New Salty Dog-Wussow's Concert Cafe, Duluth, MN- 5/23/23

New Salty Dog
Wussow's Concert Cafe
Duluth, MN
May 23rd, 2023

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS222)

Lineage: Audience Recording using Zoom H2 internal mics + Soundboard > Tascam DR-60D > SD Card> Mastered in Adobe Audition > Aligned in Audacity > Track splitting using CD Wave Editor > Compressed to FLAC Level 8 using dBpoweramp > Tagged with MP3 Tag

-Feel free to re-master, share freely anywhere else, convert to MP3, just never ever sell it. Also, if you like this show, please support the artist by buying/streaming their music, buying a ticket to a show or buying merch.

-Thanks to New Salty Dog for allowing me to record.

More pictures here: Link

https://www.newsaltydog.com/

All songs are Bob Dylan covers except "Old People", which is a New Salty Dog original.

Set 1

1. Intro
2. Walkin' Down the Line
3. Girl from the North Country
4. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
5. Tears of Rage
6. One Too Many Mornings
7. All Along the Watchtower

Set 2

1. Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread
2. When I Paint My Masterpiece
3. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
4. She Belongs To Me (w/ Katia Nartovich on vocals/guitar)
5. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
6. Señor (Tales of Yankee Power) (w/ Lee Martin on vocals/guitar)
7. Old People
8. Blowin' in the Wind

Jacob Mahon - Vocals, Guitar
Owen (Owie) Mahon - Drums, Vocals
Calvin (Calzone) Lund - Bass
Sam (Samtana) Deters - Guitar
Teague Alexy- Harmonica

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New Salty Dog and Friends perform the music of Bob Dylan.

The Duluth Dylan Festival runs May 20-28, celebrating the 82nd birthday of Bob Dylan. A full list of daily events is at duluthdylanfest.com.

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Tapers notes: Part of Duluth Dylan Fest, I had this one on my calendar as soon as it was announced. Highlights for me was a 15 minute long "All Along the Watchtower", the fairly obscure "Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread", and "She Belongs to Me" with beautiful vocals by Katia Nartovich. All in all, they did these Dylan songs justice, and I would recommend this to any Dylan fans, or jam band fans. I was only able to get the left channel from the SBD as the sound engineer said the right channel had a buzzing that he couldn't get rid of. So, I had to copy the left channel to the right and make it work. It still sounds great to my ears though.

Skarlett Woods-Wild Mountain Winery, Taylors Falls, MN- 5/19/23

Skarlett Woods
Wild Mountain Winery
Taylors Falls, MN
May 19th, 2023

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS221)

Lineage: SBD > Tascam DR-60D > SD Card > PC > Mastered in Adobe Audition > Track splitting using CD Wave Editor > Compressed to FLAC Level 8 using dBpoweramp > Tagged with MP3 Tag

-Feel free to re-master, share freely anywhere else, convert to MP3, just never ever sell it. Also, if you like this show, please support the artist by buying/streaming their music, buying a ticket to a show or buying merch.

-Thanks as always to Skarlett for allowing me to record.

More pictures here: Link

https://skarlettwoods.com/

Set 1

1. Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time) (Elton John cover)
2. Hickory Tree
3. Silver Fox
4. For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield cover)
5. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Bob Dylan cover)
6. Portland, OR
7. The Last Love Song
8. Close to You (Braver These Days)
9. Friday I'm in Love (The Cure cover)
10. Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley cover)

Set 2

1. Motion Sickness (Phoebe Bridgers cover)
2. Strawman
3. Can't Stop Thinking About You
4. Something (The Beatles cover)
5. Cry to Me (Solomon Burke cover)
6. What Only Lovers Know (Conrad Johnson cover)
7. I'm Right Here
8. You Are My Sunshine (Jimmie Davis cover)
9. Harvest Moon (Neil Young cover)
10. Me I Me Me
11. Minnesota Farm Girl
12. Hold On (Tom Waits cover)
13. Stand by Me (Ben E. King cover)
14. Somewhere Between Lotus & Stanley / Gently

Set 3

1. I Can't Help You Now (Bonnie Raitt cover)
2. Have You Ever Seen the Rain? (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)
3. The Colors You Make
4. The Wayfaring Stranger (Trad.)
5. ?
6. Crash Into Me (Dave Matthews Band cover)
7. Beg, Steal or Borrow (Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs cover)
8. That's All (Nat King Cole cover)
9. River (Leon Bridges cover)
10. Blackbird (The Beatles cover)

