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 And Then You Were Gone, a new 5-song EP, on July 20, 2018.
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Behind the Scenes Access! Join Us in the Studio 8/25-8/26!
Behind the Scenes Access! Join Us in the Studio 8/25-8/26!
Pre-Order the New EP!
Pre-Order the New EP!
"Rattler" Single & MUSIC VIDEO!!!
"Rattler" Single & MUSIC VIDEO!!!
Our new EP - "And Then You Were Gone"
Our new EP - "And Then You Were Gone"

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Behind the Scenes Access! Join Us in the Studio 8/25-8/26!
Behind the Scenes Access! Join Us in the Studio 8/25-8/26!

Join us at Miner St. Recordings in Philadelphia for a hands-on weekend of recording and mixing.

Pre-Order the New EP!
Pre-Order the New EP!
"Rattler" Single & MUSIC VIDEO!!!
"Rattler" Single & MUSIC VIDEO!!!

Rattler - the first single off our new EP, "And Then You Were Gone" AND our first ever official music video! We are so excited and so proud and we hope you enjoy it!

"And Then You Were Gone" Releases Everywhere 7/20!

You can pre-order the EP now through our Bandcamp and you'll get an immediate download of "Rattler" before it's available anywhere else!

Our new EP - "And Then You Were Gone"
Our new EP - "And Then You Were Gone"

Today is an exciting day! We finally get to share the title and cover of our latest EP with you! The new record is called "And Then You Were Gone".

It's releasing everywhere digitally on July 20th!

CDs will also be available through Bandcamp and CD Baby and at the merch table at shows.

New EP 7/20 & Release Show 7/21/18!
New EP 7/20 & Release Show 7/21/18!

We are so excited to announce that we are releasing our new EP on July 20, 2018!

We are celebrating with RARE HORSE RADIO on July 21st - a show/party where we will be joined by two of our favorite local bands, Rare Spirits & Earth Radio - at the new Philadelphia Folksong Society venue in Roxborough!

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More info on the new album coming soon!

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What an amazing show! #philly #livemusic
We are ready! @thehootenhallers @thedeadsouth
Tomorrow night, #thanksgivingeve, we open for @thedeadsouth and @thehootenhallers at @trocphilly. We couldn’t be more pumped! #livemusic #philly #americana
We are super excited to be opening for @thedeadsouth and @thehootenhallers at @trocphilly on #thanksgivingeve! 8pm
#barrelagedcocktails for my holiday party! It’s my first time, so I went for a classic Manhattan with #xocolatl chocolate bitters. 🥃🍫🌿 Now to let these babies sleep and do their magic. It’s going to be a long 3 weeks! - M
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So excited to open for this amazingly talented group! Come to @folksongsociety tomorrow night 8pm. We’ll set em up and @frontcountrysf will knock em down. #friday #philly #livemusic
Night before thanksgiving-we’re excited to be part of this bill. @thehootenhallers @thedeadsouth @trocphilly #barnburner
“Thanks for spotting me $5 for the city wide, but like when are you going to press some vinyl?”
Lovely day at the Manayunk Harvest Fest. Couldn’t have asked for better weather or crowd or sound from @jwernerproduction. Happy fall y’all!
Today you can find us at the Manayunk Harvest Fest, 2pm! 🍁🍎🥨🍂 Fun fact: Megan and Galen take silly selfies at every show and almost never post them. #workhusbands #hairbuds @manayunkdotcom @manayunklifestyle

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Booking: booking@blackhorsemotel.net | All else: blackhorsemotelmusic@gmail.com