Americana Highways pulled over out in California to chat with Sir Canyon’s Noah Lamberth, filmmaker and occasional pedal steel player for Katy Perry, about his upcoming release, Ventura Skies, produced by Andy Davis and due to be released March 2nd…
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For Folk’s Sake Interviews Sir Canyon
Sir Canyon’s Noah Lamberth is an innovator. Yet, whenever he’s successfully blending genres, influences, and ideas, into his next psychedelic country fête, he makes it look oh-so-easy. The masterful singer-songwriter wasn’t always intent on producing the newfound windswept sound that he has on his latest project, but we here at For Folk’s Sake sure are glad that he did. We sat down with Lamberth for a quick Q&A regarding Sir Canyon and a little more about himself in the process…
Cowboys & Indians Magazine Shares Video Premiere for Sir Canyon
Imagine moving in slow-motion, watching the clouds slowly float away while you listen to your favorite laid-back track — overall, a feeling of perfect contentment. That’s the tranquil vibe conjured by the new music video for the Sir Canyon single “Angeleno Daydream.”
Leading the group of musicians is L.A.-based singer-songwriter Noah Lamberth, who previously played pedal steel for Katy Perry and shared stages with Willie Nelson, Dierks Bentley, and Brad Paisley in his early 2000s band, Hank Floyd.
Lamberth’s new music with Sir Canyon conjures the California sound, past and present — part country-, pop-, and folk-inflected SoCal Americana, part western film score.
With opening notes that seem to quote the evocative Twin Peaks theme but transplant it into Golden State sunshine, the video — fronted by Lamberth’s modern reverb voice and backed with Sir Canyon’s classic country sounds of a pedal steel and melodic acoustic strums — follows Lamberth in a contemplative state through the city of Los Angeles.
In keeping with the track’s hazy nature, he sees versions of himself in every corner while singing about heartbreak and getting lost in a California state of mind.
PopMatters Premieres Track from New Sir Canyon Album
Better known as Sir Canyon, Los Angeles artist Noah Lamberth offers his alternative take on country music with more of a psychedelic twist than most. Accentuated by radiant pedal steel, shimmering vocal reverb, and a steady, dreamy vibe from beginning to end, the Americana presented in “Ventura Skies” could rightly be labeled as a sort of “cosmic country”. It’s all about kicking back and realizing one’s dream to move out to California shores for a life of relaxation, and Lamberth’s way of delivering the song sells it with the seemingly effortless confidence that one would come to expect of a songwriter of his caliber…
Americana UK Applauds Veronica Stanton’s Latest Music
As we write this we can’t help but wonder how much more appropriate to our times the words “Maybe tomorrow I’ll get to go and do what I’m supposed to do” and, even more so, “But I know it’s not a quick fix, I know it’s not easy, know it’s not a quick fix though I wish there could be“. Somebody bike a copy of the album over to the great leader. It’d be appreciated we’re sure, because this first single from ‘Caught Up on a Feeling’ the debut album by Veronica Stanton is the very definition of positive thinking. And if you pick up the slightest hint of Erin Rae around this then that’s not such a coincidence – Erin Rae is Veronica Stanton’s vocal teacher, and the album was produced by Dan Knobler who has also produced Erin Rae. But, and this is the proverbial big but arriving, despite that shared background Veronica Stanton’s voice – both literal and lyrically – is quite her own. And here’s another thing worth knowing – you may listen to and love this song, pretty confident about that, but wait until you hear the whole album. It is sonically glowingly and just wonderful. It’s a great time to be alive and listening to music.
Glide Magazine Shares New Single From Veronica Stanton
Just like it was for Faye Webster and Haim, conjuring splendid pop rock with a small bite of edginess is easier said than done, and often times the end result is too “sunshine daydream” for most. Not for Veronica Stanton who took a crash course in Nashville in her recent routing via Pennsylvania that saw her grab vocal lessons from blossoming big namer Erin Rae.
After connecting with the producer and owner of Nashville’s Goosehead Palace, Dan Knobler (Erin Rae, Michaela Anne, Caroline Spence, Lakestreet Dive) she began recording her first EP, 827 Miles, the distance from Nashville to her hometown. They tracked the songs live while Justin Francis engineered. Her newly minted mentor, Rae, came in to track background vocals. Stanton surely showed off the hustle to be a player in music’s most competitive scene.