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“System Update” features Robert Schneider (The Apples
In Stereo), players from Maserati, of Montreal, Drive-By Truckers, Elf Power,
Cracker. +++
Sloan
Simpson as photographed
by Sean Dunn +++ PLAY, POST & SHARE Sloan Brothers | “Cleopatra Echo”
[STREAM]: https://Fanatic.lnk.to/SloanBrothers-CleopatraEcho Though Sloan Simpson
says that while making his debut album he was “listening to mainly The Cure,” the album’s opening one-two
punch of the title track and the instrumental “Cleopatra Echo” feels like Daft Punk invited Herbie Hancock to form a trio jamming with The Grateful Dead during that band’s most spirited era of ever-evolving
journeyman collaboration. Sloan Simpson has been recording for over two decades. Until now,
none of the music has been his own. This changes with the release of his debut
album System Update (May 13th,
2022, Science Project Records)
under the name Sloan Brothers. +++ Sloan Brothers System
Update (Science Project Records) May 13th, 2022
Track Listing: 01. System Update 02. Cleopatra Echo (STREAM) 03. Cryin’ Shame 04. Anxiety 05. Songs Like This 06. Love You So Good 07. So Good (Reprise) 08. Amplified 09. Coffee Black 10. Into My Mind 11. Mirrorball 12. Smile Down On Me +++ Sloan Brothers | About
Sloan
Simpson has been recording for over
two decades. Until now, none of the music has been his own. This changes with the release of his debut album System
Update (May 13th,
2022, Science Project Records)
under the name Sloan Brothers. Though Simpson says
that while making the album, “I was listening to mainly The Cure,” the album’s opening one-two punch of the title track and
the instrumental “Cleopatra Echo”
feels like Daft Punk invited Herbie Hancock to form a trio jamming
with The Grateful Dead during that
band’s most spirited era of ever-evolving journeyman collaboration. Wow, how did Simpson
get here?! The Athens, Georgia-based musician played rock and
jazz guitar growing up, but was frustrated by the hit his talents took when a
serious car accident sidelined him. Simpson
sold all of his guitars and quit the instrument. With music still in his blood, if not in his grasp, Simpson began to document, through live
taping, the local scene in his new hometown of Atlanta, eventually relocating
to nearby Athens after years spent driving between the two as part of his
recording endeavors. His new hobby had become a good habit. “I had a permanent recording setup installed and the
reality of losing my favorite venue really set in when I had to go remove it,” Simpson says of The Caledonia Lounge, a nationally-recognized Athens club that
closed in October of 2020, sidelining him again. Like the life-changing event that inspired his
recording career of recording others, the closing of the Caledonia was eerily fortuitous for Simpson. While live music was in shutdown, he wrote and recorded
his first song. “It was the first vocals I’d ever sung into a
microphone,” Simpson says. With his
friend, guitarist Kevin Sweeney contributing
solos, the first Sloan Brothers
single “For You” was released later that
month. Pleased with the experience, Simpson picked up a bass, more microphones, and drum software.
