JASON DEA WEST
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JASON DEA WEST AND THE SISKIYOU CREST: Folk Collective To Release 8 Miles From Rusk Full-Length On Anti-Corp April 25th, 2025
“Boasting one of the most diverse ranges of genres on their roster, independent label Anti-Corp presents the new LP from JASON DEA WEST AND THE SISKIYOU CREST, confirming 8 Miles From Rusk for April 25th release.
The trio arrived in Nashville in late August, all coming from different corners of the country. Worn and weary from their long travels, they wasted no time getting to work. On the first day of the sessions, they spent hours in producer Dan Emery’s driveway, working out arrangements and the details of each song as a trio. The next day, they recorded nine songs in ten hours, predominantly live with minimal overdubbing, which would become the new album, 8 Miles From Rusk.
8 Miles From Rusk arrives with ten soulful anthems framed in a lush blend of folk, outlaw country, and Western Americana. The lyrics bleed with authenticity, telling firsthand accounts of personal experiences delivered through WEST’s bold and poetic vocal approach. With JASON DEA WEST on vocals, guitar, and harmonica, Mason Alexander on the fiddle, and Amie Astelle on bass, the album features guest contributions from Joe Wunderle (guitar), Sparrow Smith (accordion, vocals, banjo), Charlie Marks (banjo), Annie Ford (viola), Hana Fleur (vocals), Aurelia Anne Cohen (vocals), and Nora Jean O’Dea (vocals).
8 Miles From Rusk was mixed and produced by Dan Emery and JASON DEA WEST, engineered, recorded, and mastered by Dan Emery at the Anti-Corp/Black Matter Mastering headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, and completed with artwork by Vanessa Jo Bahr.”
Earsplitcompound.com 2025
The Magnolia Sessions
Recorded live August 25th 2020 at approximately 8pm, on a clear, humid 79 degree Nashville evening. All vocals and instruments performed by Jason Dea West with accompaniment by Benjamin Tod. Recording and post production by Dan Emery at Black Matter Mastering. Available on anticorpmusic.com
Lone Wolf
7 New songs of Western Folk from one of today’s pioneers in the genre. Featuring Colton Ort, Kaitlyn Victoria Brace, Billy Scribbles, Sparrow Pants, Keith Smith, Sam Weaver, Eric Jones and Dan Emery. Available on anticorpmusic.com
American poet, songwriter and troubadour
(Folk, country, western, traditional and alternative)
Jason Dea West is an American troubadour who sings what he lives and lives what he sings. Wests’ poignant lyrics are brilliantly blended with vintage country, folk and blues, and timely sensibilities. From epic guitar and harmonica instrumentals to humorous song as story, Jason never strays very far from the anarchic punk-folk roots of his beloved former band Barefoot Surrender and his celebrated current band Intuitive Compass.
Jason’s younger days as a busker and freight train hopper fostered his keen sense of road-inspired American musical history. Jason toured extensively with guest musicians and bands throughout the lower 48 States and Alaska, appearing in barn dances and taverns, theaters and music festivals, the circus and vaudeville circuits, on radio and in film. He has shared the stage with the likes of Lost Dog Street Band, The Resonant Rogues, Larry And His Flask, Hot Damn Scandal countless others.
Dea West has worked with several renowned recording engineers, including Scot Hackwith, Dennis Dragon, Dan Emery and Steven Hart, producing several studio albums and a recent live “Magnolia Session” via Anti-Corp Records of Nashville, TN which placed #15 on the Billboard Bluegrass charts in October 2020. In 2021 West began work on two new EPs, one “Lost Camp Dreams”, with Scott Hackwith at Cassette LA which is officially available December 30th of 2021, the second EP to be released later in ‘22 shall remain mysterious until further notice.
Jason belongs to the wild lands and what is left of the American countryside…
“He’s The Troubadours Troubadour”
-Paul Weir of Flam Chen
Writeup from John at music coop 2017
“Journey In Today”
The record is anchored by Jason’s extraordinary vocals, guitar and harmonica. He is joined by a group of excellent musicians, including his Partner & Muse, Aurelia Anne Cohen on accordion and vocals.
Writing all 13 songs over a period of 10 years on the road, Jason continues his rich musical progression. He has crafted songs that blend together Traditional Country and Blues and makes these revered American genres his own.
The result is a spirited and timeless “Journey In Today.”
For Booking and other inquiries email us at booking@jasondeawest.com