Sam Russell, Anna Coogan, Joy Mills @ Columbia City Theater

My buddy Sam Russell is playing a solo show at Columbia City Theater on February 29 and releasing a single (I am the Ghost) off the forthcoming album, Year of the Cow. He’ll be supporting Anna Coogan‘s CD release for The Wasted Ocean. Joy Mills is also playing.

I’ve been hoping for Sam to do some solo stuff for a long time now. His latest recording is especially intimate and really deserves to be told by a single voice.

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OK. I already posted this song a while ago. But Dave Forrester laid some killer drums on it and so I remixed it and have to post it again.

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I always get inspired musically after a run of good experiences. The last couple weeks I’ve been part of a lot of good music. So I hunkered down in my basement after Michali went to bed and wrote/recorded this. The following day the kids went on a playdate and I got a chance to track some live drums.

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The Smolder Sessions. Spring 2012

My band, Creeping Time, has just made our new CD available – The Smolder Sessions!

The album is a collection of songs that we have been playing for years and recorded with the mindset of really making use of the studio. All tracks were recorded live and then heavily overdubbed. I did all the engineering and mixing, which was an interesting challenge to try and keep my head objective to the songs and sounds while also being part of the writing/performance.

You can read much more about it here and listen to it here!

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Band-friends BLVD Park had their CD release party for their new disc The Sound on Thursday night at the Tractor Tavern. They were kind enough to invite my band Creeping Time as well as other band-friend Nettle Honey to open up the night for them.

A true ‘band’, BLVD Park consists of 6 musicians that have mostly lived and toured together for the past several years. The camaraderie they have really shows in their performance. Super tight changes, full 4-5 part harmonies, and an eclectic array of tunes and lead singer changes.

I’ve played the Tractor Tavern with several different acts and types of shows, and I have to say that this was by far the best night I’ve had there. Creeping Time played a great first set. A few bumps here and there, but pretty darn good for our first performance with that lineup in over 5 months! Nettle Honey followed up with a super sultry set of old-timey and original numbers. A few technical difficulties at the beginning didn’t deter them at all and they had everybody dancing and screaming for more.

BLVD Park played through their entire CD and then added a couple numbers at the end. The packed house was all up in a frenzy over the performance. And deservedly so. Nice job, BP.

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