The one-woman, guitar-slingling rising star, Betty Benedeadly reveals new single “The Voice of the Fire” on her upcoming EP via Desert Records on February 18th.
Betty Benedeadly’s second EP continues the solo musician’s sonic exploration of psychedelic folk, blending her signature cinematic, spaghetti western guitar riffs with surf, Americana and rock & roll. These desert-invoking instrumentals conjure images of dusty horse trails and the open road. They embody the expansive sense of freedom that the American Southwest and road trip adventures inspire, particularly in a civilization emerging from a global pandemic. LISTEN to “The Voice of the Fire” now via The Sleeping Shaman or Bandcamp.
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Betty Benedeadly ‘The Adventures of Mabel & Carter’ PREORDER
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As Betty left behind the solitude and dusty mesas of northern New Mexico, she headed to Joshua Tree, raising two baby Polish chicks in her van along the way. “At that time, I’d recently learned of Mother Maybelle Carter and began to understand that so many of the guitar lineages I aspire to uphold trace their roots back to this singular woman. She was a matriarch and architect of what eventually became rock & roll, and so few people know her name. Naturally, I named my new chicks Mabel and Carter in tribute.”
Living out of the van, and now raising Mabel and Carter, Benedeadly studied the style of guitar playing popularized by Maybelle Carter known as the Carter scratch. “While exploring Joshua Tree, picking my guitar on the porches of Pioneertown, practicing the Carter scratch, and playing with my chicks, these songs were born,” says Benedeadly. “This album was truly made of chicken scratch and Carter scratch.”
1) Rite of the Dusty Trail
2) The Voice of the Fire*
3) Transmutation†
4) Release the Reins
Betty Benedeadly – Producer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist
Braden Guess – Music director, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist
*Heather Thomas – Drums
†Belle Cardinal – Vocals, singing bowls
Phil Kegley, The Oven – Recording, mixing
Cris Burns, Ameripolitan Studios – Mixing, mastering
Album art by Betty Benedeadly
Executive Producer Tami B
Recorded July 2021 in Austin, TX
