The Trump administration tried to cut SNAP (3SquaresVT in Vermont) by withholding funds and imposing stricter rules, causing temporary chaos and benefit disruptions for many Vermonters in late 2025, but Vermont’s Governor and AG fought back, using state funds and court action to ensure benefits resumed, though millions nationwide still faced future cuts due to new federal rules. While some Vermonters faced benefit reductions, the state worked to prevent total loss, with the federal government eventually restoring full benefits after court orders. My friend @chadhollister decided to join the effort to restore what was lost by organizing FEED VT, inviting me, @bowthayer and the VT Bluegrass Pioneers to offer redemption songs of our own in support of the cause. Buy a ticket and join us Sunday, 12/21. Spread the word, this could really make a difference and help a lot of our neighbors gain access to the nutritious foods that they need. All proceeds go to Capstone Community Action’s food shelf. Thanks to our wonderful partners and underwriters, who took a stand with us to send a message that we care about helping our community in need, that federal support for people who need food assistance is essential, and that music as a tool to make positive change is still a real thing â¤ď¸. Ticket link in bio, and full list of our underwriters at www.thecreativecampus.org
NYC !! đ đ my East Coast US record release party for Solo Acoustic is happening next Wednesday, 8:30pm, 11/19, at Bowery Electric @theboweryelectric . I’ll be sharing the evening with two of my @motherwest label mates, Sam Barron @samh.barron and Sputnik @sputniktheband , and it’s their record releases as well. Needless to say there will be no better party on Wednesday anywhere else in town, so pick out your best kicks tonight and please join us đ (tix at link in bio baby! đš)
London Fam !! Hope to see you this afternoon, Saturday, 3pm at Dash The Henge Records đ¤ đ¤ đ¤ Come early or stay late and pick up some new music at our favorite record store this side of the Atlantic.
We finished our five shows with @chuckprophetinexile and The Cumbia Shoes with a sold out show @the_trades_club in Hebden Bridge on Wednesday night. One more show tomorrow afternoon at @dashthehengestore in Brixton, 3pm. We’ll have the new record, Solo Acoustic, some old records and there are still two Bob Gruen pics in the merch box for the lucky ones who come early. Thanks to @dombrosnan for the first pic from the other night, and to @m_a_g_g_i_e_jm for the group shot with the man in Hebden â¨
Liverpool Arts Club; the famous ducks đŚ of Tebay; Welcome to Scotland đ´ó §ó ˘ó łó Łó ´ó ż; found dad @bob_gruen ‘ Lennon on the cover of Mojo at a truck stop; moon đ over Edinburgh
Thank you London đ´ó §ó ˘ó Ľó Žó §ó ż !! Great show at Oslo club, London last night with @lillyahiatt and @chuckprophetinexile . Thanks to @thelazybishop for the clip of Heaven On A Car Ride (co-write with the wonderful @kendalljanemeade ), and to @michellefredericks_photography for the beautiful second shot âď¸. Third pic is Lilly and her band totally crushing it (hope to share the stage with them again soon), and fourth is Chuck famously holding court, educating the masses on how to be outlaw PC đ´â ď¸
Taking a minute to post about my dad @bob_gruen ‘s amazing 80th bday last Thursday. My daughters @junessongs and I teamed up with one of our favorite nyc bands, @supercelnyc , to stage a short set of their grandfather’s favorite songs for the party at the Roxy Hotel, NYC. We played ahead of an all-star line-up of my dad’s good friends that included @jesse_malin , Alison Mosshart @amosshart and many more. Slide to see a great pic of Bob with the girls and Alison, then Jesse with the girls, and all the way over to hear some of our version of Jesse’s glorious tune “All The Way From Moscow” đ Huge thanks to Jesse and @bandit0ntherun for putting the whole thing together, and to my dad, for being the inspiring artist that helped us all see what it looks like to live a life of expressing ourselves on eleven đĽ ♥ď¸
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My new vinyl “Solo Acoustic” arrived at my dad’s @bob_gruen day before we flew to meet @chuckprophetinexile in the UK đŹđ§ !! We had an amazing time playing songs with all our friends in NYC for my dad’s eightieth đ, Now headed to Cardiff with these new records for our first show with The Cumbia Shoes đĽ (link to order online in bio).
