Ian began writing at age four when he reportedly conquered the word "cat." Sixteen years later, he wrote his first song, though the results were not, relatively speaking, quite as impressive. Things have gotten better since then, and Ian has performed his songs throughout the northeast at venues such as Club Passim's Campfire Festivals; Stone Soup; and the Emerging Artist Showcase at the 2008 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival.
Of Ian's songwriting, no less an authority than Vance Gilbert actually said : "He can obviously construct a lyric better than I ever could." Of course, he could have gone on and said: "Ian captures breaths from the mouths of angels and pieces them gently together into the words and phrases that not even those heavenly creatures would dare speak," but he absolutely did not say that, and for good reason.
Regardless, Ian has self-released three albums of his own songs since 2004 and is celebrating this autumn the release of his fourth album, Empty Like The Lion Den, on independent label Dirt Floor Records.
Of Ian's songwriting, no less an authority than Vance Gilbert actually said : "He can obviously construct a lyric better than I ever could." Of course, he could have gone on and said: "Ian captures breaths from the mouths of angels and pieces them gently together into the words and phrases that not even those heavenly creatures would dare speak," but he absolutely did not say that, and for good reason.
Regardless, Ian has self-released three albums of his own songs since 2004 and is celebrating this autumn the release of his fourth album, Empty Like The Lion Den, on independent label Dirt Floor Records.
Q: What type of Ipod do you have and what color is it?
A: I don’t own one, which means it is colorless. It is also, theoretically, odorless, shapeless, and tasteless, making it the carbon monoxide of my personal electronics collection (and not the only thing about me that’s tasteless, by a long shot). For the record, I still listen to music on the go the same way I always have: I carry around a gramophone and a stack of 78s.
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A: I don’t own one, which means it is colorless. It is also, theoretically, odorless, shapeless, and tasteless, making it the carbon monoxide of my personal electronics collection (and not the only thing about me that’s tasteless, by a long shot). For the record, I still listen to music on the go the same way I always have: I carry around a gramophone and a stack of 78s.
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