Josh


  • omachinightsun out now!

    Latest album now out on Ellerbee Creek Music!


  • New improvisations with TJ and X (HyMettus Woods)

    At another great studio in the woods (this time in Wake County), I met up with Xopher Thurston (HyMettus Woods) and TJ Goode (Percival Roman) for a long overdue session. This was the first time I had played in such a free way with these stalwart members of the Triangle improvised music community and it…


  • Just One Day’s Work

    In a beautiful studio in the woods of Orange County, North Carolina I recently had the opportunity to help Ken Moshesh with his latest albums Just One Day’s Work Parts 1 and 2. These albums contain some of the best recordings of Ken’s vocal stylings that I have heard yet. This is also my first…


  • Stand With Walltown

    Gentrification threatens the historically Black working class Walltown neighborhood in Durham, North Carolina. Please sign this petition to demand that the company redeveloping Northgate Mall follows zoning and other policies that will limit the further displacement of Walltown residents: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stand-with-walltown-on-northgate-mall-redevelopment


  • Thank you!

    Thanks to everyone who attended the online release of my latest album, Taking It to the Top! So far, we have raised around $200 for the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition from the sale of the album! It may be a while for my next release, since I’m preparing to graduate from NCCU in the…


  • The Studio

    Sure, it’s just a corner of our dining room which is a corner of our living room, but it’s home! Actually, I don’t really sit back there much. It’s mostly a fort to protect my guitar from kids. Casio LK-46 on top there over the Peavey. Grammy’s spoon collection on the wall. Art by Travis…


  • George Floyd

    This is video from my wife’s church, where members rang the bell for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the amount of time George Floyd had a cop’s knee on his neck before he died. It was a powerful reminder of the fleetingness of life and the need to treat it preciously and justly. George Floyd…


  • Worked on “metal” song. Practiced Gb Major scale on bass up the neck halfway, saying notes in head. Taught a short lesson on the same.


  • August 8, 2020 “Taking It to the Top” album release/fundraiser for NC Harm Reduction Coalition

    Hi Friends, For the past few years, I’ve worked on this album when I wasn’t busy being a dad or going to work or school. Some big stuff happened in my life over that time, including the birth of my second child, the death of my grandmother from Alzheimer’s and the death of my brother…