New Release: "Stories"

My family is known for telling stories -- and some of those have slipped into the songs on this new album, which is why I chose that title. I've included some old family photos in honor of that connection. My grandmother and her brother during WWII, my father with a pretty impressive paper airplane he made with his dad, and my great-uncle Orbit and great-grandfather William Jennings Backus. 

I feel very fortunate to have been able to work with some of the finest musicians in the area on this recording, and I just want to give them a little shout out:

Larry Melton (bass) and Brad Kimes (drums) are the rock-solid rhythm section with Ryan Cullen coming out from behind the mixing board to make a cameo appearance on drums for “Little Napoleon”. Meg Murray and Dan Haas perform beautiful backing vocals, Tim Stanley (trumpet) and Jennifer Krupa (trombone) coming in with the horn section, and Erin Snedecor adds the gorgeous and mournful cello parts. Topher Sisson brings his magic to acoustic and electric guitars as does Ahren Buchheister, who also adds accordion, melodica, dobro, and pedal steel to the mix (a man of many talents). Ryan Cullen, owner and engineer at Annapolis Audio Lab, did an amazing job pulling it all together as co-producer of the project (and percussionist). Thanks to everyone!

Physical CDs and digital downloads of Stories are available at CD Baby, iTunes and other digital distributors.