Folk Radio UK

“Produced by Fernando Perdomo (Linda Perhacs, Jakob Dylan), this record is simultaneously forlorn as it is warm and enveloping. Perdomo also handles bass and keyboards on the record, and features Danny Frankel (Lou Reed, Fiona Apple, Nels Cline) on percussion and drums.”

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Hard Times Again is the new single from Americana singer/songwriter R. Finn (aka Chris Rondinella), off his forthcoming debut LP, Collecting Trip. Co-produced by legendary drummer Jim Keltner (Bob Dylan, Neil Young, John Lennon), Collecting Trip is an ode to Finn’s deep dive into folk and Americana. The album also features contributions from Benmont Tench (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers), Sean & Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek) and more.

Following a serendipitous two-year stint working with The Band’s Levon Helm at his studio in Woodstock, Finn returned to Los Angeles and started his own recording studio and creative space, The Heritage Recording Co., in a converted factory. It was in that studio that Finn recorded Collecting Trip—a ten-track collection of timeless Americana that finds Finn channelling influences from Woody Guthrie to Leon Russell.

Finn’s new single, the first song on the album, “Hard Times Again” is a downtempo love ballad featuring Finn’s emotive crooning atop simplistic acoustic guitar, banjo and a lush orchestral backing.

R. Finn shared the following on Hard Times Again:

This song is about cycles of addiction. In this case metaphorically a woman. I wanted to see how far I could push the imagery negatively about this person, only to return to her again at the end of the song. Something most people can relate to in one way or another, whether pills, love, or video games. Everybody’s got something they’re running back to.

The song started off as a Ray Charles “Busted” list type song and kind of took off from there. Though not intentionally I hear a lot of Townes in there. Which I don’t mind, cuz’ I love his records.

In its essence, this is really a folk song. Oddly enough it became the one on the album with the most production. It got the kitchen sink treatment, but I’m happy where it ended up.

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Baby Robot Media is a music publicity and media service agency with employees in Los Angeles, Memphis, Atlanta & New York and represent musicians from all over the world. We specialize in promotional ( PR ) campaigns for albums, singles and videos, tour press, radio, music video production, music marketing, social media campaigns, Spotify campaigns and creating promotional content. Our mission is to help great unknown bands reach a wider audience and to help already successful artists manage their brand identity and continue to thrive. Our music publicists have over 50 years of combined experience in the music industry. We are known as one of the best in the business.