THE PRISON MUSIC PROJECT

RELEASE DATE JUNE 5, 2020

In 2010, folk-singer and songwriter Zoe Boekbinder (they/them) visited New Folsom Prison for the first time. What they thought would be one interesting day turned into a decade-long collaborative project. Boekbinder visited the prison often over the next five years; performing and teaching music workshops quickly turned into the beginnings of collaborations with writers and musicians who were incarcerated within New Folsom's walls. This was the seed for the Prison Music Project and the culminating album, Long Time Gone, produced by Ani DiFranco. Releasing June 5, 2020 (Righteous Babe Records), the album features work by nine incarcerated (and formerly incarcerated) writers. The profits of Long Time Gone will benefit communities impacted by mass incarceration and the funds will be administered by the Southern Center for Human Rights.

For more information please go to our page: The Prison Music Project

CD is packaged in a 4-panel digipak with an 8-page booklet with artwork by renowned artist Matt Mahurin. 

TRACKLIST

1. Breakthrough by Abraham Banks and Zoe Boekbinder 

2. Monster by Greg Gadlin and Zoe Boekbinder 

3. Survivalist by Alex Batriz (Baby Shell Dogg) and Zoe Boekbinder 

4. Broken Vessel by Jacob “Drifter” John Allen and Zoe Boekbinder 

5. All Over Again by Ken Blackburn 

6. Coffin Song by Ken Blackburn 

7. I can’t breathe – Sincere and Baby Shell Dog

8. Ain’t Trippin’ by Samual Brown (LSDrugs)

9. Window Theater – Spoon Jackson 

10. Midnight Deal by Jacob John Allen and Zoe Boekbinder

11. Part of a Family – Greg Gadlin

12. Nowhere but Barstow and Prison by Spoon Jackson and Ani DiFranco

13. Long Time Gone by Ken Blackburn and Zoe Boekbinder 

14. Just Another Link in the Chain by Ken Blackburn 

15. Villain by Nathen Jackson and Zoe Boekbinder