I’m playing three shows opening for my pal Rachael Yamagata in San Francisco (March 2) and Los Angeles (March 5 and 6.) R and I have written a bunch of songs together and also performed together many…

Dear Friends and Fans,

Here is a happy holidays wish from me in California to you wherever you are, and some various newsy items. First of all, if you haven’t checked it out yet, please listen to and watch my…

Here’s a clip of me and Gary Louris guesting with The New Standards – the track is on their new holiday album, “The New Standards and Friends Holiday Show,” the title pretty much explains it all. I love…

A while back, I recorded a version of “Soft Picasso” by Vic Chesnutt. What a ridiculous and great song. Now would be a nice time to listen. Proceeds from the album go to benefit musicians with disabilities.…

Forgive my handwriting, you can click on the journal pages to see a larger image. And if you really need a transcription to decipher my scrawl, maybe I’ll type it up. DW

When I was just starting out in music, I had this funny idea that I thought about a lot. I had noticed that smells, especially rare ones – an unfamiliar brand of soap in the shower of a seldom-visited…

Mike Doughty said what I was thinking…

If you haven’t yet, go check out Mike Doughty’s blog, in particular this post. Mike was an early adopter of the blog art-form and he’s perfected a concise, visually fascinating and…

(Photo: Steven Cohen. My tools: pencil, lyric notebook, note cards with song and line ideas, iPod Nano filled with idea clips, memo recorder for recording short or long idea clips…)

Been thinking a lot lately about art and how…

(Photo by Jocelyn Mathewes.) I’ve been doing a ton of writing lately, a few new things for my album and a lot of songs with other people for their albums. Jason Mraz, John Legend, Mika, Missy Higgins,…