Despite its skeletal arrangement, this feels gigantic, cinematic, the vocal way out front, an exile haunting its own ghost. Lyrics concern Abenaki women trafficked by whites, then universally rejected for their mixed-race offspring.

Ferocious. Riveting. Can't stop listening.

tinyurl.com/29j96r3c

Don Henry--composer of maybe the best white-guy song about MLK, and so many more —has a new record about fall. Being him, he gets it all (y’all): the colors and their portent; the sweet nights with real terrors in them; and, here, the dark heart of the heart of the country. tinyurl.com/23cxsh3d

"Don't go 'round tonight..."

As the kids say...mood...

Brand new ghost story. Free (for now) to all. Hope you enjoy it.

glenhirshberg.substack.com/p/ioway

Halloween recycle, Northwest style...

At least the moon still remembers how to play Halloween...