We have just made the second album by Jay Stevens from 2007 When the World Pulls the Plug available as a free download.
This album features the talents of Simple Pat Piper on mandolin and bass, and Jocelyn Conway on drums.
All the tracks were engineered, mastered and produced by Pat Shulze.
Enjoy the music and if you like what you hear, keep a copy for yourself!
(photo by Neil Smith of pic-a-day.co.uk)
Summer time and the living’s not easy, rivers overflowing, temperatures high.
The rich are getting richer and the impoverished are dying; don’t turn away now- hear them cry.
One of these mornings we’ll rise up swinging; spread wings of resistance- take to the sky.
Until that morning there’s many things to do; don’t forget- wintertime too.
Summer time and the living ain’t easy, oil’s flowing into the sea.
The rich got blood on their hands and the poor folk know what’s coming.
Let’s make a stand for you and me. Don’t forget, wintertime too.
Anyways, I thought it was neat that Jim Cuddy and I both enjoy a nice shirt and a well written song and I thought I’d share. Thanks for stopping by! Jay Stevens
We have just compiled a limited edition split CD of the first two albums Shoestring had published in 2005. Shoestring Studios humbly took shape in 2005 with borrowed gear and floorspace to independently produce and distribute the works of Toronto based folk-ramblers J Stevens and AJ mAJik Fletcher. With a budget made from busking change we published two debut albums- Shadow Puppets by The Falling Trees and Folk I Don’t Know by J Stevens- in a very no frills manner of CDr’s and hand-drawn, paper covers.
Seven years on, We’re happy to be re-releasing these gems as a limited split to celebrate
the continued efforts and achievements of Shoestring and our artists.
Hear Gifts From Hell by The Falling Trees below:
and Elston Gunn by J Stevens here:
“…I was here to make a record, I was here to take a shot,” a reflective lyric, in the song Back to the Cows, of the unlikely odds of the album Folk I Don’t Know ever materializing after the songs had been reared in sober times on a quiet farm.
J Stevens’ debut effort was recorded on borrowed equipment in shared spaces and humbly published on CD-rs with hand-drawn covers in 2005. An 11 track acoustic folk collection of originals, Folk I Don’t Know has a certain warmth from crackles of the four-track tape, and youthful experimentation of mixing and mastering.
A limited re-release of Folk I Don’t Know is found on our first CD of 2012: Shoestring’s Seven Year’s Split, sharing plastic with The Falling Trees’ Shadow Puppets, also from 2005. The CD features selections from both albums, edited for time– now Folk I Don’t Know is available digitally in its entirety– for free.
Today Off The Hour on CKUT 90.3 in Montreal featured an interview with Jay Stevens about his latest release and launch party.
The 15 minute interview plays Stately Dissonance and Voted! from the EP Climate Controlled released just yesterday.
The interview becomes an insight into the inspirations of the recordings and Jay’s personal analysis of current events.
Click on the photo to hear the album– you can download Stately Dissonance for free!
Thanks to all for their support!
