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“Peter Cooper looks at the world with an artist’s eye and a human heart and soul.  His songs are the work of an original, creative imagination, alive with humor and heartbreak and irony and intelligence, with truth and beauty in the details. Deep Stuff. And they get better every time you listen to them,” states Kris Kristofferson.  He is the same guy that writes about music for the Nashville Tennessean and who appears as a talking head about music on CNN, CMT, MSNBC, the BBC, and other outlets.  He’s also a touring singer/songwriter and instrumentalist who has played on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman, and Prairie Home Companion.  His songs have been praised by the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal.  Cooper has opened numerous tour dates for Todd Snider (and collaborated with Snider, singing harmonies, playing bass and co-writing a song on Snider’s brilliant “The Devil You Know” album) and has worked in the studio with EmmyLou Harris, Nanci Griffith, Lloyd Green, Ricky Skaggs and other luminaries.  He recently produced Snider’s odds and snods album, “Peacel Love and Anarchy.  His own debut album is called “Mission Door”

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At the core of the band's sound are Eric's evocative songs and his warm voice. "Brace's tenor, when combined with his lyrics which evoke endless late nights on the prairies without ever specifically referring to them, is one of the treasures of the whole Americana genre," says roots-rock great Sid Griffin (Long Ryders, Coal Porters) in a review in the peerless British music magazine MOJO. 
The Washington Post proclaims that "Brace hasn't let years of grueling road work compromise his songcraft," while the British audiophile magazine Hi-Fi Plus lauds Eric's "great grasp of melody and song structure."

With his latest release, "You Don't Have to Like Them Both," Eric steps away from the comfortable surroundings of Last Train Home, and puts his own name on the cover of the CD. It's a co-bill, a duo recording with Nashville songwriter Peter Cooper.  Eric and Peter have been friends since Eric's move to Nashville in 2004, a friendship that was solidified in Peter's living room listening to Tom T. Hall, Willis Alan Ramsey, the Seldom Scene, Charley Pride while pouring screw top red wine. Pretty soon they were playing guitars and singing songs together—first in that same living room, then on tour: Europe, Alaska, and the Lower 48 too. Then came the recording sessions for "You Don't Have to Like Them Both," where some of the greatest musicians in Nashville lent their skills to songs of Eric's and Peter's, as well as covers by Jim Lauderdale, Todd Snider, Kris Kristofferson and others. 

Besides the collaboration with Peter and his work keeping LTH rolling down the track, Eric's got several other  projects in the works. One currently on the front burner is a musical (or song cycle or concept album or whatever you want to call it) about the California Gold Rush. It's a collaboration with Washington DC songwriter Karl Straub (whose songs "Tonight," "It Doesn't Matter," "They Dance Real Close There," and "Soul Parking" have been recorded by LTH). 

From 1992 to 2002, Eric was a columnist for The Washington Post, covering first the local arts scene, then the area's nightlife and live music world.

In 1997, the self-titled "Last Train Home" CD was released, and it was just a matter of time before word got out to the point where Eric could take LTH on the road full-time. That happened in 2002, the same year that LTH won the Washington Area Music Association's Wammie award for "Artist of the Year." Since then, the band has appeared on the CBS's "Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson," the syndicated public radio program "Mountain Stage," and on stage opening for the likes of Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton. 

Living in Nashville has led to recognition of Eric's strengths as a songwriter, and he has collaborated with some of Nashville's finest writers, such as Jim Lauderdale, Walter Egan, Amelia White. He recently formed the Red Beet Records label, releasing two compilation CDs of music from East Nashville, as well as Peter Cooper's "Mission Door" and Fayssoux's "Early." 

Janet Emma and Bill Williams (of Last Train Home) are performing in support of Janet's newest release "Ghostfields" which goes to Americana radio on November 16th,  2009 and was just released in New Zealand in July!

From her Web Site:  " Okay, folks, the wait has been worth it! Jenni Finlay will officially launch Ghostfields to Americana And Triple A radio on NOVEMBER 16th, 2009! Also, a promoter in New Zealand has arranged to purchase 100 copies of Ghostfields, and will promote to at least 15 Americana radio shows in NZ in the coming months! How exciting!

Here's a blurb about Ghostfields...

"A hauntingly beautiful, hip and rockin' collection of 8 originals, 3 penned by friends Walt Wilkins and Kevin Welch, and a rousing rendition of Gram Parson's "Luxury Liner", GHOSTFIELDS, promises to deliver a dose of soulful songwriting, country rock, blues and bluegrass undertones, all masterfully layed down by Austin musicians (the band on this record) The Mystiqueros and some VERY FINE guests. Ellis Paul, Jon Carroll, Michael Lille, Austin Cunningham, Tina Mitchell Wilkins, Corby Schaub, Ron Flynt, and Walt Wilkins are a few of the reasons you don't want to let this one get by without a serious listen."   read more
 

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