ALL THINGS MUSIC
THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2021 • THE BULLETIN
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“GHOST TOWN,” APPALOOSA
Single, self-released
Appaloosa returns with “Ghost Town,” its
first new song since last year’s “Rough Cuts”
album. Written by Dottie Ashley and set to
release April 16 (another version appeared
on “High Desert Calling, Volume One” last
year), the song was recorded by Dottie and
Eli Ashley at home, with Leah Beshore add-
ing violin and synth at Central Oregon Re-
cording. Dottie’s plaintive singing and the
swelling strings paint a picture comparing
heartbreak to, appropriately enough, a ghost
town.
“MY SON,” PESSIMIST REX
“My Son,” the latest single from Pessimist
Rex, AKA Jason Schweitzer of The Rum
and the Sea and Natty Red, is about exactly
what it says it’s about. Over a mellow beat
and chiming guitars, Pessimist Rex laments
his failings as a father in a drawling, pseu-
do-country-rap, and addresses his son with
encouragement: “If you want to be a better
man than I am, stand up on these shoulders
and take this all in.” (Keep an eye out for a
full album, “Schrodinger’s Mixtape,” in the
near future.)
“EVERYBODY
WANTS TO
RULE THE
WORLD”
(TEARS FOR
FEARS
COVER),
CECILIA CLARK
Self-released via
YouTube
Fifteen-year-old
Cecilia Clark re-
corded this cover
at Obsidian Studios
with producer (and
father) Cameron
Clark, known for his
work with C3 Events, and help from Bob
Stark (engineer/strings), Erin Cole-Baker
(guitar, background vocals), Laila Biali (pi-
ano), Craig Carothers (background vocals)
and Mark Karwan (acoustic upright bass).
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That musical firepower is impressive on
its own, but Clark elevates Tears For Fears’
song with her melan-
choly vocal perfor-
mance.
“IDEALIZE,” ERIN
COLE-BAKER,
CAMERON
CLARK
Single, Blue
Attachment
Records
Clark also wrote
“Idealize” and
produced the re-
cording, featuring
Cole-Baker, at
Obsidian Stu-
dios. Cole-Bak-
er’s voice is well-suited to
this wistfully melancholy bluegrass- and
folk-influenced track, which also features
Bend fiddle prodigy CJ Neary, cellist Kerry
Sheehan, bassist Samuel Benge, banjoist
Garrett Miller and backing vocalists Shan-
non Smith and Erin Zurfluh.
“Sonic Gumbo,” Dr. Green Dreams,
release date TBA
Bend funk/punk/R&B/everything else
under the sun, by way of Texas. Guitarist/
vocalist Dom Taliaferro and bassist Maya
Garcia are joined by busy producer/drum-
mer Matt Fletcher and saxophonist Seth
Phillips on sax. Expect singles “Cut Me” and
the bluesy “Nothing to Fear” to precede the
album in a couple of months.
Honey Don’t and Silvertone Devils,
titles/release dates TBA
Folk/country duo Honey Don’t — guitar-
ist/singer-songwriter Bill Powers and bassist/
singer Shelley Gray — are prepping their first
album since 2013’s “Heart Like a Wheel.”
The two also lead the more rock-oriented
Silvertone Devils, also featuring Evan Mull-
ins, which has an EP on the way.
“Embers,” Coyote Willow, release date
TBA
This five-song release will be the progres-
sive folk duo’s first since 2016’s “Raising the
Barn.”
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