Franz Nicolay (born 1977) is an American musician and writer. He is best known for playing the accordion and piano in
The World/Inferno Friendship Society
The World/Inferno Friendship Society (also referred to as World Inferno, or Inferno) was an American band from Brooklyn, New York. Its style merged punk, soul, klezmer and jazz, while its collective membership featured horns, piano and guitar ...
and keyboards in
The Hold Steady
The Hold Steady is an American rock band originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, now based in Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2003. The band consists of Craig Finn (vocals, guitar), Tad Kubler (guitar), Galen Polivka (bass), Bobby Drake (drums), ...
from 2005 to 2010 and again from 2016 onwards. He is also notable for founding
Anti-Social Music
Anti-Social Music (ASM) is a composer/performer collective founded in New York City in 2001. The group started as a one-off concert organized by Franz Nicolay of world premieres of works by William Brittelle, Jason Freeman, Dan Lasaga, Franz Nic ...
, a composer/performer collective based in New York City, and for performing in the
Balkan jazz Balkan jazz is an umbrella term for jazz from different parts of the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe. Jazz in the region may incorporate various types of Balkan music, especially folk musics (including "gypsy style"). It has embraced improv ...
quartet Guignol.
Nicolay has worked as a producer, arranger, session musician, and collaborator with
Mischief Brew
Mischief Brew was an American folk punk band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania consisting of vocalist and guitarist Erik Petersen, bassist Shawn St. Clair, and drummers Christopher Petersen and Christopher Kulp. The band played DIY folk punk and an ...
,
Leftöver Crack
Leftöver Crack is an American punk rock band formed in 1998, following the breakup of Choking Victim. The band is currently signed to Tankcrimes for CD releases, and Alternative Tentacles for vinyl releases. Leftöver Crack spans several di ...
,
The Dresden Dolls
The Dresden Dolls are an American musical duo from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 2000, the group consists of Amanda Palmer (lead vocals and piano; additional: keyboards, harmonica, ukulele) and Brian Viglione (drums and backing vocals; ad ...
The Living End
The Living End are an Australian punk rockabilly band from Melbourne, formed in 1994. Since 2002, the line-up consists of Chris Cheney (vocals, guitar), Scott Owen (double bass, vocals), and Andy Strachan (drums). The band rose to fame in 199 ...
. He has performed with
Frank Turner
Francis Edward Turner (born 28 December 1981), is an English Punk rock, punk and Folk music, folk singer-songwriter from Meonstoke, Hampshire. He began his career as the vocalist of post-hardcore band Million Dead, then embarked upon a primar ...
,
Star Fucking Hipsters
Star Fucking Hipsters is an American punk rock band from New York City who have released albums on Fat Wreck Chords and Alternative Tentacles records. They have been called a "punk supergroup" and feature members from numerous notable bands in ...
, and
Against Me!
Against Me! is an American punk rock band formed in 1997 in Naples, Florida, by singer and guitarist Laura Jane Grace. That same year, Grace moved to Gainesville, Florida, which is considered the band's hometown. Since 2001, the band's lineup ...
His first book ''The Humorless Ladies of Border Control'', about DIY touring in the former Communist world, was published by
The New Press
The New Press is an independent non-profit public-interest book publisher established in 1992 by André SchiffrinThe New York Times
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'' named it a "Season's Best Travel Book". His second, the novel "Someone Should Pay For Your Pain," was called "a knockout fiction debut" in
BuzzFeed
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and named one of
Rolling Stone
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's "Best Music Books of 2021". His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Slate,
The Kenyon Review
''The Kenyon Review'' is a literary magazine based in Gambier, Ohio, US, home of Kenyon College. ''The Review'' was founded in 1939 by John Crowe Ransom, critic and professor of English at Kenyon College, who served as its editor until 1959. ' ...
,
The Paris Review
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Daily, the Los Angeles Review of Books,
Ploughshares
''Ploughshares'' is an American literary journal established in 1971 by DeWitt Henry and Peter O'Malley in The Plough and Stars, an Irish pub in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since 1989, ''Ploughshares'' has been based at Emerson College in Boston. ...
,
The Threepenny Review
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, LitHub, Longreads, The Week, VICE, and elsewhere.
He has taught at
University of California, Berkeley
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and is currently on faculty at
Bard College
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and
Columbia University
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's MFA fiction program.
In 2012, Dying Scene named him the #1 accordionist in punk rock.
