Released - May 1/2024 About 25 years ago, Andrew Collins and I spent a lovely May the first on the shores of Belmont Lake. We spent the day doing hippie things - picking, singing, and generally communing with nature (especially the mycorrhizal network.)

At some point during the day, we wrote a tune that has sort of been haunting me ever since.

Released - May 1/2024 About 25 years ago, Andrew Collins and I spent a lovely May the first on the shores of Belmont Lake. We spent the day doing hippie things - picking, singing, and generally communing with nature (especially the mycorrhizal network.)

At some point during the day, we wrote a tune that has sort of been haunting me ever since. I've now recorded it three times, each with a very different setting (May Day #1 and #2 are on my album Tumbling River).

For this third time, John and I teamed up with The Andrew Collins Trio, which includes James Mceleney (bass), and Adam Shier (guitar).

Released - December 21/2023 We wrote "Thinkin Bout Loving Everyone" in Mackinaw, Illinois a few years ago. The band had been given an unexpected few days off on tour (due to a Covid cancellation, and we decided to call it a "writing retreat." I (Chris) was up early one morning, having coffee on the front porch of the house we'd rented, and noticed

Released - December 21/2023 We wrote "Thinkin Bout Loving Everyone" in Mackinaw, Illinois a few years ago. The band had been given an unexpected few days off on tour (due to a Covid cancellation, and we decided to call it a "writing retreat." I (Chris) was up early one morning, having coffee on the front porch of the house we'd rented, and noticed that a turtle dove was sitting in its nest in one of the corners. The nest wasn't very high up, so the bird and its eggs I imagined were in there were fairly vulnerable. I could have just walked over and grabbed them. The dove seemed to sense that I had noticed it and started making as menacing a sound as a dove can make and occasionally dive-bombed me. This act of bravery struck me, and it got me thinking first about the sacrifices we make for the ones we love and then about the power of love in the broader sense. I got my guitar and moved to the backyard (to be out of the line of fire), where this song had a bit of space to reveal itself. That evening, we arranged the vocal parts, and there it was.

It's just a simple song about this most universally obvious, important, yet elusive idea. We've been playing it live for the past couple of years, and people seem to like it. We're releasing this on the winter solstice, which is, to me, the most hopeful day of the year...bring on the light, bring on the love!

Thanks to Bill Tedford and Matt Servo for their amazing work on this video!

Released September 15/2023 This song is about the information feedback loop our modern world is uniquely plagued with. While it’s obviously the death knell for any belief system, be it political, social, or religious, it’s at the same time, so alluring to its participants for the ease and comfort it affords. Although this song offers no answers, I

Released September 15/2023 This song is about the information feedback loop our modern world is uniquely plagued with. While it’s obviously the death knell for any belief system, be it political, social, or religious, it’s at the same time, so alluring to its participants for the ease and comfort it affords. Although this song offers no answers, I draw on some personal experience to give a voice to a character who realizes they might be caught in this “echo chamber”.

Released August 7/23 - In the fall of 2019, Max (bass, vocals) and his wife packed up everything they owned into an 8’ X 16’ trailer and hauled it from Toronto to a tiny town called Horsefly in British Columbia. They stayed in a friend’s cabin while they built their homestead. They finished just in time for the arrival of their son in late Spring

Released August 7/23 - In the fall of 2019, Max (bass, vocals) and his wife packed up everything they owned into an 8’ X 16’ trailer and hauled it from Toronto to a tiny town called Horsefly in British Columbia. They stayed in a friend’s cabin while they built their homestead. They finished just in time for the arrival of their son in late Spring of 2021. That summer was one of record-breaking temperatures. The skies turned an eerie orange and the sun a blood red as smoke drifted from a nearby forest fire. Several hours south from them, the Lytton fire ravaged the town nearly to the ground in a matter of hours. With that backdrop, Praying For Rain came to Max in a matter of minutes.