We’ve talked about it for years and it comes next week– the UGLY BEAUTY record! 14 tracks of Thelonious Monk’s music completely reimagined for guitar/bass/drums. Punk Monk, slide Monk… disco Monk! NEXT FRIDAY!!
I figure with everything going remote these days, now is the time to get my home studio going. I am thrilled with the results and am having a blast doing studio work from home– hit me up if you need guitar tracks! I’m also steadily chipping away at my second solo guitar record… stay tuned….
NEW BAND ALERT: Half Holy Hearts will debut on Thursday January 16th at Once Lounge with FauxMenco and Famous Grouse. The idea for this group– reimagined country noir deep cuts plus original instrumentals– was born years ago by Gavin McCarthy, Brian Carpenter and me after a Beat Circus rehearsal. 2020 will finally bring it to fruition with Scot Fitzsimmons on bass and Rafi Sofer on guitars. Can’t wait ~
Man oh man! Our Monk trio, UGLY BEAUTY (Jef Charland/bass; Jared Seabrook, drums) finally made it to the studio. This is gonna be a doozy of a record. Extreme liberties were taken with these tunes– wow. Huge thanks to Dan Cardinal at Dimension Sound Studio for kicking serious butt. Stay tuned as this develops….
Was a delightful night at the MAGNET-O! record release show on 10/16.
Photo by Rafi Sofer
Wow– just back from the western plains playing guitar alongside Mark Erelli. Mark’s songs are powerful and from the heart. What a treat it was to play duo, adding textures to his stories. Can’t wait to do it again…
PLEASE check him out: www.markerelli.com
Bob Bradshaw’s new record, “Queen of the West”, is now available! There was a lot of terrific collaboration (Bob and I co-wrote many of these tunes) and we’re all very proud of of this ambitious and gorgeous sounding album — check it out!
Today, we celebrate the release of the eponymous debut by our esteemed power trio, MAGNET-O! This was a very fun (and very quick) record that we made and I am pleased to no end at the results. Listen at your leisure and if you feel like purchasing the record for download, well then you’d be supporting us out here making stuff.
Either way– CRANK IT!!
Listen HERE
Record release show:
Wednesday October 16th, 8pm
Midway Cafe in JP
– MAGNET-O!
– Castellana/Stern guitar duo
– Gill Aharon Trio
