Latest News

January 2025
My song "Waking Up" was featured as the "Music of the Week" for the week of January 10 on Catherine Austin Fitts's Solari Report!  The Solari team included a laudatory blurb about me and my family's educational service DesBois Tutoring & Enrichment, along with a video of me singing "Waking Up" on my back deck.  See the Music of the Week page here:
https://home.solari.com/music-of-the-week-january-10-2025-jack-desbois-waking-up/

And learn more about the Solari Report here:
https://home.solari.com/welcome-page/#Overview

October 2024
My new CDs arrived in the mail!  My debut solo album My Brother, My Sister, My Kin is now available to purchase, and it's also available on Spotify, YouTube, and other streaming services.  Visit the project's website to learn more, listen to sample tracks, and purchase a CD.

CURRENT PROJECTS

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2024 Album Project & Concert Tour

My debut solo album, released October 2024: A selection of traditional English, Celtic, and American folk songs; Christian songs and hymns; and originals for solo voice and guitar.  I'm also looking for churches and organizations to host concerts!

Café Folksongs

I sing folksongs and original music at cafés, conferences, farmers markets, and more! Hear some songs, and contact me to play at your venue.

​V is the Valley

A Concert/Conversation featuring Vermont folk songs from the Helen Hartness Flanders Ballad Collection.

​DesBois Tutoring & Enrichment

A family business offering private and small-group academic tutoring for all ages, and academic enrichment programs for schools and home-school groups.

​Shakespeare's Songs

A concert-lecture of the songs of the Bard's plays: "If music be the food of love, play on!"

Voice Lessons

I offer private singing lessons in Topsfield, MA.

​Performance Schedule

Find out about my upcoming live performances and events.

​Selected Writings

Browse a selection of my essays, poetry, and other written creations.

​Waking Up

Protest songs for today, in the style of Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, and the like.

​The Western Star

An epic poem, with songs, in celebration of the season of Epiphany and the return of the light.

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PAST PROJECTS

Health Freedom Artists in New England

(This project is currently on hold.) If you are an artist based in New England who values health and medical freedom, please submit a listing and connect with like-valued local artists at HFAINE.net (available at hfaine.weebly.com while under construction).

​Courageous Stage

The home of "Shakespeare: It's Elementary" residencies, leading elementary school language arts classes in producing a Shakespeare play.

​Middlebury Messiah Sing

I returned to the Middlebury Messiah sing for "The trumpet shall sound", Sunday December 22, 2019 at the Middlebury Congregational Church.

​Society of Classical Poets

Classical poetry is poetry that follows a form, usually involving meter and rhyme. Enjoy my poems and songs published on SCP's website.

​St Stephen's Advent Concert Series

A concert of "Songs from The Messiah and More" at St Stephen's Episcopal Church, Thursday December 19th, 2019.

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