Listen to “Alameda” Here
Here’s a link to listen to “Alameda” on bandcamp
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Jefferson live on BBC6 with Cerys Matthews, Nov. 3
Tune in to BBC6 at 11:30AM GMT on Nov. 3, 2019 for Cerys Matthews’ radio show. Jefferson performs songs from his new release “Alameda.” https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_6music
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Summer 2019 Newsletter and Tour Dates
Hey friends, happy to check in with some news and tour dates. It’s been six months since my solo effort Alameda hit the American bodegas, and with a little help from my friends at BloodyGreatPR we’ve been getting some nice BBC airplay and quips from overseas. Here’s one from esteemed statesperson Mike Davies for Folking.com: “Addressing those
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New Yorker online edition “The Joy of a Musical Session”
“Alameda,” the title track on Hamer’s album, is a rock ballad with crispy guitar licks and geographic lyrics about a wandering worker, who is maybe the author, but maybe not. In the way that it talks about a long search for work, it reminds me of Woody Guthrie’s Columbia River song series, or maybe the
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Alameda album liner notes
The songs on the Alameda record range in birthdate from sometime in 2006 (Wolves) to 2017 (Vagabond). Some took minutes to write (Moving Day, see below) while others, like the Busker, took years of tinkering and revising lyrics, recording fails, and suffering through on-stage learning experiences. Many more that I’ve written- or tried to- didn’t make the cut,
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Alameda album released
My new recording Alameda is up on spotify, bandcamp, cdbaby, and a special sauce 24-bit high resolution master is up on iTunes. This is my first solo record since, a while, and I wrote it, engineered it, mixed it, and even play and sing on it! I could not have made this record without the talent and generosity of Jeff Picker,
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