The Wakefield Session

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1.	Black And White Pictures 04:03	info	buy track
2.	Leviathan 03:24	info	buy track
3.	My Everything 04:35	info	buy track
4.	To Love Is To Bury 04:50	info	buy track

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Producer’s Note:

The idea for these recordings was directly influenced by Engineer/ Producer Peter Moore’s work on the album Trinity Session by the Cowboy Junkies. This EP was not mixed in a traditional sense, it was mixed using only the proximity of the musicians to the microphone within a musically reflective environment. With the use of only one microphone and no overdubs, we captured the band in the most natural acoustic representation of the space. Since the tracking and mixing were simultaneous, there was no ability to isolate instruments or vocals and there was no option for redoing individual parts. It really was all or nothing. The recordings show the raw outcome of good musicianship, spatialization, and how different instruments naturally interact with each other in harmony. With so many resources available to manipulate sound during music production, I find that in contrast, this record stands out as a natural embodiment of time and place. I hope you enjoy the recordings from the session as much as we enjoyed making them, it was certainly a magical few days for all of us involved.

– James Healey

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released March 17, 2020

Track number 4 is a cover of a song by The Cowboy Junkies. We in no way claim the rights to this song. The track was recorded as an hommage to the original Trinity Session, which served as inspiration for our own Wakefield Session.

Personnel:

Nikki E Taylor - Vocals and Guitars
Dan Beasy - Vocals
Lenny Sharp - Vocals
Matt Damron - Vocals and Guitars
Julian Walker - Vocals and Guitars
Craig Simon - Harmonica and Guitars
William Poulin - Bass and Guitars
Freddy Poulin - Drums and Percussion

Produced and Engineered by James Healey and Bryan Greenfield

Mastered by William Poulin, James Healey and Bryan Greenfield

Special thanks to Lenny Sharp, Jean Sharp, Lara Guenette and Devorah Sugarman for hosting us in Wakefield and making this whole thing possible, as well as Aidan, Evelyn, Pamela from The Church of the Good Shepherd.

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Bluebird is a band- Songs are often, not always, penned by Dan Beasy - This is not an alter ego this is a community.

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