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Photo by Gretjen Helene
Exercise the Spirit shoot. Photo by Julia Hoffman, Franklin Park, Boston
"Home is Where" Noontime Show Sing Along Photo by Courtney Bent, Summer Arts Camp, Cambridge School of Weston
Backyard Concerts, Brighton, MA with John Sands, Jim Haggerty, Jamie Edwards
Death By Candy photo shoot Photo by Margie Kelley
Roslindale 2016, Photo by Lisa Dawber
Lizard Lounge, with Session Americana, 2005
House of Blues with Rachel Taylor
Brookline Rooftop Photo by Liz Linder
Instant Magazine roof-top shoot
Photo by Liz Linder; box by Harv
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AUGUST 1, 2018, NEW MUSIC RELEASE -- EXERCISE THE SPIRIT revisits the energy and grit of You & Me & Hell (1995), with new lyric armor. RS continues to tout a love of eclectic chord changes and rhythms, a sweet-tooth for harmonies, and vocals sung full-voice or cautiously up close. Not just colorful 2-guitar pop/rock, but eclectic, edgy, electric sounds with sincerity.
This brief collection of introspective songs pushes hard against forces many of us need to talk about these days: insecurity, depression, and separation. "Run to Hide" and "Lazy Bones" are direct conversations with the self-saboteur. Landmine is a love song to a dear one battling a dark, impenetrable lowness. "Ageless Pill (Called Playing)" and "Exercise the Spirit" call out the crazy speed of life and the need to lean on more than humanness to be kind to ourselves and one another. "Exercise..." is the last track, believing in the end, the Spirit can transport us, transform us, if given the invitation.
Artwork
Exercise the Spirit Graphic Design:
Jim Haggerty
RS rainy sky photo: Julia Hoffman