Shadowdogs' 'Halfway to Someday'

Close your eyes and be whisked away to a land where the Shadowdogs live and play their mellow music. You’ve heard of comfort food? Their new CD “Halfway to Someday” is comfort music.

“It’s a Long Way Down” by Bruce FitzSimmons is a golden memory- evoking piece that strums its way into memories of lazy summer days where you and your friends sat on the green lawn listening to the Eagles.

The Shadowdogs’ Eagles-like sound is now classified as “Americana.” Since it is hard to keep up with these “pigeonhole” terms for music I will describe what I hear — a melodic mix of voices and instruments that...