“The Surfers is a surf band from Gdańsk, formed in 2023. Band members; Kacper Kwiatkowski on drums, Igor Jeziak on lead guitar and vocals, Sławomir Nowak on bass and Igor Kielar on rhythm guitar. They play music closely related to the turn of the 1950s and 1960s in the USA, the golden era of surfing, hot rods and, of course, rock’n’roll. Their repertoire includes both classic hits from the 1960s and fresh, energetic original songs, including vocal ones. They guarantee every party an unforgettable seaside atmosphere and a perfect opportunity to dance!”
Kahuna Colewrites, “Nice mellow vintage surfy vibe!! On the milder side of surf, but very trad and enjoyable. Music for the post surf sesh fish taco fest!! Looking forward to more!! Hang Ten!! Favorite track: ‘Time Machine.’”
I. Jeziak & The Surfers: “No One”
Kacper Kwiatkowski – drum Sławomir Nowak – bass guitar Igor Kielar – rythm guitar Igor Jeziak – vocal, lead guitar, sax Composition and lyrics by Igor Jeziak
Peter Mealy and Laurie Rose Griffith: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s cover of “My Neighborhood,” previously recorded by Peter Mealy and Laurie Rose Griffith)
“TRAVELIN’ SOLDIER” DIXIE CHICKS – ACOUSTIC COVER BY ASHLEY NICOLE AT THE FRONT ROOM
My first open mic night of the season at Ohio University’s Baker Center Front Room! This is my cover of the amazing Dixie Chicks song, “Travelin’ Solder”. Enjoy! 🙂
Album: RADIO READY – LOST POWER POP HITS 1978-1983: TEXAS, VOL 1
Artist: The Pengwins
Artist Location: Dallas, Texas
Record Company: Cheap Rewards Records
Info:
Band from Dallas, Texas. Lannie Flowers: Guitar, Vocals Alan Petsche: Guitar Delbert Raines: Bass, Vocals David Bryan: Drums
“RADIO READY is a new regional power pop compilation series from Cheap Rewards Records. This initial installment covers bands from the Lone Star state. These “shoulda been” hits have been culled from hard to find singles and unreleased demos. Fully authorized by all the bands and expertly mastered.”
Robbiecube, a fan, wrote, “If you can stop playing the opening track by The Pengwins long enough to listen to the rest of this LP, you’ll be rewarded by a gusher of powerpop perfection. Who’d have guessed Texas had a wellspring of powerpop? Grab this and Vol 2:Wisconsin for a sweet treat. And cross yer fingers that the Cheap Rewards label rises from the dead and continues this series! Favorite track: The Pengwins – What You Gonna Do.”
Peter Mealy and Laurie Rose Griffith: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s cover of “My Neighborhood,” previously recorded by Peter Mealy and Laurie Rose Griffith)
Hart, Bob: “Caitlin Kraus: Making her own kind of music.” The Athens News. 19 December 2023
“It was a song called ‘Garden’ that did it for me. Perhaps only when a musical artist writes deeply personal lyrics do their words become universal, belying the specifics of their own situation and emotions to touch others on an intimate level. That song and many other good ones are on the CD “Gone Beyond,” by Caitlin Kraus. It’s her second recorded collection (following “What Rises”) and is available through many outlets, including caitlinkrausmusic.bandcamp.com, Spotify and Apple Music.”…
Caitlin Kraus: “Make It Clear” (Caitlin Kraus performs “Make It Clear” Aug. 17, 2023, at the Athens (OH) Community Center.) — From the album GONE BEYOND.
It is a very special honor to have completed this music video for “Follow Me,” which was directed by the wonderful Adam Remnant who also recorded the song itself back in 2016. We collaborated on the concepts in the video and spent a chilly, beautiful spring day filming it with his talented students (listed below) at the Nelsonville, OH brick kilns, Hocking River, and surrounding neighborhood. For me, the lyrics and music of this song portray real imagery and memories that have grown dream-like with the passing of time, yet still remain formative and foundational. At its core, it is about transformation and being/becoming, but I hope the ambiguity and symbolism of the song and video also lead to your own interpretation and that you can find something resonant within it. Lyrics and digital/CD format available at caitlinkrausmusic.bandcamp.com. Music website at caitlinkrausmusic.com.
A huge and sincere thank you to Adam Remnant for his direction of the video and to the Hocking College students listed in the following credits: AC – Alex Rhinehart & Najayah Shepard; Grips – Alex Rhinehart, Alexis Pariseau, Najayah Shepard, Nate Ruhl, & Richard Valentine; On-set Photographer – Ivan Reardon
“Follow Me” is featured on the full-length 2020 release WHAT RISES and includes myself on vocals/guitar, Adam Remnant on bass/drums/keyboard, and Hannah Simonetti on violin. The song was recorded and mixed by Adam in Athens, OH while the full album was produced, mixed, and mastered by Bernie Nau at Peachfork Studios in Pomeroy, OH (https://peachforkstudios.com/).
A song for the rights of all: the right to be safe in our bodies, the right to make decisions for our bodies, and the right to be who we are in our bodies. (Lyrics below.) I wrote this song […] out of the need to process my anger at women’s rights being taken away and for what this means for other rights down the line. A never-ending issue it seems, but one we can’t stop fighting for. A big thank you to Tom Riggs for taking footage of my first performance of this song with Mark Hellenberg on drums at The Union in Athens, OH.
Lyrics for “This Body”:
This body is temporary, but while it’s here / It’s not yours to hold captive in fear / This body is mine, it was never yours / So fuck your laws and gods and guns / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT / This body is sacred, but only safe / When I’m in charge, you have no claim / This body is proud and wears the crown / Makes the decisions and won’t back down / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT / And don’t tell me who I can love or about my identity / Don’t use your privilege to subject your patriarchy / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT
Caitlin Kraus: “What Rises” — From the album WHAT RISES
Interview & Article for WOUB Public Media (8/6/2020): Interview about upcoming performance for the Virtual Nelsonville Music Festival, history as a songwriter and musician, and experiences as a performer during the pandemic.
