1989 - 1999
-1989-
• Urban Folk Songs, produced by Tom Dube and Bruce Bartone, released on Black Wolf
• September: First Club Passim gig opening for John Gorka
• Oct 23: First paid gig at Club Passim
-1990-
• Am I Home, produced by Tom Dube, released on Black Wolf
• End Construction's Resume Speed, produced by Brian Doser, released on End Construction Productions
-1991-
• Winner Boston Acoustic Underground competition
-1992-
• 1st Boston Music Award for "Outstanding New Folk/Acoustic Act"
Compilations:
• "Ashes to Dust" appears on Windham Hill's Legacy II
Guest appearances:
• Bill Morrissey, Inside
• Chris Chandler, As Seen on No TV
• Billy Pilgrim, Words Without Numbers
• Jon Svetkey, This is Now
-1993-
• February 1: Say Something, produced by Bill Morrissey, released on Black Wolf
• 2nd Boston Music Award for "Outstanding Song of Year, Indie Label" for Conversation with a Ghost
• Say Something chosen as Editor's Big Pick in Hear Music magazine
Compilations:
• "Conversation with a Ghost" appears on the Old Vienna Tapes, Vol. 2
• "Look at the Wind Blow" appears on Leak Magazine winter compilation
Guest Appearances:
• Don Conoscenti, The Code
-1994-
• April 1: Stories, produced by Ellis and Duke Levine, released on Black Wolf
• Winner of the Kerrville Folk Festival "Best New Folk" Award
• Voted one of Falcon Ridge's "Most Wanted"
• Appeared in feature article in January/February issue of Performing Songwriter magazine
Compilations:
• "King of 7th Avenue" appears on Follow That Road
• "Last At the Table" appears on Shelter
• "All Along the Watchtower" (Dylan cover) appears on The Times They are a Changin'
Guest appearances:
• Vance Gilbert, Edgewise
• Billy Pilgrim, Billy Pilgrim
• Don Conoscenti, Beneath Your Moon
• Jon Svetkey, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
-1995-
• September 19: Stories re-issued by Philo/Rounder
• 3rd Boston Music Award for "Outstanding Local Male Vocalist"
• 4th Boston Music Award for "Folk/Acoustic Album of the Year" for Stories
Compilations:
• "Paperback Man" appears on Kerrville Highlights
• "All Things Being the Same" appears on Live at the Postcrypt
• "Last Call" appears on Performing Songwriter, Vol. 2
• "Paperback Man" appears on This is Boston, Not Austin, Vol. 1
• "Last Call" appears on Where Love Goes
• "All Things Being the Same" appears on New Country
Guest appearances:
• Rob Lytle, Rob Lytle
• Jim Henry, Jacksonville
• Kevin McCluskey, This Distant Light
-1996-
• 5th Boston Music Award for "Outstanding Contemporary Folk Act"
• 6th Boston Music Award for "Rising Star"
• Appeared in feature article in January/February issue of Performing Songwriter
• July 12: Best bet for stardom in USA Today
• July 16: A Carnival of Voices, produced by Jerry Marotta, released on Philo/Rounder
• Nov 20: SESAC's New York Music Award for "Contemporary Folk" for A Carnival of Voices
• A Carnival of Voices chosen as #1 album of the year by The World Café
Guest appearance:
• Don Conoscenti, Boxes of Bones [uncredited track]
• Matthew's Brother, Remember the Day
-1997-
• 7th Boston Music Award for "Outstanding Contemporary Folk Act"
Compilations:
• "Weightless" appears on Live at the Iron Horse
• "Did I Ever Know You?" appears on This is Boston, Not Austin, Vol. 2
• "Conversation with a Ghost" appears on the Independent Music Group (IAG) compilation
Guest appearances:
• Mark Erelli, Long Way From Heaven
• Peter Spink, All There Is
-1998-
• End Construction's Resume Speed re-issued by Eastern Front
• July 14: The only performer asked to perform all 3 nights at the 1st Annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival in Okemah, OK; only American filmed with Billy Bragg in the BBC/PBS documentary The Woody Guthrie Legacy
• Sept 15: Translucent Soul, produced by Jerry Marotta, released on Philo/Rounder
• Appeared in feature article in October/November issue of Dirty Linen
Guest appearance:
• Buddy Mondlock, Poetic Justice
• Carl Cacho, Blue Around the Edges
-1999-
• 8th Boston Music Award for "Outstanding Contemporary Folk Album" for Translucent Soul
• 9th Boston Music Award for "Outstanding Singer/Songwriter; Indie Label" for "Take Me Down"
• 10th Boston Music Award for "Outstanding Male Vocalist; Indie Label"
• April: Rob Laurens' The Honey on the Mountain, produced by Ellis Paul, released
• July 13: Served as emcee for the first night of the 2nd Annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival in Okemah, OK
Guest appearance:
• Darryl Purpose, Traveler's Code
• Rob Laurens, The Honey on the Mountain
• John Wesley Harding, Dynablob 3
Compilations:
• "Never Lived At All" appears on Chris Chandler's Collaborations
• "Just Like Jim Brown" (duet with Don Conoscenti; Pierce Pettis cover) appears on Have A Heart: A Benefit for Uncle Mark Reynolds
• "Take Me Down" and "Translucent Soul" appear on Philo/Rounder's Touring Troubadours
• "The World Ain't Slowing Down" appears on WNCW's Crowd Around the Mic, Vol. 3
• "She Loves A Girl" appears on WYEP's Live and Direct, Vol. 1
• "Angel in Manhattan" appears on The Revolution Spreads
• "Take Me Down" appears on the New Music Series Review, Vol. 19
• "Love's Too Familiar a Word" [poem] appears on spoken word CD Out of the Mouths of Men
• "Saturday 2:15" appears on WUMB's Folk Radio Voices II
• Nov 5: "The Holiday Song" recorded for NPR at the Brick Alley in Cleveland to be part of WKSU's Christmas radio broadcast Ornaments and Icing
