Vagabond Empire

https://www.thevagabondempire.com/

Vagabond Empire is an expansive new solo project for acoustic guitar, banjo, and vocals, born from the ashes of critically acclaimed "bluevelvetgrass" string band Three Times Bad, whose American Sojourn record was named "Album of the Week" on Mike Morrison's American Roots Radio for its "huge originality (and) mastery of their instruments."

Wide-ranging and genre-elastic, Vagabond Empire's massive set list combines dynamic originals with updated classics for the 21st century. The music digs deep into 100+ years of American roots traditions and then some, from Tin Pan Alley and early jazz, to Gypsy swing, folk, blues, bluegrass, country, honkytonk, soul, rock, and more.

After the Plague, a debut studio recording of original songs, will be released in June 2025. The album is a deep dive into heartbreak, grief, compassion, and resilience that speaks to our precarious times -- and the joyful noise of collective uplift through the healing power of music.