Townes Van Zandt, Cormac McCarthy, Joe Bolton, Raymond Carver, Breece D'J Pancake, Chris Offut, Steve Earle, Chris Knight, Johnny Cash, Gram Parsons, Flannery O' Connor, James Dickey, The King James Bible, Emmylou Harris, Leonard Cohen, Damien Jurado, Charles Bukowski, Gillian Welch, Nick Cave, Woven Hand, Mark Lanegan, My Morning Jacket, Whiskeytown, Robert Belfour, Blind Willie Johnson, Dock Boggs, Sara Zentner, Hobart Smith, Ryan Adams, Sufjan Stevens, Iron and Wine, The Be Good Tanyas, Jessie Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter, Grant Lee Phillips, R.L. Burnside, Kelly Joe Phelps, Chris Whitley, Charley Patton, Bukka White, John Lee Hooker, Langston Hughes, Clarence Ashley, Larry Brown, Will Oldham, Dillard Chandler, Entrance, David Gordon Green, Terrence Malick, Dolan Geiman, Jaclyn Sollars, Jim White, Alan Lomax, Jason Isbell, Caroline Herring, Roscoe Holcomb, Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo, Magnolia Electric Company, Songs:Ohia, Otis Taylor, The Black Keys, Junior Kimbrough, Appalachian murder ballads, Robert Johnson, Harry Crews, Son House, Skip James, Richmond Fontaine, Richard Buckner, Jolie Holland, Two Gallants, Dax Riggs, Thad Cockrell and Caitlyn Cary, the Old 97's, Michael Acree, Kathleen Edwards, Neil Young, 16 Horsepower, Lucinda Williams, Lucero, Cory Branan, Bruce Springsteen, Munly and the Lee Lewis Harlots, The Everybodyfields.
Sounds Like
moonlight. train tracks. calm after thunderstorm. scarecrows. dusty bibles. abandoned houses. fireflies. wire fence. sunlight through dust. creaking porch. fallen leaves. churchyard cemetary. grey autumn sky. river levee. dark holler. gravel road. car overgrown by weeds. dying town. windchimes. humid night. petal crushed underfoot. smoke. dirt on coffin lid. sighs. train whistle on winter night. wooden floor. color of night sky. secret place. iron bridge. blossoms blown by storm. far off radio tower. raindrops running down window. locust. derelict boxcar. dreams. wind in poplar tree. swallow’s nest in barn rafters. kudzu on telephone pole. smell of snow. first star of evening. last star of morning. dark canopy of trees. heat that rises from the road. red neon sign. hum of electric line on silent road. map of stars. hymnal falling apart. small white crosses by highway. days of rain. gathering of birds on power line. gas station lights. sound of water. cicada hum. smell of leaves. path through woods. ghosts. bottle on windowsill. midnight prayer. bare branches against darkening sky. rain on road. south wind. raven wing flutter. shadows. blinking yellow light at deserted intersection. forgotten church. sparrows. rust. dark part of flame. railroad crossing lights through fog. name of town crumbling off water tower. flock of birds at november twilight. wind before rain. weight of memory. lover’s whisper. insect song at night. puddle of clouds. rusted silo. slowing song of crickets. dance of leaves blown by wind. green valley. decaying barn. field after harvest. city lights on horizon. clouds covering moon. lonely afternoon. quiet dusk. dying days of summer. shadow of bird flying by streetlamp. words of decline. lightning. red dirt. fall sunlight. tall pine. rain on metal roof. things that die. heartbeats.
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i write songs for those who see the face of god in dirt and rust and broken things. for those who love desolation and who make of it ceremony and song. for those who bear memory's weight and who count the days of their youth in the blinking lights of distant radio towers and deserted intersections. who read in the crumbling names of towns on water towers the dispatches of passing seasons and forgotten heartbeats. for those who in dreams find great and unknowable mystery. who love words that sound upon their lips like secrets and sighs.
My album, Hymns to the Darkness, is available for $13, including shipping, in the U.S. and $18, including shipping, overseas. I can accept payment by paypal at jeffzentner@yahoo.com. For alternative payment options, please message
me. You can also purchase the album at http://cdbaby.com/cd/zentner; as well as on iTunes.
"...Without fail, the lyrics read well in their own right as poems, and truly shine out when put to Zentner’s hypnotic, whispering vocals and dreamy arrangements.
Beware though, this album does not make for easy listening. Zentner’s tales are tinged with black, and as beautiful as his prose is, there is a real underlying darkness that imparts a deliciously deep sense of unease. Conjuring images of desolate, rusty small towns, and compelling tales of human tragedy, love, and friendship, the listener is transported away into another world entirely."
--Americana-UK
well i'm not sure if it's good, bad, or ugly sometimes (my musical taste that is)...but i can't imagine a day without music. You should look into coming to MO...
You are really putting out beautiful stuff. I really enjoy it- I think you might enjoy robyn g. shiels in N. Ireland...he's here in the states on occasion as well. He is on my page if you want to check him out. Anyway keep up the good work.
Me and my canadian tuxedo, complete with hidden flask and here today-gone tomorrow lungs and "stranger repellant"...aka...my knife, will be there. Till the end. (Most likely)
It depends on how much better/worse you sound after you remove the jacket midshow... And if they serve liquor... and if I can smoke inside or not... and if I don't get harassed by random strangers... you know the routine.
hey jeff, the new song "devils eyes" is beautiful and dusky and beautifully dusky ... well done! i just can't get over how, everytime i listen to your music, it feels like a night descending, the sunset bleeding through the shadows of an approaching storm. feels like a last breath. haunting.
