Western Sun CD Available May 29th

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 9, 2020 - San Francisco, CA

Nell Robinson and Jim Nunally have been melding genres their entire careers—bluegrass, folk, country, jazz, swing, alt-roots, folkbilly, you-name-it—but when it came time to put together Western Sun, their third album as the Nell & Jim Band, Robinson and Nunally wed their passion for songwriting and storytelling, using their vocabulary of way-back influences; a story told from the roots of roots music. Available everywhere May 29th, Western Sun features Robinson and Nunally as well as their stellar band—bass fiddle player Jim Kerwin (Grisman, Jerry Garcia, Yo Yo Ma), drummer/percussionist Alex Aspinall (Chris O’Connell & the Smart Alecks, Silvestre Martinez) and accordionist/keyboard player Rob Reich (Gaucho, Circus Bella)—writing and creating with a particular point of view in mind.

“The original songwriting on Western Sun is tied together with a thread, our visceral response to the backlash about immigrants in this country. It’s profoundly disturbing to us. Our families are immigrants, and particularly being West Coast people with roots in the South, we believe so strongly in the beauty of diversity and culture.”  —Nell Robinson

Western Sun feels drenched in history, in both music and story. The band has emulsified in the bottom of the great melting pot—a roux of American music—in a way that only a group of musicians with years of experience can pull off; a perfect unit whose sum is always greater than its parts, and that’s what really makes this album shine. The songwriting and composition both serve the storytelling in a way that allows listeners to immerse themselves in the history that’s being depicted. 

“The virtuosity of the band, the depth and breadth of their talent, gives us free rein in creating interesting arrangements.” —Jim Nunally