Zach Heckendorf - Hawk Talk - VINYL LP

Ben Poole returns after 8 years with Post-Midnight Behaviour, a journey through Blues, Rock, Soul, Country and Alternative Rock. Shaped by subtle grooves and hooks that flare like shooting stars, it's expressive without excess, memorable without distraction. Forged from 150+ shows a year across 20+ countries, it's the work of one of the world's top blues guitarists per Guitar World and Total Guitar, fully realized and worth the wait.

2018 . Kat Danser's music is a steel belted radial easily flexing between a dusty gravel road and a fresh coat of asphalt. True to her Polish-Gypsy heritage, Danser is in perpetual motion and her swampy roots and blues style is a fine-tuned reflection of life lessons from the road. Edmonton's Kat Danser doesn't just play the blues - she studies it, lives it, breathes it and elevates it from sweaty, smoky beer joints to elegant, center stage in the finest of concert halls. Her sweet vocals, lyrical genius, and instrumental prowess beautifully combine with her sharp wit and commanding stage presence to deliver unfailingly memorable live performances. Her fifth album, Goin' Gone, is a collaboration between Danser and Juno-award winning producer Steve Dawson. This recording celebrates her passion for the roots of blues music and her achievements as a graduate student at the University of Alberta where she has now officially become Dr. Kat Danser with a PhD in Music.

A band comprised of leading figures in acoustic music today Brittany Haas - fiddle (David Rawlings, Crooked Still, Live From Here Radio Show)Paul Kowert - bass (Punch Brothers)Jordan Tice - guitar (Jordan Tice and Horse County)Dominick Leslie - mandolin (Phoebe Hunt and The Gatherers)-Beautiful sound and playing will appeal to lovers of jazz, classical, and bluegrass alikeOn their second record, 'Formations,' these four luminaries have created another refreshing and beautiful album that stands apart from anything like it in music today. Flush with orchestral sweeps and sparse vigils, with strains of the American South and the North Atlantic, this cosmopolitan sound is not what you'd expect from a string band. Released just over a year after their debut 'Unless, Formations' illustrates the telepathic lucidity that an additional year of performing and creating has provided this ensemble. There are more conversational trades, improvisations, sonic shifts and general spontaneity. It's playful and dramatic, containing beautiful, winding melodies; moments of humor, surprise, and elation; and a different world-with it's own characters-in each number. The music on 'Formations' proves that despite these musicians' ability to contribute to many musical situations, Hawktail is a rare gem of a project that only comes along once in a generation a vehicle of expression exponentially greater than the sum of it's parts.