Martha Scanlan & Jon Neufeld
Last Stars First Light
JB215
$ 8.00
DETAILS
TRACKS
Side A
- Desert Rebel
- Happy To Be Alive
- Turning The Corner
- Graduation Day
- Rocky Butte
- I’ll Think About It / I Could’ve Loved You
Side B
- A Year Later
- Darkened Sun
- I’m As High As A Summer Breeze
- You Said
- Making It All Go Away
- Only A River
- When You Are Sleeping
- The Old Crow
RELEASE DATE
11/04/2022
• FIRST PRESSING ON "ROSE GLASS" VINYL
• ALL ORDERS COME WITH AN INSTANT DOWNLOAD WITH THE FULL ALBUM PLUS THE B-SIDES FROM ALL 5 PRE-RELEASE SINGLES, INCLUDING COVERS BY TOM PETTY, GUY CLARK, RADIOHEAD AND THE GRATEFUL DEAD.
Jon Neufeld and Martha Scanlan's unique alchemy on stage started when they first played together at Portland's Indie-roots festival Pickathon ten years ago. It was an immediate musical connection and friendship that has only deepened with time and miles spent touring venues and festivals across the country.
When so much began to shift and live shows ground to a halt, what began as a loose plan to work on a new record seemed to become a musical journey of it’s own, a necessary sort of refuge. They began passing songs and music back and forth from their respective studios; Martha in Western Montana and Jon in Portland Oregon, often in the early hours before the world was awake, often waiting to listen to the track until tape was rolling, almost as though the improvisational live interaction onstage was occurring over time and space, in slow motion. The result is a continuing collaborative project in motion, an unfolding story. The first installation, Last Stars First Light, is due out autumn 2022 on Jealous Butcher Records.
While their collective accolades are impressive- they have shared the stage and collaborated with artists as diverse as Levon Helm, Jim James, Emmy Lou Harris and Peter Buck, and played festivals from Merlefest to Bonnaroo – it is that unique alchemy, that sense of adventure and improvisation on stage and in the studio, that most characterizes their work together and what has earned them a loyal following world wide.