Why Singing, Not Typing

I’ve been a musician longer than I’ve been a journalist, but recording took a back seat to writing, until I had a wakeup call

Singing with David Bernz and Pete Seeger in 2011 at the Beacon Strawberry Festival.
“A TASTY MIX OF ROOTS GOULASH…” — Relix Magazine / Jambands
Playing with my brother, Jim (right), in the 1970s.
Me and my Gibson
Some of my instruments — the violin was my mother-in-law’s.
In 1997 I played a WPLN radio songwriters’ showcase at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville.

Life is a Band

Singing at the Beacon Sloop Club.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAH0eLu5H8
I performed ‘Between the River and the Rails” in 2009 at a Guinan’s tribute with a batch of the regulars (photo by Christine Marucci Ashburn).
A montage from Joe Johnson’s Red Wally Studios.
Joe Johnson recording the fiddler Bruce Molsky.
Dar Williams recording her tracks for “Arlington.”
Ben Neill added trumpet parts on two songs.
Bruce Molsky played fiddle on two songs.
The keyboardist Joel Diamond.
Raymond Pierrehumbert, a University of Chicago climate scientist, is also a skilled accordion player.
Jamming with Mike Marshall in 2008.
Matthew Agoglia mastering the album.
Joe Johnson and Andy Revkin on the final day of recording.
An engraving from the Symbolicarum quaestionum,a book of emblems from 1574 (with permission, special collections, University of Glasgow Library.
Playing at WPKN in Bridgeport, Conn., with Andrea Asprelli. (image by Jim Motavalli)

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Pursuing progress on a finite planet at @columbia @earthinstitute. The rest? Family, friends, books j.mp/revkinbooks, songs j.mp/revkinmusic

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Andy Revkin

Pursuing progress on a finite planet at @columbia @earthinstitute. The rest? Family, friends, books j.mp/revkinbooks, songs j.mp/revkinmusic