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Humbird-The Icehouse, Minneapolis, MN- 5/12/23

Humbird
The Icehouse
Minneapolis, MN
May 12th, 2023

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS220)

Lineage: Audience Recording using Zoom H2 internal mics > SD Card > PC > Mastered in Adobe Audition > Track splitting using CD Wave Editor > Compressed to FLAC Level 8 using dBpoweramp > Tagged with MP3 Tag

-Feel free to re-master, share freely anywhere else, convert to MP3, just never ever sell it. Also, if you like this show, please support the artist by buying/streaming their music, buying a ticket to a show or buying merch.

More pictures here: Link

McKain Lakey

https://www.mckainlakey.com/

1. When I Was a Young Girl (Trad.)
2. Microscope
3. Crush on You
4. ?
5. Begin Again
6. ?
7. Cicadas in the Trees (w/ Siri Undlin)

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Sometimes the pursuit of our greater humanity involves jumping into life head first. That’s what McKain Lakey does. You can tell by her songs.

Armed with George the trusty road cat, a carful of instruments, and all the fight of a rambling, rural-raised, queer femme wanderer, McKain Lakey is one to be reckoned with. She’s the rare human who feels as comfortable wielding a chisel as she does a guitar, who can be as often spotted behind the soundboard in a crowded venue as discussing the intersections of race and gender in old time music with a classroom full of 5th graders.

Described by What’s Up Magazine as “a time capsule unearthed, fine-tuned and re-imagined”, Lakey draws creative inspiration from far corners of the American music tradition, tracing the lines of musical lineage that connect Old Time to Rockabilly, Country to Cajun to Dixieland. She’s a dedicated student of tradition, but at once unafraid to stare down convention through the modern lens of her lived experience. Her 2021 album, Somewhere, blurs lines of old and new, referencing musical textures of past eras while unabashedly exploring topics of mental health, family separation, rural identity and queer love.

“My introduction to American folk music was so rooted in the knowledge that I am a part of living tradition, a web connected across time and distance, and built by generations of creative and resilient people.” -McKain Lakey

Humbird

https://www.humbirdmusic.com/

1. Pharmakon
2. Lincoln, Nebraska
3. May
4. Standing in the Way
5. Persephone
6. Heavy
7. Eve Boards a Train
8. Plum Sky
9. Cornfields and Roadkill
10. Fresh Water
11. Pink Moon for John Prine
12. On the Day We Are Together Again
13. Child of Violence
14. North Country Girl

Siri Undlin- Vocals, Guitar
Pat Keen- Bass
Pete Quirsfeld- Drums
Addie Strei- Synthesizer, Woodwinds

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Inspired by the crystalline chill of the north country she calls home in Minnesota, Humbird combines a wintry longing with the warmth of a familiar folktale. Humbird’s music moves between experimental folk and environmental Americana to embrace the unexpected. The music invites a refreshing dissonance into the house. It leaves bread crumbs along the path and reflects light back at the stars.

Siri Undlin witnessed the power of storytelling in her childhood home and began writing music and performing in church choirs and in Irish ensembles from a young age. Her voice, which contains the unwavering fortitude of hymnal melodies, reveals her traditional background.

In 2019, Humbird released the critically acclaimed, debut full-length, Pharmakon, which introduced us to Humbird’s songcraft and harmonic folk style. With Folk Alley calling the album “... an absolutely hypnotic listening experience.” Atwood Magazine described it as music wrapped in “gentle rebellion”. The release garnered millions of online streams and a wide range of accolades, including 89.3FM The Current’s “Best Local Albums Of The Year”, one of City Page’s “Picked To Click” Awards, “Best Minnesota Albums” from the Star Tribune, and as an official showcasing artist at SXSW in Austin.

Most recently, the material on Humbird’s sophomore record Still Life (October 2021) has already received enthusiastic praise from within the folk world – awarded as one of Kerrville Folk Fest’s New Folk winners for 2021.

