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Jeff Black

Jeff Black

The brave and broken hearted characters in his songs roar and whisper from the journal of a troubadour who's own take on craft and rock n' roll has earned him a seriously devoted following and critical acclaim worldwide. "Birmingham Road" Arista 1998, "Honey And Salt" Blue Rose 2003, "B-Sides And Confessions Vol. I" Dualtone/Lotos Nile 2003 "Tin Lily" Dualtone/Lotos Nile 2005. "Sleepy Town" Lotos Nile lullabies/piano dreams (digital only) 2008 "Mining" Lotos Nile Acoustic Demos 2008 (digital only) and "Plow Through The Mystic" 2011

"Black Tuesdays" 2006-2011 premium podcast (subscription/download only)Featured on NPR's "All Things Considered" and "New And Notable" for iTunes music.(http://jeffblack.podbean.com) In 2007 Jeff Black was voted one of the top 100 Folk artists of the last 25 years by Boston's WUMB listeners. Paste magazine adds, "The search for spiritual sustenance and lasting meaning underpins Black's reverent, battling the darkness and winning songs."

Record Label: Lotos Nile Music

Label Type: Independent

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Honey And Salt Cover
  • Honey And Salt
  • Folk
  • Jeff Black
  • 09/17/2007
  • Jeff Black - Honey And Salt
Liner Notes: eff Black vocals/acoustic/electric guitar/harmonica/accordion David Jacques electric and acoustic upright bass Will Kimbrough electric guitar/mandolin Jody Nardone piano/organ Craig Wright drums/ percussion produced by Jeff Black recorded by Gary Paczosa at Nightengale and Omni in Tennessee except "One Last Day To Live" and "The Leaving" produced and recorded by Paul Mahern and Jeff Black at Echo Park in Indiana mixed by Paul Mahern mastered by Jim Demain all lyrics and music written by Jeff Black all songs published by Lotos Nile Music BMI except "Rain" published by Jeff Black Music/Coburn Music BMI photographs by Michael Wilson art direction/design by Jeff Black
  1. One Last Day To Live
  2. Honey And Salt
  3. All In Good Time
  4. Rain
  5. Time
  6. The Leaving
  7. You Belong To Me
  8. Shout From The Street
  9. Persephone
  10. Home
Sleepy Town Cover
  • Sleepy Town
  • Folk
  • Jeff Black
  • 09/11/2008
  • Jeff Black - Sleepy Town
Liner Notes: This is a collection of piano dreams I recorded with a single microphone on my old Steinway upright a few years ago when the babies were small. On quiet days I went about calling up some pictures in my mind to set a melody to and, to have something from home to play when the little ones were trying to go to sleep. We made some copies for family and friends and, since the songs came in so easy, we decided to send them out the same way. Just simple songs to dream by. I hope you like them and share them with those you know who want to go. I know from experience that they prove out. Jeff Black September 2008 All songs written and performed by Jeff Black (c) 2008 Lotos Nile Music Publishing BMI Photograph by Michael Wilson Mastered By Jim Demain
  1. Cadence In C
  2. Go to Sleep
  3. Grandad's Dream
  4. Oregon Trail
  5. Mama's Kisses
  6. Across the Sea
  7. Trip to Brazil
  8. Remember the Indians
  9. Sleepy Town
Mining Cover
  • Mining
  • Folk
  • Jeff Black
  • 10/30/2008
  • Jeff Black - Mining
Liner Notes: More than a decade ago, Warner/Chappell Music, my publisher at the time, wanted to put together a collection of my songs with the hope of getting some of them recorded by country music stars. It ended up being a two-disc set called "Mining." Disc One contained fully-produced country demos by some very talented session singers and players. I never wanted the rough-and-tumble versions to get lost though, so I sat down in front of a microphone and my DAT machine and let them go. Those guitar/vocal versions of the songs as I intended them to be are the recordings that became Disc Two of that collection and are the tracks offered here. Included in this set is an intimate version of "They're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone" which Sam Bush recorded on his "King of My World" CD and also one that Lisa Brokop, (a great singer from Vancouver, B.C. ) covered called "Never Did Say Goodbye" on her first release for Capitol in 1994. Thanks to Barbara Behler for finding the pic of the young miner and to Michael Delevante for the artwork design.
