Kelli Schaefer - No Identity - VINYL LP

Guitarist/composer Davy Mooney knows just how special these experiences are and wanted to capture the essence of their magic on his new recording, Live at National Sawdust. On the recording, Mooney brings together his incredible Hope of Home band, featuring saxophonist John Ellis, pianist Jon Cowherd, bassist Matt Clohesy and drummer Brian Blade, to play old and new material for a receptive group of listeners at Brooklyn's National Sawdust and to conjure a fabulously warm and heartfelt performance that can be revisited over and over. // Mooney and the Hope of Home Band assembled at National Sawdust on January 27, 2020 with engineer Sascha von Oertzen. Of course, live recordings have their challenges. The performers have to consider the audience and can not just start over again. But that is precisely why live recordings can be amazing. The emphasis on being in the moment supercedes the idea of perfection, typically producing compelling performances. // The pieces that Mooney brought to record were a mixture of staple pieces from his repertoire going back for nearly 15 years and new pieces that were written with the promise of this recording. Some of the older pieces are rarities that the guitarist brought out from his first recordings from 2009, Astoriano and Last Train Home, a duo album with John Pizzarelli.

Vinyl LP pressing. There's a sense of wonder that permeates throughout every song indie rock band Hey, King! Has written. Canadian songwriter, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist Natalie London and her partner, Tucson, AZ vocalist and percussionist Taylor Plecity, approach music with a childlike curiosity and adventurous spirit-fitting for a band whose name comes from a Where the Wild Things Are line. Their 2020 debut EP Be Still was raved by Under the Radar Mag as Inchheartfelt indie rockInch with songs that showcased InchLondon and Plecity's ability to turn tragedy into an exuberant celebration of life and love.Inch But now, the band finally follows it all up with their highly-anticipated self-titled debut LP. Produced by 4x Grammy winner Ben Harper, Hey, King! #is a dazzling 11-track collection that matches the overwhelming emotional intensity of the band's live show, a concert experience that Vancouver Weekly called Incha powerhouseInch and Inchquite possibly the music world's best kept secret.Inch

Kelly Lee Owens' masterful second album Inner Song finds the convention-blurring techno producer and singer/songwriter diving deep into her own psyche-excoriating the struggles she's faced since the of her breakout 2017 self-titled debut and exploring personal pain while embracing the beauty of the natural world. It's a leap in artistry from a musician who burst forth on the scene with a confident, rich sound, and Inner Song is endlessly enticing when it comes to what Owens is capable of. Inner Song comes off of what Owens describes as Inchthe hardest three years of my life,Inch an emotionally fraught time. InchIt was definitely impacting my creative life and everything I'd worked for up to that point,Inch she explains. InchI wasn't sure if I could make anything anymore, and it took quite a lot of courage to get to a point where I could make something again.Inch So while the lovely cover of Radiohead's InchArpeggiInch might strike some as an unconventional way to open a sophomore effort, to Owens the winding take on the classic tune represents the sort of sonic rebirth that's so essential to Inner Song's aura. InchI'm a massive Radiohead fan, so it's sacrilege in a way,Inch she chuckles. InchBut I wanted to give my take on a track that always sounded like running through synth arpeggios to me. To me, it sounds like rising out of something quite bleak and hopeless, and resurfacing-a comeback from where I was at.Inch While the InchArpeggiInch cover was recorded a year before work on Inner Song was properly started, the rest of the album was largely written and recorded over a month last winter. As with her debut, Owens holed up in the studio with producer and collaborator James Greenwood. Letting loose in the studio and being open to whatever sonic whims emerge was essential to Owens' crafting of Inner Song. InchWith the first album, I was so obsessed with getting the