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Tapers notes: Was hoping to get a SBD feed as Siri has been open to taping anytime I've asked, but I wasn't able to get one, so an audience recording had to do. Thankfully, The Icehouse is a small, intimate venue and a great place for recording and this one turned out well. I wasn't familiar with the opener, but McKain ended up being a treat, and well worth a listen. This show was originally supposed to take place in December, but Siri lost her voice the day before and it had to be re-scheduled.

Chastity Brown-Sheldon Theatre, Red Wing, MN- 5/6/23

Chastity Brown
Sheldon Theatre
Red Wing, MN
May 6th, 2023

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS219)

Lineage: Audience Recording using Zoom H2 internal mics > SD Card > PC > Mastered in Adobe Audition > Track splitting using CD Wave Editor > Compressed to FLAC Level 8 using dBpoweramp > Tagged with MP3 Tag

-Feel free to re-master, share freely anywhere else, convert to MP3, just never ever sell it. Also, if you like this show, please support the artist by buying/streaming their music, buying a ticket to a show or buying merch.

More pictures here: Link

Sawyer Fredericks

https://www.sawyerfredericks.com/

1. Intro
2. The Golden Tree
3. Lonely Bear
4. Flowers for You
5. Farm Song
6. Not My Girl
7. Call It Good
8. ?
9. Lies You Tell
10. 4 Pockets

Sawyer Fredericks- Vocals, Guitar
Gannon Ferrell- Bass
Chris Thomas- Drums
Jerome Goosman- Guitar

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Americana singer-songwriter, Sawyer Fredericks, hailing from his family farm in central New York State, cut his teeth at the age of 13, playing local farmers markets, open mics, and iconic New York venues like Caffe Lena, the Towne Crier Cafe, and The Bitter End. With his deep, beyond-his-years original lyrics and melodies, raw, soulful vocals, and powerful live performances, Sawyer seemed an unlikely match for reality tv, but having been scouted by casting directors at 15, he quickly won over broad audiences with his genuine delivery and unique arrangements of classic songs, going on to win season 8 of NBC’s The Voice.

In January 2021 in advance of the inauguration, Sawyer released his rendition of the iconic “What A Wonderful World” with an accompanying animated video.

Chastity Brown

https://chastitybrownmusic.com/

1. Intro
2. Colorado
3. Back Seat
4. Boston
5. Cult Classically (Penny & Sparrow cover)
6. Curiosity
7. Wonderment
8. Golden (w/ Jerome Goosman)
9. Sing to the Walls
10. Whisper
11. Like the Sun
12. Mosaic
13. Drive Slow

Chastity Brown- Vocals, Guitar, Keyboard
Greg Schutte- Drums
Trevor Peterson- Bass

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After surviving the isolation of the early pandemic and a global racial reckoning that was set off mere blocks from her South Minneapolis home, even she was surprised to hear the way her latest album was taking shape.

“It’s a love album, in a way I didn’t plan on,” Chastity says. The songs on Sing to the Walls blossom around the ears like a lush garden of flowers, with Chastity’s expressive voice and expansive melodies supported by intertwining, twinkling tendrils of atmospheric sounds. Even the titles hint at the album’s sense of optimistic yearning, from the dreamy opening track “Wonderment” to her ode to healing a broken heart post-breakup, “Curiosity,” to the pulsing promise of “Hope.”

With the exception of “Golden,” a searing indictment of white complacency and a cathartic release of post-uprising rage that comes halfway through the album, Chastity’s new release, Sing to the Walls, is ultimately an album about hope, connection, and love—an ode to the sweetness of life, even amid a pandemic, even in a city that’s experienced so much pain.

“I think it’s such audacity,” Chastity. “It’s almost like how funk music came after Malcolm, Martin, and everybody got murdered in the ‘60s. Then the ‘70s popped off, and there was funk!

This isn’t funk, but it feels like that same kind of audacity. I just want to feel good. Straight up.” Like so many artists who endured 2020, Chastity’s instinct was to turn inward, at first out of self-preservation, and then because the new songs kept coming and coming. Since finishing her last album, 2017’s Silhouette of Sirens, she estimates she’s written nearly 100 new songs, 10 of which are on Sing to the Walls. The album was partially recorded in Stockholm, Sweden with the revered session drummer and producer Brady Blade, with additional production and mixing by Chris Bell, and the rest was completed at Chastity’s own home studio with her longtime drummer Greg Schutte.

