by theneocomgroup | Dec 29, 2023 | Finance, Gigs, Music, Uncategorized
An honest assessment of my progress toward FIRE-related goals I started folkefire on a personal mission to keep alive a fickle flame representing my own passion for singing, playing and performing music; combining that interest with my new-found enthusiasm for...
by theneocomgroup | Oct 18, 2022 | Music, Uncategorized
Just after college I created a band with one of my best lifelong friends and we created our best song, Baba Yaga. It grew from a jam session where we spun folk-like music from my guitar and his violin. Our quasi-inspired ditties were the source of a lot of fun and...
by theneocomgroup | Mar 19, 2022 | Finance, Music, Uncategorized
St. Paddy’s Day is in the books for 2022. I had a two-hour set at the Dublin Pub in Raleigh Hills, a venue that I have performed at on and off (and in four different formats) since 2006. The nondescript building on a busy suburban road could be easy to miss...
by theneocomgroup | Jan 30, 2022 | Music
Thirty-eight years ago today Luke Kelly passed away after having succumbed to a brain hemorrhage at the age of 43. Luke was one of Ireland’s greatest musicians of the 20th century. Memorials and murals to the artist are dotted all around Dublin. He continues to...
by theneocomgroup | Jan 17, 2022 | Gigs, Music
Last Friday I performed my first gig of 2022. It was a three-hour set at the Dublin Pub, one of Raleigh Hills, Oregon’s finest establishments – and one of the Portland-Metro areas finest Irish pubs. A few old friends came out to listen and during our...
