Album Notes

Redbeard is the collaboration of songwriter Sam Miller and guitarist Jae Sherman: two musicians with vastly different and diverse musical backgrounds who have come together to create an innovative and wholly original sound. Their gorgeously eerie psychedelic folk music is inspired by traditional folk and blues; 70s psychedelic rock; distortion; noise; thunder and rain; the wilderness; the city. Sam’s lyrics are imagistic and evocative, and her compositions delicate. Jae’s accompaniments reinterpret melody and build harmony in ways both playful and sinister.
Sam and Jae met just two years ago in New Haven, CT. At that time, Sam was playing solo while Jae had been searching for a new collaboration (after her involvement with songwriter Rick Frost). Since Redbeard_s inception, their music has developed considerably, wowing critics and regional audiences and resulting in a record deal with the Nashville based record label Feralette Records.
Redbeard has shared the stage with an amazing set of bands and musicians including Magnolia Electric Co., Jens Lekman, Josephine Foster, Les Georges Leningrad, and Mary Timony, to name a few. Sam, as a solo artist, has played shows with such notables as The Be Good Tanyas, The Butchies, The Dolly Ranchers, and Mirah.
As of May 2006, Redbeard’s self-titled first record will be available for purchase nationwide.