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songwriter w/ fake band; Bob Dylan with ♭5ths / lounge music somewhere between Tom Waits and TMBG; midwest in origin, 🌁 SF based; 🎵✍️ + Dr. Who🧣, maps 🗺, jazz 🎷, politics 😔; "too classic" http://duckswithpants.com
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Roo Harrigan is a singer-songwriter who balances cathartic, melancholy lyrics with dancy, folk-infused melodies. Raised on the Jersey Shore, she grew up playing piano and writing sad songs for no one in her parent's basement. Catch her at Bazaar Cafe May 10th in #SanFrancisco. #livemusic

My next release will be out on Wednesday, May 14th. It's entitled "The Light You Reflect" #MusicSky #songwriter #americana #folkmusic

Songwriter's Riley Francis and Roo Harrigan will be joining me at Bazaar Cafe in #SanFrancisco for a night I've given the theme: "The Light You Reflect" #livemusic #acousticmusic

My next residency show at Bazaar Cafe is this Saturday (May 10th) is with Roo Harrigan and Riley Francis and our theme is “The Light You Reflect” — show start at 7 PM #MusicSky #songwriter #livemusic #localmusic #SanFrancisco

"has that descriptive charm and romantic blues that is reminiscent of Sinatra’s era" My latest release "When It Gets Dark" is included in this three pack round of singer-songwriters on "The Lost in the Manor" music blog www.lostinthemanor.co.uk/blog/this-we...

They are overestimating my ad budget.

"With its blend of classical and jazz, its style feels timeless. Its sound feels expansive and immersive, and its lyrics feel like poetry." Another write for "When It Gets Dark" -- this one by Good Music Radar: www.goodmusicradar.com/review/phill...

Well, I had a track hit a milestone of sorts yesterday, reaching the 10K mark on Spotify. So that’s cool, I guess. Take a listen yourself here: www.duckswithpants.com/tricksofthel... #MusicSky #songwriter #folkjazz

"Clarinet, cello, and piano work together to create a serene and wistful soundscape" "When It Gets Dark" got featured by the music blog "Cheers to the Viking" cheerstothevikings.com/2025/04/21/e...

From "The Mystery and Milieu of You" which will be part of my set May 10th at Bazaar Cafe in #SanFrancisco featuring Roo Harrigan and Riley Francis.

Frick’n playlist curator Calvinball… apparently a couple of cellos just “bring a track to a different place” and aren’t “stripped down enough” for a lullaby playlist … what a ridiculous hack

"a whimsical, quietly satirical folk ballad " An interesting take on my new release "When It Gets Dark" from the blog indiemusicflix — indiemusicflix.com/movie/e-g-ph...

I'm not paying you to come crap all over my opinion when I say something positive about something I like.

Central #Playlists shares my latest track on their Folk Pop & MPB: open.spotify.com/playlist/3ia...

I do hate that the success of a track on Spotify largely depends upon whether handful of people happen to like your song for whatever reason (and thus your release gets on a playlist with some decent level of following).

New track is doing pretty good numbers 3 days in … most simultaneous streams I have ever had I think.

Amazing news! When It Gets Dark was just selected by EUROPE MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS via FilmFreeway.com!

The review for my new track "When It Gets Dark" are starting to roll in... "A beautiful procession of somber strings and serene acoustics build into a stirring character depiction" ​— Mike Mineo, Obscure Sound www.obscuresound.com/2025/04/e-g-...

"When it Gets Dark" is now on curator Alex Montilla's #playlist "New Acoustic & Folk Indie 2025" #newmusic #folkmusic #musicsky open.spotify.com/playlist/7vo...

Now Soundcloud be like... what, you want to see the playlists you've created? Why? Stupid music platforms.

My song "When It Gets Dark" has been added this "Breakfast Coffee Music" #playlist open.spotify.com/playlist/72C...

DOCTOR [on screen]: People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey stuff. SALLY: Started well, that sentence. DOCTOR: It got away from me, yeah.

Day starts with a message Groover reminding me to add a Spotify link to my campaign... something I should have remember to do last night... d'oh... then I quickly find out that frick'n #Spotify is down... great way to start the first day of the release for a new song...

New track is out and already up on a playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/73B...

The man who should be jail for stealing this nation’s secrets and trying to overturn an election with mob violence is sending innocent people to a gulag in El Salvador. What a country.

Imagine growing up in a country that was extolled for its freedom of speech, its ideals* of liberty and justice for all, its notion of a common dream where everyone could succeed according to their own abilities— and thinking “I want to destroy that and replace with a kleptocratic autocracy”

It should not be lost in all this that the man who is sending people to the gulag with no due process has spent his entire life evading justice by abusing the protections our legal system has afforded him.

The thing is, destroying the constitution won't make them any happier. And the material gain they seek with be as thin a substance as the air, if it ever materializes at all.

YouTube be like -- Ha, you want to watch a stream live? No you get to watch an ad now!

A new track is coming — a sort of cinema verite by way of Tin Pan Alley and a meditation on the mobius strip of parasocial relationships inspired YouTube react channel streamers — as usual The Doctor is involved... "When It Gets Dark" will be available Wed April 16th #songwriter #MusicSky #DoctorWho

At Music City on Bush Street in San Francisco, we celebrate Tom Lehrer’s 97th birthday tonight at 7. Free show. @duckswithpants.bsky.social will be there, and @kittenonthekeys.bsky.social and other wonderful musical fellow travelers. Come for the Pollution, stay for the Smut!

Some more of the amazing performers that will be part of the #TomLehrer tribute show this Wednesday at Music City in #SanFrancisco -- check out all performers at www.duckswithpants.com/blog/lehrerp... #livemusic #satire

Some more of the man fine performers who will be part of Wednesday's tribute to the great #TomLehrer at Music City in #SanFrancisco. www.eventbrite.com/e/lehrerphes...

My next residency show at Bazaar Cafe in #SanFrancisco is featured in Fun and Cheap SF — swing by April 12th #livemusic #folkjazz