NCMF News
NO DEPRESSION: Friends Remember Neal’s Career and Legacy
Neal first appeared in No Depression in a record review in Vol. 1, No. 2, Winter 1996 (the issue with Blue Mountain on the cover), followed by an interview feature in Vol. 2, No. 1, September-October 1996.
Backline Receives Grant from NCMF
We are proud to support Backline, an organization created to provide safe, private, and professional mental health support for the music industry and their families. They have a network of over 120 clinicians around the country…
NCMF Official Store Launches
The Neal Casal Music Foundation merch store is now live. If you missed out on our Kickstarter campaign earlier this summer you can now pre-order the photo book ‘Tomorrow’s Sky: Photographs by Neal Casal,’ as well as many other items.
Ship of Fools and Mountains of the Moon Release
Recorded by Neal and released with new instrumentation added by Circles Around the Sun (CATS), “Ship of Fools” and “Mountains of the Moon” debut during Daze Between.
NCMF Kickstarter Project Is Fully Funded!
On June 18, we launched a Kickstarter project with a 30 day goal of $25,000 and in under 4 hours, we hit our goal. The avalanche of love for Neal demonstrated by our music community over the course of the 30-day campaign…
Hazy Malaze Is Now Available For Downloading and Streaming
For those who may not have been following Neal’s work in the early aughts, Hazy Malaze was his “soul power trio” with Jeff Hill and Dan Fadel. The Independent UK called it “an opportunity for Casal to revel in strutting funk-rock riffs.”
Interludes: The Complete Set-Break Recordings by Circles Around The Sun
Circles Around The Sun announce ‘Interludes: The Complete Set-Break Recordings’ presenting the nearly five hours of music recorded for the intermission at Levi’s Stadium and Soldier Field in 2015.
Rolling Stone Announces the Neal Casal Music Foundation
The good folks at Rolling Stone had the exclusive announcement of the Foundation launch to coincide with the Kickstarter campaign launch. With multiple projects underway to celebrate the memory and life of Neal…