During the pandemic, like everyone in entertainment, I found myself with a lot of free time. After weeks of gardening, baking bread, cooking meals from scratch and birdwatching, I went back to the pastime I know best—processing complicated feelings in difficult times through poetry set to music. The resulting album features themes of quiet contemplation, the cultivation of psychological resilience, and the sociology of revolution. Produced by Michael Rush, The Songbirds will be released one song at a time to your preferred streaming service over the course of 2022.

Kerri Coombs - The Songbirds - 08 - Together

Kerri Coombs - The Songbirds - 07 - Stem To Stern

Kerri Coombs - The Songbirds - 06 - This Boat

Южната песен / Хемус колектив - The South Song / Hemus Collective /

Outsider

A swing tune I wrote years ago. Thanks to Mary for learning it!

Douglas Street   - Mary Gordon, Fiddle; Hilary Dirlam, Guitar

Sure Could Use A Change

Nellie

Think of a cross between the Japanese Cherry Blossom festival and sitting inside watching the leaves falling off the bigleaf maple with a mug of green tea in hand.

The Leaves Are Falling

Merry Christmas, Friends! Please enjoy our offering of tunes this Christmas season. On piano and accordion, Brian accompanies Annie on the fiddle. 

A big "Thank you" to Jeff Seitz at Ball State Recording Studios, Mac Morin for coaching us, and to Grandma Turano for entertaining our girls. 

Set 1
Flying Home to Shelley by Paul Gitlitz
Hughie Shortie's Reel by Johnny Wilmot
Bromley Brae by William MacPherson

Set 2
Oakland Rainstorm by James MacQueen
Evit Gabriel by Daniel Thonon
Cherry Tree Reel by Arvid Lundin

Set 3
Faraway Waltz by Peter Jung
Crested Hens by Gilles Chabenat

Set 4
Volcanic Jig by Natalie Macmaster
Dot the Dragon's Eye by Hanneke Cassel