NEW ALBUM- APRIL 3
Ring-A-Bellin'
“I’d been thinking about making another solo record for some time, something sonically and thematically different from what I’d done before, different in instrumentation and approach to recording as well.
I wanted to start recording every song with the smallest musical unit appropriate to the song and only add what felt necessary and relevant, keeping everything in the realm of acoustic instruments. Some songs started and ended with just me singing and playing, others with me and bass player extraordinaire Mark Fain, or as a trio with Tim O’Brien and Michael Rinne. All the main ingredients are live, especially all the lead vocals.
It was extremely liberating to record like this, in the moment, with almost no premeditation, no direction to the players, not even much, or any, direction to myself. It felt immensely freeing to my guitar playing and reconnected me with an energy I wasn’t sure I still had. It takes players that you trust 100% to record like that, like all the players on this album - and engineers like my old friend Andy Kern, and my new friend Finn Goodwin-Bain, who are willing to move fast and with confidence to capture the moment.”