Tag Archives: Ken Cormier

“Trash Man,” from Ken Cormier’s stellar new album Old King Cloud, is a thoughtful character study, a simple portrait of a man who seems to contain multitudes – and it all starts off with a brilliant AC/DC nod: “He was … Continue reading →

Dulcet sounds of a chipper ukulele overlay this short sweet ditty of a song. The lyrics are endearingly nonsensical and feel especially apropos coming off of the hangover that has been the last four years. As if to say, “I’m … Continue reading →

I won’t belabor the point, but there’s no way around the fact that the we are living in a time of unbelievable grief. In addition to the extra layers of grief we’re all dealing with now (200,000 pandemic deaths, the … Continue reading →

Everywhere I look lately, I see these comments, posts, and tweets that let me know everybody out there is “living their best life.” Some of them even encourage me to live mine. But you know what? I can’t. Ken Cormier … Continue reading →

Connecticut’s Ken Cormier (I didn’t need to include his state – or I could have referred to him as a Nutmegger – but I just couldn’t resist the alliteration) has been an occasional contributor to Ball of Wax since at … Continue reading →

“Auto Composition 27: Ding Dong” is a goofy, free association little vocal ditty by one Ken Cormier, an unknown-to-me but accomplished Ball of Waxer from Connecticut. According to his bio, Ken is a teacher, performance poet, independent radio producer, and musician as … Continue reading →