by eyes cast down | Sep 6, 2017 | Releases
My fifth album, The White Island, will be released on CD and in digital formats on October 1st, just in time for my performances on Philadelphia at The Gatherings and on Star’s End, on the 7th and 8th. This album concludes a most unexpected arc in my...
by eyes cast down | Jul 18, 2017 | Album Reviews, Releases
Big thanks to John Shanahan (Hypnagogue) for his review of Souls Adrift, in Disrepair (original post here). After over a decade, John is putting aside the Reviewer’s hat to undertake new ventures. His enthusiasm, keen observations and support will be greatly...
by eyes cast down | Jun 16, 2017 | Album Reviews, Releases
Big thanks to Chuck van Zyl for his review of the Souls Adrift, in Disrepair album (original post here) and support! I’m looking forward to working with him in October, for performances at the Gatherings and on Star’s End Radio. As I’ve said many...
by eyes cast down | Jun 8, 2017 | Album Reviews
Progressive rockers Yes’ 1974 release Relayer was one of the first albums that opened my ears to what was possible in music. Pretty difficult to overstate the importance of that – especially to an impressionable teenager. This was in the mid-70s. I...
by eyes cast down | Mar 2, 2017 | Album Reviews, Releases
Somehow I neglected to include Richard Gürtler’s May 2013 review of The Separate Ones here. Definitely an oversight, which I’m happy to rectify now. Many thanks, Richard! ***** Eyes Cast Down is Greg Moorcroft from Chicago and The Separate Ones is his...
by eyes cast down | Feb 27, 2017 | Album Reviews, Releases
Big gratitude to Richard Gürtler for his review of Souls Adrift, in Disrepair! It’s deep listeners like Richard, who thoroughly understand and love the music, whom I’m always hoping to reach. Here is Richard’s full review, which can also be seen...
by eyes cast down | Feb 9, 2017 | Airplay, The Creative Life, Working That Studio
2017 is off to a roaring good start! In mid-January, I completed recording for my fifth album, The White Island. It’s all improvised guitar pieces, though I pushed the concept a little for the last piece to be recorded, The Eons Are Closing. (Coolness points if you...
by eyes cast down | Jan 12, 2017 | The Creative Life, Working That Studio
2016 was largely the Year of Other People’s Music, as almost everything I worked on was either a cover piece or collaborative project. The year’s centerpiece was the July release of my fourth album, Souls Adrift, in Disrepair, most of which was recorded in 2015. You...
by eyes cast down | Nov 30, 2016 | Poems
One of the more personal pieces, this one – published four times during my mid-90s poetic phase. Learning last year of Majken’s early passing made sharing it here … inevitable. She is missed. *** New-grieving baby self: early warning genius Invisible...
by eyes cast down | Nov 3, 2016 | The Creative Life
It’s been too long since my album reviewing days and, while I lack sufficient time for the serious repeat listening which a good review requires, I can at least get back into the practice of calling attention to some of my favorite fellow artists in the...