We got drums recorded this weekend on 4 brand new tracks.   Joel played great and nailed everything in 1-2 takes!   We made progress on "Fallin' Angel", "Black Cloud Girl", "Roll Like a River", and "Hallelujah Free".   Over the next few weeks, we'll get some guitar tracks from Josh, get the rest of bass/guitars/vocals done, and then get to work on another 4 songs:  most likely "Chills", "Why Mississippi", "One Horse Town", and "Treat Me Right."   In addition to thse 8 songs we have 9 more in the works, so we'll see how many we'll get completed in the sessions over the coming weeks.     Once we have a good final mix on one of the songs, we'll post them to http://icompositions.com/artists/NorthPoint     

Next weekend, we're preparing to record the next NorthPoint project, tentatively entitled "Cumberland Road."    We'll likely record some of the songs we have been playing live lately at places like Katie Bullard's (and Karl's god rest) Dublin Pub including "Fallin' Angel" (a song inspired by Pacific Northwest musician David Vest), "Hallelejuh Free" (a brand new song that Kenny wrote), "Fight On" (thanks to Erik Olaf on ideas for this tune), "Black Cloud Girl" and hopefully a few others.   I think people will like "Judy Blue Echo" because it reminds me of some Pink Floyd songs that have meant a lot to me.   And "Why Mississippi" is the kind of song that just might make Robert Johnson roll over in his grave.   Speaking of which, if all goes well we'll re-record "Muddy Water" and let Joel and Josh do their thing - if that doesn't make people remember that New Orleans is the City that Care Forgot, I don't know what will.   We listened to Lucinda Williams tonight on Soundstage and if any of that rubs off on us we'll be, as Stevie said to Billy Triplett one rainy night in Oregon, in "Angels Wings."  

Peace,

-- the NorthPoint boys

Hello World,

We had a great time at the Dublin Pub last night, along with the Keegan Smith band.   Thanks to everyone who came out, and those that took home a CD too :)   We had a great time, and seemed like "Muddy Water" went over especially well with some great guitars and drumming from Josh Hundley and Joel Redwine.   

We'll try and get some live recordings posted soon.   There is now a NorthPoint site on icompositions.com.   Check it out at http://www.icompositions.com/artists/NorthPoint    We're thankful for all the good support we're getting from the icompositions community. 

Best wishes to all in 2007!    -- NorthPoint  

Happy Holidays everyone!

We had a very fun benefit show last weekend at St Henry's Parish in Gresham.   It was a wonderful holiday evening of music and dancing.   Everyone had a great time, and we might have had the best time of all.   We posted a picture of Charlie and Kenny from the show on our myspace site.   Send a mail if you want some mp3s from the show - Kenny sang "Merry Christmas Baby" which was a lot of fun.   

Hope to see you all on January 20th at the Dublin Pub.   Have a wonderful and safe holiday season.

Take care,

-- NorthPoint   Kenny, Charlie Alan

Hi Folks!   We just booked a show on Saturday January 20 2007 at the Dublin Pub.   The pub is located at  6821 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy, 503-297-2889.  http://dublinpubpdx.com     We are hoping to have a few surprises in store for everyone who comes - we're working on 2-3 brand new songs that if all goes well ought to end up on a NorthPoint recording sometime in 2007.    We are also looking into having another guitar player and vocalist join the lineup and start performing as a 4-piece to round out our live sound.

We have a benefit show on Saturday December 16 at the St Henry's Parish.  This is always a great chance for us each year to give a little back to the community, and we always have a fabulous time playing for the kids - last year we had a great turnout with over 100 kids bussed in, and a good holiday time was had by all.    Kenny even learned "Merry Christmas Baby" and taught it to Alan and Charlie before the show :)     

Hope everyone has a great holiday season!  

Happy Holidays,

NorthPoint - Charlie, Alan, Kenny  

New NorthPoint CD "Wildwood Trail" Available Now at Music Millennium and online at CDBABY:  

Hello!  

We had a great time at Music Millennium a week ago.   Thanks to everyone who came out to hear us.  We had a ball, and appreciate all your support of our latest CD Wildwood Trail.   A big Thank You to the staff at Music Millennium who made the evening extra special.  There are some songs and pictures from the Music Millennium in-store performance posted at http://northpointrock.com   

Next show is in two weeks, at Portland Saturday Market, both days Saturday/Sunday September 23/24 from noon-5pm.   We're hoping to play a couple of brand new songs that we have been working on this summer.   We have about a dozen new songs that we're starting to rehearse and refine, to get ready for live shows in the fall.   If all goes well we'll get to work on a third CD in the fall/winter, for release in '07.  

See you soon!

Kenny, Charlie, Alan -- NorthPoint