My friends, The Soil and The Sun have just come back from playing a few dates over Kentucky, Tennessee and South Carolina. They’ll be on a short break now, until after our Thanksgiving holiday, in the end of November. I introduced you to them six weeks ago, but I wanted to keep them on your mind, m’dears. Their music is just not something you find every day. In fact, I’ve been hearing a lot of new music lately that approaches this sound but doesn’t quite come near to putting all these pieces together. There’s a lot of acts that can accomplish this sweet guitar sound and some that have the percussion down and then a few even that can match Alex’s beautiful and measured voice.  But honestly, I’ve found none that have been capable doing all three at once, to my satisfaction. They often open their set with Wheat-Germ Mother (a song that really shows these qualities.)  And I’ll say it here, and I’ll say it over and over to anyone, these recordings are only a glimpse of what The Soil and The Sun bring to a live performance. When I heard them recently at a loft party at the Weirder Park General Store, they left all of us breathless with their finale of Raised in Glory I know they’ll tell you it was a one-off show and not their best. But the energy was high that night and it was an amazing sight.

these tracks and the other two over here are demos awaiting inclusion on their upcoming EP, look for news of it here soon!

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