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Tapers notes: Great show as always from Chastity. Sound is "ok" on this one. I had been to this venue about a month before and wasn't very impressed with their sound, but it was a rap show in an old theater, so I figured maybe that had something to do with it. This show started and I was disappointed, the sound wasn't any better that night either. So, I did what I could in post production, but a poor PA system is hard to overcome.

Josie Sanken-River House Kitchen + Drinks, Hutchinson, MN- 5/5/23

Josie Sanken
River House Kitchen + Drinks
Hutchinson, MN
May 5th, 2023

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS218)

Lineage: Audience Recording using Zoom H2 internal mics + Soundboard > Tascam DR-60D > SD Card> Mastered in Adobe Audition > Aligned in Audacity > Track splitting using CD Wave Editor > Compressed to FLAC Level 8 using dBpoweramp > Tagged with MP3 Tag

-Feel free to re-master, share freely anywhere else, convert to MP3, just never ever sell it. Also, if you like this show, please support the artist by buying/streaming their music, buying a ticket to a show or buying merch.

-Thanks as always to Josie for allowing me to record.

More pictures here: Link

https://www.facebook.com/JSANKENMUSIC/

Set 1

1. Heads Carolina, Tails California (Jo Dee Messina cover)
2. Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver cover)
3. Radioactive (Imagine Dragons cover)
4. Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days) (The Judds cover)
5. Royals (Lorde cover)
6. Wicked Game (Chris Isaak cover)
7. Red High Heels (Kellie Pickler cover)
8. Rolling in the Deep (Adele cover)
9. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (U2 cover)
10. Leaving on a Jet Plane (John Denver cover)
11. What I Like About You (The Romantics cover)
12. Tennessee Whiskey (David Allan Coe cover)
13. Breakaway (Kelly Clarkson cover)
14. Strawberry Wine (Deana Carter cover)
15. My Jesus (Anne Wilson cover)
16. Don't Stop Believin' (Journey cover)
17. Ring of Fire (June Carter / Merle Kilgore cover)
18. Parachute (Chris Stapleton cover)

Set 2

1. Intro
2. Drift Away (Mentor Williams cover)
3. A Sky Full of Stars (Coldplay cover)
4. Iris (Goo Goo Dolls cover)
5. Harper Valley P.T.A. (Jeannie C. Riley cover)
6. Gratitude (Brandon Lake cover)
7. Sweet Child O' Mine (Guns N' Roses cover)
8. We Danced Anyway (Deana Carter cover)
9. I’m Alright (Jo Dee Messina cover)
10. When the Stars Go Blue (Ryan Adams cover)
11. Drops of Jupiter (Train cover)
12. Someone Like You (Adele cover)
13. Setting the World on Fire (Kenny Chesney cover)
14. I’m Yours (Jason Mraz cover)
15. Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under? (Shania Twain cover)
16. Two Black Cadillacs (Carrie Underwood cover)

Josie Sanken- Vocals, Guitar
Keenan Dummer- Cajón

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Tapers notes: I've been trying to get better recordings of Josie for a while, in fact it was one of the main motivations for upgrading my equipment so I could get SBD recordings. This was my first attempt, and I noticed a bit of hiss from the SBD recording, I think I had the recording level too low. I had to raise it in post more than I wanted to, but now I know next time I can set the recording volume much higher and it should eliminate the hiss. That being said, this is still probably the best quality recording I've gotten of Josie, so that was exciting, her vocals really shine through here.

Skarlett Woods-10K Brewing, Anoka, MN- 4/28/23

Skarlett Woods
10K Brewing
Anoka, MN
Apr. 28th, 2023

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS217)

Lineage: SBD > Tascam DR-60D > SD Card > PC > Mastered in Adobe Audition > Track splitting using CD Wave Editor > Compressed to FLAC Level 8 using dBpoweramp > Tagged with MP3 Tag

-Feel free to re-master, share freely anywhere else, convert to MP3, just never ever sell it. Also, if you like this show, please support the artist by buying/streaming their music, buying a ticket to a show or buying merch.

-Thanks as always to Skarlett for allowing me to record.

