Joni Mitchell Tribute 2019

The latest Joni Mitchell Tribute concert poster for the show on March 9, 2019, in Ithaca, NY, raising money for the Community School of Music and Art. The photo is by Mark Hanauer. Performing this year: Joseph Gaylord with Sera Smolen Mary Bentley with Sera Smolen and Michael Wellen Colleen Kattau with Rich DePaolo, Mike […]

CD cover art for Ladder by Mary Bentley

Mary Bentley’s new CD “Ladder”

I had the pleasure of working with singer-songwriter Mary Bentley of Ithaca, NY, on her new album, Ladder. Coordinated with the design for her website marybentleymusic.com and a new business card, the entire package aims to help her reach more fans. She certainly deserves it! The photos are by Robyn Wishna of Ithaca. Please visit marybentleymusic.com to listen […]

New CD from RESONATE

My good friend Will Fudeman, a musician, writer, and healer, has had a project “in the can” for several months. Now the CD will be released. The band is called RESONATE and the CD is titled Listen. It’s a collaboration of Will and Cantor Abbe Lyons, of Ithaca.  The cover is by artist Andrea Staffeld, of […]

Unlock the Sky

For the folk-blues duo Tom Mank and Sera Smolen’s latest recording Unlock the Sky, one of my own photos graces the cover. The design is done and manufacturing is underway. The album release is March 2 at Casita del Polaris in Ithaca, NY. Tom and Sera are dear friends and I’m so grateful to have worked […]

Poster: 4th Annual Joni Mitchell Tribute Concert

Once again, and I’ve been honored to design the poster for the 4th Annual Joni Mitchell Tribute concert in Ithaca NY (event on Facebook). This year I searched for an image to adapt for the poster and stumbled on a gorgeous painting by the late Kirsti Ottem Langeland. She was a Norwegian born artist who […]

Blank Books made from Album Covers

I make blank books using repurposed and recycled paper and old LPs found at flea markets, yard sales and even in my own collection. This one was made from the Ray Charles album, ‘Tell The Truth,‘ a 16-track anthology of the Atlantic years, 1953-1959. In making books like this one, I always use both the […]

Joni Mitchell Tribute Concert – poster design

Once again I have had the pleasure and privilege of designing a poster for the annual Joni Mitchell Tribute Concert, a benefit for the Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) scholarship program, in Ithaca NY. As a Joni fan, songwriter and musician myself, this is a distinct pleasure. Thanks to CSMA Board member Joe […]

CD Design: Jennifer Haase, ‘No More Invitations’

CD Design No More Invitations (Jennifer Haase http://www.ryhmeswithclassy.com) Several months in the making, singer-songwriter Jennifer Haase’s long-awaited CD is now out. I found an amazing photo of antique Edwardian doll’s heads at the Flikr photostream for alliesadornments.com. We were given permission to use this photo, which is so perfectly in keeping with the thread that […]