Pat Kearns is a singer songwriter, recording engineer, and radio personality hailing from Portland, Oregon. He relocated near Joshua Tree, California, in 2017 when gentrification closed in on his studio, PermaPress Recording. Formerly the leader of the power pop ensemble Blue Skies for Black Hearts, Kearns’ interests turned toward roots music with his move to the desert. His three solo records reflect this shift with more spartan arrangements, mostly acoustic instruments, and a hint of country twang beginning with his goodbye to Portland, “So Long City” (2016). His second album, “Down in the Wash” (2019), was recorded in his solar powered homestead cabin in the desert where Kearns lives with his wife, Susan. Susan plays upright and electric bass with Pat, performing live and in the studio.