Twice in the early 90s, I went to the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY for a songwriting workshop with Rosanne Cash. It was a non-juried event, meaning the first dozen people to call in their credit cards got to spend five days sitting in a circle, trying our stuff out…

Petra Haden and six female vocalists, whom she referred to as “the choir,” performed a capella at the World Cafe Live, featuring most of The Who’s 1967 concept album “The Who Sell Out” and half a dozen others songs including some lovely and weird originals, the Beach Boys’ God Only…

“The higher I climb, the more I present myself to the possibility of falling down.” Vertigo