I’m very grateful to the festival organizers and judges for selecting “Bird on a Wire” for an Honorable Mention at this year’s REELpoetry Festival in Houston, with screenings ocurring online and at the Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston (MATCH).
I’m even more grateful that a portion of all ticket sales will go to Poems Not Bombs, an organization in Ukraine dedicated to providing a creative space for children displaced by the war.
Big thanks to the folks on Cleveland Street for inviting me to the annual block party. This time around I was joined by the incomparable duo of Jules Leyhe (guitar) and Jason Slota (drums) for a run through of the new London Session songs and some old and new covers.
SET 1: I Walked for Miles, Devil on Your Shoulder, Insomnia, Heaven (Talking Heads), Babar and Rita, Umbrella World, Cortez (Neil Young), Little Party Dress, Out in the Street, Angel from Montgomery (John Prine).
SET 2: Morning Dew (Bonnie Dobson), Magnolia (JJ Cale), Woodstock (Joni Mitchell), Chaos Is Come Again, Captain America, Movie Night, Moon and Stars, Blue Suede Shoes* (Carl Perkins), Money* (That’s What I Want) (Berry Gordy / Janie Bradford), Gloria* (Van Morrison), What Is It You See.
* vocals: PC
I’m pleased to report that my poem “In the Wasteland of Covfefe” will be included in “Wag the Dog,” a new anthology of political poetry coming soon from Main Street Rag.
From Main Street Rag: “From the editors of Nasty Women and Bad Hombres (Lascaux Editions, 2017) comes a new anthology of poetry inspired by the current political upheaval and upcoming midterm elections. Now more than ever we must join voices to express our outrage and deep concern for our democracy and the world.”
Scheduled Release Date: November 3, 2026
‘Round about the early 2000s, a group of friends in the San Francisco Bay Area formed a band called StationWagon. We played good-time-garage-band-wall-of-sound-rock-n-roll cover tunes at house parties, block parties, fundraisers, and weddings.
Though we haven’t played together in years, we kept in touch and had to opportunity to meet at Tiny Telephone studio for one day in 2026 to run through and record a set of StationWagon favorites.
Could we shake off the rust? Could we remember the songs? And, the most existential question of all, could we still rock? Take a listen for yourself to see how we sounded when we came together for “The Day of the Wagon.”
Thanks to the ISC for the gear – and for naming “Eating in My Car Again” a 2025 Music Video Promotion winner. Woohoo.
Thanks also to the awesome crew who worked on the project.
Time to make another video!!!
Pleased to share that my short film “How Much Filipino” is included in a new series showing on The Filipino Channel and elsewhere.
From the press release…
ABS-CBN and FilAm Creative today announced THE CROSSING: Finding Our Way Home Through Stories, a new anthology series celebrating the creative vision of Filipino and Filipino-American filmmakers through narrative films, documentaries, experimental projects, and music-centered storytelling.
Drawn from the FilAm Creative Film Festival, the 16-part curated series will air internationally across ABS-CBN’s global platforms, including The Filipino Channel (TFC), MYX, ANC, and Cinema One.
THE CROSSING explores themes of identity, migration, memory, and belonging – offering intimate and boldly personal narratives that reflect the global Filipino experience. Each episode groups films thematically, creating a tapestry of stories that bridge cultures, generations, and perspectives.
Thanks to Mesmerized for sharing some cool observations about the album. Like this…
“Roensch builds something that moves unpredictably but still makes sense once you sit with it. It’s an album that invites you to linger a bit, the same way you might in a place where the night stretches longer than you planned.”
Thanks to The Musical Road for the review. I especially like this observation.
“What truly elevates the album is the sense of collaboration. The musicians—many of whom had not previously worked together—bring a spontaneity and chemistry that feels organic rather than overly rehearsed. This gives the record a lived-in quality, as though it’s being performed in real time.”
Super-huge thanks to all the amazing collaborators on the record.
Click here for the full review.
Thanks to Illustrate Magazine for their review of “Down at the Polystereophonic Dive Bar.” I appreciate the thoughtful words, like this:
“There’s a lived-in, almost literary charm to Greg Roensch’s Down at the Polystereophonic Dive Bar, an album that feels less like a playlist and more like a place you wander into and stay awhile. A songwriter with roots in poetry and flash fiction, Roensch builds songs the way a storyteller builds scenes: with detail, pacing, and a knack for shifting between humor and quiet emotional weight. The result is a genre-blurring mix, indie rock, pop hooks, Americana textures, that invites you to lean in. It’s not a concept album on paper, but play it front to back and it starts to feel like one long, late-night conversation in a dimly lit bar where every voice has something to say.”
I’m super grateful to everyone who worked on this album with me. Any positive reviews wouldn’t be possible without their support. Here are a couple excerpts from a generous review from The Big Takeover.
Opening Paragraph: “The fact that Greg Roensch is, as well as a singer-songwriter, also a poet, a fiction writer, and a filmmaker, makes perfect sense when you listen to his latest album, the intriguingly named Down at the Polystereophonic Dive Bar. For while it is full of pop-aware hooks and rock and roll riffs, addictive chops and intriguing sonic lines, it is essentially the sound of the artist having a direct dialogue with the listener. As the title suggests, these songs are designed to be one half of a conversation taking place in that titular bar.”
Conclusion: “Greg Roensch is a master storyteller, and Down at the Polystereophonic Dive Bar feels like the most rewarding conversation you could ever have leaning on the bar and sharing a few drinks with someone who has been there, seen it, done it, and survived to share his thoughts and stories with you.”
