Jeffrey Silverstein

Meeting at the intersection of the loner-folk, cosmic country and kraut-laden choogle, from Doggone’s opening pulse of rhythms to its closing cascade of synths, listeners encounter a musician fully rooted in the creative community around him and firmly held by the life he’s built over the last decade.

Where his past several releases saw the New Jersey native settling into life in the Pacific Northwest – observing, appreciating, getting the lay of the land – and finding his footing in the alt-Americana sphere into which he unexpectedly fell, with Doggone, he’s immovable, intentional, and most of all, at peace.

Committed to nurturing his local circle, he called upon a faithful group of Portland-based collaborators, a rolodex of heroes-turned-friends, like producer-composer Ryan Oxford (Y La Bamba, Rose City Band), bassist Alex Chapman, and drummer Dana Buoy (Akron/Family). Together they gathered at the Center for Sound, Light and Color Therapy to record Doggone, which was then mastered by Amy Dragon (Big Thief, Nathaniel Rateliff and Moon Duo).

He also left plenty of room for others to be welcomed into the fold, with freak folk hero Devendra Banhart offering guest vocals on the album’s lead single, ‘Out of Tune’. Built around a mellow country groove and dreamy cosmic pedal steel, it’s a sweet and chilled out indie love song about being in sync with your person, moving through the universe as one while still upholding your individuality.

Call it comfort, call it kismet – what resulted with Doggone was nine tracks backlighting life, love, and purpose, like doggone wonders held up to the light. The album explores themes of community, aging, carving out your own version of success, planting seeds and growing roots, and the impact of place on creative work.

Jeffrey’s latest album exists in a world between worlds. One is a nether region of cinematic eyelid movies, definitely set somewhere out west in the nighttime. The other is earthbound and rooted and in daylight and swings with the best of my guys - JJ and Jerry and Dr. John and all the best ones. This is a world I wanna live in… this record is right in my wheelhouse. - Eric D. Johnson (Fruit Bats)