Moonsville Collective w. Davey and The Midnights

"Nods to the greats of the Americana and folk worlds, but it spins a yarn all its own, proving that this Collective just may become the new torchbearers for an old, American genre. - Elmore Magazine

Moonsville is a Southern California band that writes songs about the terrain of their own stories and lives. During an age of short attention spans and speedy business, the band draws their inspiration from a simple well and holds firm to the truth that good songs can carry people through hard times and can increase the light when life lands you on the shadowy side of the street.

As young ramblers from the suburbs of Los Angeles, they began their musical fostering by allowing themselves to be adopted into the Central California scene, sitting-in on jug band and old-time music circles where an infectious and pure spirit of “music for music’s sake” lived. Injecting that same spirit into their songs and their lives became their quest. Moonsville, like a train station, always had players and characters stopping in from time to time to play, drink, chat and record. They’ve recently landed on a concrete five-person roster but often times still have friends sit in on certain shows. Although recent recognition has ushered them onto bigger stages, the bands roots will always find harvest in low-lit bars, drunken alleys and the hobo lullabies.

Before 2017, the band recorded 2 studio albums of original music, Cradle to the Grave and Heavy Howl (released on Rock Ridge Music) toured the country, and played countless shows sharing the stage and line-up on certain occasions with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, The White Buffalo, Charlie Parr, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jackson Browne and Willie Watson among others. Moonsville pulls poetry from their LA home and also from their out-of city getaways, to create a field where their songs can sprout.

in 2017, the band fulfilled their own commitment to record 4 EP’s (20 songs), showcasing their ability to experiment with different song structures, as well as weave in and out of the Americana tapestry. The result was Moonville I-IV, released over the course of 2018, each of which garnering much praise from critics nationwide. 2018-2019 Saw the band frequently performing with a more electric band, but in time, they began to feel a desire to return to their more signature string band, country music sound. Early 2019 brought some further changes, with co-lead singer Ryan Welch leaving the band indefinitely.

The back half of 2019 saw Moonsville quiet down, and spend more time in the garage, getting back to their roots and putting together a batch of songs to showcase the future of the band and adding to their ever growing California canon. The band plans to release a new record in Late 2020, or early 2021, with big plans to maintain their enduring role in the California country community.

Davey And The Midnights combine traditional country, blues, and psychedelia to create an eclectic highway sound in the vein of Gram Parsons, JJ Cale, and the Grateful Dead.