In the hills of East Alabama, Willem Maker spent more than a decade honing his songwriting skills in virtual secrecy, but in 2007, he chose to step beyond bedroom demos and occasional acoustic performances to release Stars Fell On, a rock record of a debut which was recorded and mixed entirely at his own Foxhole studio on Turkey Heaven Mountain. Originally released by Makerworks Recordings on May 15th, 2007, the disc was reissued by Big Legal Mess Records (Fat Possum) on September 2nd, 2008, in anticipation of a new full-length for the label entitled New Moon Hand. The late summer, early autumn sessions for this sophomore effort pushed Maker far from the idyllic comforts of his secluded home studio, with adventurous collaborations taking place in Nashville and Memphis, Tennessee. Along with four solo tracks from the infamous Foxhole, two were laid down with Mark Nevers at his Beech House Recording, featuring members of Lambchop and Silver Jews, and six hit tape at Electraphonic Recording with co-producer Scott Bomar and a band that included Cedric Burnside, Jim Dickinson and Alvin Youngblood Hart. New Moon Hand was released on March 17th, 2009.
New Moon Hand bio by Ari Surdoval