OVRLD Austin Music First (6/13/2016): “On her new single ‘Waiting for the World,’ Caitlin Kraus’ sweetly shimmering voice rises out of an oceanic musical backing, giving the track a melancholic feel, like a reinterpretation of The Awakening’s bitter conclusion. Kraus’ voice is powerful but not in a bombastic sense, it’s instead devastating in its emotional richness. The well-arranged strings that emerge after the beginning of the song aid in this, making ‘Waiting for the World’ an excellent bit of chamber pop that stands out for the frequently unimaginatively produced singer songwriter tracks Austin is oversaturated with.”
Suggested Listening ’23: Caitlin Kraus Suggests Good Music to Listen To
Caitlin Kraus is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Board-Certified Music Therapist providing services to students at Ohio University in Athens, OH. When she is not counseling, Caitlin is an active musician and songwriter, performing her music both solo and with a band under her name. She has released two full-length albums from Peachfork Studios: “Gone Beyond” (2023) and “What Rises” (2020). She also sings and plays in the band Drift Mouth. She is the proud companion of two wonderful dogs.
Some of the music choices presented here were not actually released in 2023 as I am usually a time traveler when it comes to music. While it was hard to choose only 10 albums/artists and songs, this is some of the music that I happened to listen to often in 2023 and which personally resonated the most. It is presented in no particular order. I hope you can enjoy it along with me!
Drift Mouth opens its Jan. 13, 2024, set at The Union in Athens, OH, with “Starling.” Lou Poster on lead vocals and guitar, Caitlin Kraus guitar, David Murphy drums, Nate Brite bass.
Formed on a summer’s night in Athens, Ohio in 1988, the three singers—Brenda Catania, Gay Dalzell, and Mimi Hart—had all been touring and recording for years and were ready to pour their energies into some music that was, well, local. Although their musical experiences were varied, all three shared an enthusiasm for close harmony, for the ineffable thrill of creating a smooth or jumping song, chord by chord. Each woman remains stylistically distinctive, but together they create a vibrant, balanced blend—and they have contagious fun doing it.
Although much of their material focuses on the hot and vampy swing tunes of the 30s and 40s (The Boswells, The Jimmy Lunsford Trio, and The Rhythm Boys), they also pursue their eclectic musical interests by performing their own arrangements of jazz, cowpoke, bebop, blues, standards and an occasional psychedelic hit. Their repertoire spins through a century of moving American song.
Before returning to Athens to raise her family, Brenda had worked primarily in Boston and San Francisco, doing cabaret, musical theater, rock and roll and with the performance art groups, Nuclear Beauty Parlor and the Monster Girls. Gay toured extensively, singing a range from bluegrass to blues. A featured member of The Appalachian Green Parks Project, she continues her popular folk/jazz duo work with her husband, the singer/songwriter Bruce Dalzell. Mimi began performing with her sisters at six; later, she worked out of Athens, New York City, and Cleveland, heading up and down the East coast and across the country with Hotcakes, the Bopcats, David Bromberg, the Allman Brothers and others.
The Local Girls’ gifted accompanists have deep resumes as well. Mike McGannon, a creative Ohio mainstay on guitars and banjo, was the musical director of The Angels, and has toured with The Drifters and The Coasters, as well as playing on countless recordings. Terry Douds, a sought-after clinician and engineer/producer, is an outstanding bass player, having toured the U.S., Europe and Asia with The Glenn Miller Orchestra, the Woody Herman Orchestra, the Ink Spots, The Columbus Symphony and more.
The Local Girls have opened for the Platters, Lonestar, and Chubby Checker, and entertained the troops surrounding Air Force One. They’ve sung for two award-winning PBS documentary series. With The Lark Quartet, The Local Girls premiered a new birthday song, “Your Trip Around the Sun”, at Hillary Clinton’s fiftieth birthday gala in Washington D.C. They toured Europe with Ohio University singers, performed in The East Room at The White House for candlelight festivities and were guests on The Prairie Home Companion at Town Hall in NYC.
This is a very listenable album with covers of notable songs by such music luminaries as Duke Ellington, Irving Berlin, Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, JD Hutchison, and Bruce Dalzell. I especially like “Where the Girls Are” and “I Feel Free.”
Three singers — Brenda Catania, Gay Dalzell, and Mimi Hart — formed The Local Girls in the summer of 1988 in Athens County, Ohio. They have performed at Town Hall in New York City as guests of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor, toured Europe, and sang for Hillary Clinton’s 50th birthday party. In addition, they have recorded two albums: Let Yourself Go (2000) and Three Little Words (2011). How to best describe them? Swing singers, yes. Vocal jazz, yes. Certainly, they perform precision, three-part harmony as they cover older and newer songs. The chronology of their repertoire ranges from 1854 (Stephen Foster’s “Hard Times Come Again No More” — no, not on this album) to the 1990s (T. Bone Burnett’s “It’s Not Too Late” — yes, on this album).
These are the songs on Let Yourself Go:
“Shout Sister Shout.” Recorded in the 1930s by the Boswell Sisters, a close harmony group. Very jazzy and tuneful. Some lyrics: “Just tell old Satan how you feel / Get that old Devil right off your heel / Shout sister, shout sister, shout!”
“Centerpiece.” Recorded by Lambert, Hendricks and Ross in 1960 on the album titled Lambert, Hendricks and Ross! The Hottest New Group in Jazz. This title is an example of proper (earned) pride. Notably covered by Van Morrison. Some lyrics: “The more I’m with you, pretty baby / The more I feel my love increase / I’m building all my dreams around you / My happiness will never cease / But nothing’s any good without you / ’Cause, baby, you’re my centerpiece.”
“Stay A Little Longer.” Some lyrics: “Stay a little longer / A little bit longer / You know you ain’t got nothing better to do / We’ll blindfold the cat / Put out the dog / Pull the shades and lock the door.” Written by Paula Lockhart with additional lyrics by David Lister. One of my favorites on this album.