Though he returned to guitar, he says that even without formal training,
“playing keyboards is what allowed me to start writing songs.” He also started calling up more friends. Simpson explains, “I asked my friend Robert Schneider (co-founder of The Apples In Stereo and Elephant
Six Recording Co.) if he would record backing vocals on the song “Into My Mind,” and he agreed. As I
kept writing more songs, I would ask more friends I knew from recording shows
over the years to contribute guest parts.” In addition to Sweeney
and Schneider, some three-dozen or
more local luminaries also appear on System Update, including current and
former members of Maserati, Olivia Tremor Control, Japancakes, of Montreal, Drive-By
Truckers, Cracker, Casper & The Cookies, Camper Van Beethoven, Elf Power, and more. In fact, it was Elf
Power’s Andrew Rieger that
inspired Simpson’s songwriting on
the album’s first single, “Songs Like
This.” “I asked Andrew
if he would sing on something if I wrote one he liked,” Simpson jokes. “Andrew
sings the high part in the choruses and it was perfect for Kevin Lane of local pop legends The Possibilities to sing in the verses with me. I’ve been friends
with Bryan J. Howard of Cracker for nearly 20 years now, and he
jumped in on bass.” The tune has one the most relatable indie rock
crush-couplets you’ll ever hear and is a defining example of the quality of Simpson’s songwriting future. I saw you buying records and I saw you at the coffee
shop I didn’t hear your order but I bought the same record
you got These words provide a mere glimpse into Simpson’s ability to explore emotion
with the kind of candor that only comes from experience brought by age. “I had long been avoiding expressing feelings as some
sort of misguided version of the ‘cool’ that rock ‘n roll had taught me growing
up,” he admits. “Once I lost family, I realized that it’s okay to express pain,
trauma, and desires.” After half a lifetime taking home tapes of the
personal struggles of others in song, it’s about time that Simpson is giving us the same opportunity with his unexpected,
thrilling work. System Update, the debut album by Sloan Brothers
arrives on May 13th via Science Project Records, preceded by
the singles “Songs Like This” (Feb. 11th), “Love You So Good” (March 11th), and “Anxiety” (April 15th). Sloan Simpson is available for
interviews. Contact Josh Bloom
at Fanatic for more information. +++ Sloan
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Ten-song performance showcases tunes from Hootie
guitarist’s solo album “Midlife Priceless,” including rocking opener “Gotta Get
Outta Town.” +++
Mark Bryan as photographed by Kirk
Robert +++ PLAY, POST & SHARE
Mark Bryan | “Gotta Get
Outta Town” (Live From The Windjammer)
[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-jfBfqcNFo +++ “Gotta Get
Outta Town” is the show opener from Mark Bryan’s June 18th, 2021 hometown performance at The Windjammer in Isle of Palms, SC. It’s
also the first video from the upcoming live album ‘Jammer Bits (Live from The
Windjammer), out April 15th,
2022. Scroll down to see the official music video
for the song, shot by famed video director Mark
Pellington (Pearl Jam’s “Jeremy,”
Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters.) ‘Jammer
Bits (Live from The Windjammer) includes ten live tracks. Bryan’s live band for this show features
musicians Gary Greene, Tim Nielsen of Drivin N Cryin, Hank Futch of Blue Dogs, Matt Zutell, and Scottie Frier, along with
special appearances by Megan Davis
Campbell, Wyatt Durrette, and Dean Felber of Hootie and The Blowfish. See
videos of the show’s first five performances now.
Videos of the remaining five songs of the set will post every other week,
starting Feb. 4th. ‘Jammer
Bits (Live from The Windjammer), the audio of the entire ten-song set, hits streaming
services on April 15th. +++ PLAY, POST & SHARE Mark Bryan | “Gotta Get
Outta Town”
[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EThH7slvZJM +++ “Making ‘Gotta
Get Outta Town’ was an absolute joy. Reminded me of when I first heard an old,
reckless, mayhem-filled Replacements B-side.”—Mark Pellington Mark
Pellington: “Mark Bryan is an amazing artist - just such a creative, positive,
and uncompromising guy. He was nothing but soulful, encouraging, and
optimistic. I found this energy to be infectious and his whole open-hearted
worldview to be incredibly bright and positive. “Making ‘Gotta
Get Outta Town’ was an absolute joy, it. Reminded me when I first heard an
old, reckless, mayhem-filled Replacements
B-side. Loose, fun, uninhibited... The song was that spirit of what we're trying
to do on this video... something free, fun, loose and cool.” Mark Bryan: “Mark
(Pellington) heard the song, and immediately knew how he wanted to make the
video, which is the exact same spirit the song was written in, so we were fired
up.
“Pellington is intense, and the
shoot was full of energy. He and his crew knew some of the shots they were
going for, but several more happened in the moment, and we were having a blast
hanging out. The cast was full of talented, vibrant individuals that have become
new friends.”
