New Jersey Americana artist Dave Murphy’s new alt-country single “October Skies” (featuring James Maddock) is an introspective and contemplative song rich with layered guitars, including the distinctive sound of a twelve-string Rickenbacker and Maddock’s gorgeous harmonies. It lyrically places us in the New Jersey setting that is quintessentially Murphy — laying in the grass with his love at Princeton Battlefield State Park, thinking about all the folks who died there during the American Revolution, the struggles of the past and all of his choices that led to this moment. “It strips me raw / exposing skin and scars / the choices I have made / taking the hardest way,” he sings just before an excellent guitar solo that’s reminiscent of The Byrds or The Jayhawks. New album A Heart So Rare (ou...