Backyard Birds by Lisa Bastoni
“Backyard Birds” is a collection of seven songs, recorded at home over the winter of 2020/2021. I am thankful to Sean Staples, who produced and played most of the instruments on this album, and who shares the writing with me on four of these seven songs.
The title comes from a line in Sorrow's a String - "a new radio tower has gone up in the distance, but the backyard birds still whistle your song," written after a visit a couple years ago to my grandparents' old place. “Southern Belle” is a song I wrote in Austin back in 2005, given new life here. “Hidden in the Song” and "Red Rocks" were originally intended for How We Want to Live, and I am happy to finally share them now. The last song, “This is My Love,” was recorded onto my phone at my kitchen table. Listen closely and you will hear the backyard birds outside my window.
Tracklist
| 1. | Bring it On | 3:32 |
| 2. | Southern Belle | 3:09 |
| 3. | Sorrow's a String | 3:32 |
| 4. | If Not Today | 3:49 |
| 5. | Red Rocks | 3:41 |
| 6. | Hidden in the Song | 3:28 |
| 7. | This is My Love | 2:51 |
Credits
Lisa Bastoni - guitar, vocal
Tim Kelly - dobro on "Southern Belle"
Sean Staples - guitars, bass, percussion, dobro, banjo, harmony vocals, keys, pump organ, bouzouki, mandolin, baritone uke
Produced, engineered, and mixed by Sean Staples at Wesley Park Studio
"This is My Love" recorded on an iPhone at Lisa's kitchen table
Mastered by David Westner
License
All rights reserved.
Lisa Bastoni is a 2019 and 2020 Boston Music Award nominee (Folk) , and winner of the 2019 Kerrville New Folk Contest. "Americana of the highest order...along the lines of Gretchen Peters or Patty Griffin." (Maverick-UK). She lives in Northampton, MA.