Remembering Sam Shepard through the words of Patti Smith, and thinking about the mark my friends and I will make on the world. With a link to Smith’s extraordinary farewell to her friend.

A new piece on The Stories series at Medium about being far from New Orleans on Mardi Gras Day.

Dom Flemons is charting a daring path through America’s musical landscape. I interviewed him for Waxwing Literary Journal. Read all about it here.

It’s easy to go non-stop on a long trip. Some small towns serve as a reminder that often, the best thing you can do on a long journey is sit still for a while.

Located just off the coast of Cartagena, Isla Terra Bomba is a 7.7 square mile strip of land easily reachable by boat from the mainland.

A look at the town that provided my entry point for South America, from its often advertised colonial past to the richness of its musical landscape.

Unlike my previous journeys, this time I’ve put some thought into how I can keep myself from falling into old, ugly patterns.

Welcome to the new site.