As mayor of mixmeamolotov.com, I’m declaring that today is officially Bernstein Day! Go out and celebrate: take the day off from work and go do something you’ve never done before. Ride your bike to a neighboring state, make a movie, write a song, do some fingerpainting, learn to play backgammon. And don’t fear the haters [...]

I hear tell that Dan Bern has a onscreen cameo in the upcoming Dewey Cox film. He’s the organ player in Dewey’s band during the song “Beautiful Ride.” Look for him!
Also, there’s some Oscar talk regarding the soundtrack (which is hi-lar-ious, given that my wife and I just watched “For Your Consideration” last night). There [...]

“Divine And Conquer” is a 1995 album that was circulated by Sony/WORK as a promotional item. I remember people spotting a few copies here and there in record stores. Needless to say, it was pretty rare - until now! The album features one of my favorite songs from Dan: “One More Light”. I’m sure better [...]

I’m always looking for ways to connect my two favorite songwriters: Dan Bern and Robyn Hitchcock. Somewhere amongst my rock and roll papers I have a poster that my wife brought me home from a trip to France in 2003. The poster is for a Dan Bern and the IJBC gig, but features a Robyn [...]

BERN FOLLOWS HIS MUSE
(written by and apologies to Stan Hall, altered by JBJ)
Giving people exactly what they want is not Dan Bern’s style.
The Iowa-born, New Mexico-assimilated Independent Music Award-Winner could easily, and justifiably, rest on his laurels: dozens of classic songs spread over a 20-year career, a reputation as one of the greatest and most [...]