JerryPinesMusic

Of the countless, daily humiliations that come with being a professional musician, perhaps none inspire more self reflection than trying to teach piano to a room of disinterested kindergarteners.  I’m not exactly known for my sunny disposition.  Raffi, I am…

If a band of unknown young hotshots released this record, we'd be all be saying ‘they’re gonna be the next Wilco.'  It's as urgent, powerful, and beautiful as any record in their catalog.

This album is slowly taking over my life.  I recently purchased my own Ronroco - it is a Bolivian lute with ten strings.  It has such a strange and mystical tone.  Gustavo claims he barely new how to play it…

I love ambient music but I don't always give its creators the respect they deserve.  I can tell the difference between Tony Rice and Normal Blake as easily as red from blue, but most people just hear bluegrass guitar.  Similarly…

“What I had almost remembered was uncommunicable forever.” 

-F. Scott Fitzgerald 

I’ve always felt a kinship with birds.  They spend their entire lives traveling the world, foraging for food, searching for a mate - trying to survive.  They even get…

Midnight Crossing 

‘Lake Michigan steams like a young man’s dreams’ 

-Gordon Lightfoot 

The Potawatomi Tribe called it ‘The Ocean of Illinois.’  Many years later, European explorers who came upon it confidently concluded that they had reached the Pacific Shore.  In…