Man, I am excited about this one. I’ve known and enjoyed Dieter’s music since back when me slipping him whiskey was contributing to the delinquency of a musician. We both left Lancaster right around the same time, but Dieter somehow found time to return to the Red Rose city and produce an album that captures it with an amazing measure of accuracy.

And like a proud instigator, I’ve talked Dieter in allowing me to give his album away. It’s light. It’s haunted. And it’s about one banjo short from being Lancaster’s official take on the burgeoning and exciting neo-Depressionist genre (Avett Brothers, Old Crow Medicine Show, Langhorne Slim, etc).

So, if you’re interested in getting your folk on, head over here and download Dietrich Strause’s self-titled, independently produced debut.And if you like it, feel free (hell, feel obligated) to pass it on.