Interviews, etc.

A few weeks ago I did an interview with Raymond Morin of the fine website Work & Worry. You can read it here. Raymond is also half of the group, Pairdown, whom you should really check out. Additionally, I did a live set/interview on the program Pipeline! on WMBR which you can listen to here… Thanks to Jeff Breeze for inviting me on the show!

A few more things:

Here is a nice short review from DFBM, which ranks Eight Constructions at 10/10 and says some very kind things.

I started a Facebook band page, so if you want to “Like” it, that may be the best way to keep up with my musical endeavors from now on. Check it out!

PopMatters recently reviewed Imaginational Anthem IV, gave it a 8/10, and my tune gets likened to Neil Young… read it here.

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Review from Adequacy.net

Yesterday Adam Costa wrote a great review of Eight Constructions for the website Adequacy.net. You can read it right here. A nice excerpt:

“Moss is as fine a candidate as anyone for becoming the steel-string acoustic guitar’s 21st century torchbearer”

Eight Constructions is currently available on limited edition CD-r and free digital download from bandcamp.

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NEW ALBUM: “Eight Constructions”

My new album, Eight Constructions, is available now for listening/free digital download at bandcamp! The physical copies (a limited edition run of 100 CD-r’s) are available for pre-order now from bandcamp for $8 plus shipping and will ship around January 4, 2011. Please feel welcome to let me know what you think.

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Imaginational Anthem 4: New Possibilities

I am thrilled to announce my inclusion on the recently released compilation, Imaginational Anthem 4: New Possibilities. Put out by one of my favorite record labels, Tompkins Square, the series is dedicated to showcasing the work of solo acoustic guitarists mainly performing in the “American Primitive” vein. Past volumes have included contributions from guitar heroes past and present, from John Fahey, Peter Lang, and Robbie Basho to Jack Rose, Glenn Jones, James Blackshaw, Kaki King, José Gonzalez and many many more.

Imaginational Anthem 4 is exclusively focused on works of the present and the list of players is one that I am honored to be a part of. Amongst the tracks are compositions from Tyler Ramsey (Band of Horses), William Tyler (Lambchop, Silver Jews), Micah Blue Smaldone and seven others (myself included). The gatefold LP (limited edition of 500) and CD are created by artist Paul Romano.

I encourage you to pick up both the new volume as well as the prior three (bundled here as a very reasonably priced box set), which I consider to be essential listening.

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New Website

For various reasons I have switched my website over to wordpress. It may not be as glamorous, but it is certainly more economical. Everything here is still in the process of being updated and brought up to par. I have added some relevant news posts from my old website, which you will see below. Please let me know if you see something that seems amiss: sammossmusic@gmail.com

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Fine Work from Fine Friends

Several weeks ago Jackson Emmer released a new EP entitled PEN-PAL. Check it out/download it here. It’s a really fun collection of tunes, which if you know Jackson’s music should come as no surprise.

Will Stratton will be releasing No Wonder, his second proper full length album on Tuesday. As someone whose been lucky enough to have an advanced listen of the thing, I can say with confidence that it’s a really amazing piece of work. You can stream some songs from it on his myspace. He also self released a fine EP entitled Vile Bodies. Hear it on bandcamp.

Just a couple days ago Sewing Machines put the finishing touches on Bodies of Water, his excellent new album. I recorded some fiddle parts for some of the songs in September, which he took and cut up and altered to create some really cool textures. Stream it now on bandcamp!

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Summer Tour Wrap Up

A little over a week ago the Will Stratton/Jackson Emmer/Sam Moss tour wrapped up with a lovely show in Bennington, VT.

Our collective heart was so warmed by the people that we met along the way and the hospitality we received was really astonishing and affirming to me that there are good human beings in so many places.

Here is a probably incomplete list of all the folks I’d like to thank for making the tour the wonderful experience that it was (chronologically): VOX Pop, The Moss Family, Trevor Wilson, the people that lived in that house in Jamaica Plain, Mountain Man, Lespecial, Anastasia, Phil (and family), Logan, Musica, Jess and the rest of the Spotty Dog, Cyrus, Kyle Clements, the people that lived in that house in Hadley, Leisure Colony, the Wolfson family, Dana & Faith, residents of the Blue House and the Welling Town House, Sam Clement, everyone that came to see us play, and of course, my dear buddies Jackson Emmer and Will Stratton.

Over the next several months I anticipate creating many songs and recordings, searching for some exciting new sound. Stay tuned to my page for occasional updates. Also, about half of the 100 physical copies of my new record are gone after just a few weeks, so if you’d like one, head to bandcamp!

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