Ashes, Rye & Cedar
Late-night cigar lounge jazz & whiskey songs

Late-night music for a long burn.

Cigars, whiskey, two stools, one light. Full albums of cigar lounge blues and whiskey songs, made to play all the way through. No hustle.

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Pour one. Press play.

All three volumes of The Blue Habano in one sitting, back to back.

Albums

The Blue Habano

Seven volumes so far, each one a different flavor of late night. Vols. 1 to 3 also come as Fireplace Editions for when the lights are off.

Vol. 7: Soft Blue After Dark · Newest

Soft Blue After Dark

Smoky late-night blues

Vol. 6: What the Road Already Knew

What the Road Already Knew

Whiskey road country blues

Vol. 5: Noche Lenta

Noche Lenta

Latin bolero, slow clave and rum

Vol. 4: Two Stools, One Light

Two Stools, One Light

Late-night whiskey bar blues

Vol. 3: Smoke in Her Hair

Smoke in Her Hair

Full album

Vol. 3: Smoke in Her Hair · Fireplace

Smoke in Her Hair

Full album by the fire

Vol. 2: Short Glass Country

Short Glass Country

Full album

Vol. 2: Short Glass Country · Fireplace

Short Glass Country

Full album by the fire

Vol. 1: The Blue Habano

The Blue Habano

Full album

Vol. 1: The Blue Habano · Fireplace

The Blue Habano

Full album by the fire

Vol. 1 & 2 · Double

30 Tracks of Cigar Lounge Blues

Both albums, back to back

Vol. 1 & 2 · Fireplace Edition

30 Tracks by the Fire

Both albums, back to back

Mood editions

Same albums. Different rooms.

Each volume, played back in a new setting. Rain on the window, the bar after close, the humidor, or Christmas by the fire. Pick the room that fits the night.

Christmas by the Fire · Vol. 3: Smoke in Her Hair

Christmas by the Fire

After Hours · Vol. 3: Smoke in Her Hair

After Hours

After Hours · Vol. 2: Short Glass Country

After Hours

After Hours · Vol. 1: The Blue Habano

After Hours

Rainy Night · Vol. 3: Smoke in Her Hair

Rainy Night

Rainy Night · Vol. 2: Short Glass Country

Rainy Night

Rainy Night · Vol. 1: The Blue Habano

Rainy Night

Humidor · Vol. 3: Smoke in Her Hair

Humidor

Humidor · Vol. 2: Short Glass Country

Humidor

Humidor · Vol. 1: The Blue Habano

Humidor

Sleep Sessions

Stay till morning.

Eight hours of slow Blue Habano jazz and soft rain. The first hour winds you down, then it stays low and steady until morning. No vocals, nothing sudden.

Track videos

One song at a time

Every track from Vols. 1 to 4 has its own four-minute video. Newer volumes live as full albums above.

Vol. 4: Two Stools, One Light

Two Stools, One Light

Late-night whiskey bar blues, fifteen tracks. Read the lyrics

House Lights Down

The Door We Don't Use

After the Laugh Dies

The Long Way Around the Bar

Lyrics

I Still Know That Chair

Lyrics

Ice and Cedar

Two Stools, One Light

Lyrics
Vol. 3: Smoke in Her Hair

Smoke in Her Hair

Fifteen tracks. Fourteen are out, one to go. Read the lyrics

Track 2

The Second Glass

Track 3

Smoke in My Hair

Lyrics
Track 4

Don't Ask Who Left

Lyrics
Track 5

Ember Waltz

Track 6

Honey and Ash

Lyrics
Track 7

If You Stay Past Closing

Lyrics
Track 8

Leather and Ice

Track 9

Red Lip on the Glass

Lyrics
Track 10

Slow Like This

Lyrics
Track 11

Midnight Humidor

Track 12

I Keep Your Chair

Lyrics
Track 13

Last Call Horn

Track 14

Taking the Long Way Home

Lyrics
Track 15

The Room After You

Vol. 2: Short Glass Country

Short Glass Country

Country blues and whiskey songs, fifteen tracks. Read the lyrics

Leave the Bottle, Leave the Leaf

Lyrics

Lights Down, Ember On

Lyrics

Burnt End of a Prayer

Lyrics

Whiskey Rings on the Good Book

Lyrics

Chair by the Dark Window

Lyrics

Last Ember in the Tray

Lyrics
Vol. 1: The Blue Habano

The Blue Habano

Where it started. Latin blues and late-night jazz, fifteen tracks.

Steel and Cedar

Closing Time

Soft Ash

After Hours Habano

Two Chairs

Ivory and Clave

Drawn Reed

The Room Fills

Last Pour

Low Organ

Nylon After Midnight

Blue Smoke

Slow Ember

Hands on the Table

First Ash

The room

Two stools. One light. Nowhere to be.

Ashes, Rye & Cedar makes music for the slow part of the night. Put it on while a cigar burns down, while the rye opens up, or while you finally get some quiet.

Albums drop as The Blue Habano. New mixes run about an hour.

A man in a dark suit in a wood-paneled lounge, cigar in one hand and a glass of rye in the other
Cigar lounge blues · whiskey songs · no hustle
Contact

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