One Mic, Two Weekends

by Evening Sky

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1.	The Good Fight 05:11	buy track
2.	Montana Sky 05:05	buy track
3.	Snake Oil 04:13	buy track
4.	The Hope Street Shuffle 04:59	buy track
5.	For Those We Lost 06:39	buy track
6.	Slip n Slide 04:49	buy track
7.	Living on the Moon 06:51	buy track
8.	Time For You 04:33	buy track

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The album name says it all: recorded with one mic over two weekends in 2020. The first session was right before the COVID-19 pandemic hit; the other, a couple of months later – with masks on. The group had released its debut album, a collaboration with different vocalists titled Guest Stars, early in 2020, and it wanted to approach the next record differently. For this release of all original, instrumental music, the musicians gathered around just one stereo ribbon microphone in drummer Eric Hastings’ studio, The Grapevine: no headphones, no overdubs, and “mixing” themselves as they recorded. A modern twist, though, was capturing the sessions on DSD (Direct Stream Digital), a high-resolution audiophile format with a presence and depth that gives the listener a feeling of being in the room with the musicians.

The result is an expansive yet intimate Americana-jazz hybrid. The dancing interplay between Chris Brooks’ pedal steel and Gino Rosati’s electric guitar evoke comparisons to Bill Frisell and Buddy Emmons while the rhythm section of Hastings and bassist Joe Potenza lays down grooves that wouldn’t be out of place on a Little Feat or George Benson record. Evening Sky describes its sound as everything from “Pat Metheny to Patsy Cline; Coltrane to train beats.” This set of originals confirms that the band is keeping that musical spirit alive.

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released April 30, 2021

Chris Brooks - pedal steel guitar
Eric Hastings – drums, percussion
Joe Potenza - basses
Gino Rosati – electric guitar

Recorded & Produced by Eric Hastings @ The Grapevine; Providence, RI.
Mastered by Geoff Hazelrigg @ Collective Acoustics Lab; Chalfont, PA.

All tracks composed by Gino Rosati, GTUNZ Publishing/BMI; except track 4 by Eric Hastings, Eric Hastings Publishing/BMI; and track 8 by Steve DeConti, Stedd Meddsen Music/BMI.

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Evening Sky Providence, Rhode Island

Evening Sky is a Jazz/Roots Quartet featuring Chris Brooks on Pedal Steel Guitar, Joe Potenza on Bass, Gino Rosati on Guitars, and Eric Hastings on Drums. Find them on stage or in the studio as an instrumental quartet or with guest singers and soloists. ... more

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