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Truly honored and thrilled to have been included in this feature by Tommy Juto in Sweden's largest music publication Gaffa Magazine.
Being from a small town is big part of my story and it's a story that I am very happy to be able to share. My hometown of Scituate, Massachusetts has served as the backdrop for many of my songs and my experiences growing up here have had a lasting impact on me as a person and on my approach to how I've lived my life. And after leaving my hometown and being gone for a number of years, this place pulled me back like a magnet & it's where my family & I once again call home. I'll be returning to Sweden with the full band at least twice this year and we're so excited to return. Be sure to stay tuned, we'll be announcing our plans for touring Sweden very soon. We can't wait to see you!!
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A huge thank you to The Boston Globe & Stuart Munro for taking the time to talk with me about our upcoming 17th Annual Celebration of Hank Williams Shows happening New Year’s Day at The Lizard Lounge.
We truly can’t wait to gather at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge, MA to share some of the greatest songs ever written and start the year off with a joyous celebration of music, stories, & something I’m really big on these days: fun!! Music is a wonderful ticket to reality and escape, and often times both all within the context of one concert. We’ve got a great show planned for this year, truly can’t wait to celebrate the start of the new year with everyone. Both shows (4pm and 8pm) are SOLD OUT, but the Lizard Lounge has reserved a very small amount of tickets for both shows that will be available at the door for each show. So, if you weren't able to get tickets, but would still like to attend be sure to arrive very early to try and get a ticket at the door. Happy New Year!! Let's have a joyous and celebratory day!! Truly can’t thank everyone enough for everything this year. I started making music twenty years ago. My first album “Fireworks & Alcohol” came out in 2005. And I’ve spent these last twenty years working hard, enjoying creativity, building a life & family, & doing my best to connect with as many people as I can through shared experiences & the joy of music.
I am truly grateful to have a place that I love & get to call home, and also get to travel the country and the world getting to share something I love with so many interesting, genuine, & music-loving people. And a big shout out to the New England Music Awards for celebrating all the incredible music from all over New England, so much respect to all the winners & nominees. We’re honored and thankful to be a part of the music that comes out of this region & adding our stories & perspective has meant a lot. Truly grateful to everyone who’s supported us, come out to see us play, & listened to our music. This was a great year, it honestly went so well that we already have plans in the works for putting together the next album of original songs (stay tuned!!). Thank you for making this year feel really special. A huge thank you to Ivor Ievene & Goldmine Magazine for taking the time to talk about our two new albums "Little by Little" & "Piece by Piece". In addition to discussing the new recordings, Springsteen, & the inspiration for the recording, we even got to talk about the Boston Red Sox & New York Yankees....in a good way. You can read it all HERE.
Be sure to join us on New Year's Day at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge, MA for our Annual Celebration of Hank Williams Show.
This is the 17th time we've gathered to celebrate the life, legacy, and music of Country Music's greatest songwriter. The early show (4pm) SOLD OUT must quicker than expected, so the good folks at the Lizard Lounge talked to their staff and everyone got on board to add a second show for 8pm on Jan 1st. Tickets for the 8pm show are on sale now and they're already about halfway sold out, so be sure not to wait. Invite a friend or two along, but most importantly, bring yourself and get ready to kick the New Year off in the best way we can think up. Tickets and info available HERE. Truly can't thank everyone enough who came out and caught a show, or two, or three on this tour. Every single show was truly memorable and when I say it, I mean it, YOU are the magic ingredient to this formula.
This was a whirlwind of a tour, it started with our flight getting cancelled and because we were booked on an airline which I won't name, we were unable to get rebooked that day and ended up with more than a 36 hour delay. But, we flew out the following day, landed to find out the rental company hadn't kept our van reserved and found ourselves watching the clock ticking with time getting away from us to make it to our first show of the tour....and us still without a van. Our longtime tour manager and I got to work figuring out a Plan B and within a couple hours we had a new van lined up in France and the venue awaiting our arrival, ready for us to come flying in hot and ready to set up and take the stage as soon as we arrived. The good news is we got all of the crazy stuff out of the way in the first couple days and the rest of the tour weren't really quite smoothly for the rest of the three weeks that we were in Europe. Every single show was memorable. These were the biggest crowds we've ever had in every single city we played and every crowd brought such great energy and spirit. It was a joy to get to share this music with everyone. And it was so cool to see people are more than one show. And everyone making the effort to come out and see us and share in this music with us, it really meant a lot. We only had one day off on this tour and on that one day off we had a 10 hour drive, so this was one of those tours that really could've been a grind. But the attitudes of the guys touring with me and the good spirits of everyone as the shows really make this tour something special. And forget about a grind, this was AWESOME. The reviews have been coming in and we're already working on what's next for the band. There's NEW original music on the horizon and we're putting the pieces in place for what that album is going to look and sound like and in the meantime we're putting together what our tour schedule is going to look like for 2026. We should have more news on all these fronts very soon. Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram, as we'll be keeping everyone up to date daily on social media. And if you'd like to check out some of the reviews I'll post the links below. Dirty Rock Magazine (Barcelona Review) - Read it HERE. Bad Music Radio (Barcelona Review) - Rad it HERE. Dirty Rock Magazine (Girona Review) - Read it HERE. Chumsi (Segovia Review) - Read it HERE. We truly can't wait to return to Spain this year with both of our NEW albums "Little by Little" & "Piece by Piece" and we've got a very special tour planned. Be sure to invite a friend along and get your tickets, we can't wait to see you in November.
Be sure to cast your votes, you can vote once a day from now until Oct 10th!! We're honored and thrilled to see we're nominated for "Performer of the Year" and "Country Act of the Year" in the 2025 New England Music Awards. Plus, our very own Greg Hall is nominated for "Americana Act of the Year"!! How cool is that?!! Be sure to cast your votes, vote early and vote often. You can cast you votes and support your favorite New England artists HERE. We're so excited to announce that for Bandcamp Friday we have our upcoming NEW album "Piece by Piece" available for one day only, month before it'll be available anywhere else.
You can place your order today to get your copy on CD or Limited Edition America Swirl Vinyl. And as an added bonus the debut upcoming EP from Ward Hayden & Greg Hall, "Restless", is available on CD and Download today as well. Be sure to take a look HERE and get your order in today. Bandcamp Friday is a great day where 100% of the sales go to the artists. It's a great way to get new music and to support your favorite musicians. We hope you love the new music!! We're so thrilled to announce that our first video from out NEW album "Little by Little" is officially out and was premiered by Americana UK!!
"This isn’t just a cover; Hayden takes a great song and fashions it into something genuinely new and brilliant in its own right." -Americana UK You can read the full article and view the new video HERE. |
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