Some rock action after all those beautiful folk entries. Last night I got a promo mail that made me excited. There’s a new Gentleman Jesse album coming out in march. I really love the debut. That’s a damn brilliant record. Full of 70s punky power pop and rock’n’roll. It’s a kick ass album. The follow-up Leaving Atlanta will be released by Douchemaster Records and it will hit the stores on 12th of march. Newmerica made this video for the song Rooting For the Underdog.

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And of course I have to post this classic from the debut as well.

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Gentleman Jesse at Facebook

I have never written about any kickstarter project, even though I think they are a great way to fund albums. Country & folk compilation Old Hills, Young Mountain is a good reason to start writing, because I can fully support this project. The idea is to make a one of kind compilation by bringing folk musicians from all over the states to one studio in Michigan to record live to old reel to reel equipment. Artist list contain two big heroes of mine, Hezekiah Jones and Small Houses (Jeremy Quentin from Small Houses is also a producer in this project). The rest of the artists are new to me, because of my limited knowledge to folk music. However, based on that video on the Kickstarter page, I think I’m gonna check them out even before this beautiful compilation is out and available.

Check out more information about the project on the Old Hills, Young Mountain Kickstarter page.