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AltCountry.nl - M. Lockwood Porter

AltCountry.nl - M. Lockwood Porter

AltCountry.nl - M. Lockwood Porter Translated (paragraphs added): Bruce Springsteen has it. American Aquarium has it. Mr. Lockwood Porter has it. They can all convert negative circumstances into positive energy. Communion In The Ashes (Black Mesa Records) is full of battle songs. It is what americana is all about: describe the circumstances, find something about it, do something with it. Delivering songs that can trigger something. Build a community on the ashes. On the title track, M. says goodbye to San Francisco, though he realized at the time he didn't write the song yet that he was really leaving, back...

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Our 5th Anniversary is next month! 🎉

Our 5th Anniversary is next month! 🎉

Newletter version 5 years ago in June we started Black Mesa Records to put out M. Lockwood Porters second full-length record, 27. We couldn't be more pleased with how far we've come since then! Three M. Lockwood Porter records, two John Calvin Abney records, and becoming stewards of a friends label after his passing. We'd be content about how much we helped put into the world after just that, but we're just getting started.This year we've got one more full-length record coming, a single from a new artist, and possibly, just maybe, if you're good, a Christmas present that some of you have been asking...

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Vinyl and CD's up on Bandcamp

Vinyl and CD's up on Bandcamp

We recently added all our physical releases to our artists pages on Bandcamp! We really love the Bandcamp platform and how they empower artists to get their music out there themselves. It's a really great company with a really great mission. You might have noticed we recently switched all of our embedded players on our product pages to Bandcamp players from soundcloud or spotify for our artists. We also stopped providing digital copies on blackmesarecords.com or in download cards in vinyl copies. If you buy from Bandcamp, you get the digital and streaming included with your purchase. You can find vinyl...

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The Tulsa Voice - Don’t dream it’s over

The Tulsa Voice - Don’t dream it’s over

“I spent a year, like a lot of people probably, depressed, afraid, trying to figure out. I’d just made a record about the political situation in our country, and then things got even worse,” Porter said. “I didn’t want to make the same record again. Out of that, I tried to find a more positive take.”

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