You can hear Michael Tarbox perform twice this week on the radio…

Friday at 12 PM he’s on Live at Noon on WUMB, 91.9 FM Boston. Saturday April 13 at 9.30 AM he plays on WMBR 88.1 FM, Cambridge.

Friends,

Works And Days comes out next week… at last! I’m excited about the music, and looking forward to the album release show at Johnny D’s on April 13.

Many amazing friends helped get the album off the ground: bassist Zack Hickman, drummer John Sands on drums, producer Chris Rival, art guru Steve Jurgensmeyer, web guy Josiah Altschuler and 177 Kickstarter contributors who – without exaggeration – made it all possible. Thank you all.

Hey Mr Starlight is a rock and roll song I’ve been playing live for some time now. It’s one of the few songs on Works And Days with overdubs: I’m playing guitar and bass here. Bass was the first instrument I played in a band, and cutting this track made me want to play a lot more of it.

“When The Fire’s Out” is one of two acoustic songs on Works And Days. It’s about recognition and renewal, and owes something to ’60s Brit-folk, which has inspired me for as long as I’ve played guitar. Hope you enjoy it!

Nice profile on the new album. Thank you Boston Globe!

Ten new songs – odes and anthems, lightning in the dust – for your listening pleasure… Works and Days will be released on April 16.

Album release show, with The Tarbox Ramblers, at Johnny D’s in Somerville MA on Saturday, April 13. Music starts at 7 PM.

I’m sorry to say that, due to beastly weather, our February 9 show at Johnny D’s in Somerville MA has been cancelled. Contact the club for refunds. The good news is that we’ve rescheduled for Saturday, April 13, and tix for the cancelled show will be honored then… hope to see you in the spring!

People, mixing the new album begins on Monday… I can’t tell you how excited I am to have gotten here.

Hey, here’s a solo demo of “Night Train To Chelsea” from last year. I just rerecorded it, with a full band, for the new album. Next week we edit and from there begin mixing. Very exciting…

Recording proceeds apace!  I’ll be back in the studio next month, joined by Chris Rival (engineer), Zack Hickman (bass), John Sands (drums) and Tom West (piano, organ). I’m happy with what we’ve got so far, and hope the week I’ve booked will be enough to finish tracking and begin mixing. I’m excited to see where it all leads.

Again, many thanks to all who chipped in to my Kickstarter campaign to make this record happen. It’s a thrill to be working on a new record, and I owe it all to you.