Mother Goose - From The Depths - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Various Artists - Living Country Blues USA, Vol. 2 Blues On Highway 61 [VINYL LP] date 08/16/2024

Goose - Rick Mitarotonda (vocals, guitar), Peter Anspach (vocals, keys, guitar), Trevor Weekz (bass), Jeff Arevalo (vocals, percussion, drums) and Cotter Ellis (drums) - released their debut album in 2016 and quickly took flight, playing countless shows while steadily amassing a fervent fan following for their unique brand of irresistible songcraft, fluid musicianship, and spirited improvisational performance.For their 4th full-length studio album, Everything Must Go (April 25th, 2025), Goose teamed up once again with D. James Goodwin, who produced their critically acclaimed 2022 studio effort, Dripfield. Returning to his studio, The ISOKON in Woodstock, NY, the band pushed themselves to create another cohesive effort representative of their current creative output. Considered by Mitarotonda to be akin to a Inchmix tapeInch of the band's recent catalog, the album contains a blend of fan-favorite live staples and brand-new songs, sure to delight old and new listeners alike.

On August 14th Goose will it's fifth studio album, 'Chain Yer Dragon'. The band's second in 2025 follows the success of April's 'Everything Must Go', 'Chain Yer Dragon' welcomes listeners into a rich, fully-realized world of music and familiar characters, beckoning them to follow the lights and sounds through dingy barrooms and late nights on the road that dissolve into the clarity of a fresh dawn. 'Chain Yer Dragon' showcases Goose's versatility, laying down 70's-infused rock songs that feel lived-in and that come to life through improvisation. Playing with form, 'Chain Yer DragonInch is buoyed by a natural production style that gives the album the raw, freewheeling feel of the band's electric live shows. With tracks that span Goose's musical career, 'Chain Yer Dragon' serves as a connective tissue between some of the group's earliest, much-beloved songwriting and it's current evolution as a four-piece. Featuring live staples like InchEcho of A Rose,Inch InchEmpress of Organos,Inch InchRockdale,Inch and fan favorites like InchFactory Fiction,Inch 'Chain Yer Dragon' embraces the band's origins. The album's opening, featuring new tracks like InchMadalenaInch and InchRoyal,Inch flesh out the universe of The Night Rays Band, expanding on ideas first conceived by guitarist and vocalist Rick Mitarotonda and his songwriting partner Matt Campbell back in 2011. InchThere's a world-building component that feels like the driving force of this record,Inch Mitarotonda said. InchMany of these character-driven songs come from a time and place where we were finding our voice musically and it's been so gratifying to not only revisit it through the lens of who and where we are now, but to expand on it. These songs have been on a journey, and it feels right for them to finally have a home now.Inch 'Chain Yer Dragon' offers personalities, locales, and music to get lost in. Lyrical c