More pictures here: Link

https://skarlettwoods.com/

Set 1

1. Intro
2. Hold On (Tom Waits cover)
3. ?
4. Stand by Me (Ben E. King cover)
5. Me I Me Me
6. I Can't Help You Now (Bonnie Raitt cover)
7. The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us! (Sufjan Stevens cover)
8. I'm Right Here
9. Can't Stop Thinking About You
10. 2 Plus 1
11. River (Leon Bridges cover)
12. Have You Ever Seen the Rain? (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)
13. Harvest Moon (Neil Young cover)
14. Somewhere Between Lotus & Stanley / Gently

Set 2

1. Crash Into Me (Dave Matthews Band cover)
2. Give Me One Reason (Tracy Chapman cover)
3. Motion Sickness (Phoebe Bridgers cover)
4. For What It's Worth (Buffalo Springfield cover)
5. The Wayfaring Stranger (Trad.)
6. That's All (Nat King Cole cover)
7. Strawman
8. Love Keep Us Together (Martin Sexton cover)
9. Cry to Me (Solomon Burke cover)
10. Friday I’m in Love (The Cure cover)
11. The Last Love Song
12. Close to You (Braver These Days)
13. Portland, OR

Set 3

1. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Bob Dylan cover)
2. Silver Fox
3. Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time) (Elton John cover)
4. The Colors You Make
5. Minnesota Farm Girl
6. You Are My Sunshine (Jimmie Davis cover)
7. Hickory Tree
8. Blackbird (The Beatles cover)

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Emerging Indie artist, Skarlett Woods, has won or been nominated for countless folk awards in the nation. While the exquisite- voiced singer/songwriter has influence from a family steeped in show tunes, her Americana-Jazz style is what captivates audiences. Filling her shows with stories of falling in love, being employed in the Crab Boat industry, a 6,000 mile bike ride and performing all over Oregon and California collecting tales from the West, Skarlett has produced a body of work that remains truly and entirely unto itself.

Dessa-Sheldon Theatre, Red Wing, MN- 4/1/23

Dessa
Sheldon Theatre
Red Wing, MN
Apr. 1st, 2023

This is a "Midwest Sounds" recording (MWS216)

Lineage: Audience Recording using Zoom H2 internal mics > SD Card > PC > Mastered in Adobe Audition > Track splitting using CD Wave Editor > Compressed to FLAC Level 8 using dBpoweramp > Tagged with MP3 Tag

-Feel free to re-master, share freely anywhere else, convert to MP3, just never ever sell it. Also, if you like this show, please support the artist by buying/streaming their music, buying a ticket to a show or buying merch.

More pictures here: Link

https://www.dessawander.com/

Set 1

1. Intro
2. The Crow > Skeleton Key
3. Warsaw > Velodrome
4. "Tits on the Moon" (Poem)
5. Momento Mori
6. Life on Land
7. Jumprope
8. LYTP
9. Fighting Fish
10. "Fun Facts" (Poem)
11. The Bullpen
12. Blush
13. Good Grief

Set 2

1. Dixon’s Girl
2. Terry Gross
3. Rome > Call Off Your Ghost
4. Dear Marie
5. "The Body" (Poem)
6. Shrimp
7. I Already Like You
8. "How to Stage Dive" (Poem)
9. 5 Out of 6
10. Fire Drills
11. The Chaconne

Dessa- Vocals
Aviva Jaye- Harp, Harmonies
Joshua Holmgren- Keyboard, Saxophone

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Singer, rapper, and writer Dessa has made a career of bucking genres and defying expectations. Her résumé as a musician includes performances at Lollapalooza and Glastonbury, co-compositions for 100-voice choir, performances with the Minnesota Orchestra, and top-200 entries on the Billboard charts. She contributed to the #1 album The Hamilton Mixtape and the RBG documentary; her track, “Congratulations,” has notched over 20 million streams. Dessa has been covered by Pitchfork, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal amongst others. The LA Times says she “sounds like no one else.” NPR’s All Songs Considered calls her “a national treasure.” On the stage and on the page, Dessa’s style is defined by ferocity, wit, tenderness, and candor.

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Tapers notes: There are 3 tracks that are Dessa reading poems from her books, I have made them separate tracks in case anyone would rather listen to just the music. The third one she read ("How to Stage Dive") was performed in the crowd without a mic (about 10 rows from me), so I raised the volume considerably during that time and it created a bit of hiss, but there was really no other way to make it listenable.