Appalachian Grandbaby by Jonah Michea Judy
About 3 years in here...traveling and going through quite a bit of life stuff, while I learned what it was to flesh songs out with the brilliance of collaborators, and how to record that. Tried to honor some of my favorite songs here. This is my first project with a band, and first covers project, but by the time I finished it, I had a lot of originals that ended up on there as well. I hope it moves you.
Thank you so much, everyone, for learning my songs, giving me feedback, playing with me, humoring my perfectionism and adding your own, while I traveled around with microphones and stuff, piecing a band together from 2015-2018. There's so much talent on this cd, collected from select underappreciated corners of the world, and a diverse harvest of some of my favorite songs by other artists, finally.
Tracklist
| 1. | Jetta | 4:04 |
| 2. | Fade Into You | 5:09 |
| 3. | Angeles | 2:55 |
| 4. | Sentinel | 2:59 |
| 5. | Things Behind The Sun | 3:52 |
| 6. | Famous Blue Raincoat | 4:59 |
| 7. | You'll Never Harlan Alive | 6:15 |
| 8. | The Glory | 4:12 |
| 9. | So Called Local | 2:30 |
| 10. | Confess, Father | 4:55 |
| 11. | Alice | 3:09 |
| 12. | The Way It Will Be | 3:56 |
| 13. | Always Remorse | 2:58 |
| 14. | Song Of Sand | 3:27 |
| 15. | Losing My Religion | 4:23 |
| 16. | West Window | 2:56 |
| 17. | Under Ice | 1:58 |
| 18. | Richest Red | 3:46 |
Credits
Nicole Celeste Anderson Thanks for singing The Glory and Fade Into You with me, for the cover photo, and all the behind the scenes work you do.
Jessica Farmer Thanks for Piano on Fade Into You!
Amit Erez (The Secret Sea) Thanks for INCREDIBLE guitar work on Things Behind The Sun and Angeles, and for making my tiny house studio your first musical stop upon arrival to America.
Chris Stamey Thanks for knowing what I mean, and your incredible shadow work/mixing/performances on Jetta, Sentinel, The Richest Red, and Always Remorse.
Patrick Western Thanks for the timely Fender Jazz bass loan and the moral support!
Hypatia Runcie, thanks for bass on The Richest Red!
Christopher Campos Thanks for drums on Jetta!
Wes Meyer Thanks for drums on Sentinel and The Richest Red!
Yonderlust thank you for harmonies on Alice, and for playing it live with me at the Orpheum that one time we opened for the circus.
Eric M. Snider Thanks for the Steel guitar on Fade Into You.
Michael Ayres Thanks for synth on Angeles.
Ryan O'Doud Thanks for the bass on Fade Into You.
David James at Mudshark in Flagstaff, thanks for making these diverse mixes cohesive.
Mackie Branham Jr. Thanks so much for letting me include your words and story on this album.
NPR thanks for permissions.
Kent Sidlow Thanks for making the live video of Richest Red with me for the Tiny Desk contest!
Recorded by JMJ in Arizona and New Mexico, Yonatan Levital in Tel Aviv Israel (Angeles Guitars) Wes Meyer (drums Richest Red and Sentinel,) Ryan O'Doud (bass for Fade Into You in Raleigh, NC) and Chris Stamey (electric guitars on Richest Red, bass and supplemental piano on Always Remorse and Sentinel in Chapel Hill, NC.)
Drums for Jetta recorded at Empty House in ABQ
Mixed by JMJ, and Chris Stamey in Chapel Hill, NC.
Mastered at by David James at Mudshark in Flagstaff, AZ
