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May 2, 2013 | 10:00 AM | By

Download The Key Studio Sessions Vol. 7 (feat. Waxahatchee, Pissed Jeans, Ruby the Hatchet + more)

kss vol 7

The latest edition of our Key Studio Sessions compilations is out today – now streamable and downloadable from Soundcloud!  Check out this year’s in-studio appearances with The Key Studio Sessions Vol. 7, including the down-tempo folk stylings of Waxahatchee, the thrashing punk of Pissed Jeans and the all-out rock jams of Ruby the Hatchet.  Thanks to production assistants Fred Knittel, Madeleine Lesperance, and Dan Malloy as well as photographers Rachel Del Sordo and Kate McCann, and videographers The Angry Mountain, HotBox Studios and Out of Town Films for sharing their work.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Downloads, Recordings, Anjuli Josephine, Cayetana, Everyone Everywhere, Free Range Folk, Glocca Morra, Gretchen Lohse, Juston Stens and the Get Real Gang, Modern Inventors, Pissed Jeans, Ruby The Hatchet, Ryan Tennis, Slingshot Dakota, St. James & the Apostles, The Key Studio Sessions Vol. 7, The Lawsuits, The Naked Sun, The Stray Birds, waxahatchee
March 13, 2013 | 9:00 AM | By

The Key Studio Sessions: Free Range Folk

FRFYou can quickly spot the things that are important to Jim Thorpe-ara six-piece Free Range Folk. Two married couples make up the band, and their love of family comes across in the song “Father’s Day.” They farm as well, and their love of the Northeast Pennsylvania land and all its potential shines through in “Bubblin’” and “Lehigh.” Then there’s “Seraphim Moonbeam” and its majestic groove – that one’s just about love in general. When the band appeared on the Folk Show with Chuck Elliot last fall, it mixed up traditional instrumentation (dig the acoustic guitar – banjo – mandolin interplay) with the rock drumming you hear later in the set. Three of these performances are songs that appear on their second album, 444, and the band celebrates its CD release in two upcoming shows – Thursday, March 14th at Sellersville Theater and Saturday, March 23rd at the Mauch Chunk Opera House. Listen and download the set below.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Downloads, Events, Recordings, Free Range Folk, Mauch Chunk Opera House, Sellersville Theater, The Key Studio Sessions
November 21, 2012 | 2:36 PM | By

New Music: “Seraphim Moonbeam” by Free Range Folk (playing Mauch Chunk Opera House tonight)

This past Sunday night, rootsy Jim Thorpe collective Free Range Folk made the trip down from the mountains to WXPN for a live set on the Folk Show. If you missed their performance, don’t worry – we’ll be releasing it as a Key Studio Session later on this year. The occasion was the band’s latest full-length, which can be streamed now on their website and will be available physically later this year. The band is appearing tonight at the Mauch Chunk Opera House for its inaugural Harvest Jam that promises to be chock full of music, crafts and local organic food. For more information, check out the venue’s website here; below, listen to “Seraphim Moonbeam,” a very catchy and harmony-happy song from the new record.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Events, Recordings, Free Range Folk, Mauch Chunk Opera House
December 15, 2011 | 2:04 PM | By

Philly Local Philes: Free Range Folk’s “Soul Collector”

photo by Dan Hugos

Hailing from a few stops up the Northeast Extension – Jim Thorpe, PA, to be exact – Free Range Folk is the musical pursuit of a group of artists, organic farmers and friends who take an easygoing, unfussy approach to their craft. Released earlier this month on Fuzztone Records, the band’s debut long-player Soul Collector rings out with rustic instrumental tones, narratives about country characters and farm life, and warm vocal harmonies. Today’s Philly Local Phile spotlights the title track, which you can stream below – catch the band in concert when their winter tour kicks off this Sunday Dec. 18 at Tritone.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Downloads, Events, Recordings, Free Range Folk, Philly Local Philes, Tritone