Some of y’all may remember my trips to Ireland, and the resulting field recordings so far released (watch them here; https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs_EQs5RN521npTFpevgGI51gPV5QUntn ). Back in 2021, I was planning a big return trip to the country with my mate Matt Heckler (https://youtu.be/UxZCjro3Kps). Unfortunately, Matt had to back out, but he introduced […]
Well folks, another installment from my time touring the West coast of the USA/Canada with Jeremie Albino and Benjamin Dakota Rogers as they did some opening gigs for Sierra Ferrell. Last time I was in this northern California landscape was with ole Jesse Daniel back in 2019 (https://youtu.be/NL6Hdh6hUAM). Good times, […]
This is the 4th and final tune from my time in the rainforest of eastern Australia with the nonchalant, dare I say happy-go-lucky perpetual jungle dweller Brodie Buttons, his family and his friends. I say, with no reservations, Brodie is one of the best songwriters i’ve ever had the pleasure […]
Howdy folks. This series of performances was from an extremely special night of live music at the GemsOnVHS offices. We had Nick Hans, Willi Carlisle and Angela Autumn come perform at the headquarters, live, unplugged and raw. No amplification. Exactly how music should be, in our humble opinion, experienced. No […]
I’ve hung out with Kentucky songwriter Cole Chaney a couple times now. The first time, I drove up there to his grandparent’s house where he played some songs. We did some clay shooting, watched grandad mill a bunch of lumber, grandma cooked dinner and he generally just gave me a […]
I’ve known about Nolan Taylor a long time now. We actually met once, before Jon Grace’s much celebrated Laurel Cove festival in Bell County, Kentucky. Nolan was probably still a mailman back then, and our mutual friend Aaron Cordell (amazing drummer and former roommate of Hayden Karchmer lol) brought him […]
A dream come true for a certain Scotsman from Edinburgh. Years after I crossed the Atlantic and met the banjo-busking, ballad-belting, Guinness enjoying Sam Shackleton, he did the reverse journey and came to visit his long lost kinsmen in Kentucky. Very appropriate, as many people of Scots-Irish decent, very likely […]
Today I was leaving the courthouse in Nashville, after receiving a complete bullshit parking ticket on a street i’ve parked on for a decade, on which there are no signs indicating you can’t park there. I’m going to fight it in court, because fuck them. While I was leaving the […]
This was recorded during my time in Ireland with the Mary Wallopers. I had the opportunity to record with a variety of artists while I was there, and one was Rita Perry. She was kind enough to invite me to her house in Cavan, Ireland. I’d describe the area as […]
A lot of you might know me as Anthony Simpkins, folk music lover and banjo picker. Did you know I also am a life long martial artist though? I was in elementary school when I started Taekwondo, my parents probably thinking it was a great place for cheap babysitting. I […]
