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
Deconstruction Song Story 9 - I Hope You're Home by Emmet Michael Powered by RedCircle In this Song Story, I chat with Edmonton Music Prize winner Emmet Michael about feeling far from home in his own community and his own body. Growing up queer and trans Emmet learned self-hatred from a faith tradition that was supposed to offer unconditional love. After a