Here we go UK! đŹđ§ Hoping the pond next week to meet up with the great @chuckprophetinexile and The Cumbia Shoes đ . Check out these dates! We can’t wait to see our UK friends!! đ We’ll have my new record, Solo Acoustic, on vinyl and some back catalogue as well. You can preorder Solo Acoustic on all media at the link in bio today and help us get from town to town safely and in style. Huge thanks to @motherwest @penmusicgroup and @decorrecords for supporting this new music and this amazing run with Chuck and his fantastic band đ đ
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New album presale announcement đ Friends, here on Bandcamp Friday we’re turning on the marquee lights and opening the doors on my upcoming release, Solo Acoustic. You can pre-order yours today at the link in my bio two and half weeks ahead of its official release! Many of you have been seeing my solo show on tour for the last several years and have asked for the record that sounds most like it. Well here it is! A collection of some of my favorites stripped all the way down to the essentials, recorded on two mics, no frills, full of sincerity, bearing my soul for you ♥ď¸
We’re about to announce our tour in support of @chuckprophetinexile in the UK and your preorder today will get there and back again. Huge thanks to @motherwest and @split_graphics for capturing and designing Solo Acoustic.
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Southern VT and MA family!! I’m playing a show with my good friend and Americana maestro @alejandro_escovedo âĄď¸đ, Saturday 9/13, at the Iron Horse @ironhorsenoho in Northampton, MA. It’s a party town at a legendary club with a genre defining artist. Come one come all đş (ticket link in bio).
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Friends! I finished plowing the fields, and I’ve set the season on a steady course, so I’m parking this tractor in the barn next week and heading out to Hollywood for a night of revelry and song at @thehotelcafe , Wednesday 7/16. I’ll be sharing the bill with my label mates @thesweetundertow and @kendalljanemeade , and I’ll be joined by @bdrms4u on drums and @emaxwell67 on bass đĽ. Sweet Undertow starts at 7pm, I’m on at 8pm with Kendall and the band — come for all of it!! Link for tickets are in bio. As always, thanks to @cottagesounds for putting the night together, and to @penmusicgroup for being and holding a creative space for all of us so generously.
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Shocked and really sad to hear of Clem Burke’s passing today, and feeling grateful for the few times I’ve had the chance to work with him. The first was New Years Eve, 2018, when @jesse_malin put on one of his banger nights at Berlin Underground and asked me to sing The Clash’s Janie Jones. @billiejoearmstrong and @bandit0ntherun were on guitars, @cat_popper was playing bass and Clem was playing drums. That was the first time I felt Clem’s fire power from behind the mic, his lightning strike elucidation of the pocket. It was electrifying. The second was spring of 2019, @bandit0ntherun put together a benefit night for @be_alive_inside and asked me to sing JT’s You Can’t Put Your Arms Around A Memory. @tony.shanahan.33 was on bass and Clem was on drums, so I really went for it, cause with Tony and Clem driving the train, there was no chance of wrecking. While we were packing up the stage, Clem looked up from under his ever ready quaff and said “you really sang your ass off tonight”. Needless to say, I felt validated as hell. The third was in spring of 2023, during a small window home between two amazing runs with @chuckprophetinexile in the EU and the UK, I got a first ever call from @legs_mcneil asking if I’d be willing to front an all star band for a recording of an 1890’ show tune called The Bowery. He said the project would be used as a show opener for a TV series about the life and work of Bobby Sheehan called Bowery Boy, and that he’d organized @mr_r_lloyd on guitar, @glenmatlock1 on bass, Clem on drums and @ivanjulianofficial to record it at his studio in Williamsburg, @supergiraffesound . Of course I said yes, and that I’d thank my dad for connecting us, but Legs said “you should know, it was Clem who recommended you for this”. I couldn’t believe it. I was so honored. This picture of my dad’s @bob_gruen is from that session, and it was an amazing and surreal day for my dad and I to share. This was the last time he and I saw Clem, and what a great way to remember him, looking fantastic as usual, making great music with some of his oldest friends. Love you Clem đ¤đ¤đ¤đ¤.
