So I’m just sitting there, minding my own business and Raphael Cutrufello (the man at the helm of Hezekiah Jones) sends over a couple of songs from “this upcoming compilation for Philadelphia artists”.  I think “great” because I consider the PA area of the USA one of my favourite areas for musical talent.  Then I took a listen and now I’m looking forward to more!

Philly sings Philly was a series of live shows over the course of 5 weeks where local artists covered each others songs.  My boy Raphael is pretty well known in the folk scene in Philly, so he was in there like a dirty shirt!  So far a stand out track is Hezekiah Jones (with Brad Hinton) covering a Joshua Britton track “Gospels” – great stuff.  Listen below (please ignore how it displays, it is Hezekiah Jones);

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So now you know where I am coming from.  So far there are “officially” only the two tracks that I know of, but I am digging in for more that I presume will surface in the new year courtesy of Turtle Studios.  The Ryan Tennis track where he covers Chris Grunwald is fantastic as well – fans of a Damien Rice/David Gray should take note on that one.

I also wanted to leave you with another group of Philly artists fronted by Brad Hinton covering a Hezekiah Jones track – Enjoy, Cannonball (I’ve Got a Little Room).

So keep an ear out and swing by for a purchase of the two tracks from PSP so far – only $0.76 USD for each and proceeds go to the 420 fund.  Visit the Bandcamp page HERE.

~Smansmith

p.s.  Don’t miss the Dec. 29th show with Andrew Lipke, Hezekiah Jones and Chris Kasper at Sellersville Theatre – info/tix HERE.