1 January 2012
First CSA Box Delivered!
At 6am EST, we delivered our first CSA box to subscribers. We figured this is about the time the milkman would arrive, anyway. Happy listening!
If you're not a subscriber, head over to the new CSA site, Music is Food, to sample the new box and subscribe to Community Supported Art.
Thanks again to Jonathan Fitzgerald and Kris Wood for contributing their time and talents to ensure a successful launch of the new project, and to all you CSA subscribers for coming on board for a year of organic music!
Happy New Year,
Jake
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15 December 2011
Christmas CSA Box Now Available
We're offering a limited number of CSA Christmas Boxes, by popular request.
The CSA Christmas Box is a year's gift subscription to Community Supported Art, paid in advance ($12.00). You can ONLY purchase one for someone else - that's what a Christmas Box is for!
They're going fast, so head to the CSA page to grab one. Please be sure to add your gift recipient's email address in the field provided.
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14 December 2011
A Taste
Here's a bite of our January CSA Box.
This song, "Blessed Are The Poor," is boxed up and ready to ship your way in just two weeks! Subscribe now!
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5 December 2011
CSA at the Old Town
Here's me explaining the CSA concept to the crowd at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music. They were pretty hip to the idea, I think some of them must have joined farms already.
Thanks to the audience that night for welcoming me in on my first performance at this marvelous venue.
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7 November 2011
Inaugural CSA Recording Session
Middleville Studios, North Reading, MA
Back at the scene of 2008's Her sessions, tracking for the new JA CSA got underway today. The session featured Mark Erelli, Richard Gates and Jesse Armerding and was a smashing success. We got January's tune in the bag, and made good headway on February and March.
Erelli detuning his lap steel guitar to a low B6 was definitely a highlight. Or a lowlight, depending on how you look at it.
We took far too many photos and also shot some exclusive video of the session, to be included in the CSA Winter Surplus Box. Subscribe before the end of the year to be included in the surplus!
Cheers,
Jake
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1 November 2011
The Jake Armerding CSA
We've launched Community Supported Art!
Music is food — at least, that's what we believe. So we're launching a subscription service to Jake's new album: a song a month, for a dollar a month.
Visit the new CSA page for all the details.
Special thanks to Danica Donnelly for the gorgeous photos and to Fitz for his maverick coding skills.
Long live the Jake Armerding CSA!
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24 October 2011
The Truth + Beauty Fund Relaunched!
Friends, in anticipation of next week's unveiling of the Jake Armerding CSA, we have officially relaunched the Truth + Beauty Fund.
The Truth + Beauty Fund is a way to invest in the music of Jake Armerding. Jake created the fund in 2008 to help subsidize the recording sessions for his fifth album, Her. There was a huge response, with investments eventually topping $5,000. The high quality of the recording and performances is largely due to fan support.
Visit the new Truth + Beauty page for all the details!
You can also check out our beautiful new CSA page, which provides a glimpse of the upcoming project.
Stay tuned for a November 1 launch of the Jake Armerding CSA!
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8 August 2011
Good on you, Soulfest.
Thanks to those of you who caught the JA set at Soulfest this year -- we filled the lodge this time around, and felt supremely loved. Though it seems the Fretful Porcupine walked away with a lot of the press. (I even saw them doing an interview over by the fried dough stand. Some guys have all the luck.)
Looking forward to next year! Cheers, and enjoy the end of the season.
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8 June 2011
Annapolis
Summer is upon us, and everyone in his right mind heads for the shore. The shores of Maryland, that is.
I'll be performing a concert at Marina View Music (which, as luck would have it, has a gorgeous view of the Annapolis City Marina) this Saturday, the venue's debut performance.
I've made friends with a bunch of you over at the Ram's Head these last few years -- feel free to drop by for a more intimate show. There are a few seats left.
Cheers, and enjoy the weekend!
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15 June 2010
The Fretful Porcupine Released!
The Fretful Porcupine, a collaboration between violinist/mandolinist Jake Armerding and saxophonist Kevin Gosa, released their debut recording, the Cellar Sessions, at noon today.
It is available for purchase in the Store, and make sure to catch the live online rooftop release concert this Thursday, June 17 at 8pm EST!
In the meantime, enjoy the first track off the new EP, "Lonesome Fiddle Blues," currently streaming on JA Radio.
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2 June 2009
New Album Her Officially Released
Today Jake released his fifth studio album, Her, a collection of love songs. (What else could he release, really, after getting married this year.) Eleven new tracks, largely paid for by investors in the Truth and Beauty Fund, that feature some of Boston's and New York City's best musicians -- Mark Erelli, Zack Hickman, Kevin Barry, Lyle Brewer, Richard Gates, Taylor Armerding, Kevin Gosa, Damien Bassman, Paul Bessenbacher and Billy Beard, among others.
From Jake: "This is the best-sounding project I've made, and I think the songs hold up across the line. It kind of freaked me out, the thought of making a 'happy' album, and I was a little nervous about veering into cliché. But I think we avoided it. And let me say, we had a ball making it. A special thanks to those who gave in support of this project, cheers to you all, and enjoy the music."
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30 March 2009
Review of Songs in Stained Glass
Christy Tennant, a writer on staff with the International Arts Movement (IAM) -- perhaps our current favorite non-profit organization -- wrote an article on her blog 'Conversant Life' about Jake's latest release, Songs in Stained Glass, and Jake's odd marketing tactic of selling it for free.
Read it here.
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March 15, 2009
Songs in Stained Glass Released
Digital Release of Songs in Stained Glass, Jake's first album of psalms and spiritual songs. His most experimental work to date, not least in his decision to make the record available for free download at an online startup called Noisetrade. The free music site, created by a handful of musicians in Nashville, features dozens of records released around the country by independent musicians like Jake.
The album was released on the occasion of a chapel performance at Wheaton College (IL). Noisetrade recorded over 600 downloads of the album by the end of the week.
