Original image by There Stands the Glass.
I’d love to share my takes on new releases by the likes of Terri Lyne Carrington and Ches Smith, but I simply can’t break away from the squawking of magpies and the chirps of mountain bluebirds during my first trek to big sky country. And look at the hummingbird perched on a twig of a chokecherry. How would I hear its approach were I auditioning Brandee Younger’s new album? When I’m not taking in the otherworldly sights in nearby Yellowstone National Park, I’m admiring birds from the porch of my vacation rental. The music made by spotted towhees, lazuli buntings and pine siskins is my current priority.