Mojave Gold

THE KEARNS FAMILY

Mojave Desert singer-songwriter Pat Kearns persists among the most recognizable voices in the high-desert folk-rock landscape, further cemented by winning the Joshua Tree Voice “Joshua” award for Best Male Vocal of 2023. Accompanied by artist/stylist/musician Susan Kearns on stand-up bass; together, they’re The Kearns Family: a wide-brimmed, steely-eyed duo embodying the traditions of ‘60s/70s outlaw/cosmic country. The Kearns Family released their debut album, Together and Alone, in January of 2025.

Beyond the stage and their Landers homestead, the Kearns Family operate under the same roof just a short desert walk from their homestead cabin to their solar-powered Goat Mountain Studio, where Pat engineers/produces records with decades of hard-earned experience while Susan paints on canvas in broad strokes and dresses hair in finer cuts; their marriage of an elevated sonic and visual aesthetic.

HOTEL MERCY

Established in January 2025, HOTEL MERCY was formed in Yucca Valley by Gabriel Hart and Tim Paul Gray from the inconclusive forensics of their previous groups (Jail Weddings and Starlight Cleaning Co.), continuing to deviate from whatever kind of Punk/Americana you might try pinning on them, but also, yeah, that too. Now expanded into a four-piece with drummer Pablo Castill De Oro (Just Head) and bassist Keith Anderson, HOTEL MERCY's working class rock n' roll is enshadowed by bands like The Replacements, Concrete Blonde, and The Jesus and Mary Chain; unafraid to tenderize swerving rockers with thousand-mile-stare ballads, all extremes delivered with bygone poetic spirit aiming to make lyric sheets great again.