Category Archives: On tour

Wide open spaces

There are SO MANY of those in Wyoming. Right out my east-facing Hampton Inn window: a mountain-esque ridge that served as a perfect backdrop for sunrises on the mornings when insomnia got the best of me. Running around Laramie, gasping for breath in the oxygen-deprived air: a view for miles right around a street corner, [...]

Trickle around economics

While at O’Hare this morning, a curiously typical financial transaction occurred. [Nick throws a dollar bill in my lap] Michael: “What’s this for?” Nick: “You gave me a dollar for the vending machine last night.” Michael: “Oh yeah, I forgot.” [Michael hands the dollar bill to Tim] Tim: “What’s this for?” Michael: “I owe you [...]

“Apocalyptically beautiful”

That’s an actual comment I received at our post-concert reception in St Cloud tonight. I admit it, I was touched — it’s a fantastic phrase, and I love that someone thought our performance was worth such a description. Tonight we played Reich Double Sextet and Gordon/Lang/Wolfe singing in the dead of night, and after the [...]