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John Roderick in studio
The Long Winters in the studio, while recording a follow-up to the Putting the Days to Bed album.
ZZ Top cover on Sweetheart 2010 compilation
It was only a matter of time before The Long Winters would record a song by the most famous bearded band of all. And ZZ Top’s Gimme All Your Lovin’ is quite obviously the perfect choice for Starbucks Valentine’s… » More inside
New song and video for GIVE Seattle online
Over 30 Seattle artists have contributed tracks to GIVE Seattle 2009, a downloadable music and video compendium for charity. The Long Winters recorded an acoustic version of new song Not Moving to Portland especially for the GIVE project, with Kathleen… » More inside
Not Moving To Portland – GiveSeattle video
John Roderick performs the new song “Not Moving to Portland” featuring Kathleen Edwards for www.giveseattle.org. This song can be downloaded from the GIVE website. » Read more about Give Seattle and The Long Winters’ contribution. Produced by Creature, directed by Branson… » More inside
A quick update
Hello fans and friends! Has it really been so long since we’ve kept in touch? You haven’t changed a bit. Well, your hair’s a bit different, but I can tell those eyes from a mile off. I’m sorry we’ve been… » More inside
13 Songs with John
A series of quasi-weekly check-ins with John Roderick on YouTube as he works on writing the songs for the upcoming Long Winters album. » Episode One where John builds a fence. » Episode Two where John faces a deadline at the piano. » Episode… » More inside