Where his 2020 debut record Live Forever introduced the experiences and places that shaped Bartees Strange (Flagey, Brussels; Mustang, Oklahoma), Farm to Table zeros in on the people – specifically his family – and those closest to him on his journey so far. With his career firmly on the ascent, Farm to Table examines Bartees’ constantly shapeshifting relationship with life post-Live Forever. It also speaks to a deeper lore that says, don’t forget where you came from, and this album is why. Across 10 songs, Bartees is celebrating the past, moving towards the future and fully appreciating the present.

ABOUT BARTEES STRANGE:
Born Bartees Leon Cox Jr. in Ipswich, England to a military father and opera-singer mother Bartees had a peripatetic early childhood before eventually settling in Mustang, Oklahoma. Later, Bartees cut his teeth playing in hardcore bands in Washington D.C. and Brooklyn whilst working in the Barack Obama administration and (eventually) the environmental movement. Since charting a path as a solo artist, Bartees Strange has released two records in quick succession: an EP reimagining songs by The National (Say Goodbye To Pretty Boy, 2020) and his debut album proper Live Forever (2020).

Zelma Stone is the San Francisco and LA -based music project of Bay Area native Chloe Zelma Studebaker. “A Dance” is the forthcoming EP from the now LA-based project, Zelma Stone. Singer/songwriter, Chloe Zelma Studebaker, likens the ever changing moments in a life cycle to the raw physical expression of a dancing body. It’s a performance that portrays a familiar experience filled with peaks and valleys, occupied by catharsis and habitual contemplation.
Written in the peak of the pandemic and recorded at Altamira Sound studios by Carly Bond (Meernna), “A Dance”, the first single released on March 7, 2023 is a powerful taste of what’s more to come this year from Zelma Stone. The full EP will be out in July, 2023.✿

“Beautiful and appealing…there’s a quiet defiance in these songs.” -NPR