I sent out a quick newsletter yesterday to let folks know that THE CD IS DONE!!! Click the link to read all of the details. I've also posted a song off of the new CD on our Facebook page. Let us know what you think of the new tune! -Joel

-Click Here to Read our June 2008 newsletter-

-Click Here to visit our Facebook page-

I just realized that for those of you who don't receive our newsletters via email it looks like we've been doing a whole lot of nothing since my last homepage update in November of last year! Here are the links to the 2008 newsletters. The work on the new CD is still progressing. Thanks for checking in. -Joel

-Click Here to Read our January 2008 newsletter-

-Click Here to Read our March 2008 newsletter-

-Click Here to Read our May 2008 newsletter-

For those of you who are not part of our email newsletter (you can sign up in the lower left corner of our web site), here is the update I sent out last week detailing our trip through the rockies...
-Click Here to Read It-

I've finally gotten around to updating our store with our two latest T-shirt designs. Click on the store link below to check out the new designs. -Joel

The Concordia University - St. Paul Magazine has published a short article about us.
-Click Here to Read It-

Our concert at All Saints Episcopal Church has been rescheduled for this upcoming Sunday, Nov. 18 at 7pm.

All Saints Episcopal Church
9302 Blondo
Omaha, NE 68134
402-393-8612
-allsaintsomaha.com-
***This concert was originally scheduled on Fri. Nov. 16. Due to our van breaking down we were not able to make it and our insanely wonderful hosts at All Saints moved the concert to Sunday.***
Free Admission (an offering will be received). A downloadable flyer is available in the "promote" section. Please print it and invite a friend. We hope to see all you saints in Omaha!

Just a quick update... our van broke down last night. We won't be able to make it to Omaha for the show tonight (Friday, Nov. 16). The concert will go on with another band, and we will be rescheduling our performance. Check back for details... Our van is in Wyoming awaiting new parts. We are driving a rental to Omaha for our other performances this weekend.

Here it is... finally. This newsletter has photos and stories from June through early October.


-Click Here to Download It-

In the past five months Aimée and I have been to every coast (east, west, gulf, and Canadian) and everywhere in between. Here are the photos. Let us know where you're at. peace, Joel

Click to view our 2007 Photo Journals

Here are some snap shots from our trip through the Rockies and western states in March, April and May. Hope to see you soon, Joel

Click to view our Spring Tour Photo Journal

We drove through the worst storm in our 250,000 miles of travel this past weekend. Here is the story in pictures and video...

Higher Resolution (8.5megs)

Lower Resolution (2.3megs)

I went through all of our photos from 2006 (over 2,000 snapshots!) and assembled a new photo journal of 170 shots from our tours. I've posted them on our .mac site... checkout the slideshow function on each page.

Click to view our 2006 Photo Journals

and check out our Jan. 2007 Photo Journal from Hawaii

Hello friends,

Yes, we are still alive... I realize the site is REALLY outdated... a new photo newsletter and update on the new CD will be posted soon. We performed on the island of Kauai this weekend! We just arrived in Honolulu... two more shows before we return to the mainland. Thanks for keeping in touch. -Joel

Our summer photo newsletter features pictures from Texas and the Dakotas! It's 9 pages long and 2.3megs.

-Click Here to Download It-

I've added a live recording of the tune "I Close My Eyes" to the recordings page. It was recording last summer at Outlaw Ranch in Custer, SD. It will be on the upcoming Live CD.

Go to the recordings page.

Pre-order the Advent/Live CDs.

I've just added a new photo gallery featuring photos by Jacob Peterson. He is designing the artwork for our new CD. The photos were taken in the fall of 2005 at Atlantic Mountain Ranch and Outlaw Ranch in South Dakota.

-Click here to view the gallery of Jacob's photos-

For those of you who prefer to send your check in the mail, I've updating our mail order form with our upcoming new CD and CD/Tshirt combo. Remember, orders made before June 1 will include a free CD of live recordings from 2005 and 2006. Thanks for your support!

-Click here to view the mail order form-

Check out the new Guatemala Photo Journal of our time with the weavers of Santiago.

-Click here to view the Guatemala Journals-

Pre-order our upcoming CD before June 1 and get an exculsive CD of Live recordings from 2005 and 2006.

Check out the details in our store.

Check out the March newsletter with photos from the Grand Canyon and Rick doing a Tigger impersonation! It's 4 pages long and 1.4megs.

-Click Here to Download It-

I've finally posted some journals and photos from our trip to Guatemala. The blog has an RSS feed (that's techno babble for a cool way for you to be notified when new stuff is added to this section of tangledblue.com). If you have an RSS enabled browser (like Firefox or Safari) you can bookmark the feed page and it will notify you when new stuff is added... on to the Guatemala journals, the page address is tangledblue.com/guatemala

-Click here to view my Guatemala Journals-

Thanks to the gifts of friends and family, we were able to pick up a new camera after Christmas. Here is a new photo newsletter covering our past three months of travel. It's 6 pages long and 6.8megs. I hope you like it.

