Kansas City: Song Series #9

“How do you combine 26 different letters to change a person’s breathing?”
–Bret Anthony Johnston

This was my fave quote from the Luther College Writers Festival in Iowa last weekend, where I got to hear hearty & inspiring talks by the writer above, plus Erik Larson, Charles Baxter, and Jane Hamilton, and panels moderated by Keith Lesmeister (whose wonderful short story collection, We Could’ve Been Happy Here, is coming out this year! Look for it!).

My poet friend (and fellow musician) Eli Burrell happened to be one of the presenters at Luther, and we got together to make a little music.

 

“Kansas City”

(vocals & guitar, Eli Burrell; vocals & viola, June Gervais; lyrics, Bob Dylan; music, Marcus Mumford)