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in 1996, i was introduced to an album that changed both what i listened to & how i listened: eno’s 1975 breakthrough another green world. although this album led me into eno’s later ambient projects, the stand-out track for me was the more teleological composition, “st. elmo’s fire“. this is not to be confused with [...]

i’ve played bars, but i wouldn’t categorize yearlongday as a ‘bar band‘. it requires a different kind of artistry to be a successful ‘bar band’… a band that not only performs its repertoire with rote expertise, but also conjures energy from the audience seemingly out of thin (or thick) air. that’s not yearlongday… we lack [...]

          new yearlongday demo available: “like lennon”

tentative track list for the “best of jonathan t marlowe & yearlongday” album. the album will span 2000-2010 as a companion to the forthcoming biography, smothered by the silence. at the moment, no album art. 1. my formula (from humans) 2. believe (from humans) 3. nobody hurt without an excuse (from humans, 2000) 4. sally [...]

welcome to the world of “Avant-Fab“, the term i coined to describe the next phase of yearlongday. we’ll be growing into the genre as we create it, song by song, starting with the newly-released “ANYTHING“. this comes from a collaboration with local singer/songwriter john shaughnessy, who contributed most of the lyrics, very patiently over the [...]

far be it from me to build mountains from molehills, but 2011 is showing potential to be another epic year for jonathan t marlowe & co. consider the evidence… – march: my first album, “humans” is restored and expanded to 29 songs, including 14 bonus tracks of rare, previously unreleased material & new, decade-anniversary mixes. [...]

way down in nola, water’s thicker than blood. i had my head in the clouds, my feet were stuck in the mud. i’m going back there, ’cause my work isn’t done. [chorus] get me back to nola, get me back to nola. get me back to nola, let me do my damn thing! went down [...]

“get me back to nola”… a new song by jonathan t marlowe, based on true events. i did go down to new orleans, and anyone who’s seen the mississippi river delta knows that the water can get rather muddy, possibly as thick (if not thicker) than blood. i almost got mugged for $5, but was able to find [...]

recording is going well… slow, but well. john shaugnessy and i have been co-authoring lyrics since autumn 2010, and each day we get closer to completion. eventually, i’d like john to visit my home studio to records vocals, but transitioning from the old set-up to the new system has taken a back seat over the past few [...]

i am very pleased to announce that the restoration of my first three albums is now complete. on march 8, humans: expanded edition became commercially available on compact disc. although it was the last of  the pre-yearlongday trilogy to be restored, humans was my very first attempt at producing an original demo album. the new “expanded [...]