This past weeks issue of the San Diego CityBeat mentioned Longsleeves three EP project in editor Seth Combs 'Locals Only' column.

Also releasing his music via free download is troubadour James Musselman, who works under the name Longsleeves. He has released three new EPs of varying styles of music through his MySpace page and the Sixty Years War Recordings website. Read More...

Thanks, Seth.

The crew at Sixty Years War Recordings would like to wish everyone the best into the new year...

Here's a special treat from C. Ray and Andrea Harvey of Wooden Satellites for your listening pleasure:

What Child

Today is the release of Wire Fraud. The third and final free EP Longsleeves will be releasing this month. We hope you enjoyed all three and we encourage you to share these recordings with friends. Spread the word!


WIRE FRAUD
1. The Pull
2. Check The Phones
3. November
4. Television News
5. Reaching Back













DOWNLOAD FULL EP - 17MB (192kbps MP3)



Listen Live:

The Pull - Wire Fraud


Check The Phones - Wire Fraud


November - Wire Fraud


Television News - Wire Fraud


Reaching Back - Wire Fraud

Scott Shoger of NUVO did a short review of Lee Miles', Heathen Blux giving it four and a half stars out of five.

Heathen Blux is the kind of rough-hewn, roots-rock record that one might think was recorded in a log cabin in the woods far from the madding crowd. And reportedly Fort Wayne’s Lee Miles suffers from allergies to both food and people that have left him bed-ridden for years at a time and nowhere near a stage. But who needs live shows when you’ve got a four-track, banjo and guitar? Miles sometimes channels his predecessors quite obviously — heading towards Dylan parody on the archetypal list song “Catch a Snare,” Johnny Cash at the beginning of the standout “Deserters,” Gold Rush-era Neil Young on the similarly brilliant “Down at the Massacre”— but Heathen Blux stands on it own as a well-crafted, jaded and violent reflection on contemporary politics in unvarnished folk song. Read more...

Today is the release of The Rift. The second of three free EP's by Longsleeves that will be released throughout the month of December.



The Rift
1. HU
2. ON
3. MI
4. EE
5. SU












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Listen Live:

HU - The Rift


ON - The Rift


MI - The Rift


EE - The Rift


SU - The Rift

Today is the release of Black Swamp. The first of three free EP's by Longsleeves that will be released throughout the month of December.



Black Swamp
1. Looky, Looky Yonder
2. Goodnight Irene
3. Beneath the Weeping Willow
4. Wildwood Flower
5. Mrs. James
6. The Riddle Song
7. Banks of the Ohio
8. Big Rock Candy Mountain









DOWNLOAD FULL EP - 34MB (192kbps MP3)



Listen Live:

Looky, Looky Yonder - Black Swamp


Goodnight Irene - Black Swamp


Beneath the Weeping Willow - Black Swamp


Wildwood Flower - Black Swamp


Mrs. James - Black Swamp


The Riddle Song - Black Swamp


Banks of the Ohio - Black Swamp


Big Rock Candy Mountain - Black Swamp

This month Longsleeves will be releasing three different digital EP's for FREE via Sixty Years War. The records are all quite different and are the result of a well of creative energy during the month of November.

The release dates of the records all fall on the next three Tuesdays this month. You can listen to clips of two songs from each record on Longsleeves' myspace player.

Here is what you'll be listening to soon:


BLACK SWAMP - 12/09/08
1. Looky, Looky Yonder
2. Goodnight Irene
3. Beneath the Weeping Willow
4. Wildwood Flower
5. Mrs. James
6. The Riddle Song
7. Banks of the Ohio
8. Big Rock Candy Mountain










Black Swamp is a very stripped down folk record carried along by only vocals, autoharp and banjo. The album was hammered out in less than twenty four hours (minus one song which was recorded at an earlier date). It was tracked live in a small bathroom apartment in downtown San Diego, in the Gaslamp Quarter. All of the tracks are traditional folk songs, except for "Mrs. James", which is a cover of a song from Lee Miles' very first solo record, Bear.




THE RIFT - 12/16/08
1. HU
2. ON
3. MI
4. EE
5. SU













Made directly following the completion of Black Swamp, The Rift was completed in a week and is an eleven minute foray into drum and bass instrumental music. Many ideas about black politics of the 20th century and the ethics of Democracy and civil rights in both the US and abroad were inspirations for the record.




WIRE FRAUD - 12/23/08
1. The Pull
2. Check The Phones
3. November
4. Television News
5. Reaching Back













Collected from several archived, unreleased projects Wire Fraud spreads through three years of accumulated recordings. All songs are original compositions. Track three, features Ben Laatsch playing acoustic and electric guitar, as well as contributing vocal harmonies. The photograph on the cover of the record sleeve was taken by Mr. Laatsch as well.


More news concerning a proper full length release and an extended midwest tour by Longsleeves and Ben Laatsch will be forthcoming. Keep your eyes and ears peeled.