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.
Two Spanish magazines on "Homage to Catalonia"
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." That's the song. The melody is one I heard from a friend's balcony here in Barcelona, sung by a group of pensioners out protesting. The title is borrowed from Orwell. I wanted to write something for the place that took me in, knowing I'll never feel it the way a Catalan does. Muzikalia also put it in their songs of the week on Sunday. That's the second time this album has made their list! Read Rock and Roll Army → Both are in Spanish. Your browser will translate them in one click. Where everything stands:
And hit reply: is there a song from a place you've lived that you can't shake, even though it was never really yours? I'd love to hear it. 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.
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. Read the interview → We talk about: the pensioners who march near Plaça Catalunya every week, and how their song turned into "Homage to Catalonia" the Stetson Kennedy house in Florida, where Woody Guthrie once lived and where the first record of this trilogy got written sharing stages with Sarah Lee Guthrie, Johnny Irion and Scarlet Rivera "Truck...
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...