OK, 2022
Prior to Covid, I can only remember cancelling two shows in over 20 years of touring: one for a back injury, one for an ice storm. Lately, of course, cancelling shows has been a bigger part of our job than actually playing them. Still, I have to say I’m surprised that even as we open the book on 2022, it’s only now, almost-February, that I have definitive information on the existence of January’s performance schedule, having spent the last two weeks in various email threads weighing different instances of To Play or Not To Play. Such is our ongoing training in patience, flexibility, and fatalism, and it’s probably making us better prepared for whatever further challenges lie down the road, but I can tell you that at this point I’m pretty into the idea of booking some shows and then having them just…happen! Without any discussion, hand-wringing, existential angst, or waffling!
In the meantime, being late in the game with this, I’ll keep it brief and cut right to the relevant dates. We have here a nice range of Covid-era fare, including rescheduled in-person shows, as-scheduled in-person shows, and even a livestream, which is very 2020. The two most upcoming things: 1/28 at Natick Center for the Arts with my longtime bud Mark Erelli, a show we’ve decided to play and hope for the best, because we need the enlivening and connection that only live music can provide, and we know that many of you do too. Mark and I have been friends for Actual Decades and have shared many road adventures, but we rarely get to play together these days and we’re so looking forward to helping out with each other’s songs and generally having a little musical reunion in a beautiful-sounding room. Vax and mask required obviously! Please take all precautions to protect your fellow concertgoers!
Also, 2/6 is the new date for the twice-rescheduled (!) livestream of the 2014 album Blood Test, in case you’re looking to spend a peaceful Sunday evening wandering through some musical memories. I’ll play through the whole album solo and share some stories about the songs or the recording process, whatever comes to mind.
I hope everyone’s weathering the sucker-punch of Omicron and looking forward the unfolding of a brand new year. Onwards! *kd
UPCOMING SHOWS
JAN 28 - TCAN Center for the Arts with Mark Erelli - NATICK, MA Tix
FEB 6 - Blood Test Throwback Livestream - on KD YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK
MAR 3 - Multi-artist Dolly Parton Tribute Show at Hawks & Reed, GREENFIELD, MA Tix
MAR 12 - Stone Mountain Arts Center, BROWNFIELD, ME Tix
APR 29 - Argyle Brewing, CAMBRIDGE, NY Tix
APR 30 - 443 Social Club, SYRACUSE, NY Tix
MAY 2 & 3 (rescheduled from Jan 23/24) Sub Rosa Songwriting Retreat Shows - Club Passim, CAMBRIDGE, MA