April 2011
1 post
7 tags
Apr 7th
March 2011
1 post
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“These singer songwriter songs are sprinkled with just the right amount of...”
– Tony Rusniak, Dedicated Ears
Mar 7th
February 2011
1 post
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Feb 18th
November 2010
1 post
8 tags
Bandcamp
A great deal of my music is now streaming for free over at Sixty Years War Collective’s, Bandcamp page. Have a listen to some Lee Miles, Jon Keller and the rest! Free downloads available as well!
Nov 30th
October 2010
4 posts
7 tags
Oct 15th
7 tags
Oct 10th
8 tags
Oct 7th
7 tags
Oct 1st
September 2010
15 posts
6 tags
Sep 28th
23 notes
13 tags
Sep 28th
20 tags
Sep 22nd
9 tags
Sep 20th
15 tags
Sep 17th
8 tags
Updated Tour Schedule:
Had a great tour! Thanks for all the memories!
9.01.10 The Brass Rail - Fort Wayne, IN
9.02.10 Sometimes Family House - Chicago, IL
9.03.10 Circa Celeste - Racine, WI
9.03.10 The Bremen Cafe - Milwaukee, WI
9.04.10 The House That Willi Built - Madison, WI
9.05.10 The Good Wolf - Chicago, IL
9.06.10 The Iron Post - Urbana, IL
9.07.10 Rachel's - Bloomington, IN
9.09.10 House Show - Bloomington, IN
9.10.10 The Blueberry House - Akron, OH
9.11.10 Howlers Coyote Cafe - Pittsburgh, PA
9.12.10 The Lemon Grove - Youngstown, OH
9.15.10 Streaming Webcast - The Internet
9.17.10 The Root Cafe - Cleveland, OH
9.18.10 Ground Level - Toledo, OH
9.19.10 Streaming Webcast - The Internet
9.20.10 Village Green Records - Muncie, IN
9.21.10 Lazy Daze - Indianapolis, IN
9.21.10 House Show - Indianapolis, IN
9.22.10 Skull Alley - Louisville, KY
9.23.10 Arthouse Gardens - Nashville, TN
9.24.10 House Pride - Murfreesboro, TN
9.26.10 Gelato Fiasco - Brunswick, ME
9.27.10 O'Shea's - Brunswick, ME
9.30.10 Manchester Farmers Market Manchester, NH
9.30.10 Starbucks- Manchester, NH
10.2.10 Flat Iron Cafe - Middleboro, MA
10.6.10 Goodbye Blue - Monday Brooklyn, NY
10.11.10 The Fire - Philadelphia, PA
Sep 16th
18 tags
Chris' Journal
This is an excerpt from Chris Darby’s tour journal which you can receive in your email if you sign up for his mailing list. It’s a really great, detailed document of the traveling he and I have done thus far on our tour: So, after a few days off in Chicago, I am back into the swing of things. I left Chicago Wednesday afternoon, for Ft. Wayne, Indiana. It was to be the first of three...
Sep 8th
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Sep 8th
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Sep 8th
18 tags
Sep 8th
9 tags
Sep 5th
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Sep 5th
9 tags
Sep 4th
13 tags
WatchWatch
LONGSLEEVES Tour Journal - Volume One
Sep 3rd
2 notes
7 tags
Sep 1st
August 2010
3 posts
6 tags
Aug 31st
7 tags
Aug 27th
16 tags
Longsleeves & Chris Darby - United States Tour
9.01.10 The Brass Rail - Fort Wayne, IN
9.02.10 Sometimes Family House - Chicago, IL
9.03.10 Racine Arts Council - Racine, WI
9.03.10 The Bremen Cafe - Milwaukee, WI
9.04.10 The House That Willi Built - Madison, WI
9.05.10 The Good Wolf - Chicago, IL
9.06.10 The Iron Post - Urbana, IL
9.07.10 Rachel's - Bloomington, IN
9.09.10 The Thirsty Ear - Columbus, OH
9.10.10 The Blueberry House - Akron, OH
9.11.10 Howlers Coyote Cafe - Pittsburgh, PA
9.12.10 The Lemon Grove - Youngstown, OH
9.17.10 The Root Cafe - Cleveland, OH
9.21.10 Lazy Daze - Indianapolis, IN
9.21.10 House Show - Indianapolis, IN
9.22.10 Skull Alley - Louisville, KY
9.23.10 TBA w. Matt Haeck - Nashville, TN
9.24.10 House Pride - Murfreesboro, TN
9.25.10 The Starfox House - Russellville, AR
9.26.10 The Smoke & Barrel Tavern - Fayetteville, AR
9.30.10 TBA - Kansas City, KS
10.01.10 Big K Entertainment - St. Louis, MO
10.07.10 Bizarre Bazaar - Winona, MN
10.08.10 TBA - Minneapolis, MN
Aug 2nd
July 2010
4 posts
12 tags
Jul 29th
4 tags
Jul 28th
7 tags
Jul 25th
15 tags
Jul 17th
June 2010
4 posts
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Longsleeves; Collect-This, Collect-That, Collect...
Longsleeves was featured today on A New Band A Day today. Joe Sparrow had this to say of Elderberry: “By dragging together such desperate sounds – glossy, pearly synth noises, hissing, compressed snares, the sound of a 1980′s home computer loading from a tape, Longsleeves are […] light years ahead of the majority.”
Jun 21st
10 tags
Flower Communion Sunday →
Wildwood Flower from Longsleeves folk record, Black Swamp in this mix by Cover Lay Down.
Jun 20th
6 tags
Jun 20th
8 tags
Jun 7th
1 note
February 2010
1 post
9 tags
Sweets for the Sweet →
Big Rock Candy Mountain from Longsleeves folk record, Black Swamp in a Valentines mix by Cover Lay Down.
Feb 14th
November 2009
2 posts
9 tags
Nov 16th
6 tags
Nov 3rd
October 2009
6 posts
7 tags
Oct 25th
7 tags
Oct 16th
1 note
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Oct 15th
5 tags
Oct 13th
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“I think that the Youngstown area is really important, and for both Ben and I,...”
– James Musselman, “Music Hits Home For Area Singer-Songwriter” by Jonn Benson
Oct 8th
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Oct 1st
March 2009
1 post
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“Jame Musselman (aka “Long-sleeves”) apparently had a long December. The first of...”
– Nathan Dinsdale’s review of Black Swamp, The Rift and Wire Fraud in San Diego’s CityBeat magazine.
Mar 3rd
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January 2009
3 posts
5 tags
Jan 26th
6 tags
Jan 23rd
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Jan 1st
December 2008
1 post
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“Also releasing his music via free download is troubadour James Musselman, who...”
– Seth Combs, mentions the Three EP’s project in San Diego’s City Beat magazine.
Dec 22nd
August 2008
1 post
6 tags
“The muted glitches and scratchy backgrounds that underpin all the songs...”
–  DM Jones, Review of Constellation 
Aug 21st
November 2007
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Nov 4th