Episode 24 – Dustin Lowman

Dustin Lowman is a New York City-based folksinger. In his earliest days of angst, Lowman became enraptured by Pete Townshend. Shortly thereafter, he became enraptured by Bob Dylan in whom Lowman saw a ghost and identified with it. When confounded by betrayals of head, heart, and spirit, Dustin would retreat into his inner sanctum to compose ballads on the matters at hand. When his parents divorced, and undermined his teenage notions of eternal love, he took to the sanctum to question. Making such pilgrimages with such frequency, the songwriting sanctum became an enduringly dignified space. Dustin says his mission is to share the results of his sessions in the inner sanctum. His songs are comedic, tragic, absurd, naturalistic, traditional, and, happily, heretical. A self-described "Dylanologist," Dustin also posts frequently on YouTube his thoughtful takes on such icons as Dylan, Springsteen and Cohen.