Hi. I’m a singer/songwriter and a multi-instrumentalist. I play electric and acoustic lead and rhythm guitar, flute , penny whistle, and dobro. I perform solo, duo, trio and with my band ALL IN.
Originally from Queens, New York, I’ve lived in Nashville, Tennessee, Louisville, Kentucky, and now reside near Louisville in New Albany, Indiana.
I also write poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Two of my poems will be appearing fall 2026. “Om Mani Padme Hum” in Bloodroot Poetry Journal, and “Online Love” in Drip Lit Magazine.
I write under the pen name Misha Zakmann, which is a reclaiming of the surname my family lost at Ellis Island.
This year I hope to re-issue of my poetry chapbook Letters from Spickert Knob. I’m also hard at work at JonyMac Studio, recording my first EP under the watchful eye of former Nashville recording engineer and musician John McClure.
I’m a proud member of the Louisville Federation of Musicians Local 11-637 and the Monarch Music and Arts Community.
My wife Sarah is a homesteader, amateur geologist, naturalist, botanist and excellent cook of vegan cuisine. My girl, Sylvia, a junior in high school, is already raising eyebrows as an accomplished double bassist and plays in the Floyd County Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. She also is quite a good ukulele player (I taught her).
In a previous life I taught college writing, worked as a freelance journalist, editor and writer on the desktop computer beat for TechRepublic.com, as a Web editor for The Courier-Journal, and as a syndicated columnist for the now-defunct Snitch newspaper.
My articles were published in The Courier-Journal, Louisville Magazine, Kentucky Living, UofL research magazine, CIO magazine, on TechRepublic, and others. My poetry, fiction, and non-fiction has been published in a number of journals and online magazine.