Johnny Bell returns with a new single, “Staying Home.” Rooted in restraint and rich with feeling, the track leans into simplicity without losing the quiet intensity that defines his sound.
This is the latest reveal from Mountain States, arriving May 8, 2026 via Centripetal Force and Ramble Records.
Now that we’ve established that Tacoma Park is NOT in Maryland, we can get on to more important geographical clarifications. For example… how PARIS is indeed in Maryland. Not too far from Chesapeake Bay!
Check out the full video. youtu.be/gGY0eQ-D1-E
And order the album on the Bandcamp! ✌🏼
You already know how the devil went down to Georgia and met up with Robert Johnson at the Crossroads. But, have you heard about The Legend of Johnny Bell?
www.centripetalforcerecords.com/incircles/ta...
You already know how the devil went down to Georgia and met up with Robert Johnson at the Crossroads. But, have you heard about The Legend of Johnny Bell?
www.centripetalforcerecords.com/incircles/ta...
Tacoma Park isn’t in Maryland…. but Paris is! Right there in Calvert County!
Zip code 20736
Paris, MD
“Paris” is the second reveal from ‘Baltimore’ - the forthcoming album from Tacoma Park. With its kosmische groove and motorik drive, this earworm is ready for the backroads, freeways, and scenic byways that you’re taking this spring.
Available digitally, as well as on vinyl, on the Bandcamp.
Test Press Tuesday w/ @johnnybellsounds.bsky.social
Preorder at the Bandcamp!
johnnybell.bandcamp.com/album/mounta...
REVISIONIST!!?? Certainly a well traveled vagabond like yourself has encountered the tale of this legendary town at some point! Perhaps you have even performed there in a past iteration of your musical self.
For the naysayers, like @lidders.bsky.social! The debate is settled!
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Synth and Steel! Why choose when you can have both?
Five posters left! Get yours reserved with a pre-order of Mountain States on vinyl. Artwork by Daniel McCoy.
johnnybell.bandcamp.com/album/mounta...
beautiful double-cassette released on @centripetalforce.bsky.social four years ago today !
** click through to read the liner notes by Glen Burnout **
Once again, it's time for my monthly roundup of the best country (and country-ISH) music on @bandcamp.com for Bandcamp Daily.
February's includes @queenesther.bsky.social, @rissipalmermusic.bsky.social and 3 lovely benefit comps from @centripetalforce.bsky.social & @seawindofbattery.bsky.social.
Pre-order up now for New Mexico-based banjoist Johnny Bell's incredible Mountain States. Releasing May 8.
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#experimentalbanjo
#americanprimitiveguitar
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Johnny Bell’s Mountain States is a co-label presentation with California’s Centripetal Force and Australia’s Ramble Records. The album is going up for pre-order today over on the Bandcamp, with Departure Valley being the first glimpse into Bell’s progressive touches on the banjo. Check it out. 🪕🪕🪕
Oh! This is really nice. Thanks for the introduction.
@jenpkelly.bsky.social has some good search term advice. No reason to get lost in map land. Baltimore might be in Maryland. Tacoma Park is not.
But you can find the forthcoming album available for pre-order on the Bandcamp.
tacomapark.bandcamp.com/album/baltim...
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Solid search advice!
30 years! Oh my word. 😵
THE FUTURE IS BANJO II
T H E F U T U R E I S B A N J O
I saw it last year when I was visiting my parents. Had to get it! The PV was my playground for years, from the potholes of shelburne falls to the abandoned hospital in monson.
Hahaha! You know, I haven’t asked them why they spell it like that or have the title of the new album be Baltimore and have the album have nothing to do with Maryland.
Test Press Tuesday w/ Tacoma Park!
T H E F U T U R E I S B A N J O
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One more great Perilous Fight comp ... thx to @centripetalforce.bsky.social + @seawindofbattery.bsky.social (and all the artists) for getting together for a good cause.
Volume 3 of The Perilous Fight is out today from @seawindofbattery.bsky.social and @centripetalforce.bsky.social. With another potent slate of artists plying their art for the cause of freedom, proceeds from this one go to Amnesty International USA.
seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com/album/the-pe...
Honored to be part of this compilation benefiting Amesty International, out today from @seawindofbattery.bsky.social and @centripetalforce.bsky.social
seawindofbattery.bandcamp.com/album/the-pe...
Seriously though. If you know anyone that lives around Santa Cruz, CA, send them to the Bitchin Bajas show Thursday night at Moe’s Alley. Agnes Martian plays as well!