+++ Mark Bryan Midlife
Priceless Out Now (Stone Point Records) Streaming Link: STREAM FULL LP
Track Listing: 01. Gotta Get Outta Town (2:49) (STREAM
| VIDEO | INTERVIEW) 02. A Little More Rock N Roll (3:33) (STREAM | VIDEO | LYRIC VIDEO | INTERVIEW) 03. Wanna Feel Something (3:16) (STREAM
| VIDEO | INTERVIEW) 04. Let Your Soul Light Shine (3:26) (STREAM | VIDEO | INTERVIEW) 05. Takin’ A Ride (feat. Wyatt Durrette) (2:46) (VIDEO | LYRIC VIDEO) 06. Madelynn Claire (2:51) 07. I Like Your Everything (2:43) 08. Explain That To A Heart (3:23) (STREAM | VIDEO) 09. Like Make Believe (3:14) 10. Growing Wild (3:10) 11. Open Up Lucille (2:25) 12. Wishing (Acoustic) (2:46) (STREAM) +++ Order Midlife Priceless by Mark Bryan as a deluxe LP or CD at Bandcamp here.
+++ PLAY, POST & SHARE
Mark Bryan | “Let Your
Soul Light Shine”
[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg9enTiRyQM +++ Charleston City Paper reports: “Singer-songwriter
and Hootie & the Blowfish lead
guitarist Mark Bryan’s new single, ‘Let Your Soul Light Shine,’ features a
special music video filmed at MUSC as a tribute to its frontline
healthcare workers. “Inspiration for the song stemmed from experiences in Bryan’s own life. ‘I was getting
divorced, Hootie was on a hiatus —
so the identity I had for years was being stripped away,’ he said. ‘But it was
what I needed to realize who I really am. You can put a label on anybody, but
who they really are is at their core and at their soul.’ “This epiphany — that the very essence of who we are
is determined not by outward labels, but by the way we power through
difficulties — became the idea for ‘Let
Your Soul Light Shine.’Bryan
felt that MUSC hospital workers are
a ‘gleaming example’ of this grit and determination.”
+++ PLAY, POST & SHARE
Mark Bryan | “Takin’ A
Ride (feat. Wyatt Durrette)”
[OFFICIAL VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJDekbJ_MVM [LYRIC VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6hxqmI7WXc +++ See the “Takin’ A Ride (feat.
Wyatt Durrette)” video now via
The Boot, which says, “Mark Bryan and Wyatt
Durrette headed to paradise for their new ‘Takin’ A Ride’ music video. The Hootie & the Blowfish co-founder and hit country songwriter are
using the clip, premiering
exclusively on The Boot, to
spotlight hurricane rebuilding efforts in the Bahamas. “Shot in Elbow Cay, Bryan and
Durrette’s video finds them hanging
at beach bars, napping in hammocks and enjoying the stunning ocean views. The
small island was devastated by Hurricane Dorian, a Category 5 hurricane, in
September of 2019, and while the ‘Takin’
A Ride’ music video shows off some truly gorgeous scenery, it ends with a
focus on the continuing storm recovery efforts, via the Elbow Cay Restoration Association. +++ Mark Bryan | About
Midlife Priceless is the title of Hootie
& The Blowfish guitarist Mark
Bryan’s fourth solo album. It’s also how he rolls. Three years since the release of Bryan’s previous record, a lot has happened: His 20
million-selling, two-time Grammy®-winning band got back together
for a sold-out arena tour that meant as much to Bryan as it did to the fans that came out by the tens of thousands. “Wanna Feel
Something” is the new album’s first
single for a reason. Tonight we ride again Just like we did back when We were best friends, and it would never end It’s right there. Mark Bryan is about feeling something and making you feel
something. The energy in the buildings around the country that rocked again
with the songs that made Hootie one
of the biggest-selling acts in music history, is all here on Midlife
Priceless. When Bryan
gets to the guitar solo on “Wanna Feel
Something,” it’s a done deal. The album’s title draws a deep parallel,
metaphorically, with a lyric from another of the record’s standout tunes, “Takin’ A Ride,” a duet with Wyatt Durrette, writer of many of the Zac Brown Band’s hits. “Die young as late as you can” It’s a beautiful statement. It’s a mission statement. “That line speaks to the point I am in my life and why
I’m still making music,” Bryan says. Even before Hootie
got back together to be met with love-filled venues as if it were the 1990’s
again, Bryan was living this way.
