Genre Fluid city folk

Philadelphia's Black Horse Motel crafts its genre fluid city folk sound by taking traditional folk instrumentation and lyrics, blending them with Americana roots, rock, blues, and country influences and tying it all together with rich vocal harmonies. The resulting sound is infectiously foot-stomping, heart-breaking, familiar and new. The band released Parable, a 5-song EP, in January 2017 and is planning to release a new EP in early summer 2018.
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Wow! We won 2 Homey Awards!
Recording a new EP!
3/23 Intimate Acoustic West Philly Show + Podcast!
3/23 Intimate Acoustic West Philly Show + Podcast!
NPR's Tiny Desk Contest
Philly Show this Saturday 8/5!
Philly Show this Saturday 8/5!
Catch us at the 2017 Philadelphia Folk Fest!
Catch us at the 2017 Philadelphia Folk Fest!
"Parable" releases today! Album release party tomorrow in Philly!
"Parable" releases today! Album release party tomorrow in Philly!
"Parable" Cover Art Release
"Parable" Cover Art Release
EP Title Announcement!
EP Title Announcement!
Pre-order our new EP!
Pre-order our new EP!

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And here she is. Galen's newest #trulyoutrageous instrument. A @peaveyelectronics #powerslide We shall call her Jem!
TONIGHT! FREE SHOW! BYOB! Join us for an intimate acoustic performance for the Candlelit Series. Details on our website. #westphilly #livemusic #free
#busy #directorschair #networking #leavemealone #sip #stupidhashtags
#Ispy Galen creepin’ in the mezzanine #tinydeskcontest #videoshoot
Tonight we are recording a #tinydeskcontest video. My approach is always as DIY as possible. Tonight’s “kit” is a beat-up snare-less snare muffled by my #jansport and a scarf for a kick, vintage BHM stomp box for a snare, foot and hand tambourines, and shaker eggs. - Meg
On the air with @937wstw
Holy crap, we won 2 Homey awards last night! Best Folk Song for “Where the Money Comes From” and EP of the Year for “Parable”! We are immensely flattered and a little dumbfounded. Thank you so much to @937wstw, Hometown Heroes, Mark C. Rodgers, @gablemusicventures, and special shout out to our bae @drummeron!
#preshow Megan and Galen, aka the Band dads, take their medicine #lifeisshortdrinkgoodbeer
@chestnutgrove is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Ready to start things off here at @118northwayne 8:30!
When the new @petersonstrobetuners #tuner is so huge you decide to return it, but you go ahead and plug it in once and are so floored by the tuning that you change your mind. No it's not a midi console you'll be seeing on Galen's mc stand.

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