“I’ll Never Say ‘Never Again’ Again.” Notably recorded by the Nat King Cole Trio, the Three Ambassadors, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra, and many more. Some lyrics: “I’ll never say ‘never again’ again / ’Cause here I am in love again / Head over heels in love again with you / I’ll never say, ‘never kiss you’ again / ’Cause here I am kissing you again / That’s just the thing I said I’d never do.”
“I Feel Free.” The Cream song, written by Pete Brown and Jack Bruce. The Local Girls’ version is much less rock and much more harmonic. Some lyrics: “I can walk down the street, there’s no one there / Though the pavements are one huge crowd. / I can drive down the road, my eyes don’t see, / Though my mind wants to cry out loud.”
“Since My Bird Has Flied Away.” The composer, J.D. Hutchison, sings lead, backed up by The Local Girls. A different version of “Since My Bird Has Flied Away” appears on J.D. Hutchison’s album You and the World Outside. Some lyrics: “Pour some more coffee in my coffee cup / I don’t know why, I don’t even like the stuff / But nothing seems to matter / Since my bird has flied away.” The bird, of course, is a woman. Another of my favorites.
“Let Yourself Go.” The Irving Berlin song. Ginger Rogers sang this song, and — of course — danced to it with Fred Astaire. Some lyrics: “Come / Get together / Let the dance floor feel your leather / Step as lightly as a feather / Let yourself go / Come / Hit the timber / Loosen up and start to limber / Can’t you hear that hot marimba? / Let yourself go.”
“Where The Boys Are.” Written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield for the 1960 movie of the same title, starring Connie Francis, Yvette Mimieux, Paula Prentiss, and Dolores Hart. My personal favorite on this Local Girls album. Some lyrics: “Where the boys are / Someone waits for me, / A smiling face, a warm embrace, / Two arms to hold me tenderly. / Where the boys are / My true love will be, / He’s walking down some street in town / And I know he’s looking there for me.”
“Ready On The Firing Line.” Another great song by JD Hutchison. Some lyrics: “In this world / You’ve got to be ready / Got to have everything just so / You’ve got to be ready just to hang around / Or you’ve got to be ready to go / You’ve got to be ready just to hear the word / You must be ready to read the sign / You must be ready on the left / Ready on the right / Ready on the firing line.”
“The Bozo Blues.” A song by Bruce Dalzell, Gay Dalzell’s husband. Bruce and Gay have made a lot of excellent music in Athens County, Ohio, for decades. This is a bluesy, humorous song about going to Chicago to be on The Bozo Show. Some lyrics: “I’m going to Chicago / Be on that Bozo Show / Yeah, I’m going to Chicago / Be on that B-B-Bozo Show / Yeah, I don’t know where Chicago is / But, mama, I got to go.”
“It’s Not Too Late.” The T-Bone Burnett song. Some lyrics: “The wind turns like a dagger, / the rain falls like a hammer / The sky has grown dark but it’s not too late / The weather crashes down, what’s lost cannot be found / The night is closing but it’s not too late.”
“I Want To Be A Cowboy’s Sweetheart.” A hit for Patsy Montana & The Prairie Ramblers. Some lyrics: “I want to be a cowboy’s sweetheart / I want to learn to rope and to ride / I want to ride o’er the plains and the desert / Out west of the great divide / I want to hear the coyotes howlin’ / While the sun sets in the West / I want to be a cowboy’s sweetheart / That’s the life that I love best.” Lots of yodeling on this one.
“The Blue Shadows On The Trail.” A Roy Rogers song. Some lyrics: “Blue shadows on the trail / Blue moon shinin’ through the trees / And a plain tiff wail from the distance / Comes a driftin’ on the evening breeze.”
“Caravan.” The Duke Ellington song. Some lyrics: “Night and stars above that shine so bright / The mystery of their fading light / That shines upon our Caravan / Sleep upon my shoulder as we creep / Across the sands so I may keep / The memory of our Caravan.”
“Mothra vs. Godzilla.” The main title of the 1964 Japanese monster movie of the same name. On Rotten Tomatoes, 90 percent of the critics like the movie. If nothing else, this song proves that The Local Girls are eclectic. Do you speak Monster? I don’t. Look for lyrics elsewhere.
Readers of this review should make heavy use of Amazon’s preview snippets of The Local Girls’ songs on this page.
The Local Girls ought to be famous, but one problem with Athens County is that it’s such a good place to live that excellent music-makers often stay here rather than moving to Nashville, NYC, or LA to seek fame and fortune. Lots of musicians choose to raise their kids in Athens County.
Support local music, and be aware that in the age of the Internet and the WWW, Athens County is local worldwide.
Album: RADIO READY – LOST POWER POP HITS 1978-1983: TEXAS, VOL 1
Artist: The Pengwins
Artist Location: Dallas, Texas
Record Company: Cheap Rewards Records
Info:
Band from Dallas, Texas. Lannie Flowers: Guitar, Vocals Alan Petsche: Guitar Delbert Raines: Bass, Vocals David Bryan: Drums
“RADIO READY is a new regional power pop compilation series from Cheap Rewards Records. This initial installment covers bands from the Lone Star state. These “shoulda been” hits have been culled from hard to find singles and unreleased demos. Fully authorized by all the bands and expertly mastered.”
Robbiecube, a fan, wrote, “If you can stop playing the opening track by The Pengwins long enough to listen to the rest of this LP, you’ll be rewarded by a gusher of powerpop perfection. Who’d have guessed Texas had a wellspring of powerpop? Grab this and Vol 2:Wisconsin for a sweet treat. And cross yer fingers that the Cheap Rewards label rises from the dead and continues this series! Favorite track: The Pengwins – What You Gonna Do.”
TIM PFAFF: INTERPRETIVE PLANNER — EXHIBIT DEVELOPER/WRITER — SONGWRITER
Every story has a thousand and one entry points. Once you start exploring, the story opens up. It reveals its layers, its players, its personality. You begin to see yourself in the tale, and you wonder how to give other people that same experience.
I have been at this for more than three decades. In the process, I’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with a host of talented designers, architects, producers, scholars, curators and artists. You never know where that next big idea will come from. So put aside your ego. Shakespeare was right—there are surely more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophies.
