Today’s song “El Camino Adios” is the title track of the recently released (through The Label Group/Virgin Records) second album from The Scarlet Goodbye, the band headed by Daniel Murphy (Golden Smog and Soul Asylum) and Jeff Arundel, with contributions from other talented musicians. The song has a dusty desert feel to it, which is appropriate since the album paints a vivid picture of a mythical small town, capturing the essence of life’s hellos, goodbyes, heartaches, and reflections – with on this song the emphasis laying full square on goodbye. Goodbye to a small town, and maybe goodbye to a large love.
The Scarlet Goodbye was formed after a chance meeting of long-time Minnesota musicians Daniel Murphy and Jeff Arundel which led to an attic studio in St. Paul, Minnesota, where they created their debut album 2023’s ‘Hopes Eternal‘, which drew on their own talents and inspiration from the likes of the Rolling Stones and Townes Van Zandt.
The Scarlet Goodbye is a Minnesota band that has a "happened by accident" kind of backstory. Soul Asylum/Golden Smog veteran Daniel Murphy and Yacht-Rocker/Producer Jeff Arundel met via a random encounter in a café on a cobblestone street and from this came a pandemic-worth's of writing and recording. It also…
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A filmmaker and songwriter from Calgary in Canada, Danielle French delivers here nine songs she crafted while attending a series of songwriters' workshops, the songs co-writes with fellow attendees and for the most part recorded with her co writers. Despite this plethora of contributors French keeps a firm hand on…
Sure, I could climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holiday. I could be happy. All I really want is the excitement of first hearing The Byrds, the amazement of decades of Dylan's music, or the thrill of seeing a band like The Long Ryders live. That's not much to ask, is it?
