“Light Magic” is a collection of songs featuring simple arrangements, packed with lush vocal harmony and nuanced emotional charge. “The songs channel deep feelings, the curiosity of new relationships and navigating the challenges of stagnant ones. Other themes include the upcoming apocalypse, radical self care and a love hate relationship with the sun.” JH
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Released 4/18/2020
Produced by John Hanson
Additional production by Bryan Ralph
Recorded at: Third Coast Recording Company, Grand Haven, MI
Center, Plymouth Avenue, East Grand Rapids, MI
and Levi’s House, Hastings, MI
Recorded by Bryan Ralph and John Hanson in 2019
Mixed at Burnside, Detroit, MI by John Hanson
Mastered By Josh Kaufman
Design and Layout by Connor Stratton
All Songs By John Hanson
Performed by:
John Hanson: Guitar, Vocals, Percussion, Bass, Harp, Banjo, Xylophone, Autoharp
Jeffrey Niemeier: Violin
Samantha Cooper: Vocals
Marlo Mudd: Vocals
Marie Hucal: Vocals
Joey Schultz: Banjo
Zach Nichols: Saw, Trumpet
Special Thanks to: Bryan Ralph, Jessica Fogle, Steve Leaf, Izzy Johnson and the Stommel Crew, Marlee Grace, Marie Hucal, Fiona Dickinson, Levi Lucks, Marlo Mudd, Joey Schultz, Joshua Skinner, Pam Vitaz, Cindy Pascoe, Steve Swanson, Mark and Terri Hanson, Grandma Tarrant, Cathy Newsted, Michael Newstead, Rachele Eve, Loran Nosan, Kate Daughdrill and the Burnside Farm Community Detroit, Lamp Light, The Earthwork Music Family, Brandon Foote, Brian Barnes, Andy Catlin, Alice Lucas, Dena Woods, Ben Scott-Brandt, Elisabeth Pixley-Fink, Vanessa Pla, Tim Carr, Theo Katzman, Matthew Milia, May Erlewine, Chris Bathgate, Tom Hymn, Jacob Bulard, Audra Kubat, Kayla Powers and Grant Goulet, Vanessa Cronan
Tracklist:
- Fifteen More Years
- Sweet Marie
- Gold Pan
- Robinson Road
- Let the Light Come In
- Ribbons
- Controversy in Sunlight
- Songbird
- Matriarch of Nature
- The Truth