This Frontier Needs Heroes blends personal indie folk, Americana, and cinematic storytelling into immersive musical experiences shaped by travel, philosophy, and human connection. Now based in Barcelona, after years in Brooklyn, Nashville, and Miami, the project has performed internationally while building a dedicated global community through intimate songs, creative collaborations, and innovative multimedia releases including a new VR experience, the Stetson Kennedy Songwriter residency, and cultural events. A musician and artist who loves to talk about music, writing & storytelling, and sustainability.
An American music site asked me about leaving America
Hi friends, Grateful Web, an American music site, ran a long interview with me this week. It's the first English-language feature on the new album. We talk about:
And if you'd rather listen than read: Ruta 130 Radio in Madrid had me on last week. The show is in Spanish, the interview is in English, and the rest of the hour is new Spanish music worth staying for. Where everything stands:
Hit reply: what's a protest song that has stuck with you? Old or new, any language. Thanks for listening. — Bradley |
This Frontier Needs Heroes
This Frontier Needs Heroes blends personal indie folk, Americana, and cinematic storytelling into immersive musical experiences shaped by travel, philosophy, and human connection. Now based in Barcelona, after years in Brooklyn, Nashville, and Miami, the project has performed internationally while building a dedicated global community through intimate songs, creative collaborations, and innovative multimedia releases including a new VR experience, the Stetson Kennedy Songwriter residency, and cultural events. A musician and artist who loves to talk about music, writing & storytelling, and sustainability.
Pre-order Homage to Catalonia on Bandcamp → Pre-order the vinyl from Almost Halloween Time Records → Hi friends, It's Bandcamp Friday. Until midnight Pacific tonight (9am Saturday here in Barcelona), Bandcamp takes no cut, so nearly everything you pay comes straight to me. Only the card fees come off. $9 or more gets you six songs to download today: "Homage to Catalonia" "Cadaqués Cowboy" "Ten Bullets in the Back" "Carolina Peaches" "Truck Driver" "Not Gonna Write a Song" The last two, "Take...
Pre-order the vinyl → Watch "Just Because" live → Hi friends, This Friday is Bandcamp Friday. From 9am Friday to 9am Saturday, Barcelona time, Bandcamp takes no cut. Nearly everything you spend goes to the label and the artist. If you've been thinking about the vinyl, that's the day to buy it. Luigi Falagario is making it by hand at Almost Halloween Time Records in Bari, Italy. There are 58 copies: 50 in hand-made sleeves, each one individually designed. €30. 8 with hand-painted, numbered...
Hi friends, Two Spanish music magazines wrote about "Homage to Catalonia" this week. If you haven't heard it yet, start here: Listen to "Homage to Catalonia" → Rock and Roll Army summed the song up in one line: "Convierte una melodía popular catalana en himno de protesta y homenaje a Catalunya."(It turns a Catalan folk melody into a protest anthem and a tribute to Catalonia.) That's the song. The melody is one I heard from a friend's balcony here in Barcelona, sung by a group of pensioners...