Kevin Bronson on August 3rd, 2015

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Hudson Stone is the nom de tune of singer-songwriter Michael Andrew Walker, the native Canadian who spent three years as the drummer of Echo Park indie-rockers NO (now known as Black English). The moniker derives from a stone found in northern Canada in 1959, inscribed “HH 1612 CAPTIVE,” which is thought to be linked to the disappearance of English explorer Henry Hudson. After Hudson’s ship became trapped in ice in 1611, his crew mutinied, setting the captain and seven others adrift in a small boat, and they were never heard from again. On his debut, Walker explores the finery of country/Americana, drawing from his days singing old-time tunes with his grandparents on Lake Winnipeg. Hudson Stone’s forthcoming debut was self-recorded with Walker playing all the instruments except pedal steel, which on “Too Late for Love” is provided by John Schreffler Jr. Walker’s vocal collaborator here is a “mystery woman,” whom he would describe only as a “familiar voice” to L.A. music fans. We can’t quite place the vocals, but the combination sure is pretty, even if you’re steadfast in the belief that it’s never, ever too late for love.

||| Stream: “Too Late for Love”