"Last year's words belong to last year's language and next year's words await another voice.  And to make an end is to make a beginning."  T.S. Elliot.

I couldn't agree more.  I'm really looking forward to this new year and all the music that will fill it. 

The Slide Sessions continues on January 8th at 9:30 with Natalia Zuckerman.  The first one was a blast, with Beaucoup Blue, my buddies.  David just got his new Aura pedal and they're geared up to release their new album in January.  Natalia and I have known each other for a long time, but have never actually been able to play together.  I'm really excited that the series is already pushing me to play more solo Dobro, as I get inspired by each special guest.

Red Molly returns to touring this month with big gigs at The Rose Garden (MA), Joe's Pub (NYC), Godfrey Daniels (PA) and more.  I've got a couple of duo gigs with Anthony da Costa at the end of the month:  Westchester Arts Council on 1/30 and Peekskill Coffeehouse on 2/1.  We had fun getting back to doing gigs together in December, so I'm glad it will continue through the year.  Jazz fans will be happy to know that the annual Groundhog's Day concerts are coming up in NJ on 2/2 and 2/4.  I get to play songs from my CD "My Craziest Dream" with my dad and his buddies.

And some happy news!  People seem to really like my records!!

"Love and Other Tragedies" made it to:

The Americana Music Association's Top 100 albums of 2008, 

The Online Folk Festival's Top 10 of 1008 List, 

The Best of 2008 WFUV Staff Picks, 

Ron Olesko's Favorite CDs of 2008! 

FOLK DJ #3 Album of the Year with 7 Top Singles

Red Molly was named #13 Top Artist for Folk DJ 2008. 

"Bad Nights/Better Days" was FOLK DJ #39 Album of the Year.