Category: new americana
“Let’s talk about dead people” – Jesse Welles
“It’s an à la carte buffet, man. The bigger you build it, the more people you’ll meet. What music industry? Make your own industry, your own factory. Your factory might just be your house in a subdivision in Arkansas. That’s my industry. I hired my cat. ” Jesse Welles, from Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers: Jesse Welles on creating your own music industry
photo of Jesse Welles by Joey Lusterman
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Flipside Musical Tide
Rearview Mirror I’m grateful for music. Especially when the world is crazy! I haven’t experienced performing music on a regular basis since Summer 2021. I’ve been part of a few projects since coming back east, but nothing has stuck. Maybe my musical adventures are over, and maybe they aren’t. (The first time I retired from […]
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10,000 plums project
Read MoreMusic Monday – Sandy Bell
Sandy Bell casts a spell – dreamy! Spooky! Lovely!
Read MoreMusic Monday Mid-Century Gothic ~ Bobbie Gentry
I grew up listening to Bobbie Gentry – she captured my imagination in the spookiest ways. What a voice – and – what a storyteller!
Image from REBEAT Magazine An Ode to Bobbie Gentry at 70
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