New "Do You Hear What I Hear" video (and radio CD) for the holidays!

 

I'm excited to say that my acoustic arrangement of the Christmas song "Do You Hear What I Hear" is included on the new Hudson Harding Music Folk Radio Singles compilation. It was one of my sister Amy's favorite carols, so I always think of her when I sing it. Hope you enjoy it, and that it brings back some happy memories of your own childhoods. Happy holidays!

It was thirty years ago today...

 So it was 1990 or so, and I was at a party at my friend Lea's house. My band Loose Ties had broken up, and I was describing my plan to move back to Los Angeles (where I'd gone to college before moving to Boston) to be a behind-the-scenes songwriter. Somebody asked why I needed a band, or stars to sing my songs - why couldn't I just sing them myself? I thought about it, and started playing places like the Nameless Coffeehouse in Harvard Square, and kinda liked the extra attention people gave the songs. I started recording at Steve Friedman's Melville Park Studio with a bunch of new friends and old bandmates, and on August 1, 1991, I released my very first album. Thirty years on it still sounds pretty good. It's now been remastered for digital release (and repackaged with my 1993 album Blues and Grace) for a nice overview of my early solo career. Thanks to all the talented musicians who took part - Geoff Bartley, Barbara Kessler, Annie Raines, Leslie Sterling, Laura Wood, Laurie Goldsmith, Steve Hurl, Mckinley Black, and my mates from Loose Ties - Brice Buchanan, Barry Singer, Bill Kuhlman and Chris Peeler. You can find it on iTunes/Apple Music , Amazon Music and Spotify and lots of other outlets. It didn't quite make me a star, but it was lots of fun to make, and even more fun after all these years to hear "Property," "Fall Like a Rock," "Stonecutter," "Vodka for Crying (Wine to Make Love)" and even a spontaneous cover of Al Kooper's "This Diamond Ring" one more time. Hope you enjoy it as well.  

  

Lost Songs feature track: "Brand New Laces (Same Old Shoes)"

 

I'm excited to have Rebecca Lynch and Barry Singer as guests on my latest CD Lost Songs. Here's Becky singing (and Barry playing) "Brand New Laces (Same Old Shoes)," a song I wrote when Becky and I were college students together at Occidental and performed as the acoustic duo Tres Bien. Barry and I played together in the '80s band Loose Ties, so it's fun to reunite and rediscover some Lost Songs!

Meet Podokey, the new Massachusetts State Dinosaur!

 

Massachusetts has a new state dinosaur! Discovered in 1910 in Holyoke by Mignon Talbot, Podokesaurus was the first dino species discovered and named by a woman. I thought it needed a theme song, so here you go - a video 200 million years in the making!

Thanks to the dino crew - filmers Chris Legare, Wayne Martin, and William Smith, editor Chris Constantine, and all the participating junior dinos.

More on the real Podokesaurus at https://statedino.org/

'Lost Songs' Debuts at #13 on National Folk-DJ Airplay Chart!

Thanks to all the DJs who are playing my new CD Lost Songs, which is at lucky #13 on the current (February) Folk-DJ airplay chart. I'm especially proud that 15 of the album's 16 tracks have been aired. I am also #14 'Most Played Artist', tied with, um, Bob Dylan, Susan Werner and Canadian artist Maria Dunn. There's lots of great, relevant music on the chart so it's an honor to be included. Thanks for listening and please support on-air folk music! More on the CD at terrykitchen.com

NEW TERRY KITCHEN CD 'LOST SONGS'!

 

2020 was a tough year for all of us. While I was trapped at home, I rediscovered a number of songs I'd written along the way that hadn't fit onto whatever album I was working on at the time. Some were silly, some were serious, but they seemed to fit the absurd lockdown moment we were collectively sharing. So I recorded them, along with some brand new songs, and the result is Lost Songs, a collection of 16 songs spanning years, moods and genres but that somehow all celebrate surviving 2020.

Despite covid limitations, the album features some great guest musicians, many recorded on my backyard patio. Players include Jackie Damsky (violin), Norman Zocher (pedal steel), and, from my '80s band Loose Ties, Barry Singer on piano and saxophone. Singers include Sarah Telford, Deede Bergeron, Brian Middleton and, notably, Rebecca Lynch, my singing partner from my Occidental College years, who takes the lead on "Brand New Laces (Same Old Shoes." The songs range from bluegrass to '60s folk-rock to acoustic swing, and there's even a polka. There's some social commentary ("Nickel Bag," about white privilege), some love songs ("Here's to Us") and almost-love songs ("She Never Looks Out the Window"), nostalgia ("Thirty-One Flavors") and anti-nostalgia ("Ex-Girlfriend Weekend." I had a blast recording it, and hope you enjoy it as well.

The physical CD is available at my website, and it's available to download/stream at iTunes, Amazon and Spotify. There's also a video of the opening track "Opposite Day" up on youtube. Thanks for listening and I hope it helps get you through 2021!