JR: You've talked about engaging with a "Catskills sound." What do you mean?

SK: I think this area has, historically, a sound to it. It's a mix of folk and soul and country and rock. An intermingling of acoustic and electric instruments. It's a little bit hillbilly and a little bit urban. I'm thinking a lot in particular of the great records that were made around Woodstock in the late '60s and early '70s. The Band's first couple records. Dylan's output from that period. Van Morrison's "Tupelo Honey" and "Moondance." And, maybe my favorite of the lot, Karen Dalton's "In My Own Time." They all have this loose American soulfulness that centers around folk-rock but isn't limited to it. It's roots music, but filtered through a more urbane viewpoint. Not that that's any better (or worse) than pure country music - that's just where these guys were all coming from, and where we're coming from too. . . You still hear those sounds in a lot of bands around here.