Love Letters to Oaxaca: Museo Del Ferrocarril

I’ve just returned to Los Angeles after spending three weeks in Oaxaca de Juarez, the capital city of Oaxaca, Mexico. I gave five concerts, ate world-class cuisine, even brushed up against danger. I took so many photos and videos that I’m contemplating how to share it all with you, too… Oaxaca is a place we [...]

“Coded Language” by Saul Williams

Feeling pensive and electrified by this performance by Saul Williams on Def Jam Poetry. His work here makes the value of art all the more clear. His discipline and research makes me want to learn history on a deeper level. And his insatiable confidence makes me lean in all the more.

Supermoon 2011

I was in Salt Lake City, Utah for the 2011 Supermoon because I had a concert at the Vieve Gore Concert Hall, then was a guest artist for a few days at the University of Utah, courtesy of the graceful and incredible writer, Terry Tempest Williams. I didn’t see the Supermoon because it was cloudy [...]

The ‘Perceiving Home’ Experience

My performance and collaboration with David McConville’s at the Morrison Planetarium at California Academy of Sceinces in San Francisco was unforgettable, and is one of my favorite collaborations. On Thursday, October 14th, David and I presented “Perceiving Home: An Ecological Tour of the Cosmos” to a sold-out audience of 600 at the California Academy of Sciences, [...]

The Sonic Tour of Outer Space is Back!

We’re returning to San Francisco for an encore performance! On Thursday, October 14th, I will return to the world’s largest digital planetarium with David McConville to live-score David’s presentation of of Perceiving Home: An Ecological Tour of the Cosmos, hosted at the Morrison Planetarium at the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park. Trust me, you won’t want [...]