A song for the rights of all: the right to be safe in our bodies, the right to make decisions for our bodies, and the right to be who we are in our bodies. (Lyrics below.) I wrote this song […] out of the need to process my anger at women’s rights being taken away and for what this means for other rights down the line. A never-ending issue it seems, but one we can’t stop fighting for. A big thank you to Tom Riggs for taking footage of my first performance of this song with Mark Hellenberg on drums at The Union in Athens, OH.
Lyrics for “This Body”:
This body is temporary, but while it’s here / It’s not yours to hold captive in fear / This body is mine, it was never yours / So fuck your laws and gods and guns / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT / This body is sacred, but only safe / When I’m in charge, you have no claim / This body is proud and wears the crown / Makes the decisions and won’t back down / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT / And don’t tell me who I can love or about my identity / Don’t use your privilege to subject your patriarchy / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT
Ohio University singer/songwriters get together every week to share songs they’re working on, give each other feedback and sometimes collaborate and write together. Bruce Dalzell hosts the circle.
Peter Mealy and Laurie Rose Griffith: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s cover of “My Neighborhood,” previously recorded by Peter Mealy and Laurie Rose Griffith)
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Hart, Bob: “Caitlin Kraus: Making her own kind of music.” The Athens News. 19 December 2023
“It was a song called ‘Garden’ that did it for me. Perhaps only when a musical artist writes deeply personal lyrics do their words become universal, belying the specifics of their own situation and emotions to touch others on an intimate level. That song and many other good ones are on the CD “Gone Beyond,” by Caitlin Kraus. It’s her second recorded collection (following “What Rises”) and is available through many outlets, including caitlinkrausmusic.bandcamp.com, Spotify and Apple Music.”…
Caitlin Kraus: “Make It Clear” (Caitlin Kraus performs “Make It Clear” Aug. 17, 2023, at the Athens (OH) Community Center.) — From the album GONE BEYOND.
It is a very special honor to have completed this music video for “Follow Me,” which was directed by the wonderful Adam Remnant who also recorded the song itself back in 2016. We collaborated on the concepts in the video and spent a chilly, beautiful spring day filming it with his talented students (listed below) at the Nelsonville, OH brick kilns, Hocking River, and surrounding neighborhood. For me, the lyrics and music of this song portray real imagery and memories that have grown dream-like with the passing of time, yet still remain formative and foundational. At its core, it is about transformation and being/becoming, but I hope the ambiguity and symbolism of the song and video also lead to your own interpretation and that you can find something resonant within it. Lyrics and digital/CD format available at caitlinkrausmusic.bandcamp.com. Music website at caitlinkrausmusic.com.
A huge and sincere thank you to Adam Remnant for his direction of the video and to the Hocking College students listed in the following credits: AC – Alex Rhinehart & Najayah Shepard; Grips – Alex Rhinehart, Alexis Pariseau, Najayah Shepard, Nate Ruhl, & Richard Valentine; On-set Photographer – Ivan Reardon
“Follow Me” is featured on the full-length 2020 release WHAT RISES and includes myself on vocals/guitar, Adam Remnant on bass/drums/keyboard, and Hannah Simonetti on violin. The song was recorded and mixed by Adam in Athens, OH while the full album was produced, mixed, and mastered by Bernie Nau at Peachfork Studios in Pomeroy, OH(https://peachforkstudios.com/).
A song for the rights of all: the right to be safe in our bodies, the right to make decisions for our bodies, and the right to be who we are in our bodies. (Lyrics below.) I wrote this song […] out of the need to process my anger at women’s rights being taken away and for what this means for other rights down the line. A never-ending issue it seems, but one we can’t stop fighting for. A big thank you to Tom Riggs for taking footage of my first performance of this song with Mark Hellenberg on drums at The Union in Athens, OH.
Lyrics for “This Body”:
This body is temporary, but while it’s here / It’s not yours to hold captive in fear / This body is mine, it was never yours / So fuck your laws and gods and guns / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT / This body is sacred, but only safe / When I’m in charge, you have no claim / This body is proud and wears the crown / Makes the decisions and won’t back down / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT / And don’t tell me who I can love or about my identity / Don’t use your privilege to subject your patriarchy / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT
Caitlin Kraus: “What Rises” — From the album WHAT RISES
Interview & Article for WOUBPublic Media(8/6/2020): Interview about upcoming performance for the Virtual Nelsonville Music Festival, history as a songwriter and musician, and experiences as a performer during the pandemic.
OVRLD Austin Music First(6/13/2016): “On her new single ‘Waiting for the World,’ Caitlin Kraus’ sweetly shimmering voice rises out of an oceanic musical backing, giving the track a melancholic feel, like a reinterpretation of The Awakening’s bitter conclusion. Kraus’ voice is powerful but not in a bombastic sense, it’s instead devastating in its emotional richness. The well-arranged strings that emerge after the beginning of the song aid in this, making ‘Waiting for the World’ an excellent bit of chamber pop that stands out for the frequently unimaginatively produced singer songwriter tracks Austin is oversaturated with.”
Suggested Listening ’23: Caitlin Kraus Suggests Good Music to Listen To
Caitlin Kraus is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Board-Certified Music Therapist providing services to students at Ohio University in Athens, OH. When she is not counseling, Caitlin is an active musician and songwriter, performing her music both solo and with a band under her name. She has released two full-length albums from Peachfork Studios: “Gone Beyond” (2023) and “What Rises” (2020). She also sings and plays in the band Drift Mouth. She is the proud companion of two wonderful dogs.
Some of the music choices presented here were not actually released in 2023 as I am usually a time traveler when it comes to music. While it was hard to choose only 10 albums/artists and songs, this is some of the music that I happened to listen to often in 2023 and which personally resonated the most. It is presented in no particular order. I hope you can enjoy it along with me!
Drift Mouth opens its Jan. 13, 2024, set at The Union in Athens, OH, with “Starling.” Lou Poster on lead vocals and guitar, Caitlin Kraus guitar, David Murphy drums, Nate Brite bass.
