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She is also a publicist for Riot Act Media and recently started an entire series of workshops/classes for self-releasing artists called ‘Album Relief’ JS: Arrowhawk Records is run by Alyssa out of Athens, GA, and she is the smartest, kindest, and hardest working person I know in music. Tell people about Arrowhawk Records, because from any interaction I’ve had with Alyssa DeHayes (who owns the label), she’s crazy nice and that’s a really tight roster of cool artists That Arbor Labor Union album from last year is worth running and not walking to check out. Yeah wasn’t an album that was on my radar to be transparent til I got my hands on the new EP but it’s really a delight, both have been in a regular rotation for me.
I was very focused on trying to incorporate less ‘pretty’ guitar textures at times and blending both real and drum machine sounds. JS: The EP is a stepping stone to another LP. What’s the energy with this EP, was it something crafted originally or is it some leftovers and ideas from last year’s excellent YOU BECOME THE MOUNTAIN ? I have a sweet tooth for it or something. I’m always pulled in both directions so when folks do both I definitely pay attention. JS: Overall I just love the intersection of ambient and traditional folk/country. But there’s a whole wave of you guys doing great stuff on that front these days, I feel like William Tyler is the big one but, North Americans, Yasmin Williams, yourself. Yeah, it’s always hard for me to put a finger on it because it’s often a lot of very nuanced and micro genres happening in conjunction together, like, it is ambient, but it isn’t. That word can get thrown around real easy though. Not mad when anyone puts me in that category. Jeffrey Silverstein: I dig the whole ambient-folk/country tag-cosmic country, etc. How do YOU describe your sound? Very palatial Americana is how I’ve defaulted to describing this really excellent recent wave of folksy ambient music happening right now.
So Jeffrey, you have a great new EP called TORII GATES coming out soon on Arrowhawk Records which is always so reliable, such an underrated label. This edited transcript is from March 12th with Jeffrey Silverstein, whose new EP is available this Friday via Arrowhawk Records! You can find a playlist of all his picks from that night below! Join us on JQBX.fm every Friday at 6 p.m. Every Friday through the pandemic, Merry-Go-Round Magazine hosts Dime in the JQBX, a fun event where artists from across the musical spectrum come and hang out! During these events, Editor-in-Chief CJ Simonson attempts to navigate a short and often spontaneous interview in the chat with the artists! We figured why not save those and publish some of them, along with the songs that the artist played that night.
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