Again, mostly worked on music in my free time this year, so read very few books. No regrets except that the Verghese book was really long and the ending was pretty disappointing. Oh well. Got a lot of good music finished!
Books Read
A Covenant of Water, Abraham Verghese
Keep Going, Austin Kleon (fifth time)
Inferno (Sayer’s translation), Dante (third time)
Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon (second time)
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan
Going to Church in Medieval England, Nicholas Orme
Music Finished
The major milestone was finishing the acoustic Celtic album, the self-titled Kindlewick Island. I had to push myself to get this one finished: learning to play some tricky guitar parts, arranging some tunes that were outside of my comfort zone, rerecording a few sections from earlier that didn’t turn out as intended, and testing the mix out on a lot of different speakers in many settings. I think it ultimately turned out pretty well and is as proper a homage as I can muster!
I also got a big chunk of Inferno finished. With any luck it will be finished early spring 2025. You can find the backstory for it here.
For the Kindlewick Island Celtic album:
The Wild Geese
Geordie’s Byre / Galway Piper
Glenlogie
Be Thou My Vision
Sheebeg an Sheemor
The Return from Fingal
The Pure Drop
Matrix (Celtic Acoustic Mix)
For the forthcoming Dante 1981 Inferno album:
Elysian Fields Forever
Sexy Saxophone Doom Loop
Too Many Mushrooms (One)
Dis Track
The Burning Sand
Gloomy Sunday
Studies in Thievery