Sean Pratt Listening Session

Sean Pratt is an American folk guitar player and singer-songwriter from Nebraska by way of the Dakotas. 

 

Pratt played in Omaha punk and noise acts for the better part of a decade before developing a fascination with the songcraft of the likes of Van Zandt, Prine and Chilton. Occasionally, unearthing a set of original compositions at one of Omaha’s many dark corner bars. 

 

In the still of the pandemic, Pratt found himself focusing deeply on acoustics and how to color a space without amplification. 

 

In December of 2023, following a debut set of new material at the preeminent Grapefruit Records, friend and collaborator Simon Joyner encouraged Pratt to record the songs from that night “quickly, while everything is still new.”

 

Three weeks later, on New Year’s Day, recording began at Another Recording Company with James Schroeder (Rosali, David Nance and Mowed Sound) at the board. Over the next three days Pratt, Megan Siebe, Colin Duckworth and James Maakestad recorded what would become ‘Prairie Whistle Call’. All tracked live, leaving time to breathe and never forcing it.