News

5/28/08
Reilly & Maloney release Brighter Light: A Tribute to Tom Dundee with Wes appearing on mandolin.  Top

5/17/08
Nelsen Middle School Concert Chorus in Renton, WA, revives Wes’ arrangement of “Carry On” for its Guest composers Concert.   Wes again performs with the choir.  (GigLog)  Top

1/12/08
Film from Wes’ Seattle house concert is available on his new YouTube channel.  Top

8/18/07
Wes is the featured ‘Spotlight Artist’ on Whole Wheat Radio, an on-line station based in Talkeetna, Alaska.  Top

8/13/07
The episode of Tom May’s syndicated River City Folk radio show featruing Wes airs this week (August 13-19) on these stations—and XM Satellite Radio channel 15.  Top

6/1/07
Performing Songwriter Magazine lists Songs to Get You From Here to There among its picks for this month’s Top 12 ‘Do-It-Yourself’ albums (“showcasing independent songwriters who have released an album without the backing of a label”); check it out here.  Top

5/7/07
“Hills That I Call Home” from Songs to Get You From Here to There occupies the #29 slot on the Online Folk Festival’s Top 42 for April 2007.  Top

4/16/07
Wes is one of the featured guests on A River & Sound Review’s latest podcast, available via iTunes or here (MP3).  Top

4/12/07
Wes records an episode of Tom May’s syndicated River City Folk radio show, to air on these stations—and XM Satellite Radio channel 15—August 13-19, 2007 (change in date from original posting).  Top

3/9/07
DJ Mara Noelle (aka Ruby Slippers) of KFOK (Georgetown, CA) and KVMR (Nevada City, CA) lists Songs to Get You From Here to There among her Top 6 albums that she took the most pleasure in playing for February, 2007, in her submission to the Freeform Americana Roots (FAR) Chart.  Top

1/28/07
Songs to Get You From Here to There has found airplay on a growing list of stations from Ohio to Belgium to New Jersey to New Zealand in its first full month ‘out there.’  On Wes’ home-station-of-sorts, KBCS-Bellevue, “Carry On” became the first song broadcast via iPod on the station when Richard Gillmann spun it earlier this month.  Wes has also announced a date for his Seattle release concert: Thursday, March 8, at Conor Byrne Pub in Ballard with a full band behind him!  Top

12/6/06
After a good-sized wait, Wes’ new Songs to Get You From Here to There album arrives, offering twelve original songs at home on the road.  Top

11/7/06
The Concert Chorus at Nelsen Middle School in Renton, WA, premiers Wes’ own choral arrangement of “Carry On” to honor Veteran’s Day.   Wes performs with the choir.  (GigLog)  Top

9/2/06
“Carry On” wins the Tumbleweed Music Festival Sonogwriting Contest in Richland, WA.   (GigLog, Victory Music recap) Top