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Arc Light Editions presses important albums to vinyl. We do not claim to be crate diggers, nor are we interested in expensive monolithic deluxe reissues. We hope to make available on vinyl some releases which have been out of print for too long, are extortionately priced second hand, or which have never been graced with a vinyl release. Arc Light Editions is curated by Jennifer Lucy Allan, in collaboration with Multiverse Music. Email us: arclighteditions@gmail.com

Photo of Alasdair in Dunkeld by Clara Regueiro.  Scottish musician based in Glasgow - guitar, voice, songs and tunes old and new.

Morebarn is a musical collective formed by Gary Waldman around a large group of songs he's written over the last few years. Some of the musicians involved are Jeff Hill, Ethan Eubanks, Dan Fadel, Jon Graboff, Neal Casal, Hannah Cohen, Teddy Thompson, Erik Deutsch, Steve Schiltz, Tift Merritt, John Ginty, Lydia Berg-Hammond and Victoria Reed. Produced mainly by Jeff Hill, the songs were all mixed by Jim Scott (Wilco, Tom Petty). Morebarn's debut album will be released in early 2014.

MOREBARN MUSIC is following