Ryley Walker, Mike Mangione & The Kin

$20

press release: Ryley Walker's new album, Golden Sings That Have Been Sung, on Dead Oceans is the triumphant follow up to his breakout album, Primrose Green, which earned critical hosannas from the likes of NPR, Village Voice, Uncut, and Mojo and admiration of musicians who had chalked up no shortage of turntable miles in Walker’s life. Robert Plant declared himself a fan – as did double-bass legend Danny Thompson, with whom Ryley embarked on a British tour.

Mike Mangione: For the past thirteen years I have been on the move.  I grew up in Chicago, attended Marquette University and after graduation, moved to Los Angeles to pursue something as a musician.  While there I recorded an album entitled There and Back.  A little while later I moved into my van with my dog, played all the contiguous United States at night, and then slept in parking lots and rest stops.  After a year and a half of that nonsense I moved back to Milwaukee and married my college sweetheart.  At that point I started a band called The Union, and we began recording my second record, Tenebrae, in Lexington, KY.  We then accomplished the third, Offering, also in Lexington, KY.  Finally, we finished the fourth, Red-winged Blackbird Man, in Iowa City, IA.  All of that production was over the span of seven years.