Career
Early career
Nicolay grew up in
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire
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, and graduated from
New York University
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
In 1832, the ...
's music program.
World/Inferno Friendship Society
Nicolay joined the New York City anarcho-circus punk band the
World/Inferno Friendship Society
The World/Inferno Friendship Society (also referred to as World Inferno, or Inferno) was an American band from Brooklyn, New York. Its style merged punk, soul, klezmer and jazz, while its collective membership featured horns, piano and guitar a ...
in late 2000. He recorded three full-length albums with the band and was a member of their longest continuous lineup 2000–2008.
Anti-Social Music
In 2001, Nicolay organized "An Afternoon of Anti-Social Chamber Music" at Columbia University, a program of new music from emerging New York-based composers. This concert led to the founding of
Anti-Social Music
Anti-Social Music (ASM) is a composer/performer collective founded in New York City in 2001. The group started as a one-off concert organized by Franz Nicolay of world premieres of works by William Brittelle, Jason Freeman, Dan Lasaga, Franz Nic ...
, a non-profit new-music collective of composers and performers that presents concerts of premieres by emerging (primarily New York-based) composers. Since the first "Afternoon," the group has played over 75 shows, premiered 123 new works by 28 composers, and seen over 110 performers have played or recorded with them. Nicolay's compositions appear on their CDs "Greatest Hits…LIVE(ish)" and "Sings The Great American Songbook".
Guignol
Guignol, described by the Times of London as "a combination of punk, jazz, folk, tango, klezmer, cheap red wine, woolly pinstriped suits, newsboy caps and one waxed moustache," is a quartet founded in 2002 by Nicolay and clarinetist Peter Hess (
World/Inferno Friendship Society
The World/Inferno Friendship Society (also referred to as World Inferno, or Inferno) was an American band from Brooklyn, New York. Its style merged punk, soul, klezmer and jazz, while its collective membership featured horns, piano and guitar a ...
,
Balkan Beat Box
Balkan Beat Box (BBB) is an Israeli musical group. Founded by Tamir Muskat and Ori Kaplan in 2003, BBB was later joined by Tomer Yosef who became a core member. The group plays Mediterranean-influenced music that incorporates Jewish, Southeastern ...
) to accompany performers from the
Coney Island
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sideshow
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Types
There are four main types of classic sideshow attractions:
*The Ten-in-One offers a program of ten seq ...
at a weekly show at
CBGB
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. They became a part of the growing New York gypsy-punk scene and released a full-length, self-titled album in 2004 and the EP "Drink The Best Wine First" in 2005.
In 2005, Guignol made a guest appearance on the album " Smash the Windows," by the Philadelphia folk-punk band
Mischief Brew
Mischief Brew was an American folk punk band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania consisting of vocalist and guitarist Erik Petersen, bassist Shawn St. Clair, and drummers Christopher Petersen and Christopher Kulp. The band played DIY folk punk and an ...
. In 2009, they released a full-length collaboration called "Guignol & Mischief Brew Fight Dirty," which included six songs by each band, as well as covers of songs by
Django Reinhardt
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and
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. While fluid in the early years of the band, the lineup for most of the band's history has consisted of Harri ...
.
"Fight Dirty," off "Guignol & Mischief Brew Fight Dirty," appeared in the superhero movie ''
Deadpool 2
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: Super Duper Cut'', and on the soundtrack album.
The Hold Steady
After guesting on
The Hold Steady
The Hold Steady is an American rock band originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, now based in Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2003. The band consists of Craig Finn (vocals, guitar), Tad Kubler (guitar), Galen Polivka (bass), Bobby Drake (drums), ...
's debut "Almost Killed Me," Nicolay joined the band in 2004: "World/Inferno played some shows with Lifter Puller in Chicago a long time ago, then when Craig moved to New York he was doing A&R for the now-defunct DCN live label and signed us up for the live record "Hallowmas at Northsix". Over the course of working on that, we'd go out drinking with him and Tad when the Hold Steady was kind of coming together as "this new band we're sort of working on". When it finally happened, they called and asked me and Peter to come play on the first record ("Almost Killed Me"), which led to me coming and playing those three songs on NY shows whenever it worked out, which led to "Hey, do you wanna get together and work on some songs for the new record?", which became "Well, do you want to join the band?"
