Matt and I are pleased to announce that Teag & PK‘s debut single is now available! “Rocket” is part of 3-Way Singles Club, Volume Ten, released via Lansing label It Takes a Village to Make Records (ITAV Records). The monthly release series features three songs, one each from three regional bands, for $3. You can purchase our volume here. That’s equivalent to or cheaper than a trip to your coffee house of choice, and a great way to support local artists! And speaking of local artists, our volume also features Sunil Sawani and Small Houses.

We’re following this up with our return to Port Huron’s Raven Café this Thursday (02.23) evening, 7:30-10:30 PM. Playing there in December was a real treat, and we’re quite looking forward to heading back. Friday morning we’ll be making a couple of radio appearances on Lansing’s 89.7 WLNZ. We’ll be talking and (likely) playing on the Coffee Break Morning Show, and are slated for 9:45 AM. Then at noon we’ll hit the airwaves on The Grand River Radio Diner, 12:00-1:00 PM. For the latter performance, we’ll be playing live at Lansing’s Sir Pizza Grand Café. If you’re not in the greater Lansing area and want to catch any of Friday’s music, you can listen online here. Give a listen if you can!

We recorded our single at Deep Deep Pink, where we’ll be returning the week after next to begin work on our forthcoming album. Stay tuned for details on that.

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 Teag & PK will be performing a set on Friday at Lansing’s Lifted Music Festival at The Loft. (Friday, 6:00-6:45 PM.) We had a nice mention in MSU’s The State News, which is featured here. As an added treat, we’ll be joined by drummer Jim Owens and bassist Rick Wyble (from The Elevator Conspiracy). If you’ll be in the area, tickets are still available – come check it out!

Also, Matt and I just wrapped up our single for our upcoming February release as part of It Takes A Village to Make Records‘ 3-Way Singles Club. Big thanks to Deep Deep Pink for helping us out. I’ll post more information here as the release approaches.

Teag & PK also has a few upcoming shows worth mentioning. Thursday 01.12 we’ll be doing an ambient improvisatory set for the Fourth Annual (SCENE)MetroSpace Fundraiser, followed on Saturday 01.14 by a show at Lansing’s Gone Wired (joined by Stargrazer and Delicious Bass). Next week, we’ll be playing a set at The Loft’s first Lifted Music Festival, a mid-michigan jam band festival. We also have some recording planned.

Stay tuned for more updates!

I’ll of course post more pertinent information as it approaches.

Next week I’ll be performing in Bay City with Mitchell & Harris (and again in early January), whose new album you can read about here. Also, Matt and I are booking a number of dates around MI for January and February. Be sure to check the Itinerary page for details.

This is the third time the blog has received such unexpected attention, and for that I’m quite thankful. (The first two instances were for my reviews of albums by PRISM Quartet and Dave Liebman, both of which were plugged by the artists via Facebook and Twitter.) Publicity aside, I’ve also begun a weekly annotated video series (“MTH-V”). And I’ve recently catalogued the “New Listen” and “MTH-V” posts here and here for ease of finding past entries, both of which are accessible from the blog’s menu.

In other news, Matt and I just got back from a great Teag & PK gig at Port Huron’s Raven Café. It’s a great establishment and it was our first visit; we hope to return soon!

January’s shows promise much variety, as our gig at (SCENE)Metrospace will focus exclusively on ambient improvisation, one of the avenues we originally explored as a duo.

Last weekend’s performances with West Michigan Symphony were a blast. The featured vocalists were top notch, the orchestra sounded great, and the Muskegon Chronicle featured a lovely review!

Also, some exciting gigs are in the works for December and January, so please check back for updates on those. I’ll post more once things are set in stone.

I’ve already added a number of dates to the itinerary – September quickly filled up! – and have also updated the Projects section of the website. More updates will be coming soon. (For easy notification, please subscribe via RSS.)

Big news on the home front, as I’ll be moving back to the greater Lansing area in just a couple weeks. For those in the Houston area, I’ll be playing a late-night set at Dan Electro’s this Friday at midnight with Zentropy. And for those in the mitten, I’ll be playing with West Michigan Symphony (formerly West Shore Symphony Orchestra) in September. More gigs may pop up between those two; please check back at the Itinerary page for more info.