Josh Phillips Folk Festival Live at The Orange Peel on 2009-01-20 01) You Are Loved
02) Be For You
03) Angelina
04) Old Man
05) Little Something Baby
06) Morning Song
07) Rolling Sea*
08) All Alone
09) Turn It Around
10) Queen Bee
11) For Today
12) It Ain't Easy
* 1st time played
Singer, guitarist, and percussionist of Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band Josh Phillips has recently left the Booty Band in pursuit of his new project, Josh Phillips Folk Festival. Though the Folk Festival plays some of the same songs that Josh has written with the Booty Band, the overall vibe is more song oriented and less of the party vibe that is synonymous with the Booty Band experience. While the music seamlessly bounces between folk, world, reggae, and R&B, the common theme of the music is heart felt lyrics with a strong focus on the song itself.
"I don't want to be bound to a single style when I sit down to write a song because you can easily get away from expressing the real way that you feel at that moment in time. What I do strive for is to write songs when I am in a clear, thoughtful, and honest headspace that feels good for me to sing and also for others to hear out loud; a way for us all to connect and realize though situations are different, we all go through a lot of the same feelings."
Josh Phillips began the Folk Festival as a recording project back in June of 2007, made up of members of Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band, STRUT, Trainwreks, and Laura Reed and Deep Pocket. Also helping make the CD a true Folk Festival, Justin Perkins of Toubab Krewe, Bryon McMurray of Acoustic Syndicate, Nik Hope of Hope Massive, Woody Wood of the Blue Rags, and many other local musicians came through the studio to lay down a piece to the album.
