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RIO BRAVO, Scott Ballew’s 3rd album, and La Honda Records debut, is available now.
“Every now and then Scotty would sneak a pretty good song in around the campfire. I never knew how serious he was about it until he sent me his most recent collection of tunes. It takes a lot of courage to open up and share your soul in a song and I’m damn sure that when folks hear his tunes they’ll be happy he did.” – Ryan Bingham
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Scott Ballew Featured in Holler.
Holler. – May 14, 2024
"'I think the stuff that resonates on a visceral level is stuff that might not be sonically perfect, but it still feels compelling,' said Ballew…
"I've never thought I have a classically good voice', Scott Ballew confesses, 'So when I'm in a room with other musicians that can make it sound really nice, my instinct is to cover it up as much as possible with their goodness. Mike Nau, who produced Rio Bravo, and some of the other musicians were really good at giving me the confidence to let the space provide some of that power. The way we recorded it, it was kind of half-live and spontaneous – half the songs we recorded in one day. Then the other half, it was a bit of a Frankenstein experiment between Mike and I virtually. I'd have a minute to sit with the songs with just the piano or the guitar, and Mike would add one thing at a time, and that approach allowed it to be more stripped down than it probably would have been live.'"
Scott Ballew Doesn’t Want to Hear About Your Drug Trips on “Old Fashioned”
Flood Magazine – March 14, 2024
“The artist’s new album Rio Bravo will arrive on March 29 via La Honda Records…
Regarding the track, Ballew says: “A bunch of my friends went through a phase of doing a lot of ayahuasca, and they wouldn't shut up about it. This song is in response to that, and touches on my own path towards enlightenment. If the theme of the album is letting go and surrender, then this song might be the one that addresses that most directly.”