Through good and bad – especially bad – he was connecting with his youth,
wonder, curiosity, and joy. As defined, “priceless” is something so precious that
its value cannot be determined. A record album has to provide value though, right? One of the reasons that Bryan chose to lead up to the release of Midlife Priceless with a long
string of singles is because so many moods and styles are represented. He
thought to give ‘em a chance to shine on their own, in a different way than
they do as a collection. This might not be an auspicious plan for some artists,
but Bryan’s track record dictates
that he knows his way around a single, and this approach is another example of
how Bryan is living midlife
priceless. Midlife Priceless, the fourth solo album by Hootie & The Blowfish guitarist Mark Bryan, is out now. +++ Mark Bryan | Links ASSETS : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : TWITTER : INSTAGRAM : YOUTUBE : SPOTIFY : APPLE
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“Fuzzy, psychedelic” cut is from second album in less
than two years from Norway-based foursome. “Proclaimer of Things” drops Feb. 4th. +++
The High Water Marks (L-R): Logan
Miller, Hilarie Sidney, Per Ole Bratset, Øystein Megård. Photo credit: Self-Portraits, Illustration by Per Ole
Bratset. +++
The High Water Marks | “Fantastic Machine”
[STREAM]: https://Fanatic.lnk.to/TheHighWaterMarks-FantasticMachine The press calls The
High Water Marks “pulse-raising mega-pop,” (UNCUT), with “sugar-coated melodies to spare” (Pitchfork), that offers “garage pop for the masses” (Paste). The upcoming Proclaimer of Things album is the
second full-length in just over a year from The High Water Marks, following a (too long!) 13-year hiatus. The Norway-based
band fronted by Hilarie Sidney, the
co-founder of the Elephant 6 Recording
Co. and one of its core bands The
Apples In Stereo, maintains and extends the high-energy fantastic fuzz of
those sounds. In its
premiere coverage of “Fantastic
Machine,” the latest single by The
High Water Marks (featuring vocals by band member, Per Ole Bratset), Treble
calls the tune “a fuzzy, psychedelic pop single with big hooks and swirling
effects.” Other music discovery sites coming in with coverage of
“Fantastic Machine” include Austin
Town Hall, Indie
For Bunnies, Dagger,
Herzmukke,
and Buffablog.
+++ The High Water Marks Proclaimer
of Things (Minty Fresh Records) Feb. 4th, 2022
Track Listing: 01. The Best Day 02. Fantastic Machine (STREAM) 03. Jenny (STREAM | VIDEO) 04. I Told You Before 05. Fingers and Trees Are Only Temporary (STREAM) 06. Proclaimer of Things (STREAM
| VIDEO) 07. Spectral Roommate 08. Origin of Names (STREAM) 09. Dust and Guitars 10. Devotee to The Chemist 11. Someones’s Song 12. Reason vs. Truth (STREAM) 13. We Are Going to Kentucky +++ The High Water Marks | More Singles and
Videos from Proclaimer of Things +++
The High Water Marks | “Fingers and
Trees are Only Temporary”
[STREAM]: https://Fanatic.lnk.to/TheHighWaterMarks-FingersAndTreesAreOnlyTemporary In its
premiere coverage of the latest single by The High Water Marks, Beats Per Minute says, “Known as
the home of bands such as Neutral Milk
Hotel, The Apples in Stereo, The Olivia Tremor Control, and dozens
of others, the Elephant 6 Collective
was a refuge for popsters who enjoyed the more psychedelic aspects of the
genre. As one of the founders of this musical sanctuary (and of The Apples in Stereo), Hilarie Sidney has long spent time in
the company of musicians whose creativities were slightly askew from their
peers. “On ‘Fingers
and Trees are Only Temporary,’ the band digs
deeper into the psychedelic side of their work, bringing out some fuzzy
guitar theatrics, thumping percussion, and sweeping vocals that come at you
from all angles. The song feels like it’s drawing back to those early years
within the E6 hivemind... There’s
plenty of lovely nostalgia here, but that’s not why the song works so well.
This is its own thing.”
