{FROM THE BLOG}

Shadow of the Moon

I was in my hometown of Charlottesville, VA on August 12th 2017, the weekend of the deadly 'Unite the Right' neo-Nazi 'rally'. Really, it was an orchestrated, pre-meditated street-battle attack, not a 'rally'. Five days later I wrote this song, the title referring to the eclipse that happened a few days after. That eclipse was such a fitting natural metaphor for what happened to our hearts that weekend. (cover photo by Eze Amos) This recording features two other Charlottesville musicians. Both were there as 'counter-protesters' against white supremacy: Alethea Leventhal (Ships in the Night), and cellist Brandon Collins (BC, The Cows).