I've been singing forever. I started playing the violin as a child, and picked up viola, guitar, uke, tenor guitar, and assorted other things as an adult.

My acoustic tenor guitar and my tenor resonator guitar are both made by Gold Tone, and I love them. My electric tenor (Warren Ellis Signature Tenor) and electric 6-string (Eastwood Classic 6) are both made by the awesome Eastwood Guitars. I have a couple of relatively low-end 6-string acoustics, a sweet campfire beater of an Epiphone (DR-100) and a second-hand Washburn electric-acoustic that's my current go-to guitar. My electric bass is a Hofner Icon violin bass, and I love it to death -- makes me wish I had more time to practice playing the bass! I'm still playing this weirdo early 1980s Roth by Scherl & Roth student violin that I've had since I was a teenager, and it sounds better than it has any right to, honestly.

I'm a regular member of the Lake Avenue Jam Band -- we host a jam at the Lake Avenue Lounge, but we don't play out much anymore. My active project now is Laura & Josh, a singer/songwriter act I share with a friend of mine. I'm also a Bluestem Player behind Andy Juhl (vox and fiddle), and I back up other musicians sometimes as well (I've been a Wimp with Teddy and the Wimps, a Dreamer with Bridget and the Dreamers, and among the friends with Jimmy Davis and Friends). I've recently started performing occasionally as a solo act, but that's pretty rare for me.