Not sure America is ever coming back from this

Bass #reamp, killer sounds thru the old standby Shop B15. Not all the stuff is vintage all the time, though, proven by stellar fuzz sounds from this DOD Carcosa, and the Vanguard Audio V4 FET condenser, far and away my favorite newer microphone on the scene. #soulshop

My favorite part of walking home from the Shop at 3AM is running into my wabbit neighbors. This time it was a special moment between these two lovebirds, an obvious analogue to myself and @amandabeland.bsky.social. (I won't post the video of the flirt-jumping, cause that's between the two of them.)

Still grooving high on last weekend's live performance by @ryanleecrosby.bsky.social here at the Soul Shop. RLC is currently on his "Boston to Bentonia" tour, please check his itinerary and catch him along the way if you can. Absolutely transcendent.

A newer member of the stable of weirdo #solidstate amps at the Soul Shop, this 1960s Standel Studio XII has been working hard lately as a #reamp machine. It may not have the rep of the tube models, but it's incredibly valuable as tonal seasoning on tracks ranging from pedal steel to accordion.

Me putting reverb on the 2bus

Mayor Wu responding to the administration like

Out now from Time and Place!

timeandplace.bandcamp.com/track/should...

Feels impossible to feign normalcy and post about music lately, but fortunately this song is the perfect response to this moment in America in 2025

Arranged & produced by me & the band, recorded & mixed by me at the Soul Shop

For my track, "You & I," off the new Soul Shop Xmas album, I took a steal from Dan Fogelberg and ended the story with my reharm of "Auld Lang Syne." Use this chart for your New Year's Eve gig, or rewrite it yourself, it's folk music after all.

The real surprise here is finding out that Shazam is still a thing.

Haven't introduced myself yet but let's start with this - the new holiday album from The Soul Shop (produced & mixed by me) is coming Thursday Dec 19, ten years to the day since the last one dropped. Medford, Massachusetts is the original home of Christmas music in America (more on this later).