I was wondering why I was getting like a zillion hits on my mp3 site this week. Now I see it's thanks to the indefatigable katlaughing, who is a higher-powered publicist than she probably realizes.

...and I am not kidding. Have a look at the Ottawa world-folk charts which are directly attributable to kat saying nice things about me...I'm not usually in the top ten, but now...(click on the link to fill in the rest of the sentence.)

Man I love Mudcat and the great people here. I don't get to spend nearly enough time in this scene anymore.

As for the "new" CD, The Grindstone Tapes, it is a compilation of some 4-track recordings from the late 80's, mostly made with my pal Rebecca Barclay on vocals and some guitar. We haven't put custom graphics up for it yet, and we might add more music (I don't see much of Becca these days, she lives in Toronto and ran off to Ireland a few weeks ago, bit of a free spirit you understand) so you might want to hold off ordering it, The Grindstone Tapes is kind of a pre-official release. Becca is supposed to be adding some artwork and she is in fact a rather great artist, so I'd wait! The title is because we recorded some of it on Grindstone Island, a kind of summer-camp retreat for lefties in the middle of the Rideau Lakes.

Willie-O