Rusty Willoughby’s “Cobirds Unite” out now!

A Pacific Northwest songwriting mainstay, Rusty Willoughby has been writing, recording and performing music since 1982. Largely known for his work with the rock/pop bands Pure Joy, Flop and Llama, Willoughby’s mostly lo-key, often lo-fi and decidedly lo-electricity records have flown well under the radar for the last decade or so.

Influenced by everything from Woody Guthrie to Jacques Brel, Willoughby’s solo output is peculiar, difficult to categorize and seemingly patterned after the most viscerally stubborn and commercially inept western minds and talents of the last century. Refreshing even, perhaps. Or not.

Meet the new album, Cobirds Unite. Herding a music consortium between cool waters and nourishing fields. Twenty first century bandmates make for the lushest outing yet. Barrett Martin, Barb Antonio, Margrethe Bjorklund, Rachel Flotard, Johnny Sangster, Scott Sutherland, Lisa King and Tillman Herb help to create an ethereal, natural unfolding topography. Cobirds Unite – recorded in late Spring/early Summer of 2009. Tracked at Crackle and Pop, mixed at Avast and mastered at RFI all here in Seattle Washington. Recorded and mixed by Johnny Sangster, Produced by Johnny Sangster with Rusty WIlloughby and mastered by Ed Brooks.

Listen for more to come from this furry, hazy, damp, dark corner of the world, and you’ll be hearing the oddly mellifluous sound of a weird and mysterious depth being plummeted.

We are happy to offer Rusty’s previous solo albums for sale in our Online Shop.

Rusty’s website: www.rustywilloughby.com