Warrior Roots Records
Music from the north woods, recorded close to home.
Warrior Roots Records is the music division of North Woodland Group. It started with original songwriting and production. Its new album, Lakefront City Blues by A.M. Madosh, is set for release in November 2026.
A sound studio is being built piece by piece. The goal is to give local bands and musicians a place to record, mix and release their music without traveling far to do it.
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Lakefront City Blues
A.M. Madosh · Warrior Roots Records
Lakefront City Blues is seven songs and one long night in a city by the water, from last call on Neon Street to the first gold light over the freight-yard rail. A.M. Madosh writes blues and neo-soul about the quiet side of heartbreak: the love he kept on low volume, the things he didn’t want to see, an apartment twenty floors up that got too still, and the slow work of leaving a light on for himself.
Warm guitar, lamplit keys and grooves that sit back and breathe carry a voice that tells it plain, without blaming anyone but the man in the mirror. The record doesn’t end in a victory lap. It ends in morning, with forgiveness for her and for himself.
Road to release
- DoneSongs written, recorded and mixed
- DoneAlbum title, artist name, lyrics and cover art settled
- In progressFinal masters for streaming
- NextSubmit to streaming services, about three weeks ahead of release
- NextRelease day: Friday, November 13, 2026, if the masters are submitted by late October
Track by track
- Low Volume4:23He loved her like a radio left on in another room, and he promises that next time he’ll turn it up.
- What I Didn’t See3:58Love as a blindfold, and the embarrassment and gratitude of finally seeing.
- Ghost in the Apartment3:52The kettle, the elevator, the traffic below: the small rituals of living alone.
- Let the Gibson Say the Rest4:18He puts the speech away and lets the guitar answer for him.
- Light On for Me4:18Twenty floors above State Street, a lamp left on that is not a signal but a place to say his own name.
- Some Get HoneyE4:08She’s got a new man and a new dog. He’s got a record spinning and his own kind of blues.
- Daylight on Neon Street4:37At four a.m. the neon goes dark one sign at a time, and the morning finally comes.
Release notes
Turns the lights down low, then lets the morning in
Near the end of Lakefront City Blues, A.M. Madosh picks a Gibson up off the floor, wipes the whiskey off the strings and plays “a song I didn’t write for you.” It’s a small line, and it holds the whole record: a man who spent too long singing to an empty room, finally playing something for himself.
The sound. Blues and neo-soul, with a songwriter’s folk and Americana roots showing through. The grooves sit back rather than push. The guitar answers the voice instead of competing with it, and the keys glow under everything like a lamp in a corner. The tempos never hurry, from the slow-burning “Low Volume” and “Light On for Me” to the 12/8 shuffle of “Let the Gibson Say the Rest.” Then “Some Get Honey” breaks the hush with a strut and a grin.
The story. The seven songs play as one night in a city by the lake. Madosh doesn’t play the wronged man. “Low Volume” opens with a confession, not an accusation: “I loved you like a radio left on in another room / You could hear it if you listened, but I never played it through.” The middle of the album is its loneliest stretch: a kettle clicking off, an elevator dinging with nobody getting off, a coat left on a chair. On “Light On for Me,” twenty floors above State Street, the lamp in the window stops being a vigil: “Not a signal, not a sorrow / Just a place to say my name.”
“Daylight on Neon Street” closes the night. The bartender stacks the chairs, the sky turns gold at the seams and the line the whole album has been walking toward finally arrives: “I forgive you / Took a while, but I forgive me too.”
Why it works. Restraint. A plain line and an open arrangement do the heavy lifting. Lakefront City Blues isn’t a record about getting over someone. It’s about getting to know the man who’s left when the house goes quiet.
Written and produced by Anthony Madosh, who performs as A.M. Madosh. Lyrics by Anthony Madosh, written with AI writing assistance. Music generated with Suno under the artist’s direction. Lead vocals generated from a voice model of Anthony Madosh’s own voice. Mixed and mastered by Anthony Madosh. ℗ / © 2026 Warrior Roots Records, a North Woodland Group company.
Old Lake Road
A.M. Madosh · Warrior Roots Records
Old Lake Road is a winter record from the Wisconsin north woods: indie folk with a folk-rock drive and bluesy guitar, built on acoustic strings, warm electric leads and a voice that sits up front. The songs follow cold roads, long winters and the people who keep the fire going.
Songs so far
- Intro (Fourteen Winters)
- November Light
- Old Lake Road
- January Souls
Track order and the full song list will be posted closer to release.
