Dan & Faith

Hello!

We have some big news this month! But first…

The hillsides around us are turning lovely shades of red, orange and yellow. The zucchini apocalypse is pretty much over. We’re still harvesting amazing peppers, both hot and sweet, as well as celery and kale. There are beautiful Kennebec potatoes out there with a bit of digging, and we likely have enough butternut squash to feed us all winter. And tomatoes. Such tomatoes! Perfect brandywine (beefsteak) tomatoes that slice perfectly for lunchtime tomato sandwiches, and an insane number of cherry tomatoes. We’ve been giving away cherry tomatoes right and left, and they keep coming… Peaches and pears are done, and we’re trying to figure out how best to store our apples so they’ll keep while we’re on the road.

Yes, we’re headed out on the road this month! First stop is in Bloomington, IN for the Hoosier Original Music Association (HOOMAC) Songwriters Showcase at Sleeper’s Bar on Tuesday, October 8th. We appreciate the HOOMAC folks considering us honorary Hoosiers! Music runs 7-9pm.

From there, we head to Coffeyville, KS for a weeklong residency as part of the Humanities Community Outreach program run by Artists Of Note. This program brings live performances and diverse experiences to a series of shows for active seniors, high school and college students in the area. As part of the program, we will be giving a free public concert on Tuesday, October 15th at the Coffeyville Community College’s Spencer/Rounds Theater. Music starts at 6pm.

For any fellow musicians who will be attending the Folk Alliance Regional Midwest Conference (FARM) in Naperville, IL from Thursday, October 24th through Sunday, October 27th, let’s meet up!

So what’s our big news? We are delighted to announce that our new album, Who We Are, is now available on our Bandcamp page! The songs cover a wide range of joy and sadness, melancholy and hope, blending various instruments with storytelling lyrics that evoke the people and places in our lives. It was produced by our dear friend (and amazing songwriter in his own right) Joe Jencks, mixed by Mark Dann (who mixed and mastered our previous album, Then and Now), and mastered by Grammy winner Charlie Pilzer of Tonal Park Studios. It will be available on other streaming services (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.) on October 18th, and out for radio promotion in November and December. Rather than do a basic DigiPak CD jacket, we produced a 70 page paperback book that’s the same size as a CD jacket filled with lyrics, stories, photos, and drawings to accompany each song. We hope that, even if you plan to listen to it via streaming, you’ll consider picking up the book as a companion to your listening experience. And if you come to one of our shows, we’ll have copies with us!

Conveniently, this Friday, October 4th, is Bandcamp Friday! During the bleak Covid days of 2020, Bandcamp declared the first Friday of the month to be Bandcamp Friday, where they reduce their cut of album sales on the platform. They have continued this tradition since then (though not necessarily every month). So if you’d like to pick up a copy of Who We Are, this Friday would be an excellent choice of days to do it! Though we appreciate your picking it up (or any of our earlier albums or singles!) at any time. And don’t forget, the holidays are approaching! Music is an excellent gift.

One last thing — if you are eligible to vote in US elections, get yourself registered and then VOTE! If you’re already registered, check the status of your registration to make sure it’s up to date. And if you’re lucky enough to live in a state where there is early voting, take advantage of that, too. We’re five weeks out from Election Day, and every vote counts, up and down the ballot.

Our albums Then and Now, Seeking, and Simple Grace are available from us at shows and on our website, through Bandcamp, or you can find them at iTunes and most other online music stores. Our music is also available streaming on Spotify and Apple Music.

As always, you can find additional schedule information on our website. For additional content and stories from the road, follow us on Patreon. For more frequent news updates and information, check out our Facebook fan page and follow us on Twitter (@danandfaith).

Our hearts and thoughts are with our friends and all the folks who are recovering from the wrath of Hurricane Helene. From landfall in Florida up through the mountains of North Carolina, those areas are familiar to us. They all have a lot of work ahead to recover from this. Let’s help them as much as we can.

Dan & Faith