  1. Standing Still
  2. Never Did Say Goodbye
  3. Misty Morning Dream
  4. The Carnival Song
  5. Island
  6. Round and Around
  7. Deeper In Your Debt
  8. Clear As a Bell
  9. Ghosts In the Graveyard
  10. They're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone...
Christmas Sunshine Cover
  • Christmas Sunshine
  • Holiday, Folk
  • Jeff Black
  • 12/21/2009
  • Jeff Black - Christmas Sunshine
Liner Notes: CHRISTMAS SUNSHINE I Saw Three Ships traditional Santa Claus words from an anonymous poem cir.1880 music by Jeff Black We Three Kings written by Reverend John Henry Hopkins, Jr. 1857 Christmas Toys words from an anonymous poem cir. 1800's music by Jeff Black Away In A Manger verses 1&2 anonymous music James Murray 1887 Curoo Curoo (Carol Of The Birds) traditional Irish Carol 18th century It Came Upon A Midnight Clear words and music by Edmund Sears 1849 Jingle Bells words and music by James Lord Pierpont 1857 Silent Night words by Josef Mohr music by Franz Zavier Gruber 1818 We Wish You A Merry Christmas traditional 16th century Auld Lang Syne words by Robert Burns 1788 music traditional Produced By Jeff Black Zuzu sang "Jingle Bells" Emerson sang "Silent Night" Zuzu and Emerson sang "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" Nick Nguyens played the fiddle on "I Saw Three Ships" Jeff sang, and played the guitar, piano, banjo, bass, buttons and bells Recorded December 2009 at Alvie's Old Barn. Mastering engineer Alex McCollough "Santa Claus" music and arrangement copyright 2009 Lotos Nile Music BMI "Christmas Toys" music and arrangement copyright 2009 Lotos Nile Music BMI "Christmas Sunshine" illustration Mcloughlin Bros. New York 1907 All arrangements 2009 Jeff Black Lotos Nile Music BMI
  1. I Saw Three Ships
  2. Santa Claus
  3. We Three Kings
  4. Christmas Toys
  5. Away In A Manger
  6. Curoo Curoo (Carol Of The Birds)...
  7. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear...
  8. Jingle Bells
  9. Silent Night
  10. We Wish You A Merry Christmas...
  11. Auld Lang Syne
B-sides and Confessions Volume One Cover
  • B-sides and Confessions Volume One
  • Folk, Alternative
  • Jeff Black
  • 02/26/2010
  • Jeff Black - B-sides and Confessions Volume One
Liner Notes: B-Sides and Confessions: Volume 1 (2003): Produced By Jeff Black recorded and mixed on the fly by the legendary Billy Sherrill except for “To Be With You” recorded by Gary Paczosa mastered by Jim Demain Jeff Black acoustic guitar piano harmonica banjo vocals Byron House bass Craig Wright drums and percussion Michael Webb bass on “Holy Roller” Jody Nardone piano on “To Be With You” David Jacques bass on “To Be With You” all lyrics and music written by Jeff Black songs published by Lotos Nile Music BMI except “Bless My Soul” published by Coburn Music BMI/ Jeff Black Music BMI “Gold Heart Locket” and “Same Old River” published by Warner/ Tamerlane BMI photography Michael Wilson design Michael Delevante for Delquad.com additional layout and design Jeff Black
  1. Slip
  2. Same Old River
  3. Holy Roller
  4. Sunday Best
  5. To Be With You
  6. Gold Heart Locket
  7. Cakewalk
  8. Bless My Soul
  9. Bastard
  10. Higher Ground
Plow Through The Mystic Cover
  • Plow Through The Mystic
  • Singer/Songwriter, Folk
  • Jeff Black
  • 11/22/2011
  • Jeff Black - Plow Through The Mystic
Liner Notes: JEFF BLACK: Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Keyboards, Banjo, Bass, Buttons, Programming & Percussion SAM BUSH: Mandolin, Octave Mandolin & Slide Mandolin JERRY DOUGLAS: Resonator Guitar & Lap Steel KENNY WRIGHT: Drums & Percussion on “Waiting” MATRACA BERG: Harmony Vocals on Sorry GRETCHEN PETERS: Harmony Vocals on Sorry KIM RICHEY: Harmony Vocals on Run Produced by JEFF BLACK Executive Producer KISSY BLACK Recorded by JEFF BLACK at Arcana Studios, Nashville Additional Recording by JEZ ASHURST at Diversion Studios, London Mixed by DAVE SINKO at The Groove Palace Mastered by JOE PALMACCIO at The Place For Mastering Artwork by TORNE WHITE Graphic Design by TORNE WHITE with JEFF BLACK
  1. Walking Home
  2. Sorry
  3. Immigrant Song
  4. Cure
  5. Virgil's Blues
  6. Wounded Heart
  7. Plow Through The Mystic
  8. New Love Song
  9. Making The Day
  10. Waiting
  11. What I Would Not Do
  12. Happiness
  13. Run
  14. Ravanna