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Beki and Randy
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WAV Files of Songs for Airplay:

We’re Not Going Anywhere (Country/Alt-Country/Country Rock)

Cost Me Everything (AOR, Singer/Songwriter, Americana)

BIO

The tall tales and small stories captured on Beki Hemingway’s new album Earth and Asphalt suggest that her audience has a lot of catching up to do, with assurance that it will be time well spent. Much has happened since the release of 2017’s Whins and Weather, a collection that also marked seismic shifts in

Hemingway’s personal foundation. The singer and her musical partner Randy Kerkman had fearlessly pulled up roots in Denver, Colorado and emigrated to Ireland during the fall of 2016 in order to undertake musical adventures, travel, and public service. The pair are now settled in Dundalk. With ample time steeped in everyday Irish life, longtime listeners might expect Earth and Asphalt to reveal traces of regional folk music. “We thought we might be influenced by the Celtic music, but it turns out that being here has only made us sound more American,” says Hemingway. Various songs reveal fondness for roots, rock, cowpunk and country torchbearers including Lone Justice, the Blasters, Emmylou Harris, Julie Miller, Neko Case, John Mellencamp and Hank Williams. Many of the songs on Earth and Asphalt were written prior to pandemic isolation, but the struggles and loneliness of vividly drawn characters in songs like “Lay Your Burdens Down” can still ring true to the lockdown experience. The veteran singer and keen observer has reached a plateau where the arc of time is becoming more clearly defined, with songs like “The Shape of My Face” describing growing older and accepting the changes as they come. The joyful “Cinderella Twin” recalls the youthful memories of earlier slice-of-life favorites like “Ft. Bragg.” Ultimately, the miles traveled across Earth and Asphalt reflect an inward journey. “Despite having more geographical song titles than usual, the album is more about a place in my soul than any points on the map,” says Hemingway. “What is the balance between being somewhere different each night to sing, and being grounded in a community where I can invest in people as a consistent and reliable friend? I have really come to value the people who love me no matter what, and I’m trying to figure out where I belong.”

“superb vocals, confident stage presence and impressive song writing.”
-Lonesome Highway (Dublin, IE)

“Hemingway and Kerkman make a potent team on this blend of power pop and Americana.” –Broken Hearted Toy

“An artist to look out for.”
-Chicago Tribune

“Songs of relentless faith and charming insight.”
Prism Magazine

“their last record Whins and Weather was a songwriting triumph but for me this one is a life work.”
–Steve Stockman, Soul Surmise

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