Angela Perley and the Howlin’ Moons — “Yellow Moon”
Track: “Yellow Moon”
Album: YELLOW MOON
Artist: Angela Perley and the Howlin’ Moons
Artist Location: Columbus, Ohio
Info:
“Rock & Roll Moonbeams from Columbus, Ohio.”
All songs written by Angela Perley
Angela Perley- vocals, dobro Chris Connor- guitars, backing vocals Billy Zehnal- bass
“Angela Perley and the Howlin’ Moons”
“Angela Perley and the Howlin’ Moons is an American rock band from Columbus, Ohio, formed in 2009 with singer/guitarist Angela Perley, guitarist Chris Connor, and bass player Billy Zehnal through a “blind date” via their producer Fred Blitzer.”
“Before she shared shows with heavyweights like Willie Nelson and Lucinda Williams, Perley launched her career as the frontwoman of Angela Perley and the Howlin’ Moons. The group debuted with 2014’s Hey Kid — an underground hit not only in America, but also overseas, where the album peaked at Number 6 on the EuroAmericana chart — and returned with 2016’s Homemade Vision, whose lead single ‘Electric Flame’ became an FM radio hit. Perley continued the momentum with 4:30, her debut as a solo artist. Produced by pedal steel guitarist Brandon Bankes, Turn Me Loose marks the continuation of that acclaimed solo career, featuring contributions from her Howlin’ Moons bandmate, Chris Connor, as well as a new band of road-worn roots-rockers.
“Praised by No Depression for ‘laying down an interesting mix of folk, Americana, and ’60s-tinged psychedelic rock that floats seamlessly between Bob Dylan and Procol Harum, sometimes within the same song,’ Angela Perley has spent a decade building her audience the old-school way. She’s a tireless traveler chasing down her own horizon, steadily graduating from local gigs in her hometown of Columbus, Ohio, to national shows alongside bands like Caamp. She’s a modern-day gypsy in platform boots. A tireless songwriter bringing the gap between personal insight and universal sentiment. And with her newest album, she’s at the top of her game, turning the highs and lows of an adulthood logged on the road into an album built for speed.
Apple iTunes keeps track of how many times I play a song. If you’re like me, you think it’s an incredible value to buy a track for a dollar or so (and sometimes FREE) from Bandcamp and listen to it 100 or more times. Here are the Bandcamp tracks I have listened to 100 or more times (along with YouTube Channel or YouTube Video info when available and if I can find it):
AJ Davila (?): “Dura Como Piedra” [“Hard as Stone”]
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A song for the rights of all: the right to be safe in our bodies, the right to make decisions for our bodies, and the right to be who we are in our bodies. (Lyrics below.) I wrote this song […] out of the need to process my anger at women’s rights being taken away and for what this means for other rights down the line. A never-ending issue it seems, but one we can’t stop fighting for. A big thank you to Tom Riggs for taking footage of my first performance of this song with Mark Hellenberg on drums at The Union in Athens, OH.
ATHENS, OHIO (AND ENVIRONS) SINGER-SONGWRITERS ON BANDCAMP AND/OR LIVE FROM HOME
All musical friends of Bruce Dalzell are honorary Athenians no matter where they live and love. And as is well known, Austin, Texas and Nashville, Tennessee are very large suburbs of Athens, Ohio.
Adam Remnant
Albert Rouzie
Albert Rouzie: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “Gifts”)
Peter Mealy and Laurie Rose Griffith: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s cover of “My Neighborhood,” previously recorded by Peter Mealy and Laurie Rose Griffith)
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“The Blushin’ Roulettes deliver old-time tunes with a modern twist. “Their songs are stripped down, sexy little jewel boxes stuffed with ancient mountain magic,” says the San Francisco Free Folk Festival. Guitaress and songwriter Angie Heimann belts her stirring songs of damsels in their bliss and distress in a clarion vibrato often likened to Iris Dement. Cas Sochacki interlaces bright dobro stylings amid the rich lyrics of the Roulettes’ more serious songs, and rings in vocally with his molasses baritone on the occasional cheeky duet. The Roulettes have newly expanded their North Carolina lineup to include Cynthia McDermott (mandolin and vocals,) Jay Brown (guitar and vocals) and James T. Browne (drums.)
“The Blushin’ Roulettes’ appearances include performances at the Kate Wolf Memorial Music Festival, San Francisco Free Folk Festival, North Bay Hootennany and the Humboldt Folklife Festival, as well as shared stages with the Wailin’ Jennies, Wayne the Train Hancock, Big Sandy and His Fly Right Boys, and The Devil Makes 3, and poet John Trudell. Angie has won songwriting awards in KZFR/Sierra Nevada’s Celebration of the Song, Woody Guthrie Songwriting Contest, Artists for Literacy SIBL Songwriting Contest, and South Florida Folk Festival. The Roulettes’ video performance of Angie’s song ‘Dark of the Wood’ was aired internationally on Destination America’s Monsters and Mysteries series.”
The Blushin’ Roulettes: “Mary and Johnny” live from The Grey Eagle Music Hall 3/6/2022
The Blushin’ Roulettes Full Set at Dollywood’s Fall Harvest Festival 10/17/2022
Blushin’ Roulettes lineup: Angie Heimann (vocals, guitar, banjo). Cas Sochacki (bass, vocals). Cynthia McDermott (vocals, mandolin). Jay Brown (vocals, electric guitar). James T. Browne ( vocals, drums).
Angie Heimann writes earthy Americana folk songs, belting stirring sagas of damsels in their bliss and distress in a clarion vibrato. The San Francisco Free Folk Festival called her songs “stripped down, sexy little jewel boxes stuffed with ancient mountain magic.” With her 2020 release EDGE OF EAST, Heimann ushers in the most recent era of her ever-evolving sound—the well-worn patina of Americana present in the last decade of songs with her band The Blushin’ Roulettes, with the added polish of a more modern layered musical approach.
