Cut from the same cloth as modern-day troubadours like Espers, Devendra Banhart, Sufjan Stevens, and Stephin Merritt, Nevins crafts hallucinatory, ornate, modern folk music that also owes a tip of the hat to British folk luminaries like Incredible String Band, Steve Ashley, and Pentangle. - James Christopher Monger, 2010
photo art by Jo HiggsIn A Cloud
Portland, 2022
"The Werefox!!!"
Iceland, September 2019.
This is a collaboration with Zuzu Knew , from when I stayed and worked at her Inhouse Outerspace residency just on the edge of Reykjavik. Kristjan took us out to the countryside, as you'll see!
THE WEREFOX: Available as a single download from bandcamp! Recorded to 4-track cassette in Portland, July 2019. Mike did drums, while I sang and played bouzouki, live, to tracks 1 and 2. Taylor Kingman put the harmony on track 3, and I overdubbed the bass on track 4.
Voice, Bouzouki, Bass - Peter Nevins
Drums, Secret Harmony Vocal - Mike Coykendall
Harmony Vocal - Taylor Kingman
Recorded and Engineered by Mike Coykendall
Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk
Written by Peter Nevins, 2019
NEW MOON
Portland, Oregon | July 2019
Available as a single download from bandcamp! Portland, July 2019. I sang and played bouzouki, live, to tracks 1 and 2. Nina Yates put the harmony on track 3, and I overdubbed the bass on track 4.
Voice, Bouzouki, Bass - Peter Nevins
Harmony Vocal - Nina Yates
Recorded and Engineered by Mike Coykendall
Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk
Written by Peter Nevins, 2019
SILVER THREAD
Montreal, 2011
My first video collaboration with Zuzu Knew in Montréal. Her visionary projections combine with my black-paper-cutout silhouettes to narrate the tale of a dreamer getting visions from a mysterious source. The song is mine and features my friends Charlotte Cornfield on drums and vocals, and Kathryn Palumbo on bass.
Silver Thread from Peter Nevins on Vimeo.