Made a last minute decision to head to Austin for SXSW to meet up with @kendalljanemeade and @motherwest fam for fun times and some shows. I have shows Friday and Saturday night, but really looking forward to jumping into Kendall’s band for her shows and helping to put her beautiful new record, Space, out into the universe â¨. If you’re in town for the fest, reach out!!
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Friends around the world,
Today is @jesse_malin ‘s birthday đ, and I want to add my voice to the chorus of thousands sending him love today. I’ve benefitted so much from Jesse’s fiery spirit and generosity. He’s the real deal keeper of our collective NYC rock n roll flame đĽ, and has been a well spring of positive energy delivered in loud song through the mains for decades. Many of us know of Jesse’s difficult convalescence over the past year and a half, but Jesse turned these new challenges into another opportunity to show us all how to rise from adversity and be an example of one’s values on the highest order. WE LOVE YOU JESSE!!! You are such an inspiration. Have a great bday phoenix đŚđĽ ♥ď¸.
Friends,
We’re playing @citywinerynyc tonight with the beautiful and beguiling @chuckprophetinexile and his new Cumbia Shoes band. Tonight’s show is sold out, but these guys are on a pretty big tour, with shows all over New England, like @ironhorsenoho in Northampton MA, and the magical @levonhelmstudios in Woodstock, then out to the mid-west and Canada. We’ll be playing with them again @citywinerybos on Tuesday night, and I believe there are still a few tickets left for that show, so if you’re anywhere close, grab em while you can (link for tix in bio). Meeting and collaborating with Chuck has been a great richness for me as an artist, and an inspiration for how to understand the work of telling stories through songs. See a show and buy his records. He’s an Americana treasure with a caliber of character that’s really hard to find â¨
Pic 1 is from Chuck’s Summertime Thing Fest, 2024, and the vid is us doing his song, Open Up Your Heart. Pic 3 is from the wall of @catskillpines , where all the murals are hand drawn by the amazing @thorneatercomics . We had a really nice show with them last night, thanks to our dear friend and owner of The Pines, Jeremy Bernstein, and his fabulous team there.
Friends Near And Far!
I have a new song being released today on @motherwest called Just Listen. It's a co-write with a new, yet already dear friend and amazingly talented songwriter, Wes Hamil. Just Listen asks the "listener" (in a heart-felt, albeit ironic way) to consider the value in being a recipient of message, rather than the all-too-common default provider. Wes's credibility as a songwriter demands respect, so I went into this session feeling a little intimidated, but what I didn't know is how interested and insightful he is in the work of making positive change in the world. Wes shared a view and wisdom that I am always looking for, but rarely find, and perhaps more importantly, showed me how to write a song about it. Download link is in my bio. Give it a spin, we really hope this one serves for these trying times. Love, Kris
NYC and Boston friends and family!! I’ll be joining @chuckprophetinexile for a couple of really nice shows later this month. The first at the gorgeous new @citywinerynyc on Sunday, 1/26, and the second at the equally grand @citywinerybos on Tuesday, 1/28. Chuck is both a fantastic song writer and an amazing performer, and his new record Wake The Dead, featuring His Cumbia Shoes band with members of @qiensave , is the essence of a successful and visionary fusion Americana project. Don’t miss these nights! Tix to shows in bio.
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#citywinery
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#cumbia
Central VT! @supercelnyc and I are opening the evening for the fantastic @chadhollister this Friday, 10/11, at the Woodstock Town Hall in gorgeous Woodstock, VT! It’s going to be a really fun night, and it’s a benefit for @loveyourbrain , a fantastic cause supporting TBI recovery. Come out for a great time!! Thanks to our wonderful sponsor @theteahousevt (photo by @shootbystorm )
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NYC (and area) Friends !! I’m playing a full band show this Sunday, 9/29, at @berlin.undernyc with my buddy @kelley.swindall and her buddies @lizzieandthemakers @pijacobs It’s a banger of a bill, and more fun than any of us should be allowed to have on a Sunday night, but we deserve it!! My backing band for this show is none other than @supercelnyc — my cup is running over đ when my dad asked me who put the bill together, and how I knew them, the text I sent back summed up my intro to @kelley.swindall nicely (swipe left). Tix for show in bio, get em early, price goes up a bit day-of ♥ď¸ đ¤ ♥ď¸ đ¤ âĄď¸(photo by @sylvymusic )
