Hilary Gardner and The Lonesome Pines Produced by Eli Wolf (Norah Jones, Hot Sardines, Robert Glasper) With: Justin Poindexter - guitar, vocal harmonies Noah Garabedian - bass Aaron Thurston - drums Sasha Papernik - accordion Album overview: The seeds for this project were planted in the early months of the pandemic, when I was dreaming of wide-open spaces from the confines of my Brooklyn apartment. I began delving into repertoire from the heyday of the singing cowboy era of the 1930s-50s and discovered a treasure trove of really interesting, fun material. Drawing from jazz, the Great American Songbook, and film composers, these songs are full of poignancy and playfulness. The album evokes the beauty and spaciousness of the natural world, the sense of peace and melancholy that coexist within solitude, and the romance of the American West.