In advance of his not-to-be-missed appearance this Thursday, Jan. 24 at the beautiful Newhall Auditorium at Shattuck-St. Mary’s in Faribault, I had the very good fortune to feature jeremy messersmith live in-studio this afternoon. What a voice! What sweet music! What a clever and insightful and genuinely delightful chap!
We chatted a bit about the Minnesota music scene (including our reputation as a great state for nurturing and supporting the arts), his approach to music-making, his appreciation for the ukulele (the happiest of instruments!), his passion for teaching and inspiring the next generation of artists — such a great conversation! I still have so many things I’d love to talk about. Next time, right?!?
jeremy also performed three songs, accompanied by guitar on the first and the uke on the rest:
Monday, You’re Not So Bad (from “Late Stage Capitalism”)
We All Do Better When We All Do Better (from “11 Obscenely Optimistic Songs for Ukulele”)
Everybody Gets A Kitten (from “11 Obscenely Optimistic Songs for Ukulele”)
Get those tickets to his performance this Thursday night here. Download your own complimentary copy of his delightful ukulele songbook here. And listen to the entire segment here: here