-Click Here to Download It-

I've been working on a new Tshirt for our fall tour. We picked them up from the printer on Friday; they are ready to ship. The design originated with a shapshot I took of flowers in my Mom's flower garden this summer.

You can check out this new shirt in our store.

I've uploaded our first promo-video. It's in QuickTime format. Here it is... Let me know what you think.

-Download the small (9megs) version-

-Download the large (40megs) version-

I finally finished the Summer 2005 Photo Newsletter! It's 6.5megs, so slower connections may have a bit of a download wait. Thanks for reading.

-Click Here to Download It-

I've posted a new photo gallery... a new photo newsletter is on the way. Until I finish the newsletter, enjoy these photos from our summer tour.

To view all 38 photos from our midwest and southern performances go to Photo Gallery 12.
-view photo gallery 12-

We are two weeks away from releasing a brand new CD with the fine folks at Camp Hope. Click here to read all about it, download a song from the new recording and pre-order a copy for yourself.

This month's newsletter has been jazzed up a bit with photos. Click here to download the photo newsletter. It's 4.3 megs, so it may take a little bit if you have a slower connection.

To view all 21 photos from our midwest and east coast performances this past February and March go to Photo Gallery 11.
-view photo gallery 11-

We have a new photo gallery for you! 21 photos from our midwest and east coast performances this past February and March.
-view photo gallery 11-

Here is a new photo gallery. 16 photos from Dec. 2004 and Jan. 2005. It includes images from Dry Bones Coffee House, X-rays of Joel's hand, and shots from the Quad-Cities Youth Quake.
-view photo gallery 10-

A new year brings a new design to tangledblue.com. I'm still working out some of the bugs, so if you find any broken links or would like to see any added features, email me. thanks, Joel

New photos from our fall travels through the Rockies and west coast are in the Road Picts section.
-view photo gallery 9-

Here is a new track we recorded for Youth Encounter to accompany your Advent Celebrations...
-listen to "Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending"-

Our May newsletter and pictures can be found here...
go to the May 2004 newsletter

We wrote and recorded a couple tunes for Augsburg Fortress Publishers this summer. One of the songs is a lullaby posted in the music section. Aaron Strumpel from The Restoration Project added a Zampoña track to complete this song.
-listen to "As If At Sea"-

25 new photos from our summer travels are in the Road Picts section.
-view photo gallery 8-

The April 2004 Newsletter is can be found here...
view the 04/04 newsletter

The April 2004 Newsletter is up... you can still find the news and photos from March, just click on the link:

go to the 03/04 newsletter

Are you a coffee drinker? Tangled Blue is now selling fresh coffee.
Click here to read all about it.

I've added two new full tracks from our CD to the audio page.
Click here to listen to the music.

The March 2004 Newsletter is up... The news and photos from February are here:

go to the 02/04 newsletter

In case you missed it on the frontpage, here's a link to the January 2004 newsletter.

go to the 01/04 newsletter

Again, too much time has past since this news section was last updated. There are a number of new photo galleries that have been added to the Road Picts section including Amanda's photo journal from October and a gallery documenting our time in Foley, AL. We've received a number of great reviews on our CDBaby page. Check out this review of our live show from Mike; "anyone who hasn't seen them live your missing the best show you will ever see". Thanks to everyone who has reviewed our CD and performances.

Check out Sarah Hejlik's 5-star review of our CD at CDBaby.com! Thanks for the great review Sarah!

Photo Gallery 3 is now open for viewing in the "Road Picts" section. It has photos from our recent trip through Florida. Thanks to everyone who has sent in photos; keep them coming!

Two more great reviews by Juan Tapia and Sue Kurz have been posted at CDBaby.com!

Check it out, and while you are there give it a listen. Let us know what you think.

Photo Gallery 2 is now online! These photos are by the talented and technically savvy Erik Mathre... Erik uses some of the coolest media gear. Of course, it's all Macintosh gear. You can find Gallery 2 in the "Road Picts" section. Email us if you have concert photos you would like to add to the next gallery.

Check it out! Eric Stark reviewed our CD at CDBaby.com. Here's what he had to say: "This cd is one that you can listen to all the time. The tracks our catchy and the music sounds great. A great blend of sounds!"

Hey Eric, thanks for the great review!

You can write your own review; just click on the review link on the bottom of our CDBaby page.

I've just added a photo slideshow of our November 2001 photo shoot with Kris Barberg. Kris does excellent work! We highly recommend her to anyone looking for photo / video services. You can see more of her work at montage-productions.com. The slideshow is located in our "Road Picts" section. -Joel