“Anna Vogelzang is a songwriter splitting her time between Madison, WI and Chicago. She has shared the stage with the likes of Regina Spektor, Deer Tick, and Nat Baldwin, among others. Her fifth studio album, Paper Boats, was released earlier this year by Slothtrop Records.”

Dark altostratus clouds were encroaching into our neighborhood as we set up the mics on our porch.  The hope was that the impending downpour would make for a terrific backdrop for at least one of Anna‘s songs.  It didn’t exactly turn out the way I’d imagined.  Performing alongside Anna are the very talented Megan Huddleston whose album, “Mr Baby” has been on regular rotation in our house, together with Guy Capecelatro III who also has a stark midwestern album entitled, “abandoned christmas trees.”  We hope to see both of them in the near future in our kitchen.

This has been quite a year for us at monkeywhale.com.  Over the past 11 months, 5 of our guests have appeared in Rollingstone magazine.  Clips from our tiny show have appeared on E! News and tonight the very talented Steel Train will be rocking it out on the David Letterman Show.  The amazing thing … or perhaps it’s not so amazing is that we’ve never made a dime despite all the syndication.  Sometimes the rewards aren’t always so apparent.  Our good friend Will Dawson reminded us that Carolyn and I were living in a very special time in our lives and I think he’s right.