"I am a songwriter from Arkansas, who began making music in 1994, crafting and recording melodies on an old 4 track tape recorder. I began writing songs while growing up in The Natural State and learning traditional style folk music at some very special gatherings in the Ozarks throughout my early life.
Over time, I ventured into the realm of the gamble of publishing and affecting audiences with these compositions, chasing opportunities to perform and connect with listeners. I lived a kind of transient lifestyle for work from the age of 19, and spent the years experimenting with the different sounds and styles encountered along the way.
Sometime around 2004 while living near New Orleans for work I began recording what I would then describe as alternative experimental psych. folk blues songs on an old 4-track recorder and publishing them to whatever location I could find. Over the years until 2016, I wrote, recorded and performed this music live with a handful of co-musicians that I met along my travels.
At the time, I called this ongoing project “animalsound”, “animal+sound” or sometimes “animalsounds” and had positive receptions/connections on one of our releases titled “The Unknown” with the (2011 Levee Breaking Art/Music Project/Pacific Northwest) and NPR.
But eventually (around 2016) at the advice of a friend and amidst some life changes I decided to simplify my approach and lean into the core of who I was in regards to music.
So my South Pacific travels, Twang and Psychedelic sounds learned in South Texas to early years of learning old Folk, Blues and Cowboy campfire style songs in Arkansas helped this cook over into its rough-hewn jangly form you can hear now.
It's now become full of ragged lilts and a deep reverence to Delta & Folk Blues that I developed while listening, studying and learning this musical art form in Arkansas as a teenager.
Live performances are a stirred-up framework of genres, creating a one of a kind but familiar sound. Years of songwriting and random live shows amassed a catalog of unique music that is often a nod to life’s pact with the wild."
Music Festival Performances:
(2007 SXSW Street/Patio Show at The Pita Pit)
(Hot Water Hills 2022)
(Arkansas Goat Festival 2023)
(Hidden Acres Farm ~ Harmony in the Hollow - 2023)
(Kerrville, TX ~ Trailhead Beer Garden Pot O' Hot Festival 2024)
(Hidden Acres Farm Eclipse Festival 2024)
(The Electric Strawberry Eclipse Event 2024)
(The Electric Strawberry Artist Feature ~ March 2024)
Features:
KASU Arkansas Roots 91.9 FM
Shoog Radio KABF 88.3 FM
“Little Red Hen” ~ Gems On VHS Monthly Playlist for December 2022
“Moira's Heart” ~ Gems On VHS Monthly Playlist for May 2024
Awards:
Songwriting Awards.World ~ Winter 2024
Best Outlaw Song ~ “Wide Place in the Road”
