From the Facebook bio for The Waltz: “The Waltz is the moniker for Brian Carley’s (penfold, the moirai) solo music. The name comes from the fact that early on, most of the music was being written in the time signatures of 3/4 or 6/8. He has branched out a bit since then, but not too much. What started as rough demos in 1999 very slowly blossomed into a full-time project as recent as December of 2008. Brian finally found ample time to donate to this often-overlooked yet beloved little escape. He is currently recording a full-length follow up to ‘boxes,’ his 6 song tour EP as well as playing locally as often as possible.” Listen here.
Golden Bones would have been called “New Country” in the ’70s, placed alongside Gram Parsons and Townes Van Zandt. They’d have been lumped in with the Jayhawks as Americana in the ’80s. And in the ’90s they’d have fallen in with Uncle Tupelo or the Old 97s as Alt Country. We just call it good music. These are melancholy rainy afternoon songs with a swing and a banjo, sung not with an affected fake drawl but instead with their own natural God-given voices. Listen here.
- Caesar: killer acoustic tunes you wanna tap your boots and drink your whiskey to.
- DJ Moonshine will be spinning old country and honky tonk.