+++
The High Water Marks | “Proclaimer
of Things”
[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTBKF-9xq98 [STREAM]: https://Fanatic.lnk.to/TheHighWaterMarks-Proclaimer-Single +++ The “Proclaimer
of Things” single, featuring lead vocal by Sidney’s bandmate and husband, Per
Ole Bratset (along with a boyhood photo of Sidney’s great grandfather on the cover!) is out now
and MXDWN has premiered
the video for the song, saying it “is catchy and upbeat and has the
potential to be on your favorite playlist on repeat.” Under
The Radar rings in with the premiere
of the track, calling “Proclaimer of
Things,” “an irresistible power pop gem.” The full 13-song Proclaimer of Things album arrives Feb. 4th, 2022 via Minty Fresh. Bratset says, “The title comes from an inside joke Hil and I always play around with. If
we catch ourselves being a little preachy or pompous, we add ‘I am the
proclaimer of things!’ at the end. We picture this guy with a crazy mustache
and top hat going around ‘proclaiming things,’ while holding up a scroll and
wearing a monocle. It always makes it weird and hilarious!” Sidney elaborates on the appearance of her great grandfather
on the cover of the single, saying, “His dad owned a roller rink in the 1880s
in Iowa. My great-grandpa was so good at skating and doing tricks on both the
bike and the skates that he started performing around the Midwest, and as far
west as Colorado. He earned an insanely good chunk of cash for doing this, thus
supporting the family. He went under the moniker, Little Willy Sidney, and Wee
Willy Sidney, hahaha.” +++
The High
Water Marks | About
“I am so lucky to have been a musician throughout my
life,” says Hilarie Sidney,
currently fronting The High Water Marks,
and best known as co-founder of the revered musical collective Elephant Six, and one of its three core
bands The Apples In Stereo. Based in her adopted home town of Grøa, Norway, Sidney and The High Water Marks are prepping to release Proclaimer of Things, the
band’s second album in just over a year, following-up the 2020 album Ecstasy
Rhymes, its first album in 13 years. Coming back after such a long stretch of being off the
scene with a critically and commercially welcomed new album, and then quickly
coming in hot with another batch of 13 songs, isn’t an accident. In this case,
it’s a coping mechanism. With the United States reaching a milestone of 1 in
500 people having succumbed to COVID-19, it’s tragic news that this statistic
hits home for Sidney. Her mother,
half a world away, passed from the virus earlier this year. “Not being able to see her and knowing that she was
alone, dying in a nursing home, still haunts me daily,” Sidney courageously reveals. Sidney knew that when she began to build a life in Norway
with her band mate and husband Per Ole
Bratset and their son, that she would be just a 12-hour flight from the
rest of her family, but that 12 hours became something completely different
under lockdown. “I never factored in a pandemic,” she says. “At least
my mom got to hear our record before she passed away. That means a lot to me
because she was always really supportive of my music.” The thirteen songs that comprise Proclaimer of Things are
just a drop in the bucket, considering how much Sidney has leaned on songwriting to take her mind off things. “I feel like I can’t pick up the guitar without
writing a little melody. As therapy, we decided to keep recording. We dove into
the project to keep us sane, focused, and from going down the rabbit hole of
depression and self-pity.” Through it all, The
High Water Marks made an album that is positive, light, happy, and
meaningful. “I think my mom would approve of my method of dealing
with the grief of losing her.” Sidney
says with trademark optimism. Proclaimer of Things, the latest album by The High Water Marks, is scheduled for release on Feb. 4th, 2022 on Minty Fresh. +++ The High Water Marks | Links ASSETS : FACEBOOK : INSTAGRAM : SPOTIFY : APPLE : MINTY FRESH +++ Josh Bloom at Fanatic
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Anti-folk pioneer’s latest produced by Jeff
Eyrich (Tanya Tucker), mixed by Dae Bennett (son of Tony), strings by David
Mansfield (Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.) +++
Linda
Draper as photographed by
Jeff Um +++ PLAY, POST & SHARE Linda Draper | “Tether (Acoustic Version)”
[STREAM]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPvQIISgngQ +++ Linda Draperdiscusses the
acoustic version of her protest song “Tether”
with The Boot. Linda Draper calls out pandemic hypocrisy in acoustic version of ‘Tether,’” says The Boot in its premiere coverage