For decades Angie Heimann has graced the underground of American folk — touring colleges and folk clubs in her twenties, spending her thirties in the insular Americana scene of the Mendocino coast, and relocating to the mountains of western North Carolina, where she currently plays with the Appalucians and with the Blushin’ Roulettes.
Heimann’s latest solo album EDGE OF EAST tells the story of wildness and domestication, of deepening the well within while rooting into family life. The album, recorded at Farmstead Studios features Heimann on guitar and engineer/co-producer Cas Sochacki on dobro and bass, with guitar/vocals of Jay Brown and Aditi Sethi interspersed with light touches of piano, banjo, and dreamlike stacked harmonies of Heimann’s own voice.
Angie has won songwriting awards in KZFR/Sierra Nevada’s Celebration of the Song, Woody Guthrie Songwriting Contest, Artists for Literacy SIBL Songwriting Contest, and South Florida Folk Festival.
The Appalucians play music from the mountains of Western North Carolina, featuring spirited songwriting, tight harmonies, and a lovely layered interplay between dobro, guitars, harp, bass, and banjo. The band is the musical union of two couples Jay Brown and Aditi Sethi (Shantaavani, Aditi and Jay) and Angie Heimann and Cas Sochacki (The Blushin’ Roulettes) who met at their childrens’ preschool and gradually realized their seemingly cosmic musical alignment, and decided they better start a band. Their upcoming debut album “Bright Hills,” slated for release in spring 2018, has flavors mountain folk and barroom twang.
Apple iTunes keeps track of how many times I play a song. If you’re like me, you think it’s an incredible value to buy a track for a dollar or so (and sometimes FREE) from Bandcamp and listen to it 100 or more times. Here are the Bandcamp tracks I have listened to 100 or more times (along with YouTube Channel or YouTube Video info when available and if I can find it):
AJ Davila (?): “Dura Como Piedra” [“Hard as Stone”]
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Hart, Bob: “Caitlin Kraus: Making her own kind of music.” The Athens News. 19 December 2023
“It was a song called ‘Garden’ that did it for me. Perhaps only when a musical artist writes deeply personal lyrics do their words become universal, belying the specifics of their own situation and emotions to touch others on an intimate level. That song and many other good ones are on the CD “Gone Beyond,” by Caitlin Kraus. It’s her second recorded collection (following “What Rises”) and is available through many outlets, including caitlinkrausmusic.bandcamp.com, Spotify and Apple Music.”…
Caitlin Kraus: “Make It Clear” (Caitlin Kraus performs “Make It Clear” Aug. 17, 2023, at the Athens (OH) Community Center.) — From the album GONE BEYOND.
It is a very special honor to have completed this music video for “Follow Me,” which was directed by the wonderful Adam Remnant who also recorded the song itself back in 2016. We collaborated on the concepts in the video and spent a chilly, beautiful spring day filming it with his talented students (listed below) at the Nelsonville, OH brick kilns, Hocking River, and surrounding neighborhood. For me, the lyrics and music of this song portray real imagery and memories that have grown dream-like with the passing of time, yet still remain formative and foundational. At its core, it is about transformation and being/becoming, but I hope the ambiguity and symbolism of the song and video also lead to your own interpretation and that you can find something resonant within it. Lyrics and digital/CD format available at caitlinkrausmusic.bandcamp.com. Music website at caitlinkrausmusic.com.
A huge and sincere thank you to Adam Remnant for his direction of the video and to the Hocking College students listed in the following credits: AC – Alex Rhinehart & Najayah Shepard; Grips – Alex Rhinehart, Alexis Pariseau, Najayah Shepard, Nate Ruhl, & Richard Valentine; On-set Photographer – Ivan Reardon
“Follow Me” is featured on the full-length 2020 release WHAT RISES and includes myself on vocals/guitar, Adam Remnant on bass/drums/keyboard, and Hannah Simonetti on violin. The song was recorded and mixed by Adam in Athens, OH while the full album was produced, mixed, and mastered by Bernie Nau at Peachfork Studios in Pomeroy, OH (https://peachforkstudios.com/).
A song for the rights of all: the right to be safe in our bodies, the right to make decisions for our bodies, and the right to be who we are in our bodies. (Lyrics below.) I wrote this song […] out of the need to process my anger at women’s rights being taken away and for what this means for other rights down the line. A never-ending issue it seems, but one we can’t stop fighting for. A big thank you to Tom Riggs for taking footage of my first performance of this song with Mark Hellenberg on drums at The Union in Athens, OH.
Lyrics for “This Body”:
This body is temporary, but while it’s here / It’s not yours to hold captive in fear / This body is mine, it was never yours / So fuck your laws and gods and guns / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT / This body is sacred, but only safe / When I’m in charge, you have no claim / This body is proud and wears the crown / Makes the decisions and won’t back down / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT / And don’t tell me who I can love or about my identity / Don’t use your privilege to subject your patriarchy / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT
Caitlin Kraus: “What Rises” — From the album WHAT RISES
Interview & Article for WOUB Public Media (8/6/2020): Interview about upcoming performance for the Virtual Nelsonville Music Festival, history as a songwriter and musician, and experiences as a performer during the pandemic.
OVRLD Austin Music First (6/13/2016): “On her new single ‘Waiting for the World,’ Caitlin Kraus’ sweetly shimmering voice rises out of an oceanic musical backing, giving the track a melancholic feel, like a reinterpretation of The Awakening’s bitter conclusion. Kraus’ voice is powerful but not in a bombastic sense, it’s instead devastating in its emotional richness. The well-arranged strings that emerge after the beginning of the song aid in this, making ‘Waiting for the World’ an excellent bit of chamber pop that stands out for the frequently unimaginatively produced singer songwriter tracks Austin is oversaturated with.”
Suggested Listening ’23: Caitlin Kraus Suggests Good Music to Listen To
Caitlin Kraus is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Board-Certified Music Therapist providing services to students at Ohio University in Athens, OH. When she is not counseling, Caitlin is an active musician and songwriter, performing her music both solo and with a band under her name. She has released two full-length albums from Peachfork Studios: “Gone Beyond” (2023) and “What Rises” (2020). She also sings and plays in the band Drift Mouth. She is the proud companion of two wonderful dogs.
