

Love is for the Birds
Birds inspire us to be more. Birds were once lizards that sprouted wings and took flight to become something better. Their story is our...


The Best Seven Days of My Entire Life (so far)
I’ve had some pretty awesome days in my lifetime. High on a mountain top in the back bowls at Vail, sailing with sea turtles in Hawaii,...


Every Concert I've Ever Been To, Except One
I grew up in suburbia. The primordial cesspool where teen angst spawned emo-pop-punk music. I played the alto sax in grade school...


Meet My Family
Meet my family: My wonderful wife Angela and two daughters Addelaide (9) and Calliope (5). We all Love to Sing! Angie works for a...


Worry Is Misuse of the Imagination
Synchronicity. Serendipity. A Happy Co-ink-ee-dink (that is coincidence in normal speak). Kismet. The Wu Way. Be-ing in Alignment. ...


Community Supported Art (CSA)
I Am an advocate for local food and farming. For years now I have supplemented my rockstar income with different organic farming jobs. ...


Ed is Dead
The new Stanton West album, Songbird, is my life story. Within it there are two shorter stories. All the stories follow the same...


Help Songbird Take Flight!
The first time I saw Joe Craven perform was with the David Grisman Quintet in 1996 at the Overture Center in Madison, WI. Joe played an...