
This morning is grey and it's been raining since yesterday afternoon. I slept listening to raindrops on the roof, under my big winter blanket I brought up from the basement, and was completely content. Bryan John Appleby is from Seattle, so he'll come into this misty town tonight and feel right at home. After completely winning the stages he played on at Doe Bay , he is playing a house show for me tonight, along with chapel session alums The Changing Colors . [...]

There is a sweet intuition in watching brothers playing or sisters singing together. Some of that familial DNA seems to weave its way through the verses, the octave changes and the rhythm shifts. When my sister and I sing together, it's like singing with myself but in stereo. Watching Colorado Springs' Conor and Ian Bourgal of The Changing Colors play together, it's as if one person splintered into two - a river of fraternal goodness. I've come to know Conor and Ian as some of the finest purveyors of good music [...]