of the tune, the closing tune from Patience and Lipstick, Draper new full-length, out now. “They keep speaking in their crooked tongues, trying
to sell me the idea we’re all in this together,” Draper sings of “disorganized media and political messaging in the
face of inaction to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.” She says, “I beg to differ.” “I wrote it at the beginning of the pandemic,” Draper explains of the song’s blunt
tone. “I was disgusted with how we were suddenly barraged with insincere messages.” The Boot continues, “Evoking the righteous political folk
storytelling of Joan Baez, the song
is a powerful testament to the frustration and mourning many people have
experienced throughout the pandemic.” +++ Linda Draper Patience
and Lipstick (South Forty Records) Out Now Streaming Link: STREAM
FULL LP
Track Listing: 01. ‘81 Camaro (STREAM | VIDEO) 02. Tether (STREAM) 03. All In Due Time (STREAM) 04. Begin Again 05. Patience and Lipstick 06. I Surrender 07. Detroit or Buffalo (STREAM) 08. Roll With You 09. The Undertow 10. String 11. I Go 12. Tether (Acoustic Version) (STREAM) +++ PLAY, POST & SHARE Linda Draper | “All In Due Time”
[STREAM]: https://fanatic.lnk.to/LindaDraper-AllInDueTime +++ Linda Draperdiscusses
her latest single “All In Due Time”
with The
Bluegrass Situation Linda
Draper’s peerless voice is highlight of latest single “All In Due Time,”
streaming now via The Bluegrass Situation; “Patience and Lipstick” out Jan. 21st. “As the last couple of years unfolded, the ripple
effect of this pandemic has hit people in different ways. I wrote this song
with that in mind (it also coincided with the second wave of cases). Usually
the songs I write have a bridge that leads to a new direction before resolving
itself in the end. ‘All In Due Time’
doesn’t have a bridge, but instead segues into this cyclically layered chorus. “I wanted the structure of the song to support the
feeling in the lyrics and capture this snapshot in time when everything felt
like it was in a holding pattern. I really enjoyed the collaborative spirit of
recording this with Jeff Eyrich (who
produced it and played bass), David
Mansfield (violin), Doug Yowell
(drums/percussion), Bennett Paster
(piano), Steve Rossiter (who
recorded my guitar and backup vocals), and Dae
Bennett (who recorded my main vocals and mixed it).” +++ PLAY, POST & SHARE Linda Draper | “‘81 Camaro”
[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTB2rV1ij_A [STREAM]: https://Fanatic.lnk.to/LindaDraper-81Camaro +++ “Nostalgia is instantly triggered... Carrying
feelings of longing, in a delightfully blended brew,” says Americana
Highways in its
premiere coverage of the
video for Linda Draper’s latest single “‘81 Camaro,”streaming now. The song
was also added to the publication’s recently
launched “New Americana” playlist. Read more about Linda Draper and the “‘81
Camaro” music video at Adobe
& Teardrops and the Orlando
Sentinel. “I
have never had more fun making a video,” Draper
says. “We shot in Orlando, partially at Fun
Spot amusement park and as the scene turns to night, I dip my toes into
country line dancing. “I
will forever be changed by witnessing authentic country line dancing in person,”
Draper continues. “Everyone
instinctually just knew all the moves, it was so beautiful and graceful. If
these beautiful folks at Cowboys
(the club where the line dancing footage was filmed) one day develop a country line
dance for “‘81 Camaro,” all of my dreams will have come true.” +++ Linda Draper | About
Linda Draper grew up in a musical home as the daughter of a
classical guitar virtuoso who studied with Andres
Segovia. She began playing guitar and writing songs as a child and
eventually became a fixture in the downtown New York City’s anti-folk music
scene on the Lower East Side. Since 2001, Draper
has released numerous albums, toured the US and UK, and opened for acclaimed
musicians such as Teddy Thompson, Melissa Ferrick, Luka Bloom, and Eilen Jewell.
Draper has also seen her songs
licensed for commercials and television. She is now embarking on her biggest challenge to date
with the formation of her own label, South
Forty Records. Patience and Lipstick,” Draper’s new album, was produced by Jeff
Eyrich, mixed by Grammy®-award winning engineer, Dae Bennett, and features performers David Mansfield (Strings), Jeff Eyrich (Bass), and Doug Yowell (Drums and Percussion). It
is the inaugural release on the artist’s own label South Forty Records. Linda Draper is
available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom
at Fanatic for more information. +++ Linda
Draper | Links ASSETS : WEBSITE : FACEBOOK : INSTAGRAM : YOUTUBE : SPOTIFY : APPLE
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