Dylan Earl
Born in Louisiana and naturalized by the Natural State, Dylan Earl seeks to understand himself by understanding others. His most recent album, ‘Level-Headed Even Smile’ (2025), offers poignant nostalgia, land history, and a refreshingly progressive approach to country and western music. It is rife with his signature wry wit, irreverence, and an endearing desire to colour outside the lines. Earl is a welcome, original voice in the scene, finding favour in mainstream and alternative spaces alike as a loveable, alt-country hippie.
Jacob Aranda
Jacob Aranda is a Bay Area singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and luthier. Born and raised in a Latino household in rural Illinois, Jacob moved to the Bay Area in 2013. There he met songwriter Paula Frazer in the burgeoning folk-psych-country community and joined her legendary band, Tarnation. Frazer quickly became a mentor to Aranda, resulting in the release of his first solo full-length album, “Great Highway”, in 2018.
While his first album was an expression of hopelessness and longing, “War Planes” is fundamentally an album about healing intergenerational trauma and doing so through art. "War Planes," an ethereal, psychedelic country album, feels like a next chapter, with elements of rebirth and reflection.
Influenced by Gene Clark, Waylon Jennings, The Cowboy Junkies, and Ry Cooders "Paris, Texas" soundtrack, "War Planes" was produced & engineered by Desmond Shea at SF’s legendary Hyde Street Studios, & features the talents of friends and Tarnation bandmates, Paula Frazer (bass, vocals), David Cuetter (pedal steel), and Sam Berman (drums), plus Patrick Main (piano), Alisa Rose (violins), Jason Loeks (upright bass), Sara Gallagher (banjo, vocals), and vocalists Meryl Theo Press, Karina Denike (Dance Hall Crashers), Michael James Tapscott, and Lydia Walker.
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