Katy Bowser will have a new EP, titled All of My Friends, coming out this summer.

After a near miss with a record deal, Katy and Kenny knew exactly what they wanted. They put their shoulder to the wheel and produced their EP at home—doing it exactly the way they wanted, and taking as long as necessary to do it. “Recording at our home studio meant that when it wasn’t quite right, we’d stop and have tea, and wait until it did. Or sleep on it and give it a go over our first cup of coffee.” The proof is in the listening: the result is a sonically sweet gem where every note counts, rife with Kenny’s mandolin, parlor guitar and pedal steel, Katy’s vocals and Jake Bradley’s upright bass, and little else.

I’m doing some listening to it right now, and I like what I hear. We hope you’ll like it, too. Visit Katy’s MySpace and you’ll be able to hear versions of two of the three tracks sitting in my hot little hands.

Addendum: the versions up on MySpace are some demos Katy and Kenny did while Katy had a stomach virus … so not only are we talking demo tracks [with all the diamond-in-the-rough quality that implies], but Katy wasn’t feeling great. So don’t let that detract from your enjoyment and excitement.

Also, big ups to the WebbCrackens for loaning gear to the AoMF recording project. That’s true Square Peg style right there!

InfuzeMag.com has a review up of Chris Mason’s Songs One Through Six:

Acoustic singer/songwriter would be one way to put it, but it would not be nearly enough. Based in Nashville, Chris Mason has been recording and touring for the past five years, honing his craft beyond the standard fare. The result, at least on his latest EP Songs One Through Six, is a mature pop/rock effort that will leave you wondering how this guy is independent in the first place.

You can always, of course, buy Songs One Through Six at chrismasonmusic.com.

Chris also did an interview with the Infuze folks that will be out on their podcast soon.

As we reported last month, Derek Webb will be on the cover of the May/June issue of RELEVANT Magazine. In their weekly e-mail update, RELEVANT had this to say about the issue:

Keep an eye on your mailboxes because issue 20 of the magazine ships this week. We don’t want to spoil any surprises but we’ll just say that the Derek Webb interview will have people talking …

Does that mean that what Derek says in the interview will cause people to talk or is it just saying that the interview will feature people talking? We’re hoping for the former, since the latter sort of describes what an interview is, and that really wouldn’t be very surprising.

Here’s a review of Eric Peters’ Scarce from The Phantom Tollbooth

Infuze Magazine reports (and Andy Osenga confirms) that Matt Conner from InfuzeMag.com interviewed Andy O, Andy P, Andy G, Jill, and Randall at GMA Week in Nashville regarding the Square Peg Alliance. No word on when the interview will be released.

Andrew’s 25-song collection of rare live recordings, demos, and bootlegs is now available for $10.99 through Andrew’s website. The CD is scheduled to ship this week. For more information, including a track list for the disc, click here.