Sam Burchfield

From the venue:

Sam Burchfield was raised in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains
of South Carolina, where he learned to play and learned to write. His
youth was steeped in the mossy creeks and deep ravines of those ancient
woods, and they imbued him with the gift of song. Now in his thirties,
Burchfield raises a small family in the North Georgia mountains and
continues to find inspiration in the rivers and ridges of Southern
Appalachia. His latest album ‘Me & My Religion’ was produced with
his touring band, The Scoundrels. It is the first collaboration for the
group after years of paying dues to the highway. Colin Agnew (drums),
Trygve Myers (bass), and Ryan Plumley (guitar) accompanied Burchfield to
Muscle Shoals, Alabama along with Nashville producer, Rachael Moore, to
record the album of 7 days. “It’s certainly the most upbeat record I’ve
ever released,” reflects Burchfield. “We crafted many of the songs
together on countless stages, and most were then tracked live in the
studio, which just felt right.” This 10 track album is almost equal
parts Americana, psychedelia, indie folk, and Southern rock. All these
flavors combine to support the album’s main theme. As seasoned listeners
will expect, Burchfield’s lyrics are far from on the nose, as the
declarative title would suggest. ‘Me & My Religion’ is an
exploration of mankind’s toil for meaning in a world of vapid
consumerism and commercialism - one in which we have become deaf to our
own harmony with nature. Despite the weight of these ideas, the album
feels like a lighthearted sojourn through the backwoods of our
imagination.