album of the Day: Today Is Not The Day by Gus Black

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Album of the Day: Afraid of Ghosts by Butch Walker

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Album of the Day: Low by David Bowie

Quite possibly my favorite album of all-time, Low, was released 38 years ago today. Still sounds as fresh today as it ever did.

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Top Albums of 2014

What a great year for music! I actually had trouble narrowing down my favorite albums, but here's my final list:

Low Roar - O

The Antlers - Familiars

Elbow - The Take Off And Landing Of Everything

Ryan Adams - Ryan Adams

War On Drugs - Lost In A Dream

TV On The Radio - Seeds

U2 - Songs Of Innocence

Spoon - They Want My Soul

Taylor Swift - 1989

Copeland - Ixora

Honorable Mentions

Broken Bells - After The Disco

Perfume Genius - Too Bright

Coldplay - Ghost Stories

Bleachers - Strange Desire

Leonard Cohen - Popular Problems

Agree or disagree, I’d love to hear from you! What were your favorites?

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Album of the Day: My Favorite Faded Fantasy by Damien Rice

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Album of the Day: Too Bright by Perfume Genius