Some of the music choices presented here were not actually released in 2023 as I am usually a time traveler when it comes to music. While it was hard to choose only 10 albums/artists and songs, this is some of the music that I happened to listen to often in 2023 and which personally resonated the most. It is presented in no particular order. I hope you can enjoy it along with me!
Drift Mouth opens its Jan. 13, 2024, set at The Union in Athens, OH, with “Starling.” Lou Poster on lead vocals and guitar, Caitlin Kraus guitar, David Murphy drums, Nate Brite bass.
A song for the rights of all: the right to be safe in our bodies, the right to make decisions for our bodies, and the right to be who we are in our bodies. (Lyrics below.) I wrote this song […] out of the need to process my anger at women’s rights being taken away and for what this means for other rights down the line. A never-ending issue it seems, but one we can’t stop fighting for. A big thank you to Tom Riggs for taking footage of my first performance of this song with Mark Hellenberg on drums at The Union in Athens, OH.
Lyrics for “This Body”:
This body is temporary, but while it’s here / It’s not yours to hold captive in fear / This body is mine, it was never yours / So fuck your laws and gods and guns / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT / This body is sacred, but only safe / When I’m in charge, you have no claim / This body is proud and wears the crown / Makes the decisions and won’t back down / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT / And don’t tell me who I can love or about my identity / Don’t use your privilege to subject your patriarchy / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT
Apple iTunes keeps track of how many times I play a song. If you’re like me, you think it’s an incredible value to buy a track for a dollar or so (and sometimes FREE) from Bandcamp and listen to it 100 or more times. Here are the Bandcamp tracks I have listened to 100 or more times (along with YouTube Channel or YouTube Video info when available and if I can find it):
AJ Davila (?): “Dura Como Piedra” [“Hard as Stone”]
Smashwords has made it mandatory to open an account to read or download free eBooks. The reason is this: “The change was […] made to prevent scraping of free books by bots for machine learning training data or similar. It was not a change made lightly — both authors and readers enjoyed the ability to download free books without an account.”
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Orlando Girls Rock Camp (OGRC) is a non-profit organization that offers summer camp opportunities where all marginalized youth can learn an instrument, form a band, write an original song, and present their art to their community. This mix tape consists of songs by musicians around the state that support the work of OGRC. All proceeds from this tape will go directly towards OGRC to support our annual summer camp programs.
This is a collection of 124 tracks of surf and pre-surf music. It’s an excellent value.
“At the beginning of the 1960s, a style of rock was born, evoking the new surfing fashion in California. Initially instrumental on electric guitar, this sunny universe, symbol of freedom, encounters in swimsuits, tanned athletes and big waves, then inspired songs on this theme…
“Surf rock became one of the most popular musical trends during the early sixties. Dick Dale was the initiator of this musical movement that attracted so many people.
“Dale used the word ‘surf’ for this new musical trend because it was his favourite sport and he surfed quite often.
“Dick’s close friends were not surf fans, but they did follow and enjoyed the music he played; this situation led to the use of surf-related words and idioms to refer to the style of music played by Dick Dale.
“That is the reason why this musical style has this name, something curious and strange for some people. The rock n`roll of the 1950s had a great influence on the emergence, growth and development of surf music. […] “This collection combines the roots and birth of surf rock are compiled here, revealing the irresistible recordings by its precursors, such as the Hawaiian Sol Ho’opi’i, Chet Atkins, Duane Eddy but also by its first performers, including the Ventures, Little Pattie, The Atlantics, Dick Dale and the Revels. Not to mention vocal groups like the Beach Boys, who began their career singing about the world of surfing, an integral part of the American myth…”
ATHENS, OHIO (AND ENVIRONS) SINGER-SONGWRITERS ON BANDCAMP AND/OR LIVE FROM HOME
All musical friends of Bruce Dalzell are honorary Athenians no matter where they live and love. And as is well known, Austin, Texas and Nashville, Tennessee are very large suburbs of Athens, Ohio.
Adam Remnant
Albert Rouzie
Albert Rouzie: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “Gifts”)
Peter Mealy and Laurie Rose Griffith: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s cover of “My Neighborhood,” previously recorded by Peter Mealy and Laurie Rose Griffith)
Apple iTunes keeps track of how many times I play a song. If you’re like me, you think it’s an incredible value to buy a track for a dollar or so (and sometimes FREE) from Bandcamp and listen to it 100 or more times. Here are the Bandcamp tracks I have listened to 100 or more times (along with YouTube Channel or YouTube Video info when available and if I can find it):
AJ Davila (?): “Dura Como Piedra” [“Hard as Stone”]
Peter Mealy and Laurie Rose Griffith: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s cover of “My Neighborhood,” previously recorded by Peter Mealy and Laurie Rose Griffith)
Smashwords has made it mandatory to open an account to read or download free eBooks. The reason is this: “The change was […] made to prevent scraping of free books by bots for machine learning training data or similar. It was not a change made lightly — both authors and readers enjoyed the ability to download free books without an account.”
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Peter Mealy and Laurie Rose Griffith: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s cover of “My Neighborhood,” previously recorded by Peter Mealy and Laurie Rose Griffith)
Apple iTunes keeps track of how many times I play a song. If you’re like me, you think it’s an incredible value to buy a track for a dollar or so (and sometimes FREE) from Bandcamp and listen to it 100 or more times. Here are the Bandcamp tracks I have listened to 100 or more times (along with YouTube Channel or YouTube Video info when available and if I can find it):
AJ Davila (?): “Dura Como Piedra” [“Hard as Stone”]
Peter Mealy and Laurie Rose Griffith: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s cover of “My Neighborhood,” previously recorded by Peter Mealy and Laurie Rose Griffith)
Smashwords has made it mandatory to open an account to read or download free eBooks. The reason is this: “The change was […] made to prevent scraping of free books by bots for machine learning training data or similar. It was not a change made lightly — both authors and readers enjoyed the ability to download free books without an account.”
