i am so proud today to add my name to the following letter, addressed to President Obama, and signed by so many outstanding and respected artists! for more info, and to share the letter, click here.   Dear [...]

as you probably know by now, i ran a tremendously successful campaign to raise $ for MANIFESTRA. check out what pledger stephanie wants to do with her pledge. it’s amazing and generous, and i am very happy to [...]

some of you might know that i have a degree in something called ethnomusicology. the field basically melds principles of cultural anthropology and sociology to traditional musicology. it asks questions like- who is listening to a music? what [...]

this past sunday i played a fancy outdoor gig at lincoln center. i used more than half my fee to bring my band along. my drummer, marc dalio, lives in brooklyn but is leaving town for a bit, [...]

yesterday i tweeted this: “i’m 2 busy hustling 2 make a living 2 wade into NPR’s E.White http://n.pr/Nx0Pge vs D.Lowery: http://bit.ly/LwFgbf but it all feels bad” this, i’ll admit, was a hasty and somewhat confusing tweet. and then [...]

this post first appeared on techdirt.com I always knew my song “Slung-lo” was a hit. It just took longer than I expected. “Slung-lo” came out on my 2003 album, grand (Nettwerk). It found its way to the Brittany [...]

We, the undersigned, are musicians, actors, directors, authors, and producers. We make our livelihoods with the artistic works we create. We are also Internet users. We are writing to express our serious concerns regarding the PROTECT IP Act [...]

last week, i put out a new album. maybe you’ve had a chance to hear it by now. i conceived, wrote, recorded, and marketed it in about 4 months. it felt urgent because we are fast approaching my [...]

this originally appeared on my blog on 6 SEP 2010. i’m not sure why it didnt migrate over here when i changed hosts… anyway, i was thinking of this song today and wanted to look up the lyrics… [...]

i’ve been lucky to have a relatively quiet summer. songwriting, recording, and playing on my local softball team… and reading. here’s what i’ve dug into lately: the baseball codes- fantastic read about the unwritten rules of baseball such [...]