December 2025

MIDWEST – In December I'll be on tour in upper Midwest on a special run of shows with the great Dave Moore, one of my all-time heroes and longtime friends. We'll start out together on a split bill, a two-night stand at lovely old Trempealeau Hotel just north of La Crosse, WI (12/3, 12/4), trading our songs and backing each other up (with a little help from Erik Koskinen). The first night is sold out, but we've just added that second night, so get a seat while you can.

      From there we'll head up to the Oak Center General Store in Lake City, MN (12/5), and pick up the full band from The Universal Fire – John Convertino, Jeremy Moses Curtis, Erik Koskinen, and Eric Heywood – on the way north to play the Cedar Lounge in Superior, WI (12/6, on split bill with Erik Koskinen and his trio), the Parkway Theater in Minneapolis, MN (12/7) and SPACE in Evanston, IL (12/8) and finally Atwood Music Hall in Madison, WI (12/12). 

      Dave opens the full band portion of the tour and joins the band on rack harp and button accordion, and in the middle of it, we'll all head down together to the Englert Theater in Iowa City, IA (12/11/25) for a show I put together, called MAGIC DUST: The Songs of Dave Moore, an all-star tribute featuring Dave himself, along with Greg Brown, Iris Dement, Bo Ramsey, Pieta Brown, Joe and Vicki Price, Kris Delmhorst, Erik Koskinen, David Huckfelt, Dustin Busch, David Zollo, Kevin Gordon, and Phil Heywood, playing and singing their favorite Dave Moore songs, and then Dave himself, backed up by me and the band. The Magic Dust show has been sold out for weeks but there are tickets yet for most of the other shows.

It's been a long year friends, and I've been lucky to be out on the road playing music with and for people I love. Thanks for reading these letters, for coming out to shows, for keeping us moving. Something's bound to happen in 2026 but we don't need to talk about that yet.