Have a look at the hot-off-the-presses album artwork for Jake Hill‘s forthcoming children’s folk album, All The Voices Of The Forest. Physical release on the 19th of April accompanied by live performances at the Plymouth Public Library in Plymouth, Massachusetts at 10:30 am and 3 pm. Bring the kiddies. Carrot sticks and apple juice to …
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HUSTLE LOVE
A little love last month from music blog The Deceptive Cadence for the Howlin’ At The Moon video from Jay Kill & The Hustle Standard‘s New Men Old Boys EP. Click here to follow through. Ahhwuuuu!!!
MOTEL BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD- ALBUM ART & VIDEO PREMIERE
Below you’ll find the album artwork for Jake Hill‘s recent solo EP, Motel By The Side Of The Road, and the music video for the title track. Shot and filmed in one evening in room 105 of the Pilgrim Sands Motel, Plymouth, Massachusetts. (See a larger version of this video here.)
DRIVEN FEATURING ANDERSON & ROE
Yesterday I received my advance copy of Driven in the mail. Written by Nick Romeo, Driven ‘tells the stories of six incredible young musicians creating a life in music in the modern world…from the slums of Ukraine to the halls of Manhattan’s elite Juilliard School.’ Each of the musicians featured made their national broadcast debut …
CAMERON CARPENTER FOR THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
Google Alerts strikes again… Cameron Carpenter- maestro of the pipe organ and flaunter of the sequins, was featured in an interview piece on The Charlotte Observer’s website over the weekend, along with a portrait that I shot of him. Not my favorite final from our sessions together, but I’m more than happy that they’re happy with …
THE 100TH POST
Today we mark a milestone here at SGB Pho(blog)raphy- this is our 100th post! And that which is cause for celebration also proves to be cause for reflection… 99 posts in 22 months. Some thoughtful, some witty, some irreverent, and all a means to this end- to prevent our idle hands from becoming the devil’s …
DEEP CREEK PORTRAIT SESSIONS
A few months back, I took a road trip up to Plymouth, Massachusetts for a week of photo sessions, video shoots, live music, arts & crafts projects, and other unmentionable debauchery. The week would come to be known as Deep Creek Media Week. One of the goals of media week was to photograph the band members, …
LIVE FROM THE PILGRIM SANDS
Jake Hill will be hosting an evening of intimacy intimate evening on Saturday, April 16th, playing an acoustic set in the lounge at the Pilgrim Sands motel in Plymouth, Massachusetts, to support the release of his new solo EP, Motel By The Side Of The Road. Yes, the very same Pilgrim Sands motel that graces …
HORSES AND GRAVEYARDS: THE LAID HIM DOWN VIDEO PREMIERE
Below you’ll find the official video for Laid Him Down, the haunted heart of Jake Hill’s soon-to-be-released solo EP, Motel By The Side Of The Road. Filmed entirely in one of America’s oldest graveyards and on America’s first road named after a luncheon staple. Burial Hill and Sandwich Road, Plymouth, Massachusetts, respectively. Big thanks go …
FROM JAKE HILL MUSIC DOT COM: A LEGENDARY PERFORMANCE AT AN HISTORIC VENUE
(A few words that I’m proud of writing about my good friend Jake’s headlining performance at the historic Club Passim last Thursday evening in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The link to the original post on Jake Hill Music Dot Com can be found here.) … Bob Dylan. Joan Baez. Tom Rush. Joni Mitchell… Now you can add …
RAINBOWS & ICE CREAM CONES: THE RED VIDEO PREMIERE
More surreal than Sesame Street, slightly creepier than Mr. Rogers, and about as WTF as the Teletubbies- it’s the official music video experience for Red, taken from Jake Hill’s Any Kinda Work Today and featuring the sweet, sweet harmonies of Jake and Allyson Harple. And cardboard on sticks. We really broke the piggy bank on …
BUILD A ROCKET BOYS!
