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  • Digital Album

    Immediate download of 5-track album in your choice of high-quality MP3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.

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  • Once In A While Sky Compact Disk

    Comes in a lovely sleeve with artwork by Tim Huggins, based on a photo taken by Rich West Blatt in Yellowstone National Park.

    Includes immediate download of 5-track album in your choice of high-quality MP3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.

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about

Beautifully imagined and exquisitely rendered, Rich West Blatt & The Once In A While Sky introduces a powerful new voice in Portland's Americana music scene. The five songs on the disc display the varied talents of singer-songwriter Rich West Blatt, a noted musician, producer and engineer who has risen in stature since arriving in the Pacific Northwest five years ago. Culled from sessions featuring some of Portland's finest players, the songs please and challenge both the listener and fantastic musicians who make up Mr. Blatt's new band.

credits

released 29 September 2012
Rich West Blatt - vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, tambourine
and other fiddly percussion
Aram Arslanian - bgvs Jail Free Card, Window, Butterfly
Anders Bergstrom - drums
Arthur Parker - bass
JP Garau - Wurlitzer and Hammond B3 - Jail Free Card, Window, What I Do
Harley James - pedal steel guitar - What I Do
Kat Jones - bgvs - What I Do
Dr. Kris Kwapis - trumpet choir on Stella
Chuck Colburn - trumpet choir on Stella

tags

tags: americana country americana roots rock folk indie rock Portland

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about

East coast raised, soaked in Bruce Springsteen, (and maybe a little Bon Jovi...); tempered by years in the Detroit music scene; then transplanted to Portland Oregon, Rich West Blatt's wistful songwriting captures the longing and regret of being human in a style reminiscent of Ryan Adams, Gram Parsons and Steve Earle. He has been compared to early Big Star, Tom Petty and Vic Chestnutt. ... more

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