by Rich Kirkpatrick | Feb 13, 2019 | BEAR TRACKS
With the release of All Saved Freak Band’s reissue of Brain Washed on vinyl LP, a new arm of Old Bear Records was launched. This new endeavor brings to life under-discovered vintage gems from music past as well as more current music that has yet to see a release on...
by Rich Kirkpatrick | Dec 14, 2018 | BEAR TRACKS
Jeremy Thompson has been with the Old Bear crew since the beginning. He is known as the Old Bear sound maker, taking the creative and artistic vision and making it into the sounds that end up on Old Bear recordings. What goes on inside the recording studio environment...
by Rich Kirkpatrick | Oct 12, 2018 | BEAR TRACKS
by Rich Kirkpatrick As you listen to Ed Chilungu play piano, it is a perfect word to call his style a “flow.” There is no showing off of his precise technique, merely a journey he gently takes us on. With backgrounds in jazz and classical, Ed brings to Old Bear...
by Anthony Hoisington | Sep 12, 2018 | BEAR TRACKS
by Rich Kirkpatrick Have you ever experienced a moment in life where you felt really alive? When I think of bears and the word “upstream” I immediately picture a grizzly bear snatching a salmon with his massive claws as it jumps upstream, arching into the air....
by Anthony Hoisington | Aug 13, 2018 | BEAR TRACKS
The surprising moments when joy and sorrow meet by Rich Kirkpatrick All it takes is a second for your world to change. In an instant, oxygen escapes your lungs. A pervasive heaviness slows down time, robbing your legs the strength to stand. Life-changing news sucker...