During his time with the band,
The Hold Steady
The Hold Steady is an American rock band originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, now based in Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2003. The band consists of Craig Finn (vocals, guitar), Tad Kubler (guitar), Galen Polivka (bass), Bobby Drake (drums), ...
earned almost universal praise by the press for their performances and records. In 2010, Nicolay announced he had left the Hold Steady after five years with the band. In 2016 The Hold Steady announced a series of concerts celebrating the tenth anniversary of ''
Boys and Girls in America
''Boys and Girls in America'' is the third studio album by The Hold Steady, released on October 3, 2006, by Vagrant Records.
On August 18, 2006, first single "Chips Ahoy!" was released as a free download from music site Pitchfork Media. The secon ...
'', featuring Nicolay with the band. Their 2021 album "
Open Door Policy
The Open Door Policy () is the United States diplomatic policy established in the late 19th and early 20th century that called for a system of equal trade and investment and to guarantee the territorial integrity of Qing China. The policy wa ...
" was their first Billboard top-ten record.
Solo
In 2007, Nicolay released ''Black Rose Paladins'', a set of solo demos. Only 50 hard copies were made, which were sold at his concerts.
On November 5, 2008, Nicolay announced he would be releasing his first full-length solo album, titled ''Major General'', with former World/Inferno bandmate Yula Beeri currently of Nanuchka,
Brian Viglione
Brian Viglione (born May 16, 1979, in Greenville, New Hampshire) is an American drummer best known for his work with The Dresden Dolls and Violent Femmes. He was also a prominent member of New York City's cabaret punk orchestra The World/Inferno F ...
of World/Inferno and
The Dresden Dolls
The Dresden Dolls are an American musical duo from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 2000, the group consists of Amanda Palmer (lead vocals and piano; additional: keyboards, harmonica, ukulele) and Brian Viglione (drums and backing vocals; ad ...
and Jared Scott of Demander. World/Inferno saxophonist Peter Hess also appears on the album. The album was released January 13, 2009 on Fistolo Records.
In fall 2009, Nicolay released the 10" EP "St. Sebastian of the Short Stage," with art by Nicholas Gazin and including a short story by Nicolay. The EP featured "The Ballad of Hollis Wadsworth Mason, Jr.," based on the character from
Watchmen
''Watchmen'' is an American comic book Limited series (comics), maxiseries by the British creative team of writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons and colorist John Higgins (comics), John Higgins. It was published monthly by DC Comics in 1986 a ...
. He also published his first story collection, "Complicated Gardening Techniques," on Julius Singer Press.
In 2010, Nicolay released "Luck and Courage" on Team Science/Decor Records, and in 2012 "Do The Struggle" on Xtra Mile Records (followed by the outtakes EP "Bad Advice"). 2015 saw the release of "To Us, the Beautiful!" on Xtra Mile/Silver Sprocket, produced by
J. Robbins
James Robbins (best known as J. Robbins) is an American rock musician.
Career
Robbins began his career as a bassist for Government Issue, and has also led five of his own bands: Jawbox, Rollkicker Laydown, Burning Airlines, Channels, and Off ...
(
Jawbox
Jawbox is an American alternative rock band from Washington, D.C., formed in 1989 by J. Robbins (vocals/guitar), Kim Coletta (bass), and Adam Wade (drums). After the trio released the album ''Grippe'' in 1991, Bill Barbot (guitar/vocals) join ...
,
Burning Airlines
Burning Airlines was an American rock band from Washington, D.C. J. Robbins and Bill Barbot of Jawbox formed the band with Peter Moffett (formerly of Government Issue) in 1997. The band released two full-length albums, a self-titled 7", and sp ...
) and featuring Andrew Seward (
Against Me!
Against Me! is an American punk rock band formed in 1997 in Naples, Florida, by singer and guitarist Laura Jane Grace. That same year, Grace moved to Gainesville, Florida, which is considered the band's hometown. Since 2001, the band's lineup ...
), Ara Babajian (
The Slackers
The Slackers are an American ska band, formed in Manhattan, New York in 1991. The band's sound is a mix of ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub, soul, garage rock, and jazz. The Slackers' notability is credited to their prolific career, tours of Nort ...
,
Leftöver Crack
Leftöver Crack is an American punk rock band formed in 1998, following the breakup of Choking Victim. The band is currently signed to Tankcrimes for CD releases, and Alternative Tentacles for vinyl releases. Leftöver Crack spans several di ...
), and guitarist Yoni Gordon.
