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@gregjamie

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singer-songwriter, painter of watercolors, film programmer, catdad

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It feels really intense and strange to put anything into the world right now. There’s so much pain out there and cynicism. But it also feels right to find modes of communication through art and music. I don’t know another way. My album comes out today. And I’m mad at my anxiety around it that prevents me from being fully elated to share it with you. But here it is, complete and listenable. Find the time if you can! Time is precious and fleeting of course but listen to it like a conversation. Welcome Across a Violet Pasture into this deeply complicated world! It’s got something to sing about. by @gregjamie

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An established devotee of dark weirdness, Greg Jamie brings forth his second solo album on Orindal: 𝘼𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙖 𝙑𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 (out October 10, 2025). Across ten new songs recorded with his longtime collaborator Colby Nathan, Jamie journeys to the strange, enchanted center of his personal vision. This is a space between sleeping and waking, where Jamie’s woodsy, weary voice guides us forward.

It’s no surprise that the latest from the Maine-based musician and visual artist aims to haunt, but this experimental folk pop does it in a way that’s more playful than funereal. It lays a shimmering floor over the abyss.

The strength of 𝘼𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙖 𝙑𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 is its intuitive rawness. It’s art made at home; the product of a deep inner life and a personal mythology. And like Greg Jamie’s uncanny watercolor paintings, this record juxtaposes muted, dark backgrounds with shocks of vibrant color. The “violet pasture” of the title evokes a mix of passionate red and cool, sorrowful blue. The resulting purple is mystical and a little extravagant. It’s a color hardly found in nature. And when it is, like the violet flower, it survives only in dappled forest shade. Admired by hermits, fauns, and idealistic weirdos, there’s a secretive, melancholy, and ephemeral beauty to this work.

"I'd Get Away", the first single from 𝘼𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙖 𝙑𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚, is streaming everywhere. Listen now through the link in our bio!

Greg Jamie on "I'd Get Away":
"I’d Get Away is the first song on the album. Making this song felt like a breakthrough for the whole record for me, sonically. It's sort of a surf ballad about letting go of what you can’t change, and moving on from what is final. Transcendence and fog. Clarity after death. Blow up nostalgia and just be. Check out that slide and drift away."

Pre-order 𝘼𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙖 𝙑𝙞𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙋𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 vinyl LPs, tapes, downloads & set of 6 limited edition postcards now at orindal.com (also linked in bio).

Photo credit: Paige Jamie Bedard
Paintings: Greg Jamie
Album design: Gordon Ashworth by @gregjamie

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The library gets a little louder on Saturday, October 24, with @toldslant_felix, @hanapruz, and @gregjamie bringing tender sounds to the stacks.

Returning to the Northeast for the first time in six years as a three-piece ensemble, Told Slant celebrates the release of their fourth record, What’s Up, released by @mtnlaurelrecordingco. The album moves with what Pitchfork calls “gritted-teeth optimism,” drawing from the worlds of Alan Vega, the Velvet Underground, and Tom Waits.

Queens-based h. pruz (the solo music project of Hannah Pruzinsky) will share a reconfiguration of the very same three-piece band in a project of experimental singer-songwriter works.

Maine-based Greg Jamie will also join in. Greg is a songwriter of dark folk music, whose recent album ‘Across A Violet Pasture’ was released on Orindal Records.

In case you’re new to our library concerts, expect cozy seating, moody atmosphere, and librations behind the circulation desk.

🖤 $15 for Mechanics’ Hall Members
🖤 $20 for General Admission
🖤 $200 to Reserve the Couch

You’re welcome to pay what you can at the door. Link in bio for tickets or at mechanicshallmaine.org/programming

#mainemusic
#portlandmaine taken in Mechanics Hall (Portland, Maine) by @gregjamie

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We’re still digesting this magical night. Thank you to everyone who came out to Norway and joined us last Saturday!

Thank you @ladylambjams and @gregjamie for the unforgettable performances. To Danny Couch and the other @spindleworksgardiner artists, @dyerrhoads and @mattdemers_again for bringing the raw space to life with your art. To @ecologybasedeconomy and @mainesolar for helping solve our power dilemma. Thank you to @sammy.weidenthal and Alan Bean for making it look and sound amazing. Thank you to @space538 for helping us make this happen, and every volunteer who gave their time, sweat, and energy to this project. We couldn’t have done it without you.

Photos: @bnjmntrtmn by @gregjamie

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Very pleased to reunite o’death!
We’re getting together to open for Oodelally who is celebrating the release of their debut full length album at Space Gallery on October 10th. Oodelally are as creative as they are talented and we’re honored to support them!
@space538
@oodelally.music
@odeathmusic by @gregjamie

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Every Wild Light has its own soundtrack...

This year, we're thrilled to welcome three Maine musicians whose performances will carry us through an afternoon of art, conversation, and late-summer light:

🎵 Greg Jamie (@gregjamie) - richly layered tunes that blur the lines between folk, experimental, and Americana, creating a sound that's unmistakably his own (Hewnoaks alum '15 & '26)

🎵 Heather Lynn (@hther.lynn) - intimate folk songs rooted in Appalachian tradition and the natural world (currently an @olsportland LEAF Fellow!)

🎵 Mo Nuñez (@mosart212) - DJ, producer, and electronic artist spinning breaks, funk, and rare finds (Hewnoaks alum '22)

Wild Light is free and open to all - August 22, 3-7 PM, right here atop the eastern shore of Kezar Lake. Link in bio for the full lineup and details! RSVPs encouraged! ☀️ taken in Hewnoaks Artist Residency by @gregjamie

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We’re excited to announce that @gregjamie will be opening for @ladylambjams this September 12th at Penn Landing. Tickets are on sale now!

#visitmaine #mainething #gregjamie #ladylamb #norwaymaine by @gregjamie

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SHOW ANNOUNCEMENT

6.26 @theapohadion
8 PM // $10, PWYC

We’re so very proud to present our latest curated evening of dreamy sights ‘n sounds, this time taking place at our beloved Apohadion.

the line-up is @gregjamie, @ml.wah, and @havens.den // with projections throughout the night by yours truly

flyer by @honeyfunnel

see you there beauties, luv ya taken in Portland, Maine by @gregjamie

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@waltmcclements @gregjamie /// Sat May 9
Doors 7, Music 7:30
Adv $15 / $20 at door
No dogs pls, no outside beverages
Fox Den Bar open by donation

Tickets: https://app.tickettailor.com/events/foxden/2159702

Address available with ticket purchase. Carpool if possible. Please try to park in driveway. Lots of parking near barn.

Walt McClements (Los Angeles) is an accordionist, multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Los Angeles. His solo compositions focus on processed accordion, creating patient and emotional meditations that nod to drone and ambient music. McClements has been a touring member of @weyesblood @hurrayfortheriffraff @darkdarkdark and collaborated with harpist @maryoverthere on “Rain on the Road” (@thrilljockey 2024). His latest solo record “On a Painted Ocean” came out on @westernvinyl in 2025.

“The music works within the cosmic sound world that Pauline Oliveros established for the accordion, but McClements’s pieces have a clearly defined harmonic structure as he builds up chords within the loops. It’s a modern take on a classic canon compositional form, like a homespun version of Eno’s Discreet Music”.
- Derek Walmsley, @thewiremagazine

Photo by @rachaelponycassells

Greg Jamie is a Maine-based musician and visual artist. He released his second solo album “Across a Violet Pasture” ( @orindalrecords 2025)Other projects include @odeathmusic and @bloodwarriormusic

Photo by @catmntn taken in Warren, Maine by @gregjamie

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