BIG Week for Bella White
How great is Bella White? Unless you live under a rock or you haven’t been following us on social media or listening to the podcast, you know damn well she’s one of the best young artists in the game. We’ve had Bella on the podcast and she also dropped by to play some tunes on our 1st anniversary show as well. Her debut record “Just Like Leaving” was one of the best of 2020 and an absolute statement of a debut. You absolutely need to go put this record on RIGHT THIS INSTANT if you haven’t heard it.
Last week, it was announced that she has signed with Rounder Records out of Nashville, and that they’d be picking up that outstanding debut album of her’s. (Congrats to Bella from all of us!)
Monday, she also announced that she’d be doing a run of direct-to-vinyl Shut-In Sessions with Leesta Vall Sound Recordings. Now, these records are dope. Leesta Vall started producing these in response to the devastating effect the COVID-19 pandemic has had on our beloved independent artists. These single-song 7” records are cut using a modified antique record cutting lathe from the 1950’s, meaning they are handmade, one at a time. So cool.
Among the artists (32 pages of different artists) who have been doing these records there are some notable names that followers of Hippies & Cowboys might be familiar with, including: John R Miller, Brian Johannesen, Grayson Jenkins, Willy Tea Taylor, Eric Bolander, Hunter Blalock, and William Matheny, just to name a few.
I actually ordered one of these records back when they did a run with John R. Miller, and its honestly one of the coolest things I own, simply because of the individuality of each record. You’ll pick a song from a handful of options, and the artist then individually records themselves playing the song of your choice and pretty much saying hello and thanks. As Bella said in her IG post announcing these records, it’s like an audio Polaroid.
Get your orders in BEFORE MARCH 1, 2021 to get your hands on one of these records from Bella, I highly recommend ordering one and also checking out all of the other artists that Leesta Vall is working with on these!
