The Mojo Birds are a funky flock.  
Groove-Driven Americana - inspired by the likes of The Band, a touch of Al Green, and a healthy dose of Afro-Peruvian Mojo!

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Pete (pgalub@yahoo.com)


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New York-based country songwriter Cliff Westfall writes songs about heartache, loss, addiction… you know, funny songs. Or he can turn on a dime and dive headlong into a sentimental weeper. The Kentucky native delivers with a mixture of wit and bravado that, for Westfall, is central to what country music is all about. On his debut album, Baby You Win, released July 13, 2018, he’s assembled a crew of some of New York’s best musicians to explore a new idea of Americana, drawing inspiration from sources often forgotten by the current country scene. 

To record Baby You Win, Cliff Westfall enlisted producer Bryce Goggin (Pavement, the Ramones, Antony and the Johnsons, Evan Dando, Phish, Akron Family) and renowned New York guitarist Graham Norwood. The three drew from their extensive connections to assemble a band with a massive list of credits on the scene, like electric guitarist Scott Metzger (Shooter Jennings, Phil Lesh, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead), pedal steel player Dan Iead (Norah Jones, Valerie June), bassist Jeremy Chatzky (Ronnie Spector, Bruce Springsteen, Laura Cantrell), drummer David Christian (Danger Mouse, Mary Timony’s Helium), even the keyboardist from Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band - Charlie Giordano.

Westfall was born and raised in Owensboro, not far from tiny Rosine, Kentucky where Bill Monroe invented bluegrass music, and he grew up listening endlessly to Kentuckians like The Everly Brothers who changed the path of popular music. Though he got his start playing cowpunk music in Kentucky, he soon left his home state behind for the bright lights of New York City. “The term ‘country music’ is almost a misnomer anyway,” argues Westfall. “A big part of the original audience was people a generation or two removed from the farm who had migrated to the city. People more familiar with factory work and honky tonks than with the back end of a mule, you know? The music they wanted to hear was as much about cutting loose, dancing and having a good time as it was about sadness and hardship. That was kind of the story of my family. Or maybe I’m just attracted to neon lights, I don’t know.”

Opened in 2020, Magic Door is a record label founded by the Montclair NJ studio bearing the same name. Our mission is simple: Release music created by the community of artists we are surrounded by.

With a truly memorable and unique collection of songs, Elena Skye and Boo Reiners and their Demolition String Band have steadily built a rep one gig at a time. They love nothing more than thrilling a sweaty dance floor with dangerous Telecaster work atop a nimble rhythm section, or pickin’ and singing old-school around a single microphone, juggling banjo, mandolin and guitars while weaving rustic, taut harmony vocals with tall tales and truth, joy and heartbreak, despair and redemption. The two have been collaborators for almost two decades, marking their journey with numerous releases and countless miles on the road in the USA and Europe. Their new album "I Wait For The Light," is the latest collection from this partnership, all written by Elena with Boo adding his arranging and production skills. Also appearing on the tracks  are longtime musical compadres Kenny Soule on drums and bassists Winston Roye and Mike Santoro with engineering, mixing and mastering by Scott Anthony,  John Siket, Tom Beaujour and Sean Kelly.

Naughty Clouds is a vigorous music duo led by Alexis Moon and Ray Kubian. They are a Brooklyn/New Jersey meeting of the minds, and they like to sing songs and beat on things.

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