Tuesday March 8th saw the release of Elbow‘s highly anticipated 5th album, build a rocket boys!, following the successes of their Mercury Prize winning The Seldom Seen Kid and the recognition long overdue to them. Buy this album. See them live. Support Elbow.
THE KING OF LIMBS
Radiohead‘s 8th full length, The King Of Limbs, was released today. Give it a listen. Give it multiple listens.
VIDEO PREMIERE: HOWLIN AT THE MOON
Feast your eyes on the official music video for Howlin At The Moon, the first single and lead track from Jay Kill & The Hustle Standard’s New Men Old Boys. Ah-wu! (See a larger version of this video here.)
JAY KILL & THE HUSTLE STANDARD – NEW MEN OLD BOYS
Below you’ll find the album cover for Jake Hill & Charley Hustle’s Jay Kill & The Hustle Standard’s genre-busting New Men Old Boys EP. And what’s the story behind that dashing photo, you ask? Tell us by writing a caption for it and you could win a taco. Find out more about the power duo …
ANY KINDA WORK TODAY- ALBUM ART & VIDEO PREMIERE
Jake Hill’s fourth album and second full length of the year, Any Kinda Work Today, is now available for aural and visual consumption. Below is your first look at the album artwork and video for the title track, both of which we shot in Plymouth earlier this month. Big thanks to everyone involved! It was …
THANKSGIVING EVE IN THANKSGIVING TOWN
(Jake Hill and his band, Deep Creek, will be performing on Thanksgiving Eve in Plymouth and are releasing their new album the same day. Below is a write up that I did on Jake’s site, jakehillmusic.com. Below that is a poster that I put together using an outtake from our recent album cover shoot.) Jake …
MEN AT WORK
A behind the scenes look at last weekend’s video shoot in Plymouth, MA for the lead single and title track from Jake Hill’s forthcoming new album. More to come soon.
JAKE HILL MUSIC DOT COM
I spent the better part of the past two days putting the final touches on a website and blog for good friend and heavy drinker folk singer Jake Hill, and just unleashed it onto the interwebs. Tour dates, music videos, an online shop, a soapbox for Jake to stand on, one mean crosscut saw logo, …
VIDEO PREMIERE: CATFISH BREAKFAST
The third video in support of Jake Hill’s album, In The Mountain’s Shadow. Filmed entirely on location in Susquehannock State Forest, Clinton County, Pennsylvania. Special Thanks to Gordy, Danny, and Dave (for the suspenders). (See a larger version of this video here.)
LEMME TELL YOU A STORY ‘BOUT A MAN I KNEW
Catfish Breakfast. Coming soon.
AN EVENING OF FOLK AND TACOS
Come for the tacos, stay…for the tacos.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU: SNOW UP ON THE MOUNTAIN VIDEO PREMIERE
The music video for Jake Hill’s ‘Snow Up On The Mountain’, taken from his third album, In The Mountain’s Shadow. Happy birthday to you. (See a larger version of this video here.)
HAPPY (BELATED) BIRTHDAY
Coming soon.
