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First Listen: Juniper Street by Darci Phenix

Portland-based folk-pop singer-songwriter Darci Phenix bought her first bass guitar in her home town of Sacramento with the counsel of her mother, a lawyer turned musician, and Michael Roe, the leader of 80s rock group The 77s.  A community of musicians and artists has always been the norm for Darci, from childhood where she would sit on shoulders during California’s Strawberry Music Festival, through her teenage years when she began to fine-tune her own compositions.  Witnessing first hand the development of artists including Molly Tuttle and Alison Krauss, and being inspired by the likes of Jackie Green, Tim O’Brien, Emmylou Harris and John Prine, Darci’s exposure to the world of song from a young age made a lasting impact. Ten years after purchasing that first bass, Darci enlisted Michael Roe to handle the string arrangements on her debut album, The Blue Period.

Darci’s new record, her first for Team Love Records, expands on her debut both in terms of its sonic reach and the influences being tapped.  Darci tells of being played Kate Wolf, Little Feat and The Grateful Dead while still in the womb, and she imagines those subtle and preconscious sounds are now manifesting in her own song-writing and lyrical creations. Entitled Juniper Street, the new record brings to the forefront these influences and crafts them to a fine point. It’s a mix of all that is great about the rich songwriting past she’s come to identify as a part of her self, and her own personal experiences as a young person navigating America in the early part of the 21st century.

The 6-track EP sees Darci’s warm and gentle vocals drift over simple acoustic guitar and soft brass which provides an elegant touch. Delicate and tender, Juniper Street is like a welcome ray of sunshine on a rainy Autumn day. Stream the EP above.

First Listen: Juniper Street by Darci Phenix

Portland-based folk-pop singer-songwriter Darci Phenix bought her first bass guitar in her home town of Sacramento with the counsel of her mother, a lawyer turned musician, and Michael Roe, the leader of 80s rock group The 77s.  A community of musicians and artists has always been the norm for Darci, from childhood where she would sit on shoulders during California’s Strawberry Music Festival, through her teenage years when she began to fine-tune her own compositions.  Witnessing first hand the development of artists including Molly Tuttle and Alison Krauss, and being inspired by the likes of Jackie Green, Tim O’Brien, Emmylou Harris and John Prine, Darci’s exposure to the world of song from a young age made a lasting impact. Ten years after purchasing that first bass, Darci enlisted Michael Roe to handle the string arrangements on her debut album, The Blue Period.

Darci’s new record, her first for Team Love Records, expands on her debut both in terms of its sonic reach and the influences being tapped.  Darci tells of being played Kate Wolf, Little Feat and The Grateful Dead while still in the womb, and she imagines those subtle and preconscious sounds are now manifesting in her own song-writing and lyrical creations. Entitled Juniper Street, the new record brings to the forefront these influences and crafts them to a fine point. It’s a mix of all that is great about the rich songwriting past she’s come to identify as a part of her self, and her own personal experiences as a young person navigating America in the early part of the 21st century.

The 6-track EP sees Darci’s warm and gentle vocals drift over simple acoustic guitar and soft brass which provides an elegant touch. Delicate and tender, Juniper is like a welcome ray of sunshine on a rainy Autumn day. Stream the EP above.