Bring My DUMB HOPE Roadshow To Your Place This Summer! I'll be returning to yards and homes all over this summer with my DUMB HOPE ROADSHOW tour! In fact, I'd love to come to YOUR place. Get all the details about booking a show at your place here. What is the DUMB HOPE ROADSHOW? In short,
music Featured My new song with Lindsey Walker is out TODAY! It's taken months for singer-songwriter Lindsey Walker and I to finish our cover of a mutual favourite 80s tune, Everytime You Go Away. Partly, this song took its time because of the months those were - holidays and training-away and moving and ... well that'd be enough.
spiritual journey I’m Digging Out Religious Shrapnel Religious moments and teachings – set by others and left to detonate – have left shrapnel deep under my skin.
News Featured Goodbye Patreon, Hello Backstage Today marks my months-in-the-making transition away from Patreon to my own community of supporters – Von Bieker Backstage. Why the switch? The short answer is that Patreon has become burdensome and limited for me, while taking a cut of my support and not offering much control over the user experience. When
inspiration Featured My Big Dumb Goals for 2023 Every year I sit back, take stock and set a general roadmap for the days ahead. Then I get a little lost on the way. Which is fine. I consider these goals the hope I need to keep moving forward. Occasionally, I get where I'm going. Often I
Sonic Surprises at Edmonton Folk Fest I just got back from a massive Edmonton Folk Fest and I made some wonderful music discoveries. Here are some songs that caught my ear from the stage. Face Down In The Moment Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats I knew S.O.B. – the crowd-shout-party-anthem that put Rateliff on