tomorrow!  oh tomorrow .   plum coulee will be here .

in the last few weeks i’ve received some notes from you asking about the album, so i’ve decided to post a few little answers :

where can i purchase plum coulee?
gosh,  thank you for asking!  she will be available exclusively through my bandcamp store as of tomorrow, the 30th . and  available by the end of january through all other avenues :  iTunes, amazon, etc .

can i get a tangible CD?
at the moment, plum coulee is only available in digital format .   we are giving much thought to creating tangible artwork and a cd pressing,  possibly in the new year .   we’ve also created quite a lovely place to visit & experience more of the songs, artifacts  & aesthetic right here .

i’d like to give plum coulee as a christmas gift .
what a kind thought .      just for that very purpose we’ve created download codes for the album, which you can purchase in the store .  you’ll receive an email with the code and voila!  you can print it out,  handwrite it in a card,  or carve it in the snow, to give to a friend .

is this a record i can dance to?
ummmm …  possibly .  if you like to sway .    but she’s more well suited for laying under the stars … or reminiscing .  going for a drive …  or keeping warm on a chilly night by the fire . she’s a patient record,  and i hope you will enjoy the pauses .

thank you for listening . for seeing, and for waiting . i hope you enjoy,  come tomorrow .

helena, montana .  photo by andrew shepherd .

digging through piles of notebooks and journal entries this morning,  it amazes me how far back the traces of plum coulee are found .

borrowing an excerpt from a letter i wrote to my dear friend dan miles  :

_____________________________            may,  2008  .     ___________________________________

dan,

i’ve been inspired to no end the last few weeks by this fantastic book called wheels across montana’s prairie ..

first hand accounts of the pioneers & families of eastern montana .  it’s a rare compilation..   only a few books
in print, telling these incredible stories … heartbreakingly beautiful .

and it’s now becoming the pull for my next record . this line specifically :

‘  plum coulee was where we picked wild sweet peas and searched through the old dumping grounds for
interesting things  ‘ .

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sometimes it’s the smallest thing that catches our attention,  and holds it , for long periods of time …
for entire seasons, even .

that one simple, delicate line about plum coulee, a valley in eastern montana,  struck a deep chord in me .

…  where we picked wild sweet peas and searched through the old dumping grounds for
interesting things .

the stories i read from those early days in montana,  the findings of beauty midst the wrestling, felt so parallel to my own
wrestlings and findings …   and ultimately, gave me a sense of richness and solace in writing my own story .

the collection of songs began to take shape,  including tales indicative of the place and time of early eastern montana .   but also a telling my own histories that i had yet to share  .   of my divorce,   finding my way through depression,  of family secrets and  love lost .   and especially the beauty to be found in brokenness .

and so,   each of these songs are a story of their own,  gathered and chosen for the whole of the plum coulee collection .

one  in which i hope, with all of me,  you too will find richness and solace  .

helena, montana .    photo by andrew shepherd .