Letting Go
I’m a ’90s-alt kid; *Letting Go* arrived before the summit hike, channeling the same hunger for a vision-quest release that Superunknown and Frogstomp once wired into my teenage brain.…
We Can't Back Down Now
Another cabin night with 2019 bruises still fresh: chords that matched the strain became *We Can’t Back Down Now*—a love letter to my wife about staying in the fight without losing the blessings.…
The Observer
First full morning in Finland, Minnesota: coffee overlooking the Baptism River, suet for the birds, and a new song, *The Observer*, built from listening to the thaw as if it were a record.…
The Finland Sessions
Netflix’s Bill Gates documentary made me covet a yearly “go think in a cabin” ritual; a most-wished-for Minnesota Airbnb listing turned that itch into the Finland Sessions songwriting retreat.…