It's been 2-1/2 years since I've performed in a Bay Area club, so I'm thrilled to be singing, and performing poetic spoken word, again this Saturday night at the wonderful Sound Room in the burgeoning Uptown Oakland, Calif., neighborhood. …

My version of the ever-delightful Bacharach/David song "What's New, Pussycat?" came out in 2006 on the album of the same name, subtitled "Tunes and Tales About Cool Cats." 

I recently put the tune up on You Tube with the…

"Genesis" appeared in Caliban Online #4 (2o11). The online Caliban is a resurrected version of Larry Smith's imaginative hard-copy Caliban magazine of the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. It in many ways was a successor to kayak, the groundbreaking…

Most of the poems in my current unpublished poetry manuscript, "The Rhythm of Forgiveness," have been published separately, in literary magazines or other types of periodicals. I've been wanting to start posting these poems here.

In this Biblical season,…

Being a performer is so much about letting others see and hear who you really are. Which can be terrifying  — and liberating.
I realized this all over again last night while on the road to an audition, with…

The Complete Singer: Spiritual, Technical, and Practical Tools to Help You Realize Your Musical Dreams

Vocalist-educator Daria and I are excited to bring our workshop on mind-body-spirit tools for singers to San Francisco after the enthusiastic response it received…

A young, Kentucky-based writer, Stacy Lynn Mar, reprinted in her blog a poem of mine from my first (and so far, only) full-length poetry book, which came out in 1989 (The Transparent Body, Wesleyan University Press, new poets series). …

One of my favorite songs to perform is "Our House." It feels like a very October tune. The windows are still "illuminated by the sunshine" (at least here in California) but we're drawn indoors to start "staring at the…

Here's a video (for lack of a better term, as it includes just a single photo) of my version of Cole Porter's great song "You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To." I do it as a bossa. The…

Introduction to the Recording Experience for Vocalists
A new workshop taught by Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein) and James Gardiner
Pajama Recording Studio Jack London Square, Oakland Sunday, October 12 1 – 4 p.m. $85
Limited to 6 participants - contact…

Fun and Fearless Public Speaking  (and Private Conversation):  Mind-Body-Spirit Tools for Confident Communication
A workshop taught by Lisa B (Lisa Bernstein) 

Sat., September 27, 2014
1 - 4 p.m.

Lisa's home 
(in a safe, pleasant Oakland, Calif. neighborhood, with plenty …