06/12/2026
Floyd Mercantile’s debut album is here! 💪 Floyd Mercantile is a document of place, of three musicians in a room, of songs—old and new—allowed to breathe in the quiet of a Virginia afternoon.
Listen to the album: https://righteousbabe.ffm.to/floydmercantile-floydmercantile
Watch the live performance of “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DWozps-mxo
In April 2025, Peter Mulvey and Jenna Nicholls, along with guitarist Ross Bellenoit, traveled to Floyd, a small mountain town located in the Blue Ridge Highlands of Southwest Virginia, for five uninterrupted days of recording. What emerged is Floyd Mercantile—a record that feels both intimate and timeless.
The makeshift studio was a decommissioned general store called Floyd Mercantile—a weathered wooden building standing across the road from an open pasture where cows wandered and grazed in the gentle early spring. Inside those old walls, the trio recorded the album live—no isolation booths, no heavy overdubbing—just three musicians in a room, listening closely and letting the songs unfold in real time.
Performed by Floyd Mercantile (Peter Mulvey, Jenna Nicholls) and Ross Bellenoit
Recorded and filmed by Beehive Productions
Photo of Floyd Mercantile by Deborah Lopez Lynch
