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‘Sideman’ goes solo

Jon Keller was interviewed about the release of his first LP, Down In A Mirror, by  The Fort Wayne Reader.

You can gain some insight on the record directly from Keller and also read a short synopsis of the album courtesy of Ben Larson.

In regards to his experience recording a solo album, after years of playing in bands where he was not the principal songwriter, he said, “it was awesome, but mostly really nerve-wracking. Recording was really fun, because I had never done it before, but then actually playing [those recordings] for people was terrifying.” He’s been getting some great feedback from peers, however, and had this to say about that: “It’s humbling to hear what people have said, because I don’t ever expect them to say anything good about it.”

Read the rest of the article here.

Sixty Years War Collective is incredibly honored to introduce you to a brand new artist we’ve added to our roster, Jon Keller. Keller has recently completed work on his first full length recording, Down In A Mirror, a nine song LP that draws from influences such as Elliot Smith, Gram Parsons and Tom Waits. This soft spoken, but incredibly centered Folk/Rock album is smart, engaging and full of depth. A pleasure to listen to from start to finish and a testament to Keller’s songwriting, guitar playing and vocal talents. You can purchase a digital version of the album right now on iTunes, with a physical release coming very soon.  Keller will be hosting a CD release show this Saturday, August 28th to celebrate the release of this incredible record. If you’re in the Fort Wayne area, you don’t want to miss it.

Sixty Years War Collective is incredibly honored to introduce you to a brand new artist we’ve added to our roster, Jon Keller.

Keller has recently completed work on his first full length recording, Down In A Mirror, a nine song LP that draws from influences such as Elliot Smith, Gram Parsons and Tom Waits.

This soft spoken, but incredibly centered Folk/Rock album is smart, engaging and full of depth. A pleasure to listen to from start to finish and a testament to Keller’s songwriting, guitar playing and vocal talents.

You can purchase a digital version of the album right now on iTunes, with a physical release coming very soon. 

Keller will be hosting a CD release show this Saturday, August 28th to celebrate the release of this incredible record. If you’re in the Fort Wayne area, you don’t want to miss it.

I had all those songs, and they made sense together, and I realized that these are the most personal songs I’ve ever written.
Lee Miles on Open Your Grievous Heart from The Fort Wayne Reader.
Sixty Years War is proud to present a brand new four band split record called, FOUR: Volume One. This record includes the work of four different bands/artists hailing from all over the country. Facing Winter, from West Chicago, Illinois. Longsleeves, from San Diego, California. Nathan Kalish, from Grand Rapids, Michigan and our own, Chris Darby with his band, Them Damn Kids, from Chicago, Illinois. You can download the album for FREE at the following places: http://sixtyyearswar.bandcamp.com/http://cllct.com/release/fourvolumeone

Sixty Years War is proud to present a brand new four band split record called, FOUR: Volume One. This record includes the work of four different bands/artists hailing from all over the country.

Facing Winter, from West Chicago, Illinois. Longsleeves, from San Diego, California. Nathan Kalish, from Grand Rapids, Michigan and our own, Chris Darby with his band, Them Damn Kids, from Chicago, Illinois.

You can download the album for FREE at the following places:

http://sixtyyearswar.bandcamp.com/
http://cllct.com/release/fourvolumeone

Songwriter Festival

Loud Loop did a write up on Chris Darby’s Songwriter Festival being held in Chicago this week. For those of you in the area, today is the first day of the festival. Don’t miss it!

A New Band A Day

Longsleeves; Collect-this, Collect-that, Collect to Win!

Today, June 21st, Longsleeves is the featured band on A New Band A Day, a great UK based music blog that, true to its name, features a new band or artist every day. Not only did they mention Longsleeves, they also talk a little bit about the power of collectives in modern music and art. It’s a very gracious article, here’s what they had to say about Elderberry:

By dragging together such desperate sounds – glossy, pearly synth noises, hissing, compressed snares, the sound of a 1980′s home computer loading from a tape, Longsleeves are not only light years ahead of the majority but also the best and most persuasive argument for the collective system yet. Great. (continue reading…)

Remember Elderberry is completely FREE to download and you can get it here. 

Chris Darby's Songwriter Night covered on Gapers Block

For the last few years, Phyllis’ has been the venue of choice for Chris Darby’s bimonthly songwriter showcase, which began in his Logan Square apartment in 2004. Although Darby is leaving Chicago in mid-July for a ten month tour across the country, there’ll be an encore for his songwriter series: a three day Songwriter Festival at Phyllis’ Musical Inn, which takes place on July 7, 9, and 10.

Photos of Lee Miles and The Illegitimate Sons opening for The Buffalo Killers at The Brass Rail in Fort Wayne can be found at our Facebook page! All photos by Drew Allegre.

Photos of Lee Miles and The Illegitimate Sons opening for The Buffalo Killers at The Brass Rail in Fort Wayne can be found at our Facebook page! All photos by Drew Allegre.

Did you hear that Pezzettino smashed the shit out of her accordion at Verge Music Festival in Milwaukee? Pretty awesome, huh?

Did you hear that Pezzettino smashed the shit out of her accordion at Verge Music Festival in Milwaukee? Pretty awesome, huh?

Pezzettino checks in from NYC

“I miss Milwaukee, for its people and comfort. Feel like I am a Milwaukee ambassador in New York, like I’m a fur trader or exporter…”

Pezzettino @ Verge in MKE!

If you live in the greater Milwaukee area and you’re attending Verge Music Festival- don’t miss Pezzettino! She’ll be performing tomorrow (6/5/10) on the Edge stage at 7:15pm.

Wooden Satellites & Jookabox

Did you see Wooden Satellites open up for Jookabox? Drew Allegre took pictures of the whole damn thing!