In this episode of "The Journey of My Mother's Son" podcast, I sit down to talk with three of the members of the band, The Naked Sun. During this conversation, Drew Harris, Tim Campbell, and Tom Tusler talk with me about the magic of music and the role that it has played in each of the lives as well as the release of their upcoming album, "Modern Life." This is another one of the amazing groups that we connected with at the Philadelphia Folk Festival.  Ironically, we didn't actually get to see them perform at the festival, but they were our neighbors in the campground.  We got to know them before we even realized that they were performing at the festival. I've since been able to listen to quite a bit of their music and was honored to have them on the show. The Naked Sun is fronted by singer-songwriter, Drew Harris and guitarist Tim Campbell, the band has been a staple of the Philadelphia music scene since forming in 2011.  After spending the mid-aughts in the Baltimore, MD, eclectic and robust music scene, Harris moved home to his native Philadelphia to start a rock band with a little more edge than the folky "streetgrass" stylings of his previous bands. Harris and Campbell met in Campbell's South Jersey home, exchanged tunes, and started making music together. Soon after, the Naked Sun would go on to win the WXPN Beta Hi-Fi Festival, the band recorded their first EP, "Space, Place, and Time," and started playing shows. Flash forward to today, Harris and Campbell are joined by Dylan Mulcahy on drums, Tom Tusler on bass, Alan Sheltzer on keys, and Bradley Moser on lead guitar. The Naked Sun is set to follow up their debut LP, War With Shadows, with a brand new 6-song record entitled, Modern Life, set for release on January 27th, 2023. The Naked Sun mixes sounds familiar to bands like Wilco, the War on Drugs, My Morning Jacket, Drive-by Truckers and the Jayhawks in an indie-rock stew they have coined "honest-rock." Harris explains, "We make music for people who like to really dig-in to their music." To find out more about the band and their music, check out their website at www.wearethenakedsun.com.

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