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“My electro instrumental rearrangement of Monty Norman’s ‘James Bond Theme’ (1962). :-R”
“As a musician my taste in music embraces many diverse, eclectic, historic and contemporary musical styles. Sadly, it’s true… I’m a product of ‘My Generation’. :-R”
“The two-time Grammy-nominated Richey is a storyteller par excellence; famed critic Timothy White said about Richey that she ‘entices you with sad and unembellished music that reveals an original spirit — and then she ensnares you for keeps by making you consider all the noiseless sensations that no songs can ever contain.’ Her music is tender, poetic and aching with life’s truths. And then there’s her voice. Pure, arresting and honest, her voice is a perfect instrument with which to paint these intimate pictures. The […] musical journey that has led Kim to her […] album WRECK YOUR WHEELS has been a dream run. Aside from her two Grammy nods, she has released five critically acclaimed albums, been listed in the ‘Top 10 Albums of 1999’ in TIME Magazine for her album GLIMMER, been given 4-stars in Rolling Stone, and named ‘Alt-Country Album Of The Year’ in PEOPLE Magazine for her album Rise. She has written two #1 singles and had four others hit Top 10. Her songs have been recorded Trisha Yearwood and James Morrison among others, sung on albums by Ryan Adams, Shawn Colvin and Mary Chapin Carpenter, and even appeared on a William Shatner record produced by Ben Folds.” — NPR
“Kimberly Richey (born December 1, 1956) is an American singer and songwriter.” — Wikipedia
Career
Kim Richey came onto the music scene in the 1990s and entered her first recording contract at the age of 37. Kim signed with Mercury Nashville. She spent the next few years promoting her albums and touring with the likes of Wynonna Judd. — Wikipedia
“Two-time Grammy-nominated Nashville-based singer/songwriter Kim Richey, who ‘writes some of the most beguiling melodies and freshest chord changes of her generation’ (Washington Post), and ‘has built a career on blurring genre boundaries and confounding listeners’ expectations’ (Acoustic Guitar).”
KIM RICHEY: Nominated for Grammy Award Best Country Song: “Believe Me Baby (I Lied)” at 39thGrammy Awards (1997). Trisha Yearwood recorded this song.
“‘Believe Me Baby (I Lied)’ is a song recorded by American country music artist Trisha Yearwood. It was released in July 1996 as the lead single from her album, EVERYBODY KNOWS. It was Yearwood’s fourth single out of five during the course of her career to reach number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The song depicts a woman who is apologizing to her lover after saying she wanted him out of her life. She realized it had really been her ‘wounded pride’ telling the lover to leave. The song was written by Kim Richey, Angelo Petraglia and Larry Gottlieb and was the first single from her album, Everybody Knows. The song was a number 1 country hit for Yearwood and the title track of the album reached the Top 5 later in 1997. The song was done in an Adult Contemporary-like style according to Allmusic.com.” — Wikipedia
“‘Nobody Wins’ is a song recorded by American country music artist Radney Foster, co-written by himself and Kim Richey. It was released in January 1993 as the second single from his debut album Del Rio, TX 1959. The song is the highest-peaking single of his career, spending 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts and peaking at number 2, behind ‘The Heart Won’t Lie’ by Reba McEntire and Vince Gill. It also peaked at number 7 on the Canadian RPM country music charts in May 1993. Mary Chapin Carpenter sings background vocals on the song.” — Wikipedia
“‘Every River’ is a song written by American country music artist Kim Richey along with Angelo Petraglia and Tom Littlefield. First recorded by Richey on her 1997 album BITTER SWEET, it was later covered by duo Brooks & Dunn, who released it as the fifth and final single from the 2001 album STEERS & STRIPES. It entered the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart on the week of September 7, 2002. It peaked at number 12 on the week of December 14, 2002. It was more recently covered by ‘British Invasion’ band The Searchers. It was also covered by Irish singer and musician Maura O’Connell, who included it on her 2001 album WALLS & WINDOWS.” — Wikipedia
“Kim Richey celebrates the 20th anniversary of her album GLIMMER with A LONG WAY BACK: THE SONGS OF GLIMMER, featuring new recordings of the songs from Kim’s classic album. Whereas GLIMMER, produced by Hugh Padgham, had a pop sheen to its sound, A Long Way Back. . . strips everything down to a more raw essence. Produced by Doug Lancio, who also plays most of the instruments, A Long Way Back. . . allowed Kim to reinterpret these songs and give them a fresh, yet timeless sound. Other musicians on the album include Nielsen Hubbard and Dan Mitchell.”
“Kim says, ‘All of the original 14 songs from this new album were recorded in producer Doug Lancio’s basement studio and given a more intimate treatment. It was great to revisit these old friends and be able to make them available again to fans.’”
Saxophonist Kyle Slemmer received a Bachelor’s degree in Music Performance and Technology in 2005 from Moravian College, and a Master’s degree in Music from Eastern Illinois University in 2007. A resident of Athens, when he’s not working his day gig, Kyle can be heard performing with a myriad of ensembles and musicians, from the Local Girls to Elemental Groove Theory, Word of Mouth Jazz, numerous activities on the OU campus, and more.
Orlando Girls Rock Camp (OGRC) is a non-profit organization that offers summer camp opportunities where all marginalized youth can learn an instrument, form a band, write an original song, and present their art to their community. This mix tape consists of songs by musicians around the state that support the work of OGRC. All proceeds from this tape will go directly towards OGRC to support our annual summer camp programs.
LIVE FROM HOME: ATHENS, OHIO (AND ENVIRONS) SINGER-SONGWRITERS
(All musical friends of Bruce Dalzell are honorary Athenians no matter where they live and love.)
Albert Rouzie: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “Gifts”)
Peter Mealy and Laurie Rose Griffith: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s cover of “My Neighborhood,” previously recorded by Peter Mealy and Laurie Rose Griffith)
Smashwords has made it mandatory to open an account to read or download free eBooks. The reason is this: “The change was […] made to prevent scraping of free books by bots for machine learning training data or similar. It was not a change made lightly — both authors and readers enjoyed the ability to download free books without an account.”
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