The Railroad Square Music Festival crew have teamed up with Prairie Sun Recording to produce a compilation album of Sonoma County artists. The album will consist of 12 songs and include a free QR code on an upcoming custom Henhouse Brewing Company beer to be released on June 9.
RSMF will host a listening party on their Facebook and YouTube channels on June 13. In lieu of the annual festival date, this volunteer-run project endeavors to maintain a tradition of shining a spotlight onto the wealth of talent and creativity in the area. A limited run of enamel RSMF pins will be available at Brew Coffee and Beer in Santa Rosa.
The compilation includes original songs from ElectroJazz artist Eki Shola, a new band put together for the album by Gabe Katz called Bummer Peak, Funky Petalumans Bronze Medal Hopefuls, poetic Hip Hop artist Kayatta, homegrown songwriters Heartwood Trio, soulful rising star Simone Mosely, lo-fi doom act Coldest, norteño alternativos Pistoleros Famosos, Surf Pop-Punkers The Happys, Highway Poet Sebastian St. James, acoustic R&B duo Jaz and Crow and our own stalwart captain Josh Windmiller’s The Crux.
In its fourth decade of operation, the Prairie Sun Recording studio is known as a residential recording facility with a technical bent toward vintage analog-recording equipment as well as state-of-the-art digital technology. Van Morrison, Greg Allman, Kate Wolf, Mickey Hart, Primus, Faith No More, the Melvins, Ramblin’ Jack Eliot and surf music creator Dick Dale all have recorded at Prairie Sun or used its post-production facilities. Producer and engineer Steve Albini (Nirvana, Pixies, Led Zeppelin) has done work at PSR, as has Sonoma County artist Tom Waits, whose Bone Machine album, winner of the 1992 Grammy for Best Alternative release, was co-produced by Waits and his wife, Kathleen Brennan, entirely at Prairie Sun.
The Railroad Square Music Festival is a project of The Lost Church, who started a small theater in Santa Rosa in 2019 and is scheduled to reopen in the fall.
