Category Archives: Al Scorch

Al Scorch: 
Board Up The Windows

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Destiny Smith

The ever-industrious Scorch is writing, recording, traveling and formulating new directives. Taking a clue from hip-hop artists, he is devising a series of mixtapes under auspices of “Al Scorch’s Moving Company” as he explains, “Creating content between albums, I can reveal who I am and who I hang out with, and what my interests are outside of the music that I normally make, collaborating with everyone from rock ‘n’ rollers to soundscape artists.”

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Recorded at Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion 2014.

Al Scorch: 
Everybody Out

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Destiny Smith

“A songwriter, vocalist, claw-hammer banjoist and rambunctious force of nature, Scorch –– solo and with his shifting collective of musicians –– regales audiences across the U.S., the UK and Ireland, “…breathing fire and brimstone,” as Alan Harrison, No Depression testifies.”

Visit Al Scorch‘s website.

Recorded at Bristol Rhythm And Roots Reunion 2014.

Al Scorch: 
Poverty Draft

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Live and Breathing

Grafting literate, character-driven song craft and Mid-American roots with a post-punk DIY attitude, Chicago-based songwriter, performer and instrumentalist Al Scorch charts a new musical topography with a five-string banjo.