Sumner Mckane is a guitarist and composer from Maine. He performs both as a solo artist, & as part of ‘The Sumner Mckane Group’ along with bassist Joshua Robbins, and Todd Richard on drums and percussion. Sumner McKane is a collector of images. A guitarist and composer with a photographer’s mind, McKane’s mental snapshots of trails traveled and times past inevitably find their way in to musical.

PRESS McKane Paints a uniquely American landscape, a travelogue for a cross-country trip from pristine New England winters to the wide-open expanses of the plains… He’s an orchestrator of guitar, creating lush filigree and sometimes searing leads. -

John Diliberto, National Public Radio’s ECHOES – 2005 (review of North) If Friday Night Lights was Explosions In The Sky actually playing as if they were from Texas, as some reviews said, then this is the guy who chews grass on his porch while sitting in a rocking chair, cradling a shotgun, and showing them how to do it right. – The Silent Ballet- 2006 (review of North)

Guitar players and studio engineers especially will be blown away by theis record. – The Silent Ballet- 2007 (review of Two If By Sea) When it’s done right, like it is on the latest from maine based guitarist Sumner McKane, is a sublime and restful experience. – Twentieth Century Guitar- 2007 (review of Two If By Sea)

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Artist – Sumner McKane
Album – Nanook
Release Date – 2009
Genre – Lo-core / Medio-core, Instrumental, Ambient, Post-rock

Tracklist
01 – Looking For Shelter
02 – Making The Window
03 – The Abandoned Igloo
04 – Fishing
05 – Winter
06 – Building The Igloo
07 – Picking Up A Friend , Nanook’s Theme
08 – The Ogjuck , Victorious Hunting Theme
09 – Hunting The Walrus , The Kill , Cutting The Walrus
10 – Threatening Drifter
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Sumner McKane – Nanook Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Sumner McKane
Album – North
Release Date – 2005
Genre – Instrumental, Ambient, Post-rock

Tracklist
01 Dogsled
02 Bugs in Her Pockets and Hunting for Salamanders
03 Careful, It Doesn’t Look Safe Yet
04 Old House, Friendly Ghost (Hopefully)
05 The Woods Across the Street When I Was Little
06 Girl on Beach in Black and White
07 Far-off Exotic Places Like Winnipeg
08 We Don’t Live by a Lake Yet
09 The Drive to Whitefish: Midnight With Concrete Blonde at a Perfect Volume
10 The Fair
11 Kissed by a Witch in the Woods
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Sumner McKane – North Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Artist – Sumner McKane
Album – What A Great Place To Be
Release Date – 2008
Genre – Instrumental, Ambient, Post-rock

Tracklist
1 After the Fireworks We Walked to the Rope Swing
2 When We Get to California
3 Riding in Cars in the Woods
4 First Winter At Plymouth Colony
5 We Don’t Talk About the Night Marsha Took the Boat to Digby
6 The 20th Maine: July 2nd 1863
7 1975 Chevy Nova
8 The Winter I Got Louder Than Bombs and Standing On a Beach9 Doris
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Sumner McKane – What A Great Place To Be Password – SirensSound.blogspot.com
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Recommendations: The Tumbled Sea ~ The Polar Dream ~ Childs ~ Belong ~ Akira Kosemura & Haruka Nakamura
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