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Dave Peters and his Mountain Babies

Folk music, booze, and coffee

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released album produced by Mountain Babies. The album is a seven track line-up unique for its ability to jump from catchy, airy songs like Mother Earth to the haunting, psychedelic notes of White Moon. Peters is joined in the album by Rachael Spangler as additional vocals, Brandon Leyva on percussion, and Saadat Hossain on the organ, synth, and vibraphone. A raw, Live From series of songs from SHOUTS made by Poverty Art Productions is also available on Youtube. According to Peters, SHOUTS has become the most popular download on his Bandcamp site. I think because its laid out in a more personal manner, people could feel me more in the songs. Its intimate; really intimate. Peters announced the song, Mother Earth, will be available as a single release on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Google Play, and other online music stores. The Mountain Babies discography can be downloaded from Bandcamp. A digital download of SHOUTS is currently available for $5, and a cassette of the new album is announced to become available from Detroit based ZZZ Tapes at www. zzztapes.com. A SHOUTS listening party will be held at the SchwonkSoundStead at 8 p.m., Feb. 8. The event is free and open to all interested participants. The SchwonkSoundSteak is a house venue and community center located at 1521 7th St. in Port Huron, right on the corner of 7th St. and Griswold. Contact Erick Fredendall at ejfredendall@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter @MrFredendall.

scene blog, Hip in Detroit, likens Peters voice to Johnny Cash, while Bandcamp.com compares his music to Nick Drake and the Fleet Foxes. Local folk singer and songwriter Dave Peters band of one, Mountain Peters laughed after hearing mention of Hip in Detroits review. Babies, started with an unusual dream. The best one Ive had was when I was standing on a mountain, it someone compared me to Johnny was raining tomatoes, and there Cash on LSD, he said, smiling. Its were babies everywhere. definitely a compliment. I grew up That dream lead to a brief listening to a lot of Cash and other recording session in 2008 that country, like Hank Williams. produced the now hard-to-find song, But if you ask Peters, his definition Kingsley Hill. Shortly thereafter, of Mountain Babies is a bit more Mountain Babies was formed. nuanced than traditional folk music. In 2012 Mountain Babies released Mountain Babies is still evolving, their first studio album, Whispers. Peters explained, I usually play Two years later, the Port Huron solo, just a guy with an acoustic, native is now celebrating the release sometimes with a shaker duct of his eighth recording under the taped to his foot. When I recorded band name Mountain Babies. my latest album it turned into Mountain Babies has been something different. described by fans and music His latest album, SHOUTS, seems bloggers as nu-folk, psychedelic to back up this claim. folk, and Americana. A Detroit music SHOUTS is the fourth studio Erick Fredendall Editor-in-Chief

Dave Peters strums on his guitar on a frigid day in the middle of downtown Port Huron. Photo credit: Erick Fredendall

SHOUTS by Mountain Babies

Released January 2014

Recommended tracks: Find it Easy Mother Earth

SHOUT exemplifies the storytelling aspect of Peters music, and the album takes you on a wild ride between eerie and cheery. Its weird, but good. Check it out. -Erick Fredendall