JAKE HILL VS. THE BIG APPLE
Jake Hill will be playing The Living Room on Manhattan’s Lower East Side on Thursday, May 27th in support of his new album, In The Mountain’s Shadow, which will be available for purchase at the show and is now available as a digital download at Amazon. You can read a nice write-up on the album …
CAMERON LIVE! AVAILABLE JUNE 1ST
A little while back I had the distinct pleasure of working on a two-day shoot with friend and Grammy-nominated organist Cameron Carpenter. The focus of the shoot was to create a number of striking image options for the covers of his soon-to-be-released double album, Cameron Live! The CD portion of the set contains a live concert …
IN THE MOUNTAIN’S SHADOW
Four states in four days. It’s been a busy week, riding the rails and rolling down the highway, shooting commercial interiors and editorial portraits. Wednesday found me in Eastern Pennsylvania, Thursday it was Southern New Jersey, and today- upstate New York. Tomorrow I’ll be on a bus to Boston followed by a train to Plymouth …
THE TWO JAKES: DOWN FROM THE SUN VIDEO PREMIERE
I just wrapped up postproduction on the music video for Jake Hill‘s Down From The Sun, the lead track from Jake’s forthcoming third album, In The Mountain’s Shadow. I may have spoken a bit prematurely when, in a recent post, I proclaimed Jake to be The New Man In Black. After watching the video below …
THE NEW MAN IN BLACK ARRIVES APRIL 24TH
A message in a (Miller High Life) bottle lapped up on the shore of Pho(Blog)graphy Island early this morning while I was out making my daily rounds with the metal detector. Still can’t find that Sac that I lost. Anyway, the message was from the home office of the Cape Cod Bay Arts & Entertainment …
A WORK IN PROGRESS: JAKE HILL
I wrapped up a project this week with New England-based singer/songwriter Jake Hill. Over a two day shoot we completed the cover for Jake’s soon-to-be-released third album, In The Mountain’s Shadow, shot a wide range of promotional portraits, and filmed a video for lead single and album opener ‘Down From The Sun’. While I can’t …
CLOSED OPENING: A TOKYO JUXTAPOSED + LOUD OBJECTS ÷ DJ NORI VS. THE SUSHI LOOP @ SUPERCORE RECAP
Tokyo Juxtaposed- my series of photographs pairing cultural and aesthetic imagery from modern-day Japan, went on display last Thursday at Supercore in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. A small opening event marked the occasion. Old friends came out to show their support, new friends were made, and a good time was had by all in attendance. The evening …
WITH A SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE BY…
Loud Objects! Unfortunately it looks like Tristan (aka ‘The Cute One‘) will not be in attendance as he is currently ‘out of town.’ Allegedly. Did you just hear that? That was the sound of the collective heart of a throng of prepubescent Jersey City middle school girls breaking. Sad, sad day indeed. But hey, we’ve …
CHRISTMAS LISTENING: BOB DYLAN
I’ve been soundtracking my end-of-the-decade tree trimming and chestnut roasting to the delightfully tipsy interpretations of holiday standards by the master craftsman, Bob Dylan. Christmas In The Heart marks album number 47 for Dylan, and the first Christmas album of his nearly six-decade career which has seen a late renaissance of sorts since 1997′s Grammy-winning …
THE MAVERICK ORGANIST
I will be attending a concert this Saturday afternoon by ‘The Maverick Organist,’ Cameron Carpenter. I worked on a shoot with Cameron earlier this summer and posted about it here. Since then, Cameron and I have completed two more photo shoots together, both with the intention of providing images for his upcoming double CD/DVD album …
LOUD OBJECTS ON FREE MUSIC ARCHIVE
Loud Objects, an experimental noise and chiptune trio, have released an album called Cory Arcangels on Free Music Archive and have used a shot from a session that I did with them for the album cover. You can listen to the album for free here. The original image and an alternate look can be seen …
SHARON VAN ETTEN @ THE METROPOLITAN BUILDING
A few behind the scenes snapshots and one alternate look from a recent shoot with Sharon Van Etten at The Metropolitan Building in Long Island City. Art direction by Christine Be. Two final selects from the shoot can be seen in the Musicians portfolio on my website, here. Sharon’s debut album, Because I Was In …
DOVES
I recently had the chance to see Doves perform at Terminal 5 in Manhattan. I’ve been following the Mancunian trio since their 2000 debut, Lost Souls, but this was the first opportunity I’ve had to see them live. A few snapshots from the evening are posted below. I highly recommend checking out Kingdom Of Rust, …
CAMERON CARPENTER
A few behind the scenes shots and a select from a recent shoot with Cameron Carpenter, pipe organ virtuoso. We worked together against an overcast sky on his rooftop in the Lower East Side and did an editorial street shot in Freeman Alley. I recommend doing a quick YouTube search of his name, you will …
