David has performed throughout New England since 1980. His venues range from concert halls and coffeehouses to schools, radio, and museums.

He has performed for weddings, birthdays, memorials, festivals, bonfires – you name it. He is equally adept firing up a crowd to sing, or at playing music in the background to create atmosphere (often during the same occasion!) Widely known for his rich baritone voice, his impressive collection of musical instruments includes concertinas, recorders, penny-whistles, bombards (loud Breton double reeds), gemshorns, cornamuse, shawm, rauschphieffe – or, as he explains, “generally anything that requires a lot of hot air.” 

At the heart of David’s work is traditional and contemporary folk music. He draws on vocal and instrumental music from North America as well as England, Scotland, Ireland and Brittany. David also has an extensive collection of songs from the Maritime tradition.

Sea-chanteys, ballads and the songs of the sailors comprise his main repertoire, though he still will rise to an occasion to perform his favorite Baroque recorder sonatas.

David has performed with Revels since 1980 as a singer, instrumentalist and, since 1991, as Master of Ceremonies. As of 2016, with the Christmas and Spring performances combined, he has appeared in over 60 different Revels productions, celebrating the solstices through the traditions of many cultures.

In 2000, David quit his “day job” to become a full-time performer, bringing original Enrichment Programs to schools throughout New England. In 2014, he was named Artist-in Residence at Revels. 

David is also the director of the Narration Program for Boston Harbor Cruises, the largest privately owned passenger boat company in the U.S.. While he hires and trains all the narrators and is responsible for over 160 narrated trips a week, he is also the host of the weekend Lighthouse Brunch Cruises from May through September, sharing his brand of history, anecdotes and humor.

To date, David has recorded four solo CDs and has participated on numerous other recording projects both vocally and as an instrumentalist. His last CD, Last Trip Home, was released in the Fall of 2009 and features his daughter Linnea.