Kristin Wilkinson, Anthony LaMarchina, Gordon Mote, Jim Hajacos, Jonathan Yudkin, Monisa Phillips Angel , Glenn Worf, Greg Morrow/Shannon Forrest/Chad Cromwell, Ericĭarken, David Davidson, David Angell, Rob , Paul Franklin, Craig Young/Mark Hill , , Biff Watson, Bryan Sutton, Brent Rowan, Danĭugmore, Paul Worley, J.T. Tim Lauer + Curtis Young, Blue Miller, Carl Jackson [bckĠ21 SOME BEACH Warner 48728-2 525092 551788022 NOBODY BUT ME Warner 48728-2 525092Ġ23 GOOD OLD BOY, BAD OLD BOYFRIEND Warner 48728-2Ġ28 WHEN SOMEBODY KNOWS YOU THAT WELL Warner 48728-2Ģ007 Nashville, TN - Blake Shelton (Karyn Rochelle, Timothy De Armitt , Alison Prestwood ,Shannon Forest, Jonathan Yudkin + Sharon Vaughn Bellamy, Larry Cordle, Neal Coty, Wes Hightower, JohnĠ12 THE BABY WB 48237-2 525092 551788013 ASPHALT COWBOY WB 48237-2Ġ19 PLAYBOYS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN WORLD WB 48237-2 525092Ģ004 Nashville, TN - Blake Shelton (Brent Rowan, Paul Franklin + David Angell, John Catchings, David Davidson, Pamela Sixfin McCoy, Michael Rojas/Tim Lauer/Bobby Braddock Shannon Forrest/Greg Morrow, Rob Hajacos ,Charlie , Russ Pahl, Jonathan Yudkin ,ĭanny Dugmore/Paul Franklin, Michael Rhodes/Alison Prestwood , In addition to his solo keyboard and vocal work, Phillips has supported bands like Julianna Barwick, Qasim Naqvi, and, as a member of Youngstown's The Building, The War On Drugs.006 I THOUGHT THERE WAS TIME Giant 24731-2Ġ08 THAT'S WHAT I CALL HOME Giant 24731-2įall 2002 Nashville, TN - Blake Shelton (John Willis, Brent Rowan In eight songs, it moves from familial beginnings to loss of certainty, pain and desire, aging and memory. A personal story, it tracks the influence of environment and circumstance on individual understanding. Radish is a literal take on spiritual phases, or a matter-of-fact documentation of large pivots in religious leaning. This exercise, combined with the improvised recordings of the quartets, created most of what remains on the album. Unfamiliar with much of Pärt's work, Phillips would guess the sequential chord coming from the speakers and "improvise lines that fit the moment, not knowing where the chord would land." Eventually when the vocal melodies gathered momentum, the previous music could be removed, and new music built up around it, later in makeshift studio arrangements a residency in a farm town in Nebraska (crickets on "Floating"), his hometown in Ohio, as well as band rehearsal spaces in NYC. The music from the cafe's station became the basis for the songwriting, "Before" stemming from Pärt's Fratres, and "Can't Get Around" from Tabula Rasa. "It was the jumping-off point" that, according to Phillips, transformed into his desire to "give the feeling that you've read something as straightforward as a children's book," set to the backdrop of acoustic, sometimes synthesized sound. The music became a backdrop for storytelling, emphasizing the voice as if it were speaking out loud, giving simple instructions or stating events. When customers weren't around, Phillips tried out the lines, experimenting with singing outside familiar meters. Inspired by the free-form singing styles of Lonnie Holley and Van Morrison's "When Heart Is Open," Phillips wrote melodic lines while playing Arvo Pärt's Pandora station, late at night while mopping floors at the cafe he's worked at since 2014. The collection was eventually condensed into smaller pieces that became the source material for Radish. Throughout the album, Phillips is both vocalist and keyboardist.įrom April 2016 to 2017, Phillips arranged improvised recording sessions in groups of four, with acclaimed musicians, Clarice Jensen, Laraaji and Susan Alcorn, as well as friends at the New York studio, Figure 8. Her voice is featured on Radish, Big Bend's second release and first non-instrumental recording. His mother–daughter of a 12-tone composer–wrote music and sang in operas and musicals in Mansfield, where Phillips grew up playing piano. Big Bend's primary songwriter is Nathan Phillips, an Ohio native.