Recent activities
Nicolay produced the album ''The Birth and Death of Meaning'' and EP "Follow Me" by
The Debutante Hour
The Debutante Hour are a trio, based in New York City, consisting of multi-instrumentalists Susan Hwang, Mia Pixley, and Maria Sonevytsky. Typically, Sonevytsky and Hwang trade off accordion and primary vocal duties, and Pixley plays cello, as wel ...
, as well as playing several instruments and providing guest vocals. He co-produced the album ''Killing the Darlings'' by the New York trio Pearl and the Beard. In 2014, he produced songwriter
Emilyn Brodsky
The Best Thing Ever is a punk band/performance art group formed by autistic singer/songwriter Noah Britton in the summer of 2003. The label "punk" is adequate to describe the band's influences and ethics, but the sound that they exhibited changed ...
's sophomore album "Eats Her Feelings."
In summer 2010, Nicolay was a touring member of the Florida punk band
Against Me!
Against Me! is an American punk rock band formed in 1997 in Naples, Florida, by singer and guitarist Laura Jane Grace. That same year, Grace moved to Gainesville, Florida, which is considered the band's hometown. Since 2001, the band's lineup ...
.
In 2015, he announced that his book "The Humorless Ladies of Border Control," about DIY touring in the formerly Communist world, would be published by
The New Press
The New Press is an independent non-profit public-interest book publisher established in 1992 by André SchiffrinStar Fucking Hipsters
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' "Two Cups Of Tea."
He also appeared in the video book trailer for
Salman Rushdie
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's ''
Luka and the Fire of Life
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''.
Discography
Solo
*''Black Rose Paladins'' (2007) (collection of demos)
*''All Aboard: A Tribute to Johnny Cash'' (2008)
** Tribute recording featuring Nicolay &
The Dresden Dolls
The Dresden Dolls are an American musical duo from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 2000, the group consists of Amanda Palmer (lead vocals and piano; additional: keyboards, harmonica, ukulele) and Brian Viglione (drums and backing vocals; ad ...
' "Ballad of a Teenage Queen"
*''Major General'' (2009)
*''St. Sebastian of the Short Stage'' 10" EP (2009)
*''The Bushwick Book Club, Vol. 1: January–November 2009'' (2010)
** Compilation including three of Nicolay's songs
*''Subterranean Homesick Blues: A Tribute to Bob Dylan's 'Bringing It All Back Home' '' (2010)
** Compilation including Nicolay's "It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding (feat. Sxip Shirey)"
*''Luck & Courage'' (2010)
*''Live Free (Tour EP 2011)'' (2011)
*''Do the Struggle'' (2012)
*''Bad Advice'' EP (2013)
*''Bearing Torches: The Rottingdean Session'' (with The Cut Ups) (2014)
*''Low Bridge, Everybody Down / Home Is Where They Take You In'' (Double A-side 7" UK Tour release) (2015)
** Released on Scottish DIY label Make That A Take Records
*''To Us, the Beautiful!'' (2015)
*''No Plan B'' (dance score) (2017)
*''PEOPSSONGS'' (2017)
*''New River'' (2022)
The Hold Steady
*''
Almost Killed Me
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(guest)'' (2004)
*''eMusic Crisp Songs: Modesto Is Not That Sweet b/w "You Gotta Dance (guest)'' (2005)
*''
Separation Sunday
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'' (2005)
*''Live at Lollapalooza 2006: The Hold Steady'' (2006)
*''
Live at Fingerprints
''Live at Fingerprints'' is an EP of acoustic music performed live by the Hold Steady on October 15, 2006 at the Fingerprints record shop in Long Beach, CA. The release was limited to 5000 copies distributed by Junketboy to independent record s ...
'' (2007)
*''
I'm Not There (soundtrack)
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'' (2007) - "
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?
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" (Bob Dylan cover)
*"Take Me Out to the Ballgame" (for the Minnesota Twins)" (2007)
*''
Boys and Girls in America
''Boys and Girls in America'' is the third studio album by The Hold Steady, released on October 3, 2006, by Vagrant Records.
On August 18, 2006, first single "Chips Ahoy!" was released as a free download from music site Pitchfork Media. The secon ...
War Child Presents Heroes
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'' (2009) - "
Atlantic City
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Thrashing Thru the Passion
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Open Door Policy
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Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1
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* "Greatest Hits…LIVE(ish)" (2005)
* "Sings the Great American Songbook" (2005)
* "Fracture: The Music of Pat Muchmore" (
Innova Recordings
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760, 2010)
* "Is the Future of Everything" (producer) (2011)
Guignol
* "Guignol" (2004)
* "Drink the Best Wine First" EP (2005)
* " Mehanata New York Gypsy Mania" (2005)
** Compilation featuring the Guignol tracks "All or Nothing Machine" and "Agada"
* "Guignol &
Mischief Brew
Mischief Brew was an American folk punk band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania consisting of vocalist and guitarist Erik Petersen, bassist Shawn St. Clair, and drummers Christopher Petersen and Christopher Kulp. The band played DIY folk punk and an ...
Fight Dirty" (2009)
* "Guignol: Live on WUML 3/9/10" (2010)
Selected sessions and collaborations
*
Mirah
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Leftöver Crack
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"
Fuck World Trade
''Fuck World Trade'' is the second album by American punk band Leftöver Crack, released in 2004 on the Alternative Tentacles label.
The album continues the band's self-defined status as anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-capitalist, and anarcho-c ...
" (accordion, keyboards)
*
Mischief Brew
Mischief Brew was an American folk punk band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania consisting of vocalist and guitarist Erik Petersen, bassist Shawn St. Clair, and drummers Christopher Petersen and Christopher Kulp. The band played DIY folk punk and an ...
The Sharp Things
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Career
The band or ...
"A Moveable Feast" (accordion)
* The Loved Ones "Build & Burn" (piano, organ, accordion, harmonica, saw)
*
The Max Levine Ensemble
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"OK Smartypants" (keyboards)
*
The Living End
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"White Noise" (keyboards, string arrangements)
*
Emilyn Brodsky
The Best Thing Ever is a punk band/performance art group formed by autistic singer/songwriter Noah Britton in the summer of 2003. The label "punk" is adequate to describe the band's influences and ethics, but the sound that they exhibited changed ...
"Greatest Tits" (keyboards, accordion)
*
Star Fucking Hipsters
Star Fucking Hipsters is an American punk rock band from New York City who have released albums on Fat Wreck Chords and Alternative Tentacles records. They have been called a "punk supergroup" and feature members from numerous notable bands in ...
"Until We're Dead" (accordion, keyboards)
* Jennifer O'Connor "Here with Me" (accordion, piano, organ)
*
Voltaire
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"To the Bottom of the Sea" (accordion)
*
Mark Eitzel
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Biography
Eitzel spent his formative years in a military family living in Okinawa, Taiwan, Ohi ...
"Klamath" (accordion)
*
Amanda Palmer
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&
Jason Webley
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"Evelyn Evelyn" (vocals)
*
The Debutante Hour
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"The Birth and Death of Meaning" (Producer, additional engineering, guitars, glockenspiel, mandola, keys, baritone ukulele, ukulele, banjo, additional vox and percussion)
* Pearl and the Beard "Killing The Darlings" (producer, string arrangements, keys, additional vox and percussion)
*
Frank Turner
Francis Edward Turner (born 28 December 1981), is an English Punk rock, punk and Folk music, folk singer-songwriter from Meonstoke, Hampshire. He began his career as the vocalist of post-hardcore band Million Dead, then embarked upon a primar ...
"England Keep My Bones" (accordion)
* More Humans "Demon Station" (keys)
* Junior Battles "Idle Ages" (keys, banjo)
* Anna Vogelzang "Canary in a Coal Mine" (accordion)
*
Voltaire
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"Riding a Black Unicorn" (accordion)
* Anthony Da Costa "Secret Handshake" (keys, accordion)
* Hoots & Hellmouth "Salt" (accordion)
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Morning Glory
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"Poets Were My Heroes" ("casting")
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The Secret History
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"Americans Singing in the Dark" (vocals)
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Hamell on Trial
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"The Happiest Man in the World" (banjo, accordion, saw, keys, string arrangements)
* Direct Hit "Wasted Mind" (keys)
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* "Complicated Gardening Techniques" (short story collection) - Julius Singer Press
* "It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs" (contributor) - Harper Perennial
* "Work-Rest-Play-Die: Essays on Bob Dylan & The Subhumans" (chapbook)
* "Tour Diaries 2007-2009" (chapbook)
* "The Troubadour and the Patron: Music Writing 2007-2011" (chapbook)
* "The Road Most Traveled" compiled by
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(contributor) - Milner Crest Publishing
* "The Humorless Ladies of Border Control: Touring the Punk Underground from Belgrade to Ulaanbaatar" (non-fiction) -
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