Virginia-grown americana singer-songwriter Brent Funkhouser’s 2nd full-length album Homegrown is due out July 17th on his own Red Moon Recordings micro-label. The album, a culmination of familiar fan-favorite singles and earnest new offerings, promises to invoke the spirit of home - handmade with love.
Apple Blossom Time (feat. Rebecca Berlin)
We Get By
Hearts & Minds (feat. Emily Woodhull)
Red Moon
Nighttime Song
Blackberries
Everything’s Fine
A Good Man is Hard to Find
Mary, Keep the Faith
Between moving to a new city, marrying the love of his life, and building an online music commentary hub, life looks substantially different for americana singer-songwriter Brent Funkhouser than it did when he released his last album The Next Karaoke Star in 2021. Brent’s core values of hard work, empathy, and community have remained a driving force as he’s navigated these changes, fostering creativity and curiosity as he hunts for the next song.
As a result, the last few years have seen Brent completely redefine his songbook. Some songs have been set aside for a project that’s coming further down the line. But others, like “We Get By” and “Blackberries,” have popped up as singles that became integral parts of Brent’s live and recorded catalog while unattached to any larger body of work. While he’s taken a few tracks to various studios over the years, Brent’s process often starts and ends at home. The bulk of his recording output is written at the kitchen table, workshopped on the couch, recorded in the basement, and mixed in a spare bedroom.
The album has been preceded by singles like “Apple Blossom Time,” a rollicking folk-rocker where DMV-based singer Rebecca Berlin invokes the Andrews Sisters with her three-part vocal harmonies; and the duet “Hearts & Minds” (out June 24), where rising country artist Emily Woodhull delivers an earnest, stirring performance. Much of this album is situated in Funkhouser’s rural Virginia upbringing; with tracks like “Blackberries” celebrating connection to the land, and “Everything’s Fine” lamenting the threat to the natural world posed by development, climate change, and invasive species. Going through highs and lows, the album culminates with “Mary, Keep the Faith,” a simple guitar and fiddle tune about optimism through hardship.
Fans of artists like Jason Isbell, Turnpike Troubadours, and Cole Chaney will find Funkhouser’s Homegrown to be a wonderful collection of down-home poetry, driven by acoustic guitar and insightful lyrics.
Virginia-grown americana singer-songwriter Brent Funkhouser’s 2nd full-length album Homegrown is due out July 17th on his own Red Moon Recordings micro-label. The album, a culmination of familiar fan-favorite singles and earnest new offerings, promises to invoke the spirit of home - handmade with love.
Apple Blossom Time (feat. Rebecca Berlin)
We Get By
Hearts & Minds (feat. Emily Woodhull)
Red Moon
Nighttime Song
Blackberries
Everything’s Fine
A Good Man is Hard to Find
Mary, Keep the Faith
Between moving to a new city, marrying the love of his life, and building an online music commentary hub, life looks substantially different for americana singer-songwriter Brent Funkhouser than it did when he released his last album The Next Karaoke Star in 2021. Brent’s core values of hard work, empathy, and community have remained a driving force as he’s navigated these changes, fostering creativity and curiosity as he hunts for the next song.
As a result, the last few years have seen Brent completely redefine his songbook. Some songs have been set aside for a project that’s coming further down the line. But others, like “We Get By” and “Blackberries,” have popped up as singles that became integral parts of Brent’s live and recorded catalog while unattached to any larger body of work. While he’s taken a few tracks to various studios over the years, Brent’s process often starts and ends at home. The bulk of his recording output is written at the kitchen table, workshopped on the couch, recorded in the basement, and mixed in a spare bedroom.
The album has been preceded by singles like “Apple Blossom Time,” a rollicking folk-rocker where DMV-based singer Rebecca Berlin invokes the Andrews Sisters with her three-part vocal harmonies; and the duet “Hearts & Minds” (out June 24), where rising country artist Emily Woodhull delivers an earnest, stirring performance. Much of this album is situated in Funkhouser’s rural Virginia upbringing; with tracks like “Blackberries” celebrating connection to the land, and “Everything’s Fine” lamenting the threat to the natural world posed by development, climate change, and invasive species. Going through highs and lows, the album culminates with “Mary, Keep the Faith,” a simple guitar and fiddle tune about optimism through hardship.
Fans of artists like Jason Isbell, Turnpike Troubadours, and Cole Chaney will find Funkhouser’s Homegrown to be a wonderful collection of down-home poetry, driven by acoustic guitar and insightful lyrics.
