Biography

Wild Turkey Records has assembled a beautiful collection of seasonal and holiday songs from the stable of Wild Turkey artists. The Mosstins set the stage for winter with Sandy Dennys haunting “Who Knows Where the Time Goes”. Black Moss Meredith sing about the ghosts of Christmas past in old home movies in “Super 8 Christmas”. Austin Lightning Carrothers sings of how the American and German soldiers celebrated Christmas on the battlefield in WW 1 with John McCutcheon’s ”Christmas in the Trenches”. Gerry Devine tells the story of a father relocating his family on Christmas eve with “Joseph”. Steve Black sings of witnessing the birth of the Messiah with “Shepherds Song”. And many more great songs to fill your ears and heart with the sounds and sensations of winter and the holidays.

The Mosstins’ “Back Forty” is the latest album from Catskill Mountain born and raised, Ency Austin and her West Virginian bred husband, Marc Moss.
Marc Moss, former guitarist, vocalist and co-songwriter with the much beloved "Angel Band"has formed this duo with fiddler, vocalist and wife, Ency Austin.
From Ollabelle Reed and Sippy Wallace to Vince Gill and everyone else in between, “Back Forty” contains new renditions of some of the most beloved songs ever penned.

BIO:
Marc Moss was born and raised in Morgantown, West Virginia. He began playing music when he was 7 years old, inspired by seeing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan.

Long time singer/songwriter, he was the multi-instrumentalist and songwriter in the popular Americana group “Angel Band”. Marc toured the US with David Bromberg, recording and mixing Bromberg’s album “Use Me”. He worked closely with the late and great, Levon Helm, Los Lobos, Vince Gill, Linda Ronstadt, Dr. John to name a few.
Also check out "Moss Meredith" album, "Late for the Moon" here on APD for the newest release from Marc Moss and Dave Meredith. A collaboration of originals from these two great singer/songwriters.

Ency Austin was born in Catskill, NY and has been singing (while doing the dishes) since she was seven years old. She LOVES her fiddle almost as much as she loves Marc. She was also the manager of “Angel Band” guiding them thru 3 great album releases and is a producer of many concerts through her well known NYS venue “Studio Red Hook”.

This is her second recording using her talents as a singer, multi-instrumentalist on fiddle, guitar and jug, and up until then… was the girl who always wanted to sing while sitting backstage watching others.

FOR MORE INFO CONTACT: encyaustin@gmail.com

Black Moss Meredith
A young Dave Meredith walked into Marc Moss’s Target Recording Studio with a notebook full of songs and fist-full of dollars from his paper route. They recorded what became the album “Skatman Meredith” on Silent Planet Records. Soon after, Steve Black took a drive down Appleton Road and the first steps in a years-long journey making music together with Marc.

Marc Moss was born and raised in Morgantown, West Virginia. He began playing music when he was 7 years old, inspired by seeing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. A long-time singer songwriter and highly sought after engineer and producer, he most recently was the multi-instrumentalist and songwriter in the popular Americana group “Angel Band”. 2011 was a busy year for Marc, touring the US with David Bromberg, recording and mixing Bromberg’s “Use Me”. On this new album, he worked closely with the late great Levon Helm, Los Lobos, Vince Gill, Linda Ronstadt, and Dr. John, to name a few. He has also recorded and released two albums together with his wife, fiddler and singer Ency Austin, as The Mosstins.

Dave Meredith was born in New York and grew up happily in Ramsey, NJ. He began playing guitar at the age of 21when he received one as a gift from his sister. Pursuing a career in visual arts, he soon realized music was his calling. He started writing songs and recording music at home. He played in several bands, The Action Figures, and Nicholas Freight before deciding the folk troubadour route was the way to go. In 1987 he met Marc Moss and they began a friendship and collaboration that still produces new music 30 years later. Marc recorded three albums with Dave that were eventually released on Silent Planet Records. Dave has toured France and Germany and at venues across the US promoting his Silent Planet releases. He was a finalist in the Chris Austin songwriting contest at Merlefest, and in a Billboard Magazine contest.

Steve Black was born in Flint, Michigan. His formative years were spent in France, Germany and Belgium. He was given a guitar while in the third grade, and with a Mel Bay chord book and late nights listening to American music on Armed Forces Radio, by the time he was in his teens he was writing lyrics of his own to folk, rock, country and blues tunes. Returning to the USA at 18, he briefly attended college before dropping out to make his living in woodworking. By night he plied his trade as a song-smith, playing mostly solo in and around the Philly folk scene. His debut album, Time Passes, recorded at Marc’s Target Studios, gained accolades in Songwriter Magazine and other music publications. This led to much time spent touring, from the Bluebird to the Bitter End, from seedy bars to bookstores. Steve continued to rely on Marc as producer for two more albums.

BMM
Marc got the notion to try writing together with two of his favorite songwriters. From the first writing session, the magic was immediate and undeniable.They formed Black Moss Meredith, writing, recording and releasing their CD World of Wonder on Silent Planet Records. The trio played gigs in the Philadelphia area in support of their release, while continuing to write and record together.


Gerry Devine
Before returning to DelMarVa to work for Paul Reed Smith Guitars in 2003, Delaware native Gerry Devine enjoyed a long career as a recording artist and songwriter in New York and Nashville. He won the BMI/New York Music Award for Best New Songwriter in 1989 which led to a recording contract with Gadfly Records. His debut release was the critically acclaimed "Fire Lane" which garnered extensive airplay on College radio and resulted in an offer of a songwriting contract in Nashville where he moved in 1996. This show will be a benefit for the Talbot Senior Center Meals On Wheels Program.

Moss Meredith
A shared Welsh Heritage and Influences from British Folk Rock, flavors all their music with tight harmonies and catchy hooks. Rich stories with mysterious characters who live their lives in their own musical universe and share their epitaphs that will be carved in the granite of your very soul.

Dave Meredith and Marc Moss met at Marc’s recording studio Target Studios in the eighties. They worked together on Dave’s debut CD for Silent Planet Records (Brooks Williams, Phil Madeira, more,) “Skatman Meredith”. Marc Moss recorded many more Skatman projects together.

While Dave toured US and Europe extensively supporting his SIlent planet releases. Marc sang his songs from Austin to Nashville. They always kept in touch and shared experiences on the road. Marc also worked in the studio and on the road with David Bromberg, Linda Ronstadt, Los Lobos and many more, while co-writing and performing touring with Angel Band for several years.

Marc relocated to The Hudson Valley and began performing with his wife Ency as The Mosstins. They released their critically acclaimed first CD “Hardscrabble”in 2013.

When the COVID Pandemic hit, Marc & Dave, all performances canceled, decided to start writing together and via Zoom, composed a new album together. The result is “Late for the Moon”, a collection of eclectic melody-driven Americana tunes.

A mysterious woman walks alone before dawn, in the Catskill morning mist humming a tune. Brother Juniper searches for meaning in a Precarious world. Love is lost and mourned, while new love surprises us; “we never saw it coming”.