We're the fortunate recipients of GSLA's highest grant!
Songscape: Great Mountain Forest OUT TODAY!
Announcing: Songscape: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge with Conner Youngblood
Interview: Maiah Wynne and Music for Ocean Conservation
New Green Roster Band: Single Girl Married Girl
Newest Green Roster Band- Single Girl Married Girl! Happy to celebrate Earth Day with a new band dedicated to sustainability! SGMG is based in NYC, and their Americana/folk/pop music shows off incredible vocals, playing, and lyrics.
Their new album, Spark, comes out May 19th, and will be packaged in sustainable materials! You can learn more about SGMG's green goals on their Green Roster band page, HERE.
To listen to Single Girl Married Girl, visit their website. Be sure to follow them on socials!
@sgmgtheband on Twitter and Instagram
Facebook: facebook.com/SinglegirlMarriedgirl/
Stream and Buy "Hold Me To Ya"
Songscape: Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge is OUT!
Studio Day at Dirt Floor with Jake Klar
On November 7th, Jake Klar recorded his Songscape: Great Mountain Forest song at Dirt Floor in Haddam, CT. Both Klar and Dirt Floor are Green Roster members, dedicated to upholding environmental practices in their businesses.
Left to Right: Eric Lichter, Max Wareham, Jake Klar.
Klar brought along Amherst-area musician and friend, Max Wareham, to play another layer of guitar. Eric Lichter, founder of Dirt Floor, had a cozy set up for them in the log cabin studio overlooking the Connecticut River. He even had a fire going, which you can hear crackling along to some of the tracks. It's an appropriate addition to Klar's song, which is inspired by Great Mountain Forest's history as a working forest. Great Mountain Forest provided timber-turned-charcoal to the iron industry of northwest Connecticut, which fueled the spread of railroad infrastructure in the 1800's. At a later date, Harrison Goodale, will likely be adding saw to the song, in keeping with Great Mountain Forests' heritage of sustainable forestry.
As always, it is a pleasure working with Dirt Floor. Eric Lichter is one of Sustain's strongest supporters and we could not bring you Songscapes without him. He donated this recording session to Sustain, which is incredibly generous. Thank you Dirt Floor!
See our short Facebook Live session at Dirt Floor (and a sneak peak at the song!):
Recording Songscape: Great Mountain Forest
On Monday (Nov. 7), Jake Klar will be recording the song he wrote while staying at Great Mountain Forest as part of this summer's Songscape program. We've heard the rough cut and it's wonderful! Really brings in the working forest history of the landscape.
The song will be recorded at Dirt Floor, one of our Green Roster member studios. Eric Lichter has donated a free day of recording for this project and we couldn't be more grateful for his support.
