Music

I've been making music for more than two decades, both as a solo artist (the Baltimore City Paper once called me “Baltimore’s Best Singer/Songwriter,” what feels like a lifetime ago) and with friends in various bands. Links to some highlights are below:

 

Solo music

Music I’ve released under my own name can be heard at austinstahl.net. Home-recorded tunes, with me playing almost everything. Originally I recorded exclusively on a cassette 8-track, but later I joined the 21st century and incorporated a computer.

My most recent solo release is the single “Blues and Greens.” 

My previous LP was Austerity,1 an album of short instrumental pieces, made from repetitive rhythms and interlocking melodies.

 

Bands

Reforester (2018–2020): Three singers, three writers, lots of three-part harmonies. Our mini-album Perpetuity2 can be heard here.

Mink Hollow (2012–2015): I was one of four singers/writers in this band. Two of my favorite songs of mine are on the Ghostwriting EP,3 including the title track.

Small Sur (2007–): Spare, lovely folk tunes penned by my friend Bob Keal. For years I played drums and toured all over and helped record several of the band’s albums. The most recent of those was Labor.4

Private Eleanor (2001–2007): My indie-pop band and main preoccupation in the ’00s. Lots of music and stuff to dig into at privateeleanor.com.

Bands

Reforester (2018–2020): Three singers, three writers, lots of three-part harmonies. Our mini-album Perpetuity2 can be heard here.

Mink Hollow (2012–2015): I was one of four singers/writers in this band. Two of my favorite songs of mine are on the Ghostwriting EP,3 including the title track.

Small Sur (2007–): Spare, lovely folk tunes penned by my friend Bob Keal. For years I played drums and toured all over and helped record several of the band’s albums. The most recent of those was Labor.4

Private Eleanor (2001–2007): My indie-pop band and main preoccupation in the ’00s. Lots of music and stuff to dig into at privateeleanor.com.

Bands

Reforester (2018–2020): Three singers, three writers, lots of three-part harmonies. Our mini-album Perpetuity2 can be heard here.

Mink Hollow (2012–2015): I was one of four singers/writers in this band. Two of my favorite songs of mine are on the Ghostwriting EP,3 including the title track.

Small Sur (2007–): Spare, lovely folk tunes penned by my friend Bob Keal. For years I played drums and toured all over and helped record several of the band’s albums. The most recent of those was Labor.4

Private Eleanor (2001–2007): My indie-pop band and main preoccupation in the ’00s. Lots of music and stuff to dig into at privateeleanor.com.

Bands

Reforester (2018–2020): Three singers, three writers, lots of three-part harmonies. Our mini-album Perpetuity2 can be heard here.

Mink Hollow (2012–2015): I was one of four singers/writers in this band. Two of my favorite songs of mine are on the Ghostwriting EP,3 including the title track.

Small Sur (2007–): Spare, lovely folk tunes penned by my friend Bob Keal. For years I played drums and toured all over and helped record several of the band’s albums. The most recent of those was Labor.4

Private Eleanor (2001–2007): My indie-pop band and main preoccupation in the ’00s. Lots of music and stuff to dig into at privateeleanor.com.

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1 AUSTERITY
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1 AUSTERITY
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2 PERPETUITY
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3 GHOSTWRITING
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3 GHOSTWRITING
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4 LABOR
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4 LABOR
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