SOUTHALLSTARS by Reed Turchi

SOUTHALLSTARS

As in, a personal astronomy: as in: the songs that have become constellations of their own as we've performed under open skies at Southall over the last five years: as in: music that has become its own series of references, of memories: as in: RL Burnside & Junior Kimbrough & Wood Brothers, yes, but: as in: spiraling out into new galactic forms:

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Or Southall Stars? Or South All-Stars? As in: recordings made live at Southall, specifically during the RAMBLING concert series: as in: five years of finding a sound that matches that particular landscape, that hillside, that feeling in the air as the day fades away and the cool evening breeze kicks up: as in: fires & rye whiskey & if it weren't real maybe it would sound stereotypical

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A trio – Aaron Lawson on drums/percussion, Lee McAlilly on bass, and Reed Turchi on guitar: but: with special guests: Brad Paisley on guitar ("Alabaster," "Ima Bore"), Heather Moulder on keyboards ("No Need to Worry"), "Jumper on the line."

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So what is this, anyway? A celebration of a particular music made in a particular place. Realized and refined night by night, season by season, year by year.

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As in, this pulse our only proof of life as Cygnus soars above –

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Thank you for listening

Reed Turchi is a musician, poet, and producer from Swannanoa, North Carolina, now living in Brooklyn. He has won a GRAMMY Award and received Emmy Nominations for his music, and his poetry has been published in Poetry, The American Poetry Review, Narrative Magazine, and The Los Angeles Review, among others.

reedturchi.com