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For a few weeks now I’ve been working with Anna Kline and the Grits & Soul Band on a design for their forthcoming record. Anna and the guys play what I call old timey country music—mandolin, hand clapping, real macaroni & cheese porch music. I sat around on the porch at Sneaky Beans recently and listened to them roll away and you just sit there and smile and sweat. It just feels real.

Anna really likes the intricate hand-lettering and feel of early 20th century sheet music and hymnals, so I tried to capture that feel for a design for the “Flood Waters” single. We sat around her house the other day and this is what we came up with.

This is just a sneak peek from the forthcoming record—Anna + the band will reveal it when it’s final. You can like the Grits & Soul Band on Facebook, or check out their Reverb Nation profile. Anna also tweets at @gritsandsoul.

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Scratchboard, 2010. Click to embiggen.

Men from Nantucket are a supergroup that played in Starkville in 1998. They only lasted a year before the members went their separate ways with stints in Law of Nature, Poacher, the Persians, John Black Attack, and the Delicate Cycle. Now they’re coming back to do it again! See them at Dave’s Dark Horse Tavern on Friday December 17 or Saturday Dec. 18. There’ll be original songs and covers of bands like Pavement, Guided by Voices, the Pixies, and Dinosaur Jr.

PrettyFave the Delicate Cycle plays on Friday and the Jarheads on Saturday.

Listen to a ton of solo demos by Nantucket Prince John Brocato.