This is my soon-to-be-released (once I find a distributor) album, "Evening Sounds," which I wrote during my two years in Spain. 

07 The Grinding Stone

06 Before Winter

05 The Lights Go Out

04 Seascape

03 The Upper Sun

02 Visions

The All Night Boys

Valley stretched out like the ancient spine
Of a King James Bible stained with Sunday wine
And the stars exhale over Granada
A darker, an older sonata 

Water kneeling, rising, chanting on rocks
Under the blown up bridge with all the rusted locks
Your heart started hard as the temple columns
But that didn’t keep the kingdom from falling

And the all night boys with their melodies
Hanging to the walls of the narrow streets

Blood orange boughs bow in weighted silence
As the air is thickened with a cavalry of violence
And the bride with a kerchief in her hands
The groom’s razor blade in the river sand

She dreams of gypsies tying, taking Jacob
To a sea of reeds just before she wakes up
And the stars exhale over Granada
A darker, an older sonata

And the all night boys with their melodies
Hanging to the walls of the narrow streets


01 The All Night Boys

Jake Shane grew up in Springfield, Illinois where he started collecting vinyl records with his father at age twelve—Hendrix led him to Dylan and Dylan led him to the recesses of the early blues and folk traditions. Jake received his B.A. in Philosophy from Belmont University in Nashville, releasing his Karamazov-inspired album, Ancient Fire (2012), to fulfill his Honors thesis requirement. After working at Oh Boy Records, he moved to Madrid, Spain. Jake lived there two years, in which time he taught English, studied flamenco guitar and translated a book on the subject from Spanish. While in Spain he also wrote the songs to his forthcoming album, Evening Sounds, which he recorded upon moving back to Nashville in September 2014 to pursue music full-time. Two songs from this album are featured in the Nashville Review. His strong, image-driven lyrics explore the eternal questions through American roots music with Spanish overtones, forming a sound entirely his own. 