Dreaming Through the Noise @ 20 livestream with string quartet!

Dreaming Through The Noise turned 20 this year, so it's time for an anniversary album playthrough!

It was a perfect opportunity to reach back out to fantastic collaborative cellist Wesley Hornpetrie, who played through Warm Strangers with me back in 2024. For this one, Wesley has assembled a lovely quartet of fellow DC string musicians, and we'll be playing some of the original studio string arrangements live.

Between songs, I'll share stories from 20 years ago. Dreaming is where my songwriting started to tilt toward the topical - "Whatever You Want," "City Hall," "Pontchartrain" - and a period where I was playing with jazz-inflected ideas, as well as leaving space in my piano playing for other musicians. Through Rounder/Universal, it opened the door to touring and building an audience in Europe, for which I'm forever grateful. It's also the most control I've ever given up on a recording project, from the music production through the photo shoot and release campaign - a heady mix of amazing mentorship and identity crisis. Anything in particular you're curious to hear about that time?

Oh, and one more fun thing: at the livestream, we'll be launching a Patreon-only preorder for the 20th anniversary vinyl remaster of Dreaming Through the Noise...as well as the preorder for my new collection, Pencil Sketches: 1995-2025, on CD and vinyl!

See you in chat soon,
VT

THURSDAY, November 19, 2026
Live (Not) @ Home streaming concert - Dreaming Through The Noise @ 20!
9:00pm Eastern / 6:00pm Pacific / wee hours Europe / morning Asia Pacific

with:
Yuan-ju Liu - violin
Adam Murphy - violin
Brian Shoop - viola
Wesley Hornpetrie - cello

To watch, become a Patreon member (recommended $5/month), or get a pass just to this livestream.