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Kingfish has found a way to inject his original music with the sense of thrill that his mentors historically infused into their sound

‘The Ghost And The Wall’ releases today via Nettwerk!

“To me, it’s more important that a broader audience can find at least a couple of songs on there that they enjoy.”

“A lot of the songs on the new album are in alternate guitar tunings. That’s a way of making the guitar slightly foreign and new so that I can be a little more exploratory and less habitual in the choices.”

Along with his partners Ken Irwin and Marian Leighton, Bill Nowlin built the world’s most prolific and unique indie record label

“Not everything in art and music is linear; the songs aren’t about 2020, but they also are. That intensity is like a flame accelerant on the emotionality of the music.” – Ken Stringfellow

“American music is a patchwork of cultural legacies of histories. The music reflected it. I realized that I need to thematically unify all this gorgeous music that is American music.”

“It’s music that’s created by a specific group of extremely oppressed people in order to deal with oppression that they are suffering. But it’s so strong that those of us who didn’t grow up in horrible oppression can feel it, and people who don’t understand the words can feel it.”

Baton Rouge was in fact a “whole nother world” for Patti Parks. Kenny Neal’s job was to make her feel at home. Recorded in Neal’s studio, ‘Whole Nother World’ is available now!

“I wrote or co-wrote every song on the